Welcome!
Welcome to the official Web Site of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
in America, under the direction of His Eminence, Archbishop Gregory of
Denver and Colorado.
For the genuine inquirer into the Orthodox Faith, regardless of his
background, this site contains a wealth of information.
Site Navigation has been facilitated by the Site Map located at the bottom
of each page, and below the streaming display of our venerable First
Hierarchs: Saint Patriarch Tikhon, Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky),
Metropolitan Anastassy (Gribanovsky), and Saint Metropolitan Philaret
(Voznesensky).
In the summer of 2004, the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church in America (ROAC) suffered a destructive schism due to the criminal behavior of Metropolitan Valentine. After surviving a five bypass heart surgery in Colorado, he acted in a fashion that is unacceptable for a bishop of the Orthodox Church.
Metropolitan Valentine attacked his benefactor, Archbishop Gregory, and has adopted papal ideas, whereby he believes he has supreme authority to enter any monastery and any diocese of any country and usurp any bishop, steal any monk or priest, and ordain any person, without the permission from the ruling bishop! In doing thus, he falls under the condemnation of the Ecumenical Synods and their canons, which he disregards saying that they are applicable only to Greek bishops!
Metropolitan Valentine has maliciously slandered Archbishop Gregory publicly and in writing, and has again condemned himself to be liable to deposition by his undisciplined actions. All his uncanonical actions were put in a formal complaint to the Holy Synod which alone has the authority to punish any bishop, even a Metropolitan, who breaks the holy Canons. Regrettably all this took place in Russia, and the accused became the judge. The judge then threw out the accusation against himself and accused the accuser and sat in judgement over his own accusations! The only response from this unlawful court was e-mail messages supposedly from the Synod in Russia, stating that the Synod was no longer in communion with Archbishop Gregory. This caused a schism and those responsible in Russia will be held accountable before the dread throne of Christ.
The outcome of all this is that the only true representative and bishop of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (ROAC) in America is Archbishop Gregory of Denver and Colorado. All those interested in joining the church which is also known as the Genuine Orthodox Church of America are invited to contact Dormition Skete at DormitionSkete@starband.net. The desire for true Orthodoxy under a confessing bishop should be the only criteria for joining the Church. If anybody wishes to join the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church under Archbishop Gregory only for the reason of preserving Russianness, he need not apply. The love of the truth is the only criteria for belonging to the Church.
