Former Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church in America
(In alphabetical order)

	His Grace Basil
	Bishop of San Francisco and the West
	Date of Consecration: January 12, 1980
	Biography
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	Articles:
	Acceptance into the Orthodox Church: Bishop's Instructions
	Bishop Basil on the Calendar Change
	How can this be? (Translated by Bishop Basil)
	His Grace Boris
	Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest
	Date of Consecration: November 11, 1978
	Date of Election: October 18, 1978
	Biography
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Dmitri
	Archbishop of Dallas and the South
	Date of Consecration: June 22, 1969
	Name Day: September 21
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	Articles
	A Christian Understanding of Freedom
	The Commandment of Love: The Means to Salvation and Our Basis for Mission
	Confession
	The Goal of Lent: To See Christ as He Is
	Liturgical Commemorations in Preparation for the Nativity
	"The Lord is my Shepherd"
	The Meeting of Our Lord
	Pentecost
	Reconciliation, Education, Evangelization
	St. Thomas Sunday
	The Seventh Sunday of Pascha: Christian Dogma and Defending God's Truth
	Sunday of the Cross
	The Sundays after Pentecost
	The Theotokos
	"Thus It Becometh Us to Fulfill All Righteousness"
	The Transfiguration of Christ
	The Veneration of the Virgin Mary in the Orthodox Church
	What's in the Stars? A Close Look at Astrology
	His Eminence Gregory
	Archbishop, Former Bishop of Sitka and Alaska
	Date of Death: April 15, 2008
	Date of Consecration: May 13, 1973
	Name Day: January 25
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Beatitude Herman
	Former Archbishop of Washington,
	Metropolitan of All America and Canada
	Date of Election as Metropolitan: July 22, 2002
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1994
	Date of Consecration: February 10, 1973
	Date of Election: October 19, 1972
	Name Day: August 9
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Innocent
	Bishop of Hagerstown
	Date of Consecration: September 16, 1995
	Name Day: March 31
	Biography
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	Articles:
	Life: The Treasure of God
	His Beatitude Ireney
	Archbishop of Washington,
	Metropolitan of All America and Canada
	Date of Consecration:
	Name Day:
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence John
	Archbishop of San Francisco and the West
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1961
	Date of Consecration: 1947
	Date of Election: 1947
	Biography
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	Articles
	A Hymn to the Lesser God
	His Eminence Kyrill
	Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
	and the Bulgarian Diocese
	Date of Death: June 17, 2007
	Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1992
	Date of Consecration: August 9, 1964
	Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 19, 1941
	Name Day: May 11
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Lazar
	Archbishop of New Ostrog
	Date of Consecration: September 28, 1990
	Name Day : June 16
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Mark
	Former Bishop of Boston
	Date of Consecration: November 10, 1979
	Name Day: January 19
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Nikolai
	Former Bishop of Sitka, Anchorage and Alaska
	Date of Consecration: April 22, 2001
	Name Day: December 6/19
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Peter
	Archbishop of New York and New Jersey
	Date of Consecration: September 12, 1968
	Name Day: June 29
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	Articles
	The Canonical Situation in America
	The Conference in Rome and Constantinople
	Ecumenism Revisited
	Liturgical Matters: The Lukan Jump
	Reflecting on the Future of Orthodoxy in America
	Reflections on the Canonization of St. Raphael
	Religion, Society, and State
	Some Remarks About Biblical and Liturgical Translations
	His Eminence Sylvester
	Archbishop of Montreal and Canada
	Date of Death: May 18, 2000
	Date of Consecration: April 27, 1952
	Date of Election: 1952
	Biography
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Beatitude Theodosius
	Archbishop of Washington,
	Metropolitan of All America and Canada
	Date of Consecration: May 6, 1967
	Name Day : September 9
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Grace Tikhon
	Bishop of San Francisco and the West
	Date of Consecration: May 30, 1987
	Name Day: August 13
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	Articles
	About Reverences
	Bishop's Pastoral Letter on the New Revised Standard Version
	The Conciliar Celebration of the Divine Liturgy by Priests in the Diocese of the West
	Conventions of Writing to a Hierarch
	Hierarchical Services (for Priests)
	A Letter of Instruction (II) on Liturgical Topics: The Holy Doors and the Curtain
	A Letter of Instruction (IV) on Liturgical Topics: Priest's Headcoverings during Divine Worship
	A Letter of Instruction on the Topic: Honoraria, Fees, "Treby," Emoluments, Gratuities - Money
	A Letter of Instruction (III) on the Topic: Evening Divine Liturgies
	Letter of Instruction #8: Hearing the Confessions of Priests and Hierarchs
	Letter of Instruction #9 on Two Topics: I. About Censing; II. Burial of Priests
	Liturgical Order #1 (Preliminary)
	On Church Singing
	On Second Marriages
	Protocol No. 139
	The Reception of Heretic Laity and Clergy into the Orthodox Church
	The Sacrament of Penance
	His Grace Varlaam
	Bishop
	Date of Consecration: October 2, 1994
	Name Day : November 19
	Biography
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
	His Eminence Vladimir
	Metropolitan of San Francisco and the West
	Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: March 1970
	Date of Consecration: October 14, 1962
	Biography
	Obituary
	Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters