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class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color: #ccf"> People</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Eastern_Orthodox_saints" title="List of American Eastern Orthodox saints">Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_bishops_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="List of Eastern Orthodox bishops in the United States and Canada">Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_writers_in_North_America" title="List of Eastern Orthodox writers in North America">Writers</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color: #ccf"> Jurisdictions (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_jurisdictions_in_North_America" title="List of Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions in North America">list</a>)</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; 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the USA">Ukrainian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicariate_for_Palestinian%E2%80%93Jordanian_Communities_in_the_USA" title="Vicariate for Palestinian–Jordanian Communities in the USA">Palestinian/Jordanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Canada" title="Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada">GOAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_Canada" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada">UOCC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_Mexico" title="Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Mexico">GOMM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochian_Orthodox_Christian_Archdiocese_of_North_America" title="Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America">Antiochian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochian_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Mexico,_Venezuela,_Central_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean">AOAM</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Hellenic_College_Holy_Cross_Greek_Orthodox_School_of_Theology" title="Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology">Holy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Orthodox_Seminary" title="Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary">Holy Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_College,_Manitoba" title="St. Andrew's College, Manitoba">St. Andrew's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Herman_Theological_Seminary" title="Saint Herman Theological Seminary">St. Herman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Tikhon%27s_Orthodox_Theological_Seminary" title="Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary">St. Tikhon's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Sava_Serbian_Orthodox_Monastery_and_Seminary" title="Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery and Seminary">St. Sava's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Sophia_Ukrainian_Orthodox_Theological_Seminary" title="St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary">St. Sophia's</a></li> <li><a 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Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Latin America">ACOBLA</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Defunct</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Conference_of_the_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_in_the_Americas" title="Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas">SCOBA</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="padding-top:0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output 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The Metropolia covers the territory of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The church is headed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicolae_Condrea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicolae Condrea (page does not exist)">Nicolae</a>, Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America and The Romanian Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a> of the Americas, with the metropolitan center located in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta 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title="Property dispute bewteen the Romanian Greek Catholic Church and the Romanian Orthodox Church (page does not exist)">Property dispute with the Romanian Greek Catholic Church</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputa_patrimonial%C4%83_dintre_Biserica_Greco-Catolic%C4%83_%C8%99i_Biserica_Ortodox%C4%83_Rom%C3%A2n%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:Disputa patrimonială dintre Biserica Greco-Catolică și Biserica Ortodoxă Română">ro</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanacu_exorcism" title="Tanacu exorcism">Tanacu exorcism scandal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subdivisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Muntenia_and_Dobruja" title="Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja">Metropolis of Muntenia<br />and Dobruja</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Bucharest" title="Archdiocese of Bucharest">Bucharest</a></b>*</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Arge%C8%99_and_Muscel" title="Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel">Argeș and Muscel</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_Buz%C4%83u_and_Vrancea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Buzău and Vrancea (page does not exist)">Buzău and Vrancea</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_the_Lower_Danube&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of the Lower Danube (page does not exist)">Lower Danube</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_T%C3%A2rgovi%C8%99te&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Târgoviște (page does not exist)">Târgoviște</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Tomis" title="Archdiocese of Tomis">Tomis</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Moldavia_and_Bukovina" title="Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina">Metropolis of Moldavia<br />and Bukovina</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_Ia%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Iași (page does not exist)">Iași</a></b>*</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_Roman_and_Bac%C4%83u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău (page does not exist)">Roman and Bacău</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Suceava_and_R%C4%83d%C4%83u%C8%9Bi" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți">Suceava and Rădăuți</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Hu%C8%99i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diocese of Huși (page does not exist)">Huși</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolis_of_Transylvania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metropolis of Transylvania (page does not exist)">Metropolis of Transylvania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_Sibiu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Sibiu (page does not exist)">Sibiu</a></b>*</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Alba_Iulia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (page does not exist)">Alba Iulia</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Covasna_and_Harghita" title="Diocese of Covasna and Harghita">Covasna and Harghita</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Oradea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Oradea (page does not exist)">Oradea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Deva_and_Hunedoara" title="Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara">Deva and Hunedoara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Oltenia" title="Metropolis of Oltenia">Metropolis of Oltenia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_Craiova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Craiova (page does not exist)">Craiova</a></b>*</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_R%C3%A2mnic" title="Archdiocese of Râmnic">Râmnic</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Severin_and_Strehaia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diocese of Severin and Strehaia (page does not exist)">Severin and Strehaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Slatina_and_Romana%C8%9Bi" title="Diocese of Slatina and Romanați">Slatina and Romanați</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Banat" title="Metropolis