What churches are in communion in the eastern orthodox faith?
I know of many schisms,but what churches are in FULL communion with each other? Am I right,are there 4 patriarchs in the eastern orthodox faith still?Or was it reduced to 3 or less?
Thanks a bunch,
May the Lord’s peace be upon you
Markie
Churches may be autocephalous (having their own ruling hierarch elected by that jurisdiction) and autonomous (running their own affairs, but chief hierarch is elected by an overseeing jurisdiction) churches.
All of these below are in full communion (barring some local spats that occur from time to time):
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The autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches
(ranked in order of seniority)
1. The Church of Constantinople, under the Ecumenical Patriarch
2. The Church of Alexandria
3. The Church of Antioch
4. The Church of Jerusalem
5. The Church of Russia (est. 1589)
6. The Church of Serbia (est. 1219)
7. The Church of Romania (est. 1925)
8. The Church of Bulgaria (est. 927)
9. The Church of Georgia (est. 337; 325 in the western part of Georgia)
10. The Church of Cyprus (est. 434)
11. The Church of Greece (est. 1850)
12. The Church of Poland (est. 1924)
13. The Church of Albania (est. 1937)
14. The Church of Czech and Slovak lands (est. 1951)
15. The Orthodox Church in America (est. 1972; autocephaly not universally recognized)
The four ancient patriarchates are most senior, followed by the five junior patriarchates. Autocephalous churches whose leaders are archbishops follow the patriarchates in seniority, with the Church of Cyprus being the only ancient one (AD 434). From the Orthodox point of view there would be five ancient patriarchates had the Great Schism not occurred, severing the Church of Rome from the Orthodox Churches in the 11th century.
The autonomous Eastern Orthodox churches
* under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
o The Finnish Orthodox Church
o The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church†
o The Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe†
* under the Patriarchate of Antioch
o The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
* under the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
o The Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
* under the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
o The Estonian Orthodox Church†
o The Latvian Orthodox Church
o The Moldovan Orthodox Church
comprises 60% of Moldovan Orthodox
o The Ukrainian Orthodox Church
o The Japanese Orthodox Church†
o The Chinese Orthodox Church†
o The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia†
* under the Patriarchate of Peć and All Serbia
o The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric†
* under the Patriarchate of Romania
o The Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia
comprises 23% of Moldovan Orthodox or 1 million in 2004; stayed under the Patriarchate of Romania after Imperial Russia annexed Bessarabia in 1812
†autonomy not universally recognized
The Eastern Orthodox churches without autonomy
* under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
o The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy
o The Korean Orthodox Church
o The Philippine Orthodox Church
o The Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
o The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
o The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
o The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
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The four senior Orthodox partiarchates of the East still exist;
they are 1-4 in the "autocephalous" list above.
Constantinople
Alexandria
Antioch
Jerusalem
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July 18 2009 02:47 pm | Uncategorized
Binky the Carolinian on 18 Jul 2009 at 8:00 pm #
The Eastern Orthodox Church is a communion of 14 autocephalous (that is, administratively completely independent) local churches plus the Orthodox Church in America which is recognized as autocephalous only by the Russian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Polish, and Czech-Slovak Churches. Each has defined geographical boundaries of its jurisdiction and is ruled by its Council of Bishops or Synod presided by a senior bishop – its Primate (or, First Hierarch). The Primate may carry the honorary title of Patriarch, Metropolitan (in the Slavic tradition) or Archbishop (in the Greek tradition).
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Orthodox Church of Antioch
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Orthodox Church of Russia
Orthodox Church of Serbia
Orthodox Church of Romania
Orthodox Church of Bulgaria
Orthodox Church of Georgia
Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Orthodox Church of Greece
Orthodox Church of Poland
Orthodox Church of Albania
Orthodox Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia
Orthodox Church in America [Some Orthodox do not acknowledge this as autonomous & autocephalous]
References :
OPsaltis on 18 Jul 2009 at 8:40 pm #
Churches may be autocephalous (having their own ruling hierarch elected by that jurisdiction) and autonomous (running their own affairs, but chief hierarch is elected by an overseeing jurisdiction) churches.
All of these below are in full communion (barring some local spats that occur from time to time):
====== ( all from Wikipeda) ===========
The autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches
(ranked in order of seniority)
1. The Church of Constantinople, under the Ecumenical Patriarch
2. The Church of Alexandria
3. The Church of Antioch
4. The Church of Jerusalem
5. The Church of Russia (est. 1589)
6. The Church of Serbia (est. 1219)
7. The Church of Romania (est. 1925)
8. The Church of Bulgaria (est. 927)
9. The Church of Georgia (est. 337; 325 in the western part of Georgia)
10. The Church of Cyprus (est. 434)
11. The Church of Greece (est. 1850)
12. The Church of Poland (est. 1924)
13. The Church of Albania (est. 1937)
14. The Church of Czech and Slovak lands (est. 1951)
15. The Orthodox Church in America (est. 1972; autocephaly not universally recognized)
The four ancient patriarchates are most senior, followed by the five junior patriarchates. Autocephalous churches whose leaders are archbishops follow the patriarchates in seniority, with the Church of Cyprus being the only ancient one (AD 434). From the Orthodox point of view there would be five ancient patriarchates had the Great Schism not occurred, severing the Church of Rome from the Orthodox Churches in the 11th century.
The autonomous Eastern Orthodox churches
* under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
o The Finnish Orthodox Church
o The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church†
o The Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe†
* under the Patriarchate of Antioch
o The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
* under the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
o The Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
* under the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
o The Estonian Orthodox Church†
o The Latvian Orthodox Church
o The Moldovan Orthodox Church
comprises 60% of Moldovan Orthodox
o The Ukrainian Orthodox Church
o The Japanese Orthodox Church†
o The Chinese Orthodox Church†
o The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia†
* under the Patriarchate of Peć and All Serbia
o The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric†
* under the Patriarchate of Romania
o The Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia
comprises 23% of Moldovan Orthodox or 1 million in 2004; stayed under the Patriarchate of Romania after Imperial Russia annexed Bessarabia in 1812
†autonomy not universally recognized
The Eastern Orthodox churches without autonomy
* under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
o The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy
o The Korean Orthodox Church
o The Philippine Orthodox Church
o The Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
o The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
o The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
o The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
======
The four senior Orthodox partiarchates of the East still exist;
they are 1-4 in the "autocephalous" list above.
Constantinople
Alexandria
Antioch
Jerusalem
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church_organization
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Autocephalous — a wiki for/by Orthodox Christians