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*1448 [[Church of Russia]] declares its independence from the [[Church of Constantinople]].

*1453 [[Fall of Constantinople|Constantinople falls]] to the invasion of the Ottoman Turks.

==Post-Imperial era (1453-1821)==

*2003 The [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] is granted "self-rule" (similar but not identical to [[autonomy]]) by the [[Church of Antioch]].

*2004 Pope John Paul II returns the [[relics]] of Ss. [[John Chrysostom]] and [[Gregory the Theologian]] to the [[Church of Constantinople]].

==Notes==