- 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...
- The
Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Polish:
Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny),
commonly known as the
Polish Orthodox Church, or Orthodox...
-
Orthodox Church is a
communion composed of up to
seventeen separate autocephalous (self-governing)
hierarchical churches that
profess Eastern Orthodoxy...
-
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church,
autocephalous since 1959. The
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church,
autocephalous since 1993.
Tewahedo (Ge'ez: ተዋሕዶ täwaḥədo)...
- Ethiopia, Sudan,
Western Asia and the
Malabar region of India. As
autocephalous churches,
their bishops are
equal by
virtue of
episcopal ordination...
- (Bulgarian: Българска патриаршия, romanized: Bûlgarska patriarshiya), is an
autocephalous Eastern Orthodox jurisdiction based in Bulgaria. It is the
first medieval...
-
there also
exist autocephalous churches unrecognized by
those mainstream ones.
Autocephalous churches choose their own primate.
Autocephalous churches can...
- The
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC; Ukrainian: Українська автокефальна православна церква (УАПЦ), romanized: Ukrayinska
avtokefalna pravoslavna...
-
approximately 230
million baptised members. It
operates as a
communion of
autocephalous churches, each
governed by its
bishops via
local synods. The church...
- The
Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of
Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, romanized: sakartvelos...
