Autocephalous Metropolitanate
Orthodox Church in America
Rooted in the eighteenth-century Russian Orthodox mission to Alaska. Autocephaly was granted by the Russian Church in 1970; its recognition across the communion is partial.
- Rank
- Autocephalous Metropolitanate
- Primate
- Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
- Primatial seat
- Syosset, New York, United States
- Autocephaly
- Recognized 1970
- Recognition
- Partially recognized
Recognition
Granted by: Russian Orthodox Church (1970)
Recognized by: Russian Orthodox Church; Bulgarian Orthodox Church; Georgian Orthodox Church; Polish Orthodox Church; Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Not recognized by: Ecumenical Patriarchate; and several others
Constantinople and several churches regard the OCA as an autonomous part of the Russian Church rather than fully autocephalous, while continuing to commune with it.
Official site: https://www.oca.org
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