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of autocephaly has been closely linked to the issue of self-determination and political independence of a nation; self-proclamation of autocephaly was

Orthodox Church officially granted autocephaly to the MOC, though not all autocephalous churches have recognised this autocephaly. Following the fall of the First

Church of Ukraine and granted it autocephaly (self-governorship). The events immediately leading to the grant of autocephaly were: On 11 October 2018, the

autocephaly, The Ukrainian Week (26 October 2018) (in Ukrainian) The Ecumenical Patriarchate unveiled documents in support of Ukrainian autocephaly,

the primary residence of the Russian metropolitan. The ROC declared autocephaly in 1448 when it elected its own metropolitan. In 1589, the metropolitan

2006-12-20. "The Tomos of Autocephaly". OCA. Archived from the original on 2022-04-03. Retrieved 2022-04-18. "Agreement on the Autocephaly for the Orthodox Church

favour of granting full independence – autocephaly – to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine", and that autocephaly should be given "according to the dogmatic

churches are either in communion or not) while autocephaly exists on a spectrum. Disputes over autocephaly often lead to short-term breaks in communion

did not recognize the autocephaly of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, since the latter's unilateral declaration of autocephaly in 1967. However, after

if autocephaly is given to the Ukrainian schismatics, it will be possible to repeat the same scenario anywhere. That is why we state that autocephaly in