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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 (autokephalia) 'self-headed') [1] is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. [2]
Wheeler alleged that millions of dollars in donations to the church were improperly used for personal expenses or to cover shortfalls in church accounts. [32] A 32-page report was released on 3 September 2008, that addressed the financial scandal and recommended "discipline" for five individuals, including then-primate Metropolitan Herman, his ...
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 Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox communion, and it was granted autocephaly by Shenouda III, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in 1994 — a year after Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia.
'section', 'part of', 'part which is cut') in the Eastern Orthodox Church is a decree of the head of a particular Eastern Orthodox church on certain matters (such as the level of dependence of an autonomous church from its mother church). [1] Tomos is a Greek word; it can be literally translated as 'a section'.
Patriarch Bartholomew signing the tomos of autocephaly of the OCU. Epiphanius I of Ukraine (wearing a white klobuk) stands behind him.. On 5 January 2019, Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, signed the tomos that officially recognized and established the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and granted it autocephaly (self-governorship).
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 ...