The African Orthodox Church (AOC) is a predominantly African-American Christian denomination which was founded in the United States in 1918 by the joint collaboration of its first patriarch, George Alexander McGuire, and Marcus M. Garvey.

We the African Orthodox Church in America are one of five jurisdictions in America of the African Orthodox Church. Orthodox Christianity is the ancient Faith in the modern world. It is the continuation of the Body of Christ unbroken and undefeated for over 2000 years.

2019年2月28日 · By 1924, the church would officially be known as the African Orthodox Church, which would serve a congregation of black-nationalist neo-Anglican members. The church maintained strong ties with the UNIA, though Garvey was …

2018年5月17日 · The African Orthodox Church (AOC) was founded September 2, 1921, by George Alexander McGuire, an Antiguan follower of Marcus Garvey who had been ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

2020年7月5日 · The Orthodox Church in Africa traces its origins to St. Mark, who planted the church in the city of Alexandria in AD 42 or thereabouts. Alexandria was a cosmopolitan city, established by Alexander the Great, whose successors established the Ptolemaic dynasty, and ruled Egypt until they were conquered by the Romans.

2009年7月28日 · The African Orthodox church, an expression of religious autonomy among black Americans, had its genesis in the work and thought of George Alexander McGuire, a native of Antigua, whose religious journey and changing ecclesiastical affiliation paralleled his deepening interest in and commitment to the cause of Afro-American nationalism and racial ...

…heard of the independent, all-black African Orthodox Church in the United States and founded his own African Orthodox Church in 1929. In 1932 he secured ordination by the U.S. church’s archbishop from South Africa, whose episcopal orders traced to the ancient Syrian Jacobite (Monophysite) Church of India.

Orthodox Africa is an International 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit, Orthodox Christian Missionary Organization that Partners with local Orthodox Missions to help create Self-Sustaining Orthodox Christian Missions in Africa.

2025年1月29日 · The African Orthodox Church (AOC) is an independent Christian denomination with roots in the African American community. It emerged in the early 20th century as an effort to establish an autonomous and culturally relevant expression of Christianity for African Americans.

2024年2月19日 · The African Orthodox Church originated in the United States, growing out of ideas of black separatism, and it spread to Africa where it played an important role in independence movements in Africa. Alexander was the central figure in the founding and spread of the AOC church in South Africa.