Religious Groups That Use 'Orthodox' in Their Names But Are Not Canonical

[w.a.mozart]

This is an excellent definition of "canonical" from the web site of a canonical Eastern Orthodox parish church: "Christ the Saviour Church is a member of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese, a canonical, autonomous jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Church, headquartered in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and under the protection of His All-Holiness, BARTHOLOMEW I, pictured here. As 'the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch,' every canonical local or worldwide Orthodox Church is in full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarch." — Christ the Saviour American Orthodox Church, North Royalton, OH. (http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch06509)

http://aggreen.net/other_orthodox/other.html

If you are in doubt....about the purported canonicity of a particular jurisdiction, check this World Orthodox page maintained by the Orthodox Church in America. If the jurisdiction is not listed there, it most likely is not in communion with the worldwide autonomous and autocephalous canonical Orthodox churches.

http://www.oca.org/OCworldindex.asp?SID=2

[Vesna V. Lalovic]

no I am not in doubt.... 4chsmu1

[w.a.mozart]

glad to hear it    4chsmu1

[Vesna V. Lalovic]

thanks  4chsmu1