M E S S A G E
Welcome to the Official Website of the Arch Eparchate of the Graeco-Russian Orthodox Church in the Philippines.
The ORTHODOX CHURCH in the PHILIPPINES EXARCHATE ABROAD (otherwise known as the American Orthodox Catholic Church), is the one Auto-cephalic Church of the Graeco-Russian Orthodox Catholic Diaspora and Succession, with Order, Mission and Jurisdiction in historic and unbroken continuity with the first Synod of Bishops of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America. The Apostolic Succession of the Philippine Episcopate reveals a documented lineage from the ancient Apostolic Sees of Constantinople, Antioch and Rome.
The Philippine Church is synodically governed under the Primacy of the Metropolitan - General. It was initially established between 1937 and 1940 as a result of missionary excursions by Eastern Orthodox Bishops who, it is alleged, gave the new Church its first Bishop David Estonoctor. From its inception, the new Church was the sole conservator of Orthodoxy in the Philippine Archipelago, and remains so to the present, observing the ancient precept of one nation, one church. Apart from Papal, it is the only Philippine Jurisdiction with undoubtedly valid Orders and Sacraments.
Presently, the Holy Patriarch of the Ephesian Orthodox Church formally adopted us and this is now the basis of our faith. We are expressing our wholehearted gratitude to His-All Holiness Patriarch Avel I, who selflessly accepted us and made his own. We are now clearly seeing the light of our paths.
Thank you very much!!!
God be with us,
HIS EMINENCE + IAKOVOS I
Archbishop
Archdiocese of the Philippines
Welcome to the Official Website of the Arch Eparchate of the Graeco-Russian Orthodox Church in the Philippines.
The ORTHODOX CHURCH in the PHILIPPINES EXARCHATE ABROAD (otherwise known as the American Orthodox Catholic Church), is the one Auto-cephalic Church of the Graeco-Russian Orthodox Catholic Diaspora and Succession, with Order, Mission and Jurisdiction in historic and unbroken continuity with the first Synod of Bishops of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America. The Apostolic Succession of the Philippine Episcopate reveals a documented lineage from the ancient Apostolic Sees of Constantinople, Antioch and Rome.
The Philippine Church is synodically governed under the Primacy of the Metropolitan - General. It was initially established between 1937 and 1940 as a result of missionary excursions by Eastern Orthodox Bishops who, it is alleged, gave the new Church its first Bishop David Estonoctor. From its inception, the new Church was the sole conservator of Orthodoxy in the Philippine Archipelago, and remains so to the present, observing the ancient precept of one nation, one church. Apart from Papal, it is the only Philippine Jurisdiction with undoubtedly valid Orders and Sacraments.
Presently, the Holy Patriarch of the Ephesian Orthodox Church formally adopted us and this is now the basis of our faith. We are expressing our wholehearted gratitude to His-All Holiness Patriarch Avel I, who selflessly accepted us and made his own. We are now clearly seeing the light of our paths.
Thank you very much!!!
God be with us,
HIS EMINENCE + IAKOVOS I
Archbishop
Archdiocese of the Philippines
IN BLESSED MEMORY OF:
HIS BEATITUDE PAPPAS MAR + JESUS I
(+++Most Reverend Archbishop ARTURO ISIDRO DE JESUS, D.D.)
21 September 1946 - 02 January 2014
HIS BEATITUDE PAPPAS MAR + JESUS I
(+++Most Reverend Archbishop ARTURO ISIDRO DE JESUS, D.D.)
21 September 1946 - 02 January 2014
His Beatitude Pappas Mar + Miguel I
(+++Most Reverend Archbishop MIGUEL PESTAÑO BORJA, D.D.)