AOCC Elects a New Metropolitan Archbishop - Cyril Mark

Tallahassee, FL, June 18, 2020 --(PR.com)-- A Special Meeting of the ŒCOCW/OCOC Holy Synod met on 2/19/2020 wherein the Metropolitan Scholarios-Gennadius III retirement was announced 2/14/2020 and he was made Metropolitan Emeritus in the same meeting. In this referenced meeting, the name "ŒCOCW/OCOC" was changed to Ancient Orthodox Catholic Church (AOCC). Which is now the descendant of the "ŒCOCW/OCOC" which is the direct descendant of the American Orthodox Catholic Church chartered in 1927 by Metropolitan Platon and later led by Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh of Brooklyn, New York and eventually recognized as the Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America. Per the AOCC Canons, the Vicar General was directed to convene the Election of the New Metropolitan.