In the Orthodox Church, the office of bishop is the leading Church ministry. The word bishop (episkopos, in Greek) means overseer. Each of the bishops has exactly the same service to perform. No bishop is “over any other bishop in the Church and, indeed, the bishop himself is not “over” his church, but is himself within and of the Church as one of its members. He is the one who is responsible and answerable before God and man for the life of his particular church community.

   The bishops are the leading members of the clergy in the sense that they have the responsibility and the service of maintaining the unity of the Church throughout the world by insuring the truth and unity of the faith and practice of their respective churches with all of the others. Thus, the bishops represent their particular churches or dioceses to the other churches or dioceses, just as they represent the Universal Church to their own particular priests, deacons, and people.

Eis Polla Eti, Dhespota! Many Years Master!

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 His Beatitude, the Most Blessed TIKHON,

Archbishop of Washington,

Metropolitan of All America and Canada

P.O. Box 675

Syosset, NY 11791

(516) 922-0550

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His Eminence the Most. Rev. Alexander (Golitzin)

Archishop of Dallas & the Diocese of the South & of the Bulgarian Diocese

4218 Wycliff Ave

Dallas, TX 75219

(530) 921-1567

His Grace, The Rt. Rev Gerasim (Eliel)

Bishop of Fort Worth, Auxiliary to the Diocese of the South

4218 Wycliff Ave

Dallas, TX 75219

(214) 799-3386

V. Rev. Marcus Burch

Chancelloer of the Diocese of the South

Rector, St. John of the Ladder

Orthodox Church

213 Roper Mountan Road Ext;

Greenville, SC 29615

(864) 236-7381

V. Rev. Basil Biberdorf

Dean of the Appalachian Deanery 

of the Diocese of the South

Rector, St. Anne Orthodox Church

560 Oak Ridge Tpk

Oak Ridge, TN 37830

(814) 206-6279

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 Reverend Father Adam R. Sexton, 

Rector

St. Andrew's Orthodox Church

117 Linden Street

Ashland, VA 23005

(804) 798-4198

priest@firstcalled.org 

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