Lozanoski v. Sarafin

GARRARD, Judge.

Saint Clement Ohridski American Macedonian Orthodox Church (the local church) was incorporated as an Indiana not-for-profit corporation in 1972. About that time, apparently, the local church petitioned to be received in the Orthodox Church in America (national church) and as a part of that petition acknowledged acceptance without reservation of the statute of the national church and "all the obligations incumbent upon" all of its parishes.

The national church is an autocephalous church of heirarchical structure. Its statute, inter alia, provides for church courts and establishes…