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Official Statements

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

  • Click here for Encyclicals of the Holy Synod of Bishops on preaching, autocephaly, confession and communion, marriage, Christian unity and ecumenism, and spiritual life.
  • Click here for Synodal Affirmations on Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and the Sanctity of Life from July, 1992.

April 13, 2025

Metropolitan Tikhon’s 2025 Paschal Message now available

March 27, 2025

Holy Synod Issues Proclamation concerning the Anniversary of the Repose of St. Tikhon

February 28, 2025

Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon for the Beginning of Great Lent

January 10, 2025

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Requests Prayers for Archbishop Anastasios and California Wildfires

December 19, 2024

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon’s 2024 Nativity Letter Now Available

November 25, 2024

Archpastoral Message from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon for Thanksgiving Day

October 24, 2024

Stewards of the Orthodox Church in America Launch 2024 Annual Appeal

October 1, 2024

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Issues Call for Prayer for Middle East

September 1, 2024

Archpastoral Message from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon on the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year

August 18, 2024

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Calls for Reflections in Preparation for 21st All-American Council

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