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Official Statements, Speeches, Addresses, and Sermons

A collection of official statements prepared and delivered by the Holy Synod of Bishops, current and past primates, hierarchs and clergy.

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon

Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

The Holy Synod of Bishops

The Supreme Canonical Authority in the Church


Archive

His Beatitude Metropolitan Theodosius

Former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

His Beatitude Metropolitan Herman

Former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah

Former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America

His Eminence Archbishop Leo

Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland

His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos

Metropolitan of Aenos
Presiding Hierarch of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Greek Archdiocese of America

His Eminence Archbishop Peter

Former Archbishop of New York and New Jersey

His Eminence Archbishop Dmitri

Archbishop of Dallas and the South

The Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky

Director of External Affairs and Interchurch Relations

The 10th All-American Council

Miami, Florida · July 26-31, 1992

The 12th All-American Council

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · July 25-30, 1999

The 16th All-American Council

Seattle, Washington · October 31-November 4, 2011

The 18th All-American Council

Atlanta, Georgia · July 20-24, 2015

The 19th All-American Council

Saint Louis, Missouri · July 23-27, 2018

The 20th All-American Council

Baltimore, Maryland · July 18-22, 2022

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