American Carpatho-Russian Diocesan Yearbook 2024 A.C.R.Y. Annual Published by the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America and the National A.C.R.Y.
Indeed, when you submit to the Bishop as you would to Jesus Christ it is clear to me that you are living not in the manner of men but as Jesus Christ ... It is necessary, therefore, and such is your practice, that you do nothing without the Bishop.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch Letter to the Trallians Certainly it is now the Bishops who hold the place of the Apostles in the church. They receive the authority of binding and loosing; they have as their lot the role of governing. It is a magnificent honor, but the honor that carries with it a heavy burden. Saint Gregory the Great Homilies on the Gospels