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African Orthodox Church Inc. - New York City,NY
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Welcome to African Orthodox Church Inc.
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<b>122 West 129 Street<br>New York City, NY 10023<br>
USA<br>212 518 6615<br></center>
</b><br><hr><h2>Staff / Leaders</h2>
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<TR><TD><b>+ArchBishop Metropolitan Primate</b> </TD><TD><b>George Walter Sands, OSB.</b><br> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:GSands@bellsouth.net"> Send an Email...</A><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>Vice President of the General Synod</b> </TD><TD><b>Very Rev Fr. James Salisbury Jr., OSB. (Bishop-elect)</b><br> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:StSimonCyrene@msn.com"> Send an Email...</A><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>House of Bishops</b> </TD><TD><b>Archbishop G.W. Sands, OSB.,Dean</b><br> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:GWSands@bellsouth.net"> Send an Email...</A><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b> General Secretary</b> </TD><TD><b>Rev. Doctor Sister Irene Elizabeth King, OSB.</b><br> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto: drivenbking@aol.com"> Send an Email...</A><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b> Chancellor</b> </TD><TD><b>Rev. Fr. James W. Barr, OSB., Rector</b><br> </TD></TR>
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Weekly Schedule</h2>
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<TR><TD><b>Holy General Synod</b> </TD><TD><b>First week of August</b><br></TD></tr>
<TR><TD><b>National Advent Sunday</b> </TD><TD><b>2nd Sunday of Advent</b><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>St. Peter's Chair</b> </TD><TD><b>Second Sunday of Feb</b><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b>Clergy Retreat</b> </TD><TD><b>Each Spring</b><br></TD></TR>
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The African Orthodox Church Inc., (History)</h3>
The African Orthodox Church owes its Episcopate and Apostolic Authority to the Syrian Church of Antioch where there disciples were first called Christians, and of which the Chair (See) of St. Peter the Apostle was the first Bishop. <BR>
In a Bull issued by Ignatius Peter III, Patriarch of Antioch and the East, permission was given for the Consecration of the Priest Joseph Rene Vilatte as Archbishop - Metropolitan of the arch diocese of America, namely, for churches adhering to the Orthodox Faith; and, on May 29th, 1892, Archbishop Vilatte was duly consecrated in Ceylon by Archbishop Julius Alvarez, assisted by the Syrian Bishops George Gregorius and Paul Athanasius, all three being under obedience of the PAtriarch of Antioch. <BR>
On September 28th, 1921, in the City of Chicago, George Alexander McGuire was consecrated first Bishop and Primate of the African Orthodox Church by Archbishop Joseph Rene Vilatte, assisted by Bishop Carl A. Nybladh who had been consecrated by Vilatte. <BR>
On September 10th 1924 The Conclave, or House of Bishops of the African Orthodox Church, was duly organized, following which the first Bishop, George Alexander McGuire, was unanimously elected Archbishop, and enthroned with the title of "Archbishop Alexander".
Archbishop George Alexander McGuire after many years of service as Chaplin broke with Marcus Garvey, who wanted to locate the UNIA headquarters in the West Indies, and devoted himself to the development and extension of his church, founding the Endick Theolgical Seminary, and order of deaconesses, and the Negro Churchman, which he edited. The African Orthodox church attracted mostly Anglican West Indian immigrants. It spread to the South in 1925 when McGuire started a parish in West Palm Beach, Fla. Two years later he consecrated an African as Primate Archbishop William Daniel Alexander of South Africa and central and southern Africa province. At the time McGuire was elected as Patriarch with the title of Alexander I. His church then spread to Uganda where it grew to about 10,000. Its greatest strength, however, was in New York City where on Nov 8, 1931, he dedicated Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral, a remodeled house purchased by McGuire from funds obtained by mortaging his own home. In 1934 the church had about 30,000 members, about fifty clergy, and thirty churches located in the United States, Africa, Cuba, Antigua and Venezuela.
McGuire died on Nov. 10 1934. He was survived by his wife, Ada Robert McGuire, a native of Antigua, and a daughter.
