Autocephalous

UkraineUkrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 19%, Orthodox (no particular jurisdiction) 16%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 9%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 1.7%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004 est.)

Religions 2008

Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 19%, Orthodox (no particular jurisdiction) 16%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 9%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 1.7%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004 est.)

Ukraine 2008

Autocephalous, or self-governing, churches get their name from the Greek words meaning “self” and “head” and are independent of other churches.

Belarus: Church Destruction Sparks Outrage 2002

And an Albanian Autocephalous Orthodox bishop remembers the dangers of coloured egg shells under the Hoxha regime.

signandsight.com 2010

And an Albanian Autocephalous Orthodox bishop remembers the dangers of coloured egg shells under the Hoxha regime.

signandsight.com 2010

Given these considerations, it was logical for the status quo to evolve, as it did at the Synaxis of the Heads of the universally recognized Autocephalous Churches last October at the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

ORTHODIXIE ... Southern, Orthodox, Convert, Etc. 2009

At that time, the common will of the universally recognized Autocephalous was expressed as follows:

ORTHODIXIE ... Southern, Orthodox, Convert, Etc. 2009

I am the daughter of 2 survivors of the genocide, who were witness to the destruction of the independent (Autocephalous) Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its celergy, the intelligentsia,

The New American 2009

I am the daughter of 2 survivors of the genocide, who were witness to the destruction of the independent (Autocephalous) Ukrainian Orthodox Church and its celergy, the intelligentsia,

The New American 2009

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Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008