The original name was the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America. It was first established in 1794 in Alaska, then a territory of the Russian Empire. It passed to the United States with the purchase of Alaska. After the Russian Revolution, the Orthodox Church broke from its ties with Moscow rather than declare loyalty to the Soviet government. The Orthodox Church in America became officially autocephalous on April 10, 1970.
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