The Orthodox Church in Belize was established in the year 1993 by Rev. Father Daniel J. Gorham and Rev. Father Joseph T. Magnin and is an autocephalous diocese of Orthodox Christian communities which adhere to the Canons and Dogmas of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Church.  We, the members of the Orthodox Church in Belize, are answerable only to Her Head, the Great High Priest and Bridegroom of the Holy Ekklesia, our Lord Jesus Christ, the only One Worthy to be considered able to remove the Seven Seals from the Scroll of Judgment; and the Only One  Who is Worthy to Command the title, "Alpha and Omega"; and "The First and the Last".  We defend the: