Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas
church in Canada and US
The Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas or simply Metropolia (Romanian: Mitropolia Ortodoxă Română a celor două Americi or simply Mitropolia) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox metropolis of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Metropolia covers the territory of the United States and Canada. As of 2020 it had 1 monastery and 32 parishes with 6,439 adherents, but 2,258 regular attendees in the United States.
The Metropolia is led by Nicolae, Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America and The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, with the metropolitan center located in Chicago, Illinois.
Administration and structure
The church is divided into one archdiocese and one diocese, each organized into three geographical deaneries, around which the parishes are grouped.
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