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autocephaly

American  
[aw-tuh-sef-uh-lee] / ˈɔ təˌsɛf ə li /

noun

  1. the state of being autocephalous.


Etymology

Origin of autocephaly

autocephal(ous) + -y 3


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Bartholomew recognised the autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine in 2019, triggering a split with Moscow.

From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2022

In 2019, Bartholomew, the spiritual head of some 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, granted autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, making it independent, in a historic split strongly opposed by Russia.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2022

There has been a long dispute, recently revived since 2018, between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Turkey over the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022

The question centers on who has the ecclesiastical authority to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022

Such questions as the granting of autocephaly, they say, should be decided unanimously by Orthodox Christianity’s various churches — not unilaterally by Bartholomew.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2018

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