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The '''[[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches''' fact that these jurisdictions are those churches which have self-government. These churches also constitute what is generally known simply in full communion with each other means that they recognize each other as ''parts of the Orthodox Church. However, it does not necessarily mean that they agree about each other'', but may also be referred to as the s precise ''mainstream Orthodox Churchrank'' or ''world Orthodoxystatus''within the Church. They all recognize one another and The autocephaly or autonomy of several bodies is disputed. This means that there is a disagreement about whether the bodies in question are self-governing or not. So, for example, some consider the Orthodox Church in [[full communion]] with each otherAmerica to be self-governing, while others consider it to be a part of the Church of Russia.
==Inter-Orthodox orderMinimal list==This is a list of churches that are recognized as autocephalous or autonomous by '''all''' the others. They are shown here in the canonical order established by Church Tradition.
===Autocephalous churches===
*[[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]]
*[[Church of Finland]]
==Expanded orderlist==This is a list of churches that are recognized as autocephalous or autonomous by '''at least some''' of the others. They are also shown here in canonical order.
===Autocephalous churches===
*[[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]]
*[[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]]
*[[Orthodox Church in America]] (autocephaly recognized only by Moscow, Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, and the Czech Lands and Slovakia)
*[[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] (autocephaly recognized by Constantinople)
It should be noted that in the [[diptychs]] of the Moscow Patriarchate and some of its daughter churches (e.g., the OCA), the ranking of four of the patriarchal churches is different. Following Moscow in rank is Georgia, followed by then Serbia, Romania, and then Bulgaria. The remainder of the rankings beginning with Cyprus is the same.
===Autonomous churches===
*[[Church of Sinai]]
*[[Church of Finland]]
*[[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|Church of Estonia]] (autonomy recognized by Constantinople but not Moscow)
*[[Church of Japan]] (autonomy recognized by Moscow but not Constantinople)
*[[Church of China]] (virtually non-existent, autonomy recognized by Moscow but not Constantinople)
*[[Church of Ukraine]] (autonomy recognized by Moscow but not Constantinople)
*[[Archdiocese of Ohrid]] (autonomy recognized only by Serbia)
==Formerly independent Former self-governing churches==These churches were formerly autocephalous or autonomous, but they are no longer Orthodox, or in some cases no longer exist.
*[[Church of Rome|Patriarchate of Rome]] (See [[Great Schism]])
*[[Church of Carthage]]
*[[Church of Latvia]]
*[[Church of Lithuania]]
==Unrecognized independent churchesChurches in schism==The following churches are variously unrecognized by in [[schism]] from the mainstream churches as independent Orthodox Church. In other words, they are not in communion and not considered part of the Orthodox Church, although in most cases they maintain the same doctrine and/or canonicalthe same practices.
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Church]]
*[[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]]
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]]
*[[Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]]
*[[Orthodox Church of France]]
*[[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]]
==See also==
*[[Autonomy]]
*[[List of Patriarchs]]
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==Sources==