Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Parishes in the USA
The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' . They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in 1970. According to the US Religion Census of 2010, there were 12,377 congregants.[ 1]
All of the parishes of the exarchate were given a choice to join the OCA at that time. The parishes that remained were the following:[ 2]
St. Nicholas Church, Brookside, Alabama
St. Demetrius Monastery, Bellflower, California
Christ the Savior Church, San Francisco, California
St. Nicholas Cathedral, San Francisco, California
Church of All Saints Glorified in the Russian Land, San Francisco, California
Our Lady of Kazan Church, San Diego, California
Resurrection Church, Chicago, Illinois
Dormition Church, Benld, Illinois
Holy Trinity Church, Baltimore, Maryland
St. Elias Church, Battle Creek, Michigan
St. Innocent Church, Detroit, Michigan
St. Michael the Archangel Church, Detroit, Michigan
Church of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle, East Lansing, Michigan
Holy Trinity Church, Saginaw, Michigan
St. John Chrysostom Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan
House Chapel of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Westtown, New York
St. Demetrius Church, Jackson, Michigan
St. Nicholas Church, Bayonne, New Jersey
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Three Hierarchs Church, Garfield, New Jersey
Holy Cross Church, Hackettstown, New Jersey
Sts. Peter and Paul Church; Passaic, New Jersey
St. John the Baptist Church, Singac, New Jersey
St. Olga Church, Somerset, New Jersey
St. Mark Chapel, New York
Church of St. George the Great Martyr, New York
Church of All Saints Glorified in the Russian Land, on the estate of Pine Bush, New York
St. John the Baptist Chapel, Bronx, New York
St. Stephen Church, Lorain, Ohio
Nativity of Christ Church, Youngstown, Ohio
St. Nicholas Church, Chester, Pennsylvania
St. Nicholas Church, Pageville, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
St. Nicholas Church, Reading, Pennsylvania
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Mount Union, Pennsylvania
St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
St. Andrew the Apostle Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
St. Michael the Archangel Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Burgaw, North Carolina
St. Gregory the Theologian Church, Tampa, Florida
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Manchester, New Hampshire
Church of St. George the Great Martyr, Buffalo, New York
All Exarchate parishes and clergy in Canada
St. Nicholas Cathedral, New York
Bishops
Vicar of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA:[ 3]
Macarius (Svistun), Bishop of Uman (1970–1974)
Job (Tyvoniuk), Bishop of Zaraisk (1975–1976)
Irenaeus (Seredny), Bishop of Serpukhov (1976–1982)
Clement (Kapalin), Bishop of Serpukhov (1982–1990)
Macarius (Svistun), Bishop of Klin (1990–1992)
Paul (Ponomaryov) , Bishop of Zaraisk (1992–1999)
Mercurius (Ivanov), Bishop of Zaraisk (2000–2009)
Job (Smakouz), Bishop of Kashira (2009–2010)
Justinian (Ovchinnikov) , Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk (2010–2014)
John (Roshchin) (2014–2018)[ 4]
Matthew (Andreev) [ru ] (temporary administrator since 14 October 2018)[ 5]
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