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===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.''' The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) primarily uses English for its services, although it also incorporates other languages<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Orthodox-Church-in-America</ref>. The [[Primate(church) | Primate]] and Chancery offices of the Orthodox Church in America are located in the canonical territory of the Archdiocese of Washington DC<ref>https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-most-blessed-tikhon</ref>.<br> See Also '''[https://www.oca.org/ OCA]'''

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.''' The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) primarily uses English for its services, although it also incorporates other languages<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Orthodox-Church-in-America</ref>. The [[Primate (church) | Primate]] and Chancery offices of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] are located in the canonical territory of the Archdiocese of Washington DC<ref>https://www.oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-most-blessed-tikhon</ref>.<br> See Also '''[https://www.oca.org/ OCA]'''

===Antiochian Orthodox Church===

===Antiochian Orthodox Church===