Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Saint Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Livonia, Michigan.
PrimateMetropolitan Saba
Parishes277
LanguageEnglish, Arabic, Greek, French
Headquarters
TerritoryUnited States and Canada
FounderRaphael of Brooklyn
Origin
  • 1895 (1895) (Syro-Levantine Antiochian Mission)
  • 1924 (1924) (Archdiocese)
RecognitionRecognized by Patriarchate of Antioch as official presence in North America
Members74,600 (United States) [1]: 44 
Official websiteantiochian.org
Metropolitan of New York and All North America
Archbishopric
Eastern Orthodox
Incumbent:
Metropolitan Saba
since February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)
Location
CountryUnited States of America
ResidenceEnglewood, New Jersey
Information
CathedralSt. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral (Brooklyn)

The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA), often referred to in North America as simply the Antiochian Archdiocese, is the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch in the United States and Canada. Originally under the care of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Syro-Levantine Eastern Orthodox Christian immigrants to the United States and Canada were granted their own jurisdiction under the Church of Antioch in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution. Internal conflicts divided the Antiochian Orthodox faithful into two parallel archdioceses — those of New York and Toledo — until 1975, when Metropolitan Philip (Saliba) became the sole archbishop of the reunited Antiochian Archdiocese. By 2014, the archdiocese had grown to over 275 parish churches.[2][3]

It is one of three Orthodox Christian jurisdictions in North America to currently practice the liturgical Western Rite as well as the Byzantine Rite, along with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Orthodox Church in America.

  1. ^ Krindatch, Alexei D., ed. (2011). Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Churches. Brookline, Massachusetts: Holy Cross Orthodox Press. ISBN 978-1-935317-23-4. LCCN 2011585731. OCLC 772672545.
  2. ^ "Parish Directory | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese". Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ^ "Parishes". Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2021-10-23.

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