autocephalous in English

adjective
1
(of an Eastern Christian Church) appointing its own head, not subject to the authority of an external patriarch or archbishop.
Further, the Orthodox tradition, with its autocephalous churches and sufficiently full agreement in doctrine, presents an alternative to centralized authority.

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1. Autocephalous Orthodox Churches

2. Synonyms (Other Words) for Autocephalous & Antonyms (Opposite Meaning) for Autocephalous.

3. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox

4. Holy Orthodox Autocephalous Church Of Epirus

5. Holy Orthodox Autocephalous Church Of Epirus

6. What does Autocephalous mean? Information and translations of Autocephalous in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

7. Autocephalous (not generally comparable, comparative more Autocephalous, superlative most Autocephalous) (Christianity, of a church or bishop, not comparable) Self-governing: independent of other episcopal jurisdiction (to a greater degree than an autonomous church)

8. Definition of Autocephalous in the Definitions.net dictionary

9. Autocephaly definition, the state of being Autocephalous

10. Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 3011 Roe Dr Houston TX 77087

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12. Autocephalous is a adjective, Eastern Church according to parts of speech

13. Examples of Autocephalous in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web The idea of an Autocephalous, or independent, Ukrainian church has long been a dream of Ukrainian nationalists.

14. The official webpage of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the Americas

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16. In short, the reason this is a problem isn't that picking Autocephalous should be equal in power to the other leadership forms, it is a problem because hierocratic has every feature Autocephalous has, except

17. Plaintiff Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus is a religious organization with its principal offices in Nicosia, Cyprus

18. The Church of Cyprus has been Autocephalous since at any rate the oecumenical synod of Ephesus in 431.

19. "Autocephalous" metropolitans had no suffragan bishops, and depended directly on the patriarch

20. Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox church [Українська Автокефальна Православна Церква or УАПЦ; Ukrainska Avtokefalna Pravoslavna Tserkva, or UAOC]

21. An Autocephalous Church has a list of rights, denied to church entities of a lower organizational level

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23. Romanian Orthodox Church, the largest Autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, Eastern Orthodox church in the Balkans today

24. The Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian: Կաթողիկոսութիւն Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ) is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church

25. • In 1998, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania was reformed by God’s grace

26. Holy Greek Pan Orthodox Autocephalous Archdiocese Canada and America with Holy Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Archdiocese In Exile (Blessings of Kiev) 1960 Founding Member of Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops in America www.pangreek-ukrainianorthodoxarchdioceses.org Original Member 1951 Standing Episcopal Conference

27. The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania suffered under this regime like no other Church in the communist countries

28. The Autocephalous Greek International Orthodox Christian Church Canonical celebrates both Eastern and Western Rite Divine Liturgy or Mass

29. Plaintiff Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus is a religious organization with its principal offices in Nicosia, Cyprus

30. While each Autocephalous church acts independently, they all remain in full sacramental and canonical communion with one another.

31. Autocephaly (6 of 20) Is not the title of patriarch always the title for the chief bishop of an Autocephalous church, and does not each Orthodox diocese have to be “under” a patriarch? Autocephaly (7 of 20) How did the present Autocephalous churches come into existence?

32. The national Ukrainian Orthodox church, independent (Autocephalous) of all other church formations and with its own administrative structure and hierarchy.

33. ‘Further, the Orthodox tradition, with its Autocephalous churches and sufficiently full agreement in doctrine, presents an alternative to centralized authority.’

34. Autocephalous on the other hand, is a less powerful and clunkier version of hierocratic, with nothing added to make it more interesting

35. Saints are usually Canonized by the synod of bishops within a particular autocephalous church, but sometimes saints come to be popularly venerated without official canonization

36. In addition to this we decree, that the Autocephalous Orthodox Sister-Church in Poland must obtain its Holy Myrh (oil) from Our Great Christian Church

37. Following Bartholomew's decision, Filaret said he would call a council with the leadership of the UAOC to choose a leader of a united Autocephalous church …

38. After English to Hindi translation of Autocephalous, if you have issues in pronunciation, then you can hear the audio of it in the online dictionary.

39. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI "Autocephalous" archdiocese, finally a metropolitan see; the dates of these changes are uncertain

40. Founded in 870 AD under the Patriarchate of Constantinople (from which it obtained its first primate, its clergy and theological texts), the Bulgarian Orthodox Church had autocephalous status since 927 AD.

41. After the taking of Constantinople in 1452, the Russian metropolitans were always chosen and consecrated in Russia, appeals ceased, and Moscow became de facto Autocephalous (Joyce, ubi sup

42. We advise at this time, that in matters concerning church order and in matters of a more general nature, which are beyond the jurisdictional limits of every Autocephalous Church acting

43. (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates (of a bishop) independent of any higher governing body Derived forms of Autocephalous autoce…

44. An Autocephalous church possesses the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and the ability to choose its own bishops, including the Patriarch, Archbishop or Metropolitan who heads the church

45. Administratively, these bishops and their territories are organized into various autocephalous groups or synods of bishops who gather together at least twice a year to discuss the state of affairs within their respective sees.

46. The Archbishopric of Ochrid was an autocephalous church, with full internal ecclesiastical self-governance.Only after the Ottoman conquest, as part of the millet system, did it come under the supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

47. The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania is a diocese of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America.The archdiocese includes 43 parishes in Western Pennsylvania, Northern West Virginia, and Eastern Ohio, and is headed by His Eminence Archbishop Melchisedek (Pleska).

48. The term Autocephalous was used in medieval Byzantine law in its literal sense of “self-headed” (Greek: autokephalos), or independent, and was applied in church law to individual dioceses that did not depend upon the authority of a provincial metropolitan.

49. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC; Ukrainian: Українська автокефальна православна церква (УАПЦ), romanized: Ukrayinska avtokefalna pravoslavna tserkva (UAPC)) was one of the three major Orthodox churches in Ukraine.It was reestablished for the third time in 1990, right before the fall of the Soviet Union.

50. The Autocephalous Orthodox Catholic Church of Åmerica officiates the Eucharist and conveys the Faith in a parochial and pastoral setting approximating the liturgical consciousness and tradition of the Orthodox Church in the West of the Conciliar centuries, as bequeathed by such spiritual forefathers as St