The Orthodox Church in America's own pastoral Q&A on tithing, stating that the OCA has never issued an official decree requiring a fixed tithe and that stewardship education instead encourages members to give the first and best of their resources out of thanksgiving, the percentage itself being secondary to the spirit of the gift.
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Tier 1: the Orthodox Church in America, one of the autocephalous and canonical jurisdictions of Eastern Orthodoxy in North America, answering in its own official Q&A whether tithing is required, stating plainly that the OCA has never issued a decree on the matter and that stewardship materials encourage rather than mandate a tithe. No single publication date is given on the page itself, an ordinary evergreen pastoral Q&A rather than a dated article; the absence is noted rather than left silent. Citation
PublisherOrthodox Church in America
URLhttps://www.oca.org/questions/parishlife/tithing
Source Typechurch body
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