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Official documents of the Orthodox Church in America including: Agreement of Tomos of Autocephaly; TOMOS of Alexis; OCA Statutes; 'Reducing the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse' Guidelines; Policies, Standards, Procedures, on Sexual Misconduct....

March 31, 1970

Agreement of Tomos of Autocephaly

Agreement made by Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America


April 10, 1970

TOMOS of ALEXIS, by the Mercy of God, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

The granting of Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America
Moscow, Russia


October 19 - 21, 1971

The Statute of the Orthodox Church in America

Second All-American Council
South Canaan, Pennsylvania


March 21, 1972

Charter of the Orthodox Church in America

New York Law: Religious Corporations: Article 5-c "Churches of the Orthodox Church in America"


July, 1992

On Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and the Sanctity of Life

Tenth All-American Council


"Reducing the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse" - Guidelines


Clergy Compensation Guidelines


Guidelines for Clergy Compiled under the guidance of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America


April 2, 2003

Policies, Standards, and Procedures of the Orthodox Church in America on Sexual Misconduct


July 2002

Guidelines for the Election of the Metropolitan of All America and Canada

These guidelines have been prepared by a specially appointed commission to prepare for the nomination and election of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America. They have been approved by the Holy Synod of Bishops in order to assure the orderly nomination and election of the Metropolitan of All America and Canada at the 13th All-American Council which will be held in Orlando, Florida. This election will select the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America to succeed His Beatitude, Metropolitan Theodosius, whose voluntary retirement, effective on July 22, 2002, was accepted and announced to the Church by the Holy Synod. The following is a practical description, step by step, of the procedure defined in the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America - Article IV, Sections 3 and 4.


June 14, 2006

Primary Policies and Procedures of The Orthodox Church in America

The Primary Policies and Procedures presented here outline the standards and practices which have been utilized by The Orthodox Church in America effective November 27, 2005.


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