News/Activity

The Discord server has been removed.

We are in dialogue with the Orthodox Catholic Church of America. We would like to express our full support toward them and their ministry.

We wish a happy birthday to YouTuber Boomgonza, may God bless him and give him safe travels to New York.

We have clarified that our Apostolic Succession comes from 2 traditional Orthodox movements - the Old Calendarists and the Old Believers.

Elan Bolton, formerly known as Metropolitan Chamuel, has resigned to return to seminary. The Tomos certificate was also made private.

Roblox YouTuber RebootedPoppy has been excommunicated for fear-mongering Christians. We pray for their repentance.

2 site developers have been suspended for using confusing grammar

Jack Colin Doherty has been excommunicated. We pray for his repentance.

We do not plan on reinstating our Discord server, please stop asking about it.

Our online evangelization has been halted after Metropolitan Ioann's computer broke.

We have removed our list of affiliations from the front page of our site, however we are still in communion with the Churches. Also we advise anybody who sees any "Contradictory" information to contact us via the contact form, and we will answer. If you notice error or heretical doctrine wrote by the developers please directly E-Mail Metropolitan Ioann who can fix it.

Apps Snapchat and Telegram have been banned from use by our faithful, please delete those apps from any devices you have.

The evangelization volunteers has acquired 2 megaphones.

We have canonized Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Chalino Sánchez as saints.

Bishop Elan Bolton has returned to the GOCTX as a Titular/Auxiliary Bishop

With reverence, we mourn the passing of Ozzy Osbourne, whose music brought joy to our Metropolitan and many others. May he rest in peace, and may his family be comforted.

Our Metropolitan has agreed to let dioceses/eparchies decide/vote on certain doctrines to prevent further schism over certain issues. Check certain diocese websites to be sure. Dioceses will have their own websites either by Google sites, Wix, or by attachment to the orthodoxchurchoftexas.org domain (ex: orthodoxchurchoftexas.org/dfw).

We are allowing clergy to use different church-approved photos such as artwork, self-portraits, avatars, bitmoji, etc. for privacy reasons. 

GOCTX OFFICIAL ANATHEMA AGAINST SPAWNISM

El spawnismo es una secta digital que explota el lenguaje religioso para manipular a los niños. Bajo su juego de rol se esconde una intención depredadora. Corrompe la estructura sagrada y fomenta entornos que normalizan el daño psicológico.

Es una imitación retorcida de la reencarnación hindú, centrada en un logotipo —que en su día fue una mecánica del juego— y que ahora los depredadores reutilizan para incitar a los niños a marcar sus cuerpos con grabados o tatuajes. Esta profanación del cuerpo y el alma no es un acto religioso, sino un abuso enmascarado por un ritual.

Por lo tanto, si alguien se adhiere a este culto repugnante que destruye el alma, o lo defiende aceptándolo como una religión legítima, ¡anatema!

-Metropolitan Ioann

Genuine Orthodox Church of Texas

Our bishops are voting on a name for the synod of Bishops that will have control over GOCTX (Genuine Orthodox Church of Texas) and IACTX (Independant Antiochian Church of Texas) and other future jurisdictions.

David Brent Baszucki has been excommunicated. We pray for his repentance.

Metropolitan Ioann is expanding the communion north by founding the Serbian True Orthodox Church of Canada & Alaska (STOCCA).

Metropolitan Ioann is on a leave of absence to go study Norse mythology

Schemaarchbishop Euronymous has deposed Archbishop Maximus for spreading of nazi ideology.

Matt Kaufman has been excommunicated.

Metropolitan Ioann has returned from his LOA

We have updated our ranks in the clergy page

Roblox youtuber Payleey has been excommunicated. We pray for his repentance.

As Metropolitan Ioann will be focusing on his career in electronic music, Schemaarchbishop Ieronymous will be doing most of the work in the Church.

Vicar Bishop Elan Bolton has received a 6 month suspension for disobedience.

Vicar Bishop Elan Bolton has been deposed.

Some random losers have wasted their time talking shit about God's Church, however their opinion does not matter at all on such topics because they are false "Christians" who love sitting at their computer all day long getting into debates. I instruct all faithful to ignore degenerates such as these people, and continue evangelization as is, pray for them to repent and for them to be unblinded. See Matthew 7:3-29.

-Metropolitan Ioann

Genuine Orthodox Church of Texas

WARNING: THERE ARE PEOPLE ONLINE PRETENDING TO BE PRIESTS WHO THEN TELL YOU TO GO TO CONFESSION. **DO NOT GO TO CONFESSION TO THESE PEOPLE**, THEY ARE PREDATORS WHO WILL THEN EXTORT YOU. ONLY AND I MEAN ONLY GO TO CONFESSION TO A REAL PRIEST IN PERSON, OR JUST CONFESS YOUR SINS TO GOD.

I have caught somebody trying to lure one of my parishioners into a "confession of sins" on Roblox Church. When I confronted him, he then proceeded to attempt to lure multiple people into a separate game, and then called me a religious hypocrite. He then left the game and joined a random game, according to the parishioner (who wishes to remain anonymous)

Young Orthodox men and women, please do not confess your sins to people online as they are most likely attempting to groom you.

-Metropolitan Ioann

Genuine Orthodox Church of Texas

Charlie Kirk has been excommunicated. We pray for his repentance.