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The Orthodox Church of today consists of fourteen or fifteen [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches and four five [[autonomy|autonomous]] churches, sometimes referred to as [[jurisdiction|jurisdictions]]. Autocephalous churches are fully self-governing in all they do, while autonomous churches must have their [[primate|primates]] confirmed by one of the autocephalous churches, usually its mother church. All the Orthodox churches remain in [[full communion]] with one another, sharing the same [[faith]] and [[praxis]]. There have been occasional breaks in communion due to various problems throughout history, but they generally remain brief and not developing into full [[schism]].