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List of autocephalous and autonomous churches

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Autocephalous churches
[[Image:World canonical territories.png|right|thumb|600px|Map of the canonical territories of autocephalous and autonomous Orthodox jurisdictions ("churches"). Where a certain territory is disputed (either between two different churches or one church claims it as its territory while others consider it part of the diaspora), it is shown shaded. Click image to magnify.]]
[[Image:Europe canonical territories.png|right|thumb|200px|The European section of the above map, in closer detail. Click image to magnify.]]
The '''[[autocephaly|autocephalous]] and [[autonomy|autonomous]] Orthodox churches''' are those churches (i.e. [[jurisdiction]]s) which have self-government. These jurisdictions are united in doctrine and worship, they recognize each other as canonical, they are in [[full communion]], and together they constitute ''the Orthodox Church''. The use of the term "churches" to refer to the various jurisdictions is informal; strictly speaking, they are just parts of the One Church, the Orthodox Church.
*[[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]]
*[[Orthodox Church in America]] (autocephaly recognized only by Moscow, Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland, and the Czech Lands and Slovakia)
*[[Orthodox Church of Ukraine]] (autocephaly recognized by Constantinople)
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, then Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria. The remainder of the rankings beginning with Cyprus is the same.
*[[Church of Lithuania]]
==Unrecognized self-governing churchesChurches in schism==The following churches are either in [[schism]] from the mainstream Orthodox Church. In other words, or they are not in communion with her but and not recognized as self-governing by any jurisdiction except themselves. <!-- We really should separate considered part of the ones that are Orthodox Church, although in schism from most cases they maintain the same doctrine and the ones that are in communion but don't have recognition for their autocephaly/autonomysame practices. -->
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Church]]
*[[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]]
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]]
*[[Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]]
*[[Orthodox Church of France]]
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Church]]
*[[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]]
*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]]
==See also==
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