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Metropolitan Theodosius (
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Frank Lazor; ,
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) was the
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of the
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(OCA) from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. On , Metropolitan Theodosius (who had suffered a series of strokes) submitted a petition to the Holy Synod of the OCA, requesting his retirement. The Holy Synod granted his request, and announced an election for his replacement to be held on , at the OCA's Thirteenth All-American Council in
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. He was succeeded by Metropolitan
Herman (Swaiko) Metropolitan Herman (born Joseph Swaiko, 1 February 1932 – 6 September 2022) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). As the head of the OCA, he was the Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America ...
. On , Theodosius died following an "extended illness" in his hometown of Canonsburg just 8 days shy of his 87th birthday.


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1933 births 2020 deaths 20th-century American clergy 20th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops 21st-century American clergy 21st-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops People from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Primates of the Orthodox Church in America Religious leaders from Pennsylvania {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub