Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA

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The Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA is an Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical jurisdiction serving faithful of Carpatho-Rusyn heritage across the United States under the omophorion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

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instanceOf Eastern Orthodox diocese
ecclesiastical jurisdiction
religious organization
abbreviation ACROD
alsoKnownAs American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese
belongsTo Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (spiritual communion)
cathedral Christ the Saviour Cathedral (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
churchFamily Eastern Orthodox Church
clergyDiscipline allows married parish clergy
communionWith all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches
country United States of America
countryHeadquarters United States of America
currentRulingBishop Bishop Gregory (Tatsis) of Nyssa
dateFounded 1938
denomination Eastern Orthodoxy
episcopalSee Johnstown, Pennsylvania
firstBishop Orestes P. Chornock
followsCalendar Gregorian calendar (fixed feasts)
Revised Julian calendar
foundedAs American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese
founder Bishop Orestes P. Chornock
hasBishopTitle Bishop of Johnstown
hasCathedral Christ the Saviour Cathedral (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
hasParishesIn Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
other U.S. states
headquartersLocation Johnstown, Pennsylvania
isSuffraganTo Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
jurisdictionGrantedBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
liturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic
English
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite
liturgicalTradition Slavic Byzantine tradition
partOf Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
primaryEthnicHeritageServed Carpatho-Rusyn
linked to: Rusyns

Rusyn Americans
primaryMission to preserve the Carpatho-Rusyn Byzantine Christian heritage in the United States
reasonForFormation disputes over Latinization and married clergy in the Greek Catholic Church in the United States
rulingHierarchTitle Bishop Gregory of Nyssa
seeCity Johnstown, Pennsylvania
separatedFrom Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
territory United States of America
underOmophorionOf Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
website https://www.acrod.org/
yearEstablished 1938

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Committee for Legal Affairs associatedWith Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA
Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA foundedAs American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese
linked to: Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA
Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA alsoKnownAs American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
linked to: Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA
Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA alsoKnownAs American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese
linked to: Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA
Rusyn diaspora in North America hasReligion Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church
linked to: Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA
Rusyn diaspora in North America hasOrganization Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of the USA
linked to: Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA
Rusyn diaspora in North America hasOrganization American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
linked to: Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA