Aftimios Ofiesh and 7 others. We, as the other canonicallyestabished Orthodox Churches, do not recognze the independent groups that claim lines from this Church through Plummer, Dewittow and Propheta. This is explained in other pages of our domain and various sites. Whe Holy Synod does not recognize any consecrations or ordinations by Bp. Ignatius Nichols after he left this Church and acted on his own and without the authority of this Church.
Some churches claim to be an outgrowth or offshoot of our lines of apostolic succession.
Some even falsely claim to be us. Our legal property - Our service marks and copyrights. Our design with the two headed eagle and the banner with our name below is also our service mark. Our tradename is registered in Arizona and our Trademark is Registered in Arizona. There are many independent groups who claim to be orthodox but when you look closely you will see they are not.