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Holy Orthodox Church Lines to ++ Ryzy

+Christopher Contogeorge was consecrated on Feburary 10, 1934 at the Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen in NYC, by Orthodox Bishops +Bashara and +Noli. With the consecration of +Contogeorge the lines from Albanian and the Russian Orthodox Churches were joined.

Christopher Contogeorge [Kontogiorgios] (1894-1950) Bishop Christopher consecrated on November 3rd 1935,

Nicholas J. Kedroff (1902-1944) Ordained priest, The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Archbishop, The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (1935) Archbishop Nicholas consecrated

Joseph Klimovicz [Klymowycz] (1880-1961) Ordained priest, The North American Diocese of The Russian Orthodox Church (1913) Ordained priest, The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Patriarch, The Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of America (1950) , Patriarch Joseph consecrated on October 15,1950,

+Peter Andrew Zurawetzky on Oct. 15, 1950 , at St. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church in Springfield Mass. Zurawetzky was consecrated to become +Zielonka's suffragan for the Polish Old Catholic Church. P.O.C.C. which had incorporated in New Jersey and elected Bishop Joseph Zielonka as their leader. Zielonka had been consecrated some years previously by Paolo Maraglia Gulotti and also served as bishop under +Brothers.

Patriarch Joseph Klimowicz of the Orthodox Catholic Patriarch of America, Archbishop Konstanin Jaroshevich (a Bylo-Russian prelate who had been consecrated by Archbishop Fan Stylin Noli of the Albanian OrthodoxChurch,) Archbishop Zielonka, Metropolitan Nicholas Bohatyretz of the Ukrainin Church and Old Catholic Bishop Peter Williamowich participated in the service.

Among his first episcopal acts after he succeeded +Zielonka was that +Peter changed the name of the Old Polish National Catholic Church to Christ Catholic Church of North America and Europe and then established the Holy Orthodox Catholic Patriachate of America.

 

+Peter Andrew Zurawetzky first consecrated +Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski on Sept. 20, 1965 , with +Propheta & +Lawrence F. Pierre.

++Zurawetzky then as acting Archbishop of Miensk and all Byleorussia of the Apostolic Synod of "SUBOZHNIA" and Patriach of the Holy Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of America elevated to the rank of Archbishop and canonically reconsecrated Prof. Dr. Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski, on Christmas Day, 1965 , to be the Apostolic Administrator of the Byelorussian Orthodox Catholic Church of St Apostle Andrew in both the Eastern and Western Rite.

As the Chancellor to the Holy Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of America and with the permission of ++Zurawetzky +Ryzy-Ryski established "BYELORUSSICUM" and incorporated Amerian World Patriachates.

 

 

+Peter and +Uladyslau

 

+Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski of the ORTHODOX CATHOLIC AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES and AMERICAN WORLD PATRIARCHATES on February 19, 1978, with ++Zurawetzky and +Adam Bielecky consecrated

+Emigidiusz J. Ryzy , (the brother of +Uladyslau) as a Bishop for American World Partiarchates and the Ecumenical Orthodox Catholic Autocephalus Church of the USA.

The "BYELORUSSICUM" which was previously incorporated into American World Patriachates, subsequently upon the independence of the Republic of Belarus, has now become organized as the Belarus Orthodox Catholic Church under Archbishop Ryzy. The Eastern Orthodox and the Western Rites originally canonically appointed by ++Zurawetzky of the H.O.C.P.A. to +Ryzy-Ryski on December 25, 1965 were certificated by ++Zurawekzy on January 1, 1966 and again in writing on May 29, 1978, and remain part of this jurisdiction.

On May 29th, 1978, ++Zurawetzky elevated +Emigidius Ryzy to be Apostolic Administrator of American World Patriarchates while still recognizing him to be a Bishop of his own jurisdiction. This extended the Apostolic authority and responsibility of ++Ryzy to become the Apostolic Administrator of the Bylelorussian Orthodox Catholic Church of the Apostle St. Andrew, the First Called, Eastern and Western Rite from+Ryzy-Ryski to his brother +E.J. Ryzy.

On Sunday, January 28, 2001, +Emigidiusz J. Ryzy was also raised to Archbishop of the Holy Orthodox Church, Archdiocese of the Atlantic, by bishops of the Uniate Western Orthodox Catholic Church, the Apostolic Episcopal Church, and the African Orthodox Church, the Order of St Benedict the Moor , the Anglican Independent Communion and the Order of Corporate Reunion in St. John's Episcopal American Catholic Church, before a congregation of more than 50 people, in New York City. Archbishop Ryzy had been lawfully and duly elected at the Synod of the Apostolic Episcopal Church by Laity and Clergy with the blessing and support of Archbishop +Bertil Persson, Primate, of the Order of Corporate Reunion and