Turkish Orthodox Church in America
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The Turkish Orthodox Church in America was an independent Old Catholic church active in the 1970s.
It claimed to pay allegiance to the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, an unrecognised Orthodox church based in Istanbul
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In the United States some 20 churches organised the Turkish Orthodox Church in America in 1966, under Archbishop Civet Kristof, an African American
physician originally named Christopher M. Cragg, who had been consecrated in the American Orthodox Catholic Church
in 1965. In 1969 the church reported 14 churches and 6 mission parishes.
The Turkish Orthodox Church continued to exist throughout the 1970s, but during the early 1980s, Archbishop Cragg moved to Chicago and opened a health clinic. His stationery carried the title, American Orthodox Church, Diocese of Chicago and North America.
It claimed to pay allegiance to the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, an unrecognised Orthodox church based in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
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In the United States some 20 churches organised the Turkish Orthodox Church in America in 1966, under Archbishop Civet Kristof, an African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
physician originally named Christopher M. Cragg, who had been consecrated in the American Orthodox Catholic Church
American Orthodox Catholic Church
The American Orthodox Catholic Church is a name given to a number of small independent denominations that are broadly in the Old Catholic tradition.Examples include the American Orthodox Catholic Church – Western Rite Mission, Diocese of New York....
in 1965. In 1969 the church reported 14 churches and 6 mission parishes.
The Turkish Orthodox Church continued to exist throughout the 1970s, but during the early 1980s, Archbishop Cragg moved to Chicago and opened a health clinic. His stationery carried the title, American Orthodox Church, Diocese of Chicago and North America.