AOCC Chaplaincy Mission

Archdiocese AOCC Chaplaincy

The Archdiocese AOCC Chaplaincy is a diocese under the oversight of a diocesan bishop who may be a retired military chaplain and, embracing the AOCC vision, partners with other AOCC Departments to support, assess, and provide endorsements and care for chaplains serving in the U.S. military, civilian VA / CIA, and their families. The AOCC Chaplaincy is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the American Orthodox Catholic Church of the Eastern and Western rites, responsible for the sacramental pastoral care of Orthodox chaplains, families, and laity serving in the emergency services and armed forces of our nation. We seek to:

• Endorse AOCC priests called to the chaplaincy ministry for the proclamation of the gospel

• To embrace our chaplains and their families in prayer and pastoral care

• To assist parishes with the discovery, development, and deployment of chaplaincy ministry

• To enhance the ministry of our chaplains through continuing education

• To assist our churches in their ministry to AOCC priests’ chaplains and their families, including transitions in ministry

• To engage our pastors and denominational leaders on an intentional strategy in support of our chaplains and our military families

• To enlist our chaplains for local parish involvement and ministries

• To assist chaplains to transition into AOCC parishes or become church planters within our Communion

• To become spiritual formation mentors for other priests who may be seeking to become AOCC chaplains

• To assist struggling parishes as supply priests or area support missionaries

• To become professors for AOCC seminaries

• To assist the Chaplains as itinerate evangelists