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population=170,000<ref>[http://www.orthodox.ee/index.php?d=novost&myID=520 Communique of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate concerning the ordination of bishop bishops for the so-called Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (Russian)]</ref>|

The '''Estonian Orthodox Church of EstoniaMoscow Patriarchate''' (Estonian: Moskva Patriarhaadi Eesti Őigeusu Kirik, Russian: Эстонская Православная ЦерковьМосковского Патриархата) is a semi-autonomous part of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] with jurisdiction in Estonia. Its current primate is [[Cornelius (Yacobs) of Tallinn|Cornelius (Yacobs)]], with the title of ''Metropolitan of Tallinn and all Estonia''.

The Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate should not be confused with the [[Church of Estonia(Ecumenical Patriarchate)|Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church]], an autonomous part of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in Estonia. The [[Russian Orthodox Church]] does not recognize the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church, and its establishment in 1996 led to rupture of communion between the Moscow and Constantinople Patriarchates. Though communion was restored, relations between the two Patriarchates remain tense over the Estonian issue. In particular, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church ruled in 2000 that the Moscow Patriarchate will not participate in any pan-Orthodox gathering where delegates from the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church are present.

[[Category:Jurisdictions|Estonia (Moscow Patriarchate)]]