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OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates. "To advance the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders." OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (previously known as the Organization of Chinese Americans) is a non-profit organization founded in 1973, whose stated mission is to advance the social, political, and ...
e. The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. [2]: 68 [9][10] In 2011, it had an estimated 84,900 members in the United States.
Misuse of Church donations. In the autumn of 2005, the OCA administration was publicly accused of financial misconduct by its former treasurer, Protodeacon Eric Wheeler. Wheeler has alleged that millions of dollars in donations to the church were improperly used for personal expenses or to cover shortfalls in Church accounts.
Oxalis tuberosa is a perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters as underground stem tubers. These tubers are known as uqa in Quechua, [1] oca in Spanish, yams in New Zealand and several other alternative names. The plant was brought into cultivation in the central and southern Andes for its tubers, which are used as a root vegetable.
SCOBA. The Diocese of the Midwest is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, missions, and chapels located in twelve states in the Midwestern United States – Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 7. January 13. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore.
October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) October 9 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 11. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 23 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For October 10th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 27.
The Eastern Orthodox cross. October 11 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – October 13. All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 25 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For October 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 29.