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Responses to OCA autocephaly

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The '''[[autocephaly]] of the [[OCA]]''' came into being with the signing of a [[tomos]] of autocephaly by Patriarch [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow]] on [[April 10,]], 1970. This status was recognized by some Orthodox churches but either ignored or rejected by others.
==Responses to OCA Autocephalyautocephaly==ALEXIS IThe autocephalous Orthodox churches that recognize the OCA as autocephalous are the [[Church of Russia]], Patriarch which granted the tomos of Moscow and All Russiaautocephaly, signed a the [[tomosChurch of Georgia]] granting , the [[autocephalyChurch of Bulgaria]] to , the [[Orthodox Church in Americaof Poland]] on and the [[April 10Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]], 1970.
The Those autocephalous Orthodox Churches churches that recognize have not recognized the OCA as autocephalous autocephaly but which have not opposed it are the [[Church of Russia]], which granted the tomos of autocephaly, the [[Church of GeorgiaAntioch]], the [[Church of BulgariaSerbia]], the [[Church of PolandRomania]], and the [[Church of the Czech Lands and SlovakiaAlbania]].
Those The autocephalous Churches that have not recognized churches which oppose the OCA's autocephaly but which have not opposed it are the [[Church of AntiochConstantinople]], the [[Church of SerbiaAlexandria]], the [[Church of RomaniaJerusalem]], the [[Church of Cyprus]], and the [[Church of AlbaniaGreece]]. However, these Churches recognize the OCA as a canonical church and their representatives concelebrate services with OCA clergy.
The autocephalous Churches who oppose the OCA’s autocephaly are the [[Church of Constantinople]], the [[Church of Alexandria]], the [[Church of Jerusalem]], the [[Church of Cyprus]], and the [[Church of Greece]]. However, these Churches recognize the OCA as a canonical Church and their representatives concelebrated at the Divine Liturgy for the enthronement of Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]] as Primate of the OCA in 2002. ==Byzantine Responsesresponses==The '''Byzantine (or "Greek Orthodox") response to the [[autocephaly]] of the [[OCA]]''' consisted primarily in a number of letters and statements made in the early 1970s by the ancient autocephalous [[patriarchate]]s of the [[Orthodox Church]]—the Churches of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]], [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]—along with the [[Church of Greece]]. Like most autocephalous Orthodox churches worldwide, the Byzantine churches rejected the grant of autocephaly by the [[Church of Russia]] to the American Metropolia (the former name of the OCA), and with the leadership of Patriarch [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople]], issued various responses detailing canonical, historical and practical arguments against the grant.
The primary documents detailing these churches' response were published initially in the ''Orthodox Observer'', the official publication of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], and published in 1972 in book form as ''Russian Autocephaly and Orthodoxy in America: An Appraisal with Decisions and Formal Opinions''. The book also includes an introductory essay by Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America]], a ''Prolegomena'' Fr. Nicon D. Patrinacos, and an appendix by Metropolitan Emilianos, permanent representative of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] at the World Council of Churches. The authors of the responses of the Churches of Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem and Greece are Pope Nikolaos, Patr. Elias IV, Patr. Benedictos and Abp. Ieronymos, respectively, the [[primate]]s of their respective churches. (All page references below are from this volume.)
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