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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.
6911 Braddock Rd., Springfield, VA 22151: Country ... Immanuel Bible Church is a non-denominational church located in Springfield, Virginia, United States. History
According to the April 1970 Tomos of Autocephaly granted by the Russian Orthodox Church, the official name of the church is The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America. [12] The more comprehensive March 1970 Agreement of Tomos of Autocephaly , however, states in Article VIII that the legal name of the church was changed to Orthodox Church in ...
Autocephaly (/ ɔː t ə ˈ s ɛ f əl i /; from Greek: αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop.
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).
The first service of the church that would become Springfield Methodist was held in January 1954 at Garfield School. Thirty-three residents were in attendance along with representatives of the sponsoring church, Trinity Methodist [2] in Alexandria .
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.
'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'.