Ancient British Church in North America
- Ancient British Church in North America
The Ancient British Church in North America (The Autocephablous Glastonbury Rite in Diaspora) is a small body claiming to beEastern Orthodox in Toronto to serve homosexuals, transsexuals, transvestites, prostitutes, and drug addicts who feel that they are rejected by the Eastern Orthodox Commissions and the Roman Catholic Church.
The church was founded by its presiding bishop, Mar Zotikos. Its clergy are self-employed, independent Franciscans, membes of the Celtic-Catholic Culdee Community of Orthodox Monks, Hermits, Missionaries, and Evangelists of the Old Church of the Blessed Virgin, St. Mary of Glastonbury (Our Lady of Avalon), in Diaspora. Men and women are accepted for ordination to the priesthood.
References
*Lewis, James R. "The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions". Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998. ISBN 1-57392-222-6.
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