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Official Statements, Speeches, Addresses, and Sermons

The Holy Synod of Bishops

The Supreme Canonical Authority in the Church

November 9, 2023

Statement on Israel and Palestine

Statement on same-sex relationships and sexual identity

Statement on Ukraine

Beginning of Great Lent 2021

Pastoral letter concerning the Coronavirus

Directives for the Clergy and the Parish, Mission, and Monastic Communities during the Coronavirus Outbreak

Archpastoral letter concerning the Coronavirus Outbreak

Holy Synod issues further Statement on Coronavirus outbreak

Holy Synod issues Statement on Coronavirus outbreak

November 13, 2019

Anniversary Celebrations for the Canonization of St. Herman of Alaska, and the Reception of the Tomos of Autocephaly

Holy Synod reaffirms statement regarding External Affairs in Ukraine

January 28, 2019

Archpastoral Letter on Ukraine

October 24, 2018

Social Media Guidelines for Clergy and Lay Leaders of the Orthodox Church in America

Prayerful Reflection, National Council of Churches, A.C.T. Rally

February 15, 2018

Liturgical Instruction of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America

August 16, 2017

Holy Synod of Bishops issues statement on recent tragic events in Charlottesville, VA

Remembering the 75th Anniversary of the Internment of the Aleut Natives of the Aleutian Islands

Statement of the Holy Synod of the OCA on Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs Regarding Marriage

Holy Synod issues Statement, Petitions on the Holy and Great Council

October 27, 2015

Resolution of the Holy Synod on Canonical Procedures for Church Courts

Synodal Affirmation of the Mystery of Marriage

October 23, 2012

Pastoral Letter on the Emancipation Proclamation: One Hundred and Fifty Years Later

Pastoral Letter on the Beginning of the Dormition Fast

October 20, 2011

Guidelines for Clergy Use of Online Social Networking

The Beginning Conflict in Iraq

Sexual Misconduct

The Conflict in the Holy Land

January 1, 2002

The Cloning of Human Embryos

October 18, 2001

Letter of the Holy Synod of Bishops to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (R.O.C.O.R.)

October 17, 2001

Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the Perspective of Orthodox Christianity

Statement Concerning the Present Difficulties In Albania

January 15, 1997

Pastoral Encyclical on St. Innocent

Pastoral Vocations

Synodal Affirmations on Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and the Sanctity of Life

December 29, 1980

We Rejoice even in Tribulation