The Diocesan Court

The Diocesan Court is the court of first instance. Clergy and laymen are subject to the Diocesan Court:
A) in matters concerning the declaration of invalid and illegal marriages;

B) in cases calling for the attestation as to the validity of marriages and legitimacy of birth;

C) for various misdeeds and crimes which subject the guilty parties to penance by the Church, to the curtailment of church rights, or excommunication from the Church.

For official correspondence:
Diocese of Eastern America & New York
Spiritual Court
55 East Third Street
Howell, NJ 07731  
eadscourt@yahoo.com

Information

Reasons for Dissolution of Marriage

Guidelines for Church Divorce Petitioners

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Archpriest George Zelenin
Chairman of the Spiritual Court
Phone: (973) 595-6674
eadscourt@yahoo.com

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Priest Serge Ledkovsky
Secretary of the Spiritual Court
Phone: (732) 928-1248
eadscourt@yahoo.com 

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Archpriest Ilya Gorsky
Member of the Spiritual Court

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Archpriest David Straut
Member of the Spiritual Court

Archpriest Аlexei Ohotin
Advisor of the Spiritual Court