Orthodox Church of Ukraine
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The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is an autocephalous member of the Eastern Orthodox Church established by Bartholomew I in 2019.[1] This new body unites the Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate) and Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church but does not contain Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) that is autonomous under the Church of Russia.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ukraine Orthodox Church to be granted independence from Russian Church, BBC (2019-01-04)
Autocephalous and Autonomous Churches of Orthodoxy |
Autocephalous Churches |
Four Ancient Patriarchates: Constantinople · Alexandria · Antioch · Jerusalem Russia · Serbia · Romania · Bulgaria · Georgia · Cyprus · Greece · Poland · Albania · Czech Lands and Slovakia · OCA* · Ukraine* |
Autonomous Churches |
Sinai · Finland · Estonia* · Japan* · China* · Ukraine* |
The * designates a church whose autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized. |