The Orthodox Church in America's own official teaching page, stating that "the Orthodox Church precludes the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopacy" as "a matter of Holy Tradition," and noting that public controversy over the question is itself "a rather recent one with roots outside the Orthodox Church," rather than framing the restriction as a formally dated ruling.
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Reliability Tier2
An official teaching statement from one autocephalous Orthodox jurisdiction, the Orthodox Church in America, not a pan-Orthodox synodal act; the same honest caveat this project already applies to this body's position on sexuality under a different claim. Used here as evidence of the position widely held across Orthodox jurisdictions, not as a claim to speak for all of them. NotesCited for Eastern Orthodoxy's ordination-practice-detail fact, one jurisdiction's own official statement of the position, not a pan-Orthodox declaration.
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PublisherOrthodox Church in America
URLhttps://www.oca.org/questions/priesthoodmonasticism/ordination-of-women
Source TypeOfficial doctrinal statement
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This source names Americas directly: "The Orthodox Church in America's own official teaching page, stating that "the Orthodox Church precludes the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopacy" as "a matter of Holy Tradition..."
Source Ordination of Women, Questions and Answers (Orthodox Church in America)
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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