| Canadian Orthodox Church | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | COC |
| Type | Orthodox Christianity |
| Classification | (De jure) Eastern Orthodox (De facto) Western Orthodox (since 2010) |
| Orientation | Eastern Orthodox |
| Scripture | Bible (Orthodox version) |
| Theology | Systematic |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Patriarch | John I (1992-) |
| Region | Canada |
| Language | English, French, Church Slavonic |
| Liturgy | Byzantine Rite Western Orthodox (Latin, Old English and Old French Rites) |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada |
| Founder | (Claim) "St. Roberts of Prince George" (Actually) Five Unnamed Orthodox believers |
| Origin | November 6, 1933 Prince George, British Columbia |
| Separated from | Canadian-Russian Orthodox Church |
| Congregations | 192 |
| Members | 3,151,721 (2018) (722,532 daily attendees) |
| Ministers | 53 |
| Missionaries | 9 |
| Hospitals | 13 |
| Nursing homes | 64 |
| Primary schools | 5 |
| Secondary schools | 2 |
| Other name(s) | Ottawa Patriarchate |
Canadian Orthodox Church (French: Église Orthodoxe Canadienne, Russian: Канадская Православная Церковь) and sometimes alternatively but unofficially by almost all of its adherents called Ottawa Patriarchate (French: Patriarcat d'Ottawa, Russian: Оттавский Патриархат) is one of 15 autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church and de facto first autocephalous church (or "jurisdiction") that compose the Western Orthodox Church after Alaskan Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Ottawa, currently John I, Archbishop of Ottawa.
Found by few religious members (Three Russians, One English, and One French descents) in 1933 during the decades of religious and ethnic persecution by Protestant (and sometimes Catholic) Canadian government when the government once again against rights for Russian important minority population in Northwestern Canada with couple of important anti-Russian laws. And including Orthodox believers as "Un-Canadian" this time with almost forced conversions to Protestant faith mostly with some backfire as some English and few French Canadians converted to their faith as means of protest.
Church has five (or six in depends) liturgies (Old English, Old French, Latin and Church Slavonic (or Russian-style Church Slavonic in several churches)) as church's Sacred languages ever since Church founded and separate from Canadian-Russian Orthodox Church seven days later.
Membership[]
Most church members are from Yukon (52.6%), North New Russia/North Canada (50.8%) and Nunavut (47.7%) with the lowest in Prince Edward Island (2.2%), Quebec (1.8%) and Ontario (1.3%).