Eastern American & New York Diocese - A diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, DC, and the Caribbean.
He is led by Metropolitan Hilarion of East America and New York (Corporal).
The diocesan administration is located in Howell, New Jersey, at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
St. Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Howell Township, New Jersey.
History
Church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh in New York
On September 4, 1934, the ROCOR Synod of Bishops makes a decision on the division of the North American Diocese into the East American and West American. The Eastern American Diocese was headed by Archbishop Vitaly (Maksimenko), who did a lot for its formation.
In 1935, in connection with the unification of the ROCOR and the North American Metropolis, the dioceses were reorganized. The Center for the East American Diocese is finally established in New York. The cathedral chose the Church of the Ascension of the Lord in the Bronx, at which the diocesan administration was organized.
In 1938, Vladimir festivities were organized in honor of the 950th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia. To commemorate this event, Archbishop Vitaly in 1940 laid the foundation of the St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson (New Jersey). In 1944, the efforts of the united Russian North American Metropolis marked the 150th anniversary of Orthodoxy in America.
In November 1946, in Cleveland, the Council of Clergy and Laity of the North American Metropolis adopted a decree according to which the Metropolitan District limited its contacts with both the Moscow Patriarchate and the ROCOR Synod, retaining only prayer-eucharistic communion with them and recognizing Patriarch Alexy I as the spiritual head Orthodox Church in America. However, a significant part of the parishes refused to separate from the Russian Church Abroad. After a breakdown in communication with Metropolitan Feofil (Pashkovsky), the ROCOR restored its jurisdiction in America and accepted about 40 parishes that left the Metropolitan District, the leadership of which was entrusted to Archbishop Vitaly, who received the title of “Archbishop of East America and New Jersey” / 7 Jersey.
Due to the active work of Archbishop Vitaly to open parishes in the spring of 1953, there were about 110 parishes and over 150 clergy of the ROCOR in North America.
In 1954, part of the parishes is allocated to a new diocese with a center in Chicago.
By the decision of the Council of Bishops in 1959, the head of the East American Diocese was transferred to Metropolitan Anastasius (Gribanovsky), and Archbishop Nikon (Rklitsky) was his closest assistant in managing the diocese. In the same year, the church was consecrated in honor of the Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary “The Sign”, which later became the cathedral.
In 1962, part of the parishes were transferred to the newly formed Los Angeles Diocese.
In 1964, the diocese became the department of the First Hierarch of the ROCA with the name East American and New York.
At the Council of Bishops in 1966, a resolution was adopted on the division of the East American Diocese into three parts: 1) the East American and New York under the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Filaret (Voznesensky), 2) Washington and Florida under the direction of Archbishop Nikon (Rklitsky) and 3) Syracuse-Trinity led by Archbishop Averky (Taushev). However, the diocesan office of all these three new dioceses remained common, on the Bronx, which was led by Archbishop Nikon.
From 1986 to 1998 it was called New York and East American, after which the original name was returned.
In 1994, an Orthodox mission in Haiti was established under the diocese.
In April 2013, the arrival of Rev. Brigitte in the state of Mississippi was accepted into the diocese, thus the jurisdiction of the East American diocese extended to this state.
On February 18, 2014, by decree of Metropolitan Hilarion, the 7th Deanery County of Florida was established.
In September 2014, the administrative center of the diocese in Lakewood, New Jersey, was officially opened, an hour and a half drive from the metropolis. The capacious Alexander Nevsky Cathedral became the cathedral of the ruling bishop of the Eastern American Diocese.
On June 30, 2015, at the next meeting of the Diocesan Council, Southern Deanery was disbanded; instead, the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Deaneries were formed. The former 7th Deanery District became the tenth.
Bishops
- Vitaliy (Maksimenko) (September 4, 1934 - 1959)
- Anastasius (Gribanovsky) (1959 - May 27, 1964)
- Filaret (Ascension) (May 31, 1964 - November 21, 1985)
- Vitaliy (Ustinov) (January 22, 1986 - August 10, 2001)
- Laurel (Shkurla) (October 27, 2001 - March 16, 2008)
- Hilarion (Corporal) (since May 18, 2008)
Church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh in New York
Deanery counties
- First Deanery District (Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island)
- Second Deanery District (Queens, Long Island, Bronx, Hudson Valley, parishes in New York State south of Pokeepsi)
- Third Deanery District (New York State)
- Fourth Deanery District (New England: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island)
- Fifth Deanery District (New Jersey)
- Sixth Deanery District (PA)
- Seventh Deanery District (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky)
- Eighth Deanery District (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee)
- Ninth Deanery District (Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi)
- Tenth Deanery District (Florida)
- Hispanic Missionary Deanery (Extraterritorial: Two Communities in Florida and One in Puerto Rico)
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