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Churches recognize all other mainstream Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox churches and claim autocephaly, but are not recognised by any of them due to various disputes. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Autocephaly (/ ɔː t ə ˈ s ɛ f əl i /; from Greek: αὐτοκεφαλία, romanized: autokephalia, lit. 'self-headed') [1] is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. [2]
For example, in the diptychs of the Russian Orthodox Church and some of its daughter churches (e.g., the Orthodox Church in America), the ranking of the five junior patriarchates is: Russia, Georgia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria. The ranking of the archbishoprics is the same, with the Church of Cyprus being the only ancient one (AD 431).
Shenouda III ordained five Eritrean high-ranking clergy as Bishops of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church on 19 June 1994 in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. This would allow the formation of a local Holy Synod for Eritrea. Shenouda III also agreed that a newly elected Patriarch would be able to consecrate on his own ...
In Eastern Orthodoxy, autonomy designates a type of limited self-government of a church (group) toward its mother church. An autonomous church is self-governing in some aspects, which differentiates it from a non-autonomous church. The aspects on which the autonomous church is self-governing depends on the decision of the mother church.
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Православна церква України, romanized: Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; [14] [15] OCU), also called the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, [16] is a partially recognized Eastern Orthodox Church in Ukraine. It was granted autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on 6 January ...
6911 Braddock Rd., Springfield, VA 22151: Country ... Immanuel Bible Church is a non-denominational church located in Springfield, Virginia, United States. History
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, romanized: Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter pares (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox Church.