The Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada consists of four dioceses of the Church of Serbia (Serbian Patriarchate) that are governed by the Bishop of America and Canada Longin (New Gracanica Metropolitanate).
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Founded in 1960, the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), brings together the canonical hierarchs of Orthodox jurisdictions in the Americas.
The purpose of the Standing Conference is to create and foster ties of unity among the canonical Orthodox Churches and administrations for a stronger and more visible witness to the Orthodox Faith. The hierarchs meet semi-annually for discussion and decisions on inter-Orthodox and ecumenical matters, to review the work of its commissions and dialogues, and to plan future events.
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The Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada is an overseas archdiocese of the Church of Romania.
The Archdiocese came in existence in a restructuring of the original Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America formed in the 1930s.
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The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian mission in America that recognize the canonical authority of the Church of Russia. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Metropolia in 1970.
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The Russian Orthodox Church in America (ROCIA) is the direct continuation of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church chartered in February 1927 by Metropolitan Platon with the blessing of Moscow Patriarch Tikhon.
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