Atlas of American Orthodox Churches

The Atlas provides a “snapshot” of the Orthodox Christian Churches in the United States. It is addressed for the wide - Orthodox and non-Orthodox, academic and non-academic - audiences. Simultaneously, this book is an atlas, a reference book and a thematic monograph. It is an atlas because it contains numerous maps to show the historical development and present territorial patterns of Orthodox Church life in America. It is a reference book because it furnishes comprehensive information and statistical data on all American Orthodox Christian Churches. It is a thematic monograph because the essays in this book tell the story of the Orthodox Christian past and present in the United States. Thematically, the Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Churches unfolds in four parts (see also table of contents below). Chapter one looks at the historical development of the American Orthodox Churches and presents many interesting facts about particular churches, local communities, and personalities associated with Orthodoxy in America. Chapter two offers an overview of twenty-one national Orthodox Church bodies (including Oriental Orthodox Churches). The short articles with information about each Church are accompanied by two maps: a state-by-state map of parishes and a county-by-county map of membership in this Church. The third chapter is devoted to Orthodox monasteries in the United States. The chapter gives a general introduction into Orthodox monasticism in America and offers a systematic database for the eighty-one Orthodox monasteries in this country. The accompanying map shows their distribution across the country. Chapter four furnishes data from the 2010 US National Orthodox Census. Tables and maps in this chapter contain statistics of parishes, membership, and church attendance for twenty-one different national Orthodox Church bodies.  This information is available church-by-church and state-by-state and county-by-county Principal Researcher, Data Compiler and Editor (akrindatch@aol.com)

"Orthodox Christianity in America has been both visible and invisible for more than 200 years. Visible to its neighbors, but usually not well understood; invisible, especially among demographers, sociologists, and students of American religious life. This first ever Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Churches presents Orthodox Christianity in terms that all can understand - scholars and members of the Orthodox Church. The Atlas presents a much-needed snapshot of Orthodox Christianity in these early years of the twenty-first century. It will become an invaluable resource and reference point for many ongoing conversations among the Orthodox and for our involvement in American life." - Rev. Dr. Thomas FitzGerald, Dean - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts

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