Orthodox Church in America, The

• Introduction
• Over Time
• Data Sources

Basic Information

The Orthodox Church in America is the original Eastern Orthodox body to establish work in the United States. It was founded in 1794 by a group of monks as the American mission of the Russian Orthodox Church. It assumed its present name in 1970.

History

Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America

renamed toOrthodox Church in America, The (1970)

Notes

History data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on history data sources]