You may find additional information (See Arthur C. Thompson's The History of the African Orthodox Church (1956), Byron Rushing's "A Note on the Origin of the African Orthodox Church" (JNH, Jan. 1972), and Gavin White's" Patriarch McGuire and the Episcopal Church"
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The Churches of the African Orthodox Church Inc.</h3>
THE INTERNATIONAL CHANCERY <BR>
HOLY CROSS PRO CATHEDRAL <BR>
122 West 129th Street <BR>
New York City, New York 10023 <BR>
(212) 662-0894 <BR>
+Archbishop Jamen Bernardt Butler, OSB., Rector <BR>
122 West 129th Street, New York City, New York 10023 <BR>
Reverend Canon Alfred Drake, OSB., Curate <BR>
Dr. Rev. Sister Irene King, OSB, Deaconess <BR>
ST SIMON THE CYRENIAN AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH INC. <BR>
Bishop-elect James Salisbury Jr., OSB., M.Div., Rector <BR>
Rev. Sister Hannah Irene, OSB., L.Th., Deaconess <BR>
PO Box 1428, 5501 Silver Hill Road & West Ave. <BR>
Suitland, Maryland 20746 Email: StSimonCyrene@msn.com <BR>
Phone 301 568 4110 - 301 758 9632 <BR>
ST. PETERS AFRICAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL <BR>
4841 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33127, <BR>
305 759 0314, Fax 305 759 0353 Email: www.stpete99@bellsouth.net<BR>
Archbishop Metropolitan George Walter Sands, OSB., M.Div., Primate Rector<BR>
Reverend Father Dereck Sands, OSB., M.Div., Curate,<BR>
Reverend Deacon James McPhee, OSB., L.Th, Deacon<BR>
Reverend Sister Virginia Scholastica, OSB., L.Th., Deaconess<BR>
Reverend Sister Gloria Angelica, OSB., L.Th., Deaconess<BR>
Reverend Brother Florence LaSalle, OSB., Brother<BR>
Mr. Donnie Brown Senior Master of Ceremony<BR>
Mrs. Bullard-Jordan, Senior Warden.<BR>
ST. ANNE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH<BR>
2485 N.W. 65th Street, Miami, FL 33147<BR>
305 693 0777 <BR>
Reverend Father James Barr, OSB., M.Div., Rector <BR>
Mr. George Barr Jr., Senior Warden <BR>
ST. THERESA/ST.ENID AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH <BR>
St. Michaels Barbados, West Indies,<BR>
Email: FrSkeete@yahoo.com <BR>
Bishop Seth Skeete, OSB., M.Div., Rector<BR>
Reverend Father Jones, OSB., M.Div. Curate<BR>
ST, STEPHENS AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH <BR>
199 Edgecimbe Ave, New York City, New York 10027<BR>
Reverend Canon Semple, OSB., Rector<BR>
Reverend Father Clement Gordon, OSB., Curate<BR>
ST. AUGUSTINE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH<BR>
5831 South Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 <BR>
Phone 312 324 1096<BR>
Reverend Father Doctor Peter Fowler, OSB, M.Div., Rector<BR>
Reverend Sister Watts, OSB., Deconess <BR>
ST. JAMES AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH <BR>
50 Cedar Street, Roxbury, MA.<BR>
Reverend Father Cecil Cozier, OSB., M.Div. Priest in Charge <BR>
ST. AUGUSTINE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH<BR>
137 Allison Street, Cambridge, MA <BR>
517 427 3946 Email: TORCHIDIBishop@aol.com <BR>
Most Reverend George H. Turner., OSB., M.Div., Rector<BR>
Reverend Father Girdwood E. Lowe, OSB., Curate<BR>
ST. PHILLIPS AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (Inactive) <BR>
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>
ST. JOHN THE DIVINE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (INACTIVE)
ST. JOHN COLETRAIN.<BR>
San Francisco, California <BR>
The Most Reverend Franzo King, OSB., Rector<BR>
ST. PATRICK AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH <BR>
729 Siwela Road Unite 13, Imbali, South Africa 3219 <BR>
Phone 333-322-2809 Country Code 27 <BR>
Archbishop M.P. Mkhize, Rector and Bishop of South Africa<BR>
THE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (Cala Branch St. Mary)<BR>
THE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (Port Elizabeth St. Christ the King)
The African Orthodox Church (Qumbu branch, St. Luke) <BR>
THE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (Tsomo branch, St. Mark)<BR>
THE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (Queenstown branch, St. Cyprian)<BR>
THE AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (Mzimkhulu branch, St Patrick.)<BR>
THE ENDICH SEMINARY and THE GEORGE ALEXANDER MCGUIRE HOUSE OF STUDIES. StSimonCyrene@msn.com for information<BR>
HOLY CROSS CATHEDRAL<BR>
122 West 129th Street<BR>
New York City, New York 10023<BR>
212 665 9080<BR>
THE AOC NEWSLETTER<BR>
P.O. Box 1428 Suitland<BR>
Maryland 20752<BR>
Email: StSimonCyrene@msn.com<BR>
Bishop-elect Father James Salisbury, OSB. Editor<BR>
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