autocephaly
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of autocephaly
Example Sentences
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In 2019, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, granted complete independence, or autocephaly, to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2022
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
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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