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Official statements from the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America.

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October 7, 2020

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon requests prayers for His Eminence Archbishop David

September 18, 2020

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon requests prayers for His Beatitude Metropolitan Theodosius

September 14, 2020

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Offers a Reflection on the Relocation of the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America and the Sale of the Current Chancery Property

September 10, 2020

Statement of Archbishop Benjamin on Wildfires in Western US

September 1, 2020

Encyclical of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon for the beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year

July 4, 2020

Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon for Independence Day

June 11, 2020

Statement by the Chancellor and the General Counsel of the Orthodox Church in America

May 31, 2020

Holy Synod Issues Statement on Recent Tragic Events

May 1, 2020

Holy Synod Issues Pastoral Letter and Directives

April 18, 2020

Metropolitan Tikhon’s 2020 Paschal Message