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The '''[[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches''' fact that these jurisdictions are those churches which have self-government. These churches also constitute what is generally known simply in full communion with each other means that they recognize each other as ''parts of the Orthodox Church. However, it does not necessarily mean that they agree about each other'', but may also be referred to as the s precise ''mainstream Orthodox Churchrank'' or ''world Orthodoxystatus''within the Church. They all recognize one another and The autocephaly or autonomy of several bodies is disputed. This means that there is a disagreement about whether the bodies in question are self-governing or not. So, for example, some consider the Orthodox Church in [[full communion]] with each otherAmerica to be self-governing, while others consider it to be a part of the Church of Russia.
==Inter-Orthodox orderMinimal list==This is a list of churches that are recognized as autocephalous or autonomous by '''all''' the others. They are shown here in the canonical order established by Church Tradition.
===Autocephalous churches===
*[[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]]
*[[Church of Finland]]
==Expanded orderlist==This is a list of churches that are recognized as autocephalous or autonomous by '''at least some''' of the others. They are also shown here in canonical order.
===Autocephalous churches===
*[[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]]
*[[Orthodox Church in America]] (autocephaly recognized only by Moscow, Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, and the Czech Lands and Slovakia)
It should be noted that in the [[diptychs]] of the Moscow Patriarchate and some of its daughter churches (e.g., the OCA), the ranking of four of the patriarchal churches is different. Following Moscow in rank is Georgia, followed by then Serbia, Romania, and then Bulgaria. The remainder of the rankings beginning with Cyprus is the same.
===Autonomous churches===
*[[Church of Sinai]]
*[[Church of Finland]]
*[[Church of Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)|Church of Estonia]] (autonomy recognized by Constantinople but not Moscow)
*[[Church of Japan]] (autonomy recognized by Moscow but not Constantinople)
*[[Church of China]] (virtually non-existent, autonomy recognized by Moscow but not Constantinople)
*[[Church of Ukraine]] (autonomy recognized by Moscow but not Constantinople)
*[[Archdiocese of Ohrid]] (autonomy recognized only by Serbia)
==Formerly independent Former self-governing churches==These churches were formerly autocephalous or autonomous, but they are no longer Orthodox, or in some cases no longer exist.
*[[Church of Carthage]]
*[[Church of Rome]] (See [[Great Schism]])
==Unrecognized independent self-governing churches==The following churches are variously unrecognized by either in [[schism]] from the mainstream churches Orthodox Church, or they are in communion with her but not recognized as independent andself-governing by any jurisdiction except themselves. <!-- We really should separate the ones that are in schism from the ones that are in communion but don't have recognition for their autocephaly/or canonicalautonomy.-->
*[[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]]
*[[Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]]
*[[Orthodox Church of France]]
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Church]]
*[[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]]
*[[Autonomy]]
*[[List of Patriarchs]]
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==Sources==