The creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU ... grants the OCU what is known as the “tomos of autocephaly” — a kind of ecclesiastical diplomatic recognition of the OCU’s self ...

Granting of autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople will not help Ukraine build a united Church, according to a bishop MOSCOW, September 21.

KIEV, September 21. /TASS/. The earlier possible granting of autocephaly by to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will put Ukraine into a strong position in struggle with Russia, Ukraine’s Foreign ...

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou retracted his claim that the U.S. paid the Ecumenical Patriarchate to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine was formed by churches that broke from Russian control during Ukraine’s independence. The jurisdiction was granted autocephaly or independence in 2019 by the ...

Former Greek-American CIA officer John Kiriakou has retracted his earlier claim that the U.S. paid the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

Why did the Church of Czechoslovakia receive its autocephaly from the Russian Orthodox Church? —The first contacts, which became the basis of the friendship between our Churches, go back to antiquity, ...

The Russian Orthodox Church in Lithuania deliberately hides ... but the Latvian Parliament has adopted a law on autocephaly for the local Church. Thus, from the point of view of the canons of ...

Russia broke ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate in 2018 after it granted independence (autocephaly) to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which previously answered to Russia. But, said ...