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Orthodox Christianity is America’s best-kept secret. Orthodox Christianity came to American soil as the result of Orthodox Christian immigrants coming to America in search of opportunities and a new life. Many of these immigrants came from Greece, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Syria, Lebanon, and other traditionally Orthodox Christian countries.
As a result, we have many jurisdictions in this country which practice the same faith and are in communion with each other. Work is underway within the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the United States of America to work toward a single administrative entity within the Americas.
The first formal Orthodox Christian Mission to America arrived on September 24,1794, in Kodiak. The mission expanded well before the great immigration.