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Media: The OCA’s Autocephaly

  • Photo Gallery: Granting of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in America
  • Primacy and Service: Address given by Metropolitan Tikhon, Archbishop of All American and Canada on October 8, 2019. [First of 2019’s October Lecture Series at St. Tikhon’s on the topic of “Autocephaly.”]
  • Autocephaly and the Archives: Mr Alexis Liberovsky, Archivist of the Orthodox Church in America [Reflects on the Documents of the Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America, given in 1970]
  • Autocephaly and Mission - Fr.Tom Soroka: Address given by Fr. Tom Soroka, priest at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and Ancient Faith Radio podcaster. [Second of 2019’s October Lecture Series at St. Tikhon’s on the topic of “Autocephaly.”]
  • Autocephaly with a Canonical Perspective: Fr Alexander Rentel, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America [Finishes the St. Tikhon’s 2019 October Lecture Series.]
  • Interview with Dr. Constantine Kallaur

History & Archives

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