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== The Present Situation in North America ==
== The Present Situation in North America ==
[[Image:Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Bluff City Tennessee.jpg|thumb|300px|Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Bluff City, Tennessee.]]
Orthodox Churches in America today.<br> The Orthodox Church continues to grow in North America. Most of its bishops were born in America, many having converted (either from religions outside Christianity or other Christian churches) as adults. The Orthodox church has experienced a couple of waves of mass conversions, such as when several thousand Byzantine-rite Catholics converted in the early 20th Century.
Orthodox Churches in America today.<br> The Orthodox Church continues to grow in North America. Most of its bishops were born in America, many having converted (either from religions outside Christianity or other Christian churches) as adults. The Orthodox church has experienced a couple of waves of mass conversions, such as when several thousand Byzantine-rite Catholics converted in the early 20th Century.
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Several monasteries have been established for men and women, and two (one in New York and one in Miami) have converted from other churches and have become Orthodox monasteries.
Several monasteries have been established for men and women, and two (one in New York and one in Miami) have converted from other churches and have become Orthodox monasteries.
===Orthodox Church in America===
===Orthodox Church in America===
OCA was started in 1921. After the Russian Communist Revolution, then Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously<ref>https://www.oca.org/history-archives</ref>. After decades of a very cold relationship, in 1970 the Metropolia was granted [[autocephalous|autocephaly]] (think of it as administrative independence) by the current Patriarch of Moscow and became known as the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA). When that happened, numbers of the Romanian, Bulgarian, and Albanian Churches in the USA and Canada merged with the OCA. However, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (who claims he alone has the right to grant autocephaly to a church) has never recognized the autocephaly of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. '''OCA continues to add members via conversions from other Christian churches or from non-Christians.'''
OCA was started in 1921. After the Russian Communist Revolution, then Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously<ref>https://www.oca.org/history-archives</ref>. After decades of a very cold relationship, in 1970 the Metropolia was granted [[autocephalous|autocephaly]] (think of it as administrative independence) by the current Patriarch of Moscow and became known as the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA). When that happened, numbers of the Romanian, Bulgarian, and Albanian Churches in the USA and Canada merged with the OCA. However, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (who claims he alone has the right to grant autocephaly to a church) has never recognized the autocephaly of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. '''OCA continues to add members via conversions from other Christian churches or from non-Christians.'''