A Reflection on Donatism, Ethnophyletism, and the Canonical Crisis in the American Church
How Donatism survives today through culture and canons, quietly shifting holiness away from Christ.


How Donatism survives today through culture and canons, quietly shifting holiness away from Christ.

This reflection examines the growing fractures within global Orthodoxy, probing questions of authority, unity, and power. It warns against ideological distortions of the Church and calls believers to resist propaganda, pray for their bishops, and remain faithful to Christ, whose true authority is revealed through the Cross.

AOCC explains apostolic succession through Scripture, Church Fathers, and canon law, affirming an unbroken Orthodox lineage in America, lived in parish life, free from foreign control, and rooted in the apostolic faith once delivered.

An archival exploration of the American Orthodox Catholic Church after 1933, explaining how episcopal life continued beyond controversy through Bishop Sophronios and later consecrations, preserving continuity amid fragmentation.

A pastoral and patristic Nativity message reflecting on the mystery of Christ’s birth, the humility of the Incarnation, and the hope, healing, and peace offered to the faithful through the newborn Savior.

1932 New York World-Telegram article documents the completion of a full American Orthodox Catholic hierarchy, confirming public recognition, canonical succession, and the legitimacy of an independent Orthodox Church established for America.