ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN LAITY

OCL is a pan-Orthodox educational and advocacy ministry formed in 1987 to: advocate for the restoration and strengthening of the historic role of thelaity in the conciliar governance of the Orthodox Church in the United States; support the spiritual renewal and regeneration of the Orthodox ChristianChurch in the United States in its Apostolic Mission; advocate for and promote transparency and accountability in the governance of the OrthodoxChurch in the United States; advocate for and champion the establishment of an administratively and canonically-unified, self-governing autocephalousOrthodox Christian Church in the United States