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] but only 1900 regularly attended. There are 31 parishes and 2 monastic communities. ^[2]

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]

List of Parishes

All of the parishes of the exarchate were given a choice to join the OCA at that time. Maps of parishes and adherents have been published on the basis of 2010 data. ^{[2] : 74, 75} The parishes that remained were the following: ^[6]

• 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

See also

• Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America

References

1. "US Religion Census - 2010".
2. Krindatch, Alexei, ed. (2011). "American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese". Atlas of American Orthodox Christian churches (PDF). Orthodox Press. pp. 40–43. ISBN   978-1-935317-23-4.
3. "History". mospatusa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
4. "Biography of His Grace, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk". mospatusa.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
5. "Biography of Bishop Matthew". mospatusa.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
6. "Parish Directory". mospatusa.com. Retrieved 2021-10-23.

External links

• SS. Peter & Paul’s R.O. Cathedral, Passaic, New Jersey - The Carpathian Connection.
• The Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Moscow Patriarchate.