of Banat">Metropolis of Banat</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_Timi%C8%99oara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Timișoara (page does not exist)">Timișoara</a></b>*</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Arad" title="Archdiocese of Arad">Arad</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Caransebe%C8%99" title="Diocese of Caransebeș">Caransebeș</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Cluj,_Maramure%C8%99_and_S%C4%83laj" title="Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj">Metropolis of Cluj,<br />Maramureș and Sălaj</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Vad,_Feleac_and_Cluj" title="Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj">Vad, Feleac and Cluj</a></b>*</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Maramure%C8%99_and_S%C4%83tmar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar (page does not exist)">Maramureș and Sătmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_S%C4%83laj" title="Diocese of Sălaj">Sălaj</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Bessarabia" title="Metropolis of Bessarabia">Metropolis of Bessarabia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archdiocese_of_Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archdiocese of Chișinău (page does not exist)">Chișinău</a></b>*</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_B%C4%83l%C8%9Bi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diocese of Bălți (page does not exist)">Bălți</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Dub%C4%83sari_and_Transnistria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diocese of Dubăsari and Transnistria (page does not exist)">Dubăsari and Transnistria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diocese_of_Southern_Bessarabia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diocese of Southern Bessarabia (page does not exist)">Southern Bessarabia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_Germany,_Central_and_Northern_Europe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Germany, Central and Northern Europe (page does not exist)">Metropolis of Germany<br />and Central Europe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Germany&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Germany (page does not exist)">Germany</a></b>*</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Northern_Europe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe (page does not exist)">Northern Europe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_Western_and_Southern_Europe" title="Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe">Metropolis of Western<br />and Southern Europe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_Western_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western Europe">Western Europe</a></b>*</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Italy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy (page does not exist)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Spain_and_Portugal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal (page does not exist)">Spain and Portugal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Metropolis of the Americas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Archdiocese_of_the_United_States_of_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America (page does not exist)">United States of America</a></b>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada">Canada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dioceses directly subordinated<br />to the Patriarch of All Romania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Orthodox_Diocese_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (page does not exist)">Australia and New Zealand</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Dacia_Felix" title="Diocese of Dacia Felix">Dacia Felix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gyula" title="Diocese of Gyula">Gyula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_the_Romanian_Army" title="Diocese of the Romanian Army">Romanian Army</a> (1921–1948)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vicar" title="Vicar">Vicariates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Vicariate_Sighetu_Marma%C8%9Biei" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Sighetu Marmației">Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Sighetu Marmației</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolis_of_Proilavia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metropolis of Proilavia (page does not exist)">Metropolis of Proilavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_Lord" title="Army of the Lord">Army of the Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_icons" title="Romanian Orthodox icons">Icons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small>Archdioceses in <b>bold</b>; metropolis seats marked *</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pentarchy" title="Pentarchy">Four ancient patriarchates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople">Constantinople</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_I_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartholomew I of Constantinople">Bartholomew I</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria">Alexandria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Theodore_II_of_Alexandria" title="Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria">Theodore II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Antioch" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch">Antioch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_X_of_Antioch" title="John X of Antioch">John X</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Theophilos_III_of_Jerusalem" title="Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem">Theophilos III</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Junior <a href="/wiki/Patriarchate" title="Patriarchate">patriarchates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russia</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow" title="Patriarch Kirill of Moscow">Kirill</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Porfirije,_Serbian_Patriarch" title="Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch">Porfirije</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church" title="Bulgarian Orthodox Church">Bulgaria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daniil_of_Bulgaria" title="Daniil of Bulgaria">Daniil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Romania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_Daniel_of_Romania" title="Patriarch Daniel of Romania">Daniel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ilia_II_of_Georgia" title="Ilia II of Georgia">Ilia II</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autocephalous<br /><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archdioceses</a>/<a href="/wiki/Metropolis_(religious_jurisdiction)" title="Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)">metropolises</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Cyprus" title="Church of Cyprus">Cyprus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_III_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of Cyprus">George III</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Greece" title="Church of Greece">Greece</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ieronymos_II_of_Athens" title="Ieronymos II of Athens">Ieronymos II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Albanian Orthodox Church">Albania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anastasios_of_Albania" title="Anastasios of Albania">Anastasios</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Orthodox_Church" title="Polish Orthodox Church">Poland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sawa_(Hrycuniak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sawa (Hrycuniak)">Sawa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_the_Czech_Lands_and_Slovakia" title="Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia">Czech Lands and Slovakia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rastislav_(Gont)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastislav (Gont)">Rastislav</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America" title="Orthodox Church in America">America</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tikhon_(Mollard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tikhon (Mollard)">Tikