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Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
'''Autonomy''' (literally, "self-ruled") is the status of a church within the [[Orthodox Church]] whose [[primate|primatial]] [[bishop]] is confirmed by one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] Orthodox Churches. In all other respects, an autonomous church is entirely self-governing. There are currently four six autonomous churches within the [[Orthodox Church]], : the [[Church of Sinai]], the [[Church of Finland]], the [[Church of Japan]], the [[Church of Ukraine]], the [[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|Church of Estonia]], and the [[Church of EstoniaChina]].  == See also ==
==See also==
*[[Autocephaly]]
*[[List of autocephalous and autonomous Churches]]
[[Category:Ecclesiology]]
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
 
[[ro:Autonomie]]
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