DC Monastery Received into the ROCOR

The Greek Orthodox sisterhood brought by Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) of the American Orthodox Church (OCA) to establish a monastery in the District of Columbia has been received into the Diocese of New York and Eastern America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). The Monastery was released to the ROCOR by Metropolitan Jonah, implying that its sisterhood was finally granted a release to the OCA by its diocesan metropolitan in Greece. More here.

DC Monastery Closed; Nuns Returning to Greece

It appears that a Greek Orthodox sisterhood seeking to establish a monastery in Washington, DC, with the encouragement of both Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and the city's Cathedral of St. Nicholas will be returning to Greece due to the concerns of the Holy Synod of the American Orthodox Church (OCA) over the refusal of the sisterhood's diocesan metropolitan in Greece to release them to the jurisdiction of the OCA. More here.

Founding of a DC Monastery Problematic for OCA Hierarchy

There is apparently continuing concern in the hierarchy of the American Orthodox Church (OCA) over the establishment of a women's monastery in Washington, DC. The reasons for this concern have not been stated beyond the refusal of the newly arrived nuns' metropolitan, a hierarch of the Church of Greece, to release them to the OCA, and a reported laxity on the part of their spiritual father in receiving non-Orthodox into the Church. More here.