“PATRIARCH” CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL MAYER AND HIS VIRTUAL JURISDICTION AS ANOTHER PHENOMENON AMONG NON-CANONICAL PSEUDO-ORTHODOX GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES

Priest Pavel Bochkov

Doctor of Theology (Dr. hab.),ThDr, ThD, Candidate of Law (PhD)

The rector of the church of St. Luke of the Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk, Russia

Email: frpavel@inbox.ru

Issue: № 4 (16), 2021

Pages: 107

Annotation

The article is dedicated to the little-known American group of "patriarch" Francis Christopher Michael Mayer "Autocephalous Greek International Orthodox Christian Church - Canonical Orthodox Patriarchate of Pietermaritzburg and all Eastern states" "Orthodox Patriarch". Actively using social networks, Mayer pretends to be the head of a large non-canonical jurisdiction with the dioceses in Africa, America and Asia. She herself has communication with a number of similar non-canonical groups around the world. Despite the loud names and activity in the Internet space, in fact, both believers and clerics are absent in this jurisdiction.

Keywords

Christopher Michael Mayer, Patriarchy of Pietermaritzburg, non-canonical jurisdictions, religious fraud, schism, pseudo-Orthodox groups in the United States.

For citation

Bochkov P., priest. “Patriarch” Christopher Michael Mayer and his virtual jurisdiction as another phenomenon among non-canonical pseudo-o rthodox groups in the United States // Ipatievsky vestnik. — 2021. — № 4. — Р. 107–122.