The woman headed Episcopalian church in THE USA

Ketrin Of dzhefferts of Chori - first woman, who became the leader of American Episcopalian church the first by woman- priest, who headed American Anglican community.

Chori's Dzhefferts, noted for its support of gays, coming out on the ceremony of the inauguration in the Washington national cathedral she said that the fact of division realizes, and it called parishioners to pridti to the peace and the agreement with those, who speak against the new management of American church.

"if someone feels itself pinched by the last solutions, then our spiritual health and prosperity are located in the danger. Our responsibility to find to this recovery and to be united ", it said Chori in the course of ceremony.

It is earlier, in 2003 in the Episcopalian church OF THE USA took place first rukopolozheniye into the bishop of open sodomita, which caused the protracted crisis in the world Anglican association.

During June of this year the general meeting of the Episcopalian church OF THE USA was handled call to the bishops "to manifest restraint and not to agree to rukopolozheniye of the persons, whose means of life is by that causing for the church in the broad sense". However, this was only the recommendation, optional for the performance.

In 2003 the Russian Orthodox Church tore relations with the Episcopalian church OF THE USA. On the incompatibility of homosexuality with the biblical study stated the head of world Anglican association archbishop kenterberiyskiy Rouen Williams.