Orthodox Church in Italy

The Orthodox Church in Italy (Italian: Chiesa Ortodossa in Italia), also called Chiesa Vecchio-Cattolica in Italia or Old Catholic Church in Italy,[1] is an Old Catholic denomination.

For the diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, see Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy.

History

The church was founded in 1983 as a traditional Old Catholic church by Italian Eastern Orthodox bishop Antonio De Rosso, a former Roman Catholic priest.

After joining traditional Orthodoxy, in 1991 Bishop De Rosso described his ecclesial community as an effort to establish a national Orthodox church in Italy, bringing all the Orthodox parishes and missions under an Italian metropolitan bishop, but only some independent groups have adhered to it.

Antonio De Rosso became bishop of Aprilia and Lazio under the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Kyprianos Koutsoumpas, of the Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance). In 1993, the church joined the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and in 1995, De Rosso was enthroned bishop of Ravenna and Italy.

After 1997, the church remained linked with Patriarch Pimen Enew's Bulgarian Orthodox Church – Alternative synod and De Rosso became Metropolitan of Ravenna and Italy. During that year, the church was recognized as an autonomous church and De Rosso became a full member of the Bulgarian alternative synod. De Rosso sought fellowship with other Greek Old Calendarists and the Bulgarian alternative synod. The Orthodox Church in Italy was in full communion with the Bulgarian alternative synod, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate and some other small churches.

After De Rosso died in 2009, the church became an association in memory of him, Associazione "Metropolita Antonio".[2]

Since 2013, the church adopted the alternative name Chiesa Vecchio-Cattolica in Italia / Chiesa Ortodossa in Italia ("Orthodox Church in Italy / Old Catholic Church in Italy").[3]

Nordic Catholic Church vicariate

Since 2015, it is a vicariate of the Nordic Catholic Church (NCC).[4] The NCC is a member church of the Union of Scranton.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Chiesa Vecchio–Cattolica in Italia" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-02-07. © Chiesa Vecchio-Cattolica in Italia / Old Catholic Church in Italy (NCC - COI)
  2. Zoccatelli, PierLuigi; Introvigne, Massimo (2016-05-02). "La Chiesa Ortodossa in Italia". cesnur.com (in Italian). Turin, IT: Center for Studies on New Religions. Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  3. "Comunicato stampa" (Press release) (in Italian). Chiesa Ortodossa in Italia, Associazione "Metropolita Antonio". 2013-11-20. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22 – via comunicati.net.
  4. "Un giorno importante per la Chiesa" [An important day for the church]. www.chiesavecchiocattolica.it (in Italian). Rome, IT: Chiesa Vecchio-Cattolica in Italia. 2015-02-28. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  5. "The Union of Scranton: a union of churches in communion with the Polish National Catholic Church". unionofscranton.org. Scranton, PA: Union of Scranton. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2016-05-01.



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