The Archdiocese of New York & New Jersey is the Archdiocese of the Synod of Milan responsible for the parishes,  missions and monasteries of both Western rite and Eastern rite throughout Eastern America and Canada [excluding the Hamlet of Maspeth, N.Y.].

Once the West European Diocese of the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Greece, the "Milan Synod" was established in 1984 as an Autonomous Metropolia by the Old Calendar Church of Greece (Auxentian Synod) specifically for those who wished to be Orthodox Christian and are of  Western European descent; living in Western Europe or throughout the Diaspora.

The Holy Synod of Milan is a traditional Orthodox Church dedicated to charity and brotherhood amongst all the Orthodox Churches and Her faithful.  We are also firmly dedicated to exposing the international ecumenical movement as the diabolical deceit that it is.

It is our hope and responsibility to seek out all those who would be identified as West European --who are not already part of other Orthodox Churches-- to study, consider, and convert to the Christian Faith of their forefathers from the first millennium.

In addition to the churches of the Archdiocese that follow Slavic and Greek liturgical traditions, we are making available churches of the ancient Western rite to those who wish to take part in them throughout the Eastern United States and Canada.

Our Mission

To preserve the Holy Orthodox Church, Her Faith and Traditions as given to us by Christ through the Holy Apostles and the Church Fathers..

To reach out with the charity of & the Brotherhood in Christ our God amongst all faithful Orthodox Christians..

To lead persons of West European descent back to the Christian Church of their forebearers of the first millennium.

All for the Glory of our Triune God,  for the salvation of mankind and restoration of all creation.

Our Bishop

  is the
   *  Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York & New Jersey.
   * Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern America.
   * Exarch of Canada.
   * A Senior Member of the Synod of Bishops
     (Milan, Italy)
   * Abbot, Orthodox Abbey of the Holy Name & its dependencies.
   * Publisher, St. Gregory's Orthodox Press.
   * spiritual son of the blessed Elder and Schema-Bishop Theodore (Irtel) of Old Valaam,
       Perchersky Caves Monastery, and America.