- In the
first centuries of the
history of the
Christian church, the
autocephalous status of a
local church was
promulgated by
canons of the e****enical...
-
Orthodox Church is a
communion composed of up to
seventeen separate autocephalous (self-governing)
hierarchical churches that
profess Eastern Orthodoxy...
- The
Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Polish:
Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny),
commonly known as the
Polish Orthodox Church, or Orthodox...
-
there also
exist autocephalous churches unrecognized by
those mainstream ones.
Autocephalous churches choose their own primate.
Autocephalous churches can...
- Ethiopia, Sudan,
Western Asia and the
Malabar region of India. As
autocephalous churches,
their bishops are
equal by
virtue of
episcopal ordination...
- The
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC; Ukrainian: Українська автокефальна православна церква (УАПЦ), romanized: Ukrayinska
avtokefalna pravoslavna...
- The
Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of
Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, romanized: sakartvelos...
- (Bulgarian: Българска патриаршия, romanized: Bûlgarska patriarshiya), is an
autocephalous Eastern Orthodox jurisdiction based in Bulgaria. It is the
first medieval...
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primus inter pares (first
among equals)
among the
heads of the
several autocephalous churches which compose the
Eastern Orthodox Church. The e****enical patriarch...
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approximately 230
million baptised members. It
operates as a
communion of
autocephalous churches, each
governed by its
bishops via
local synods. The church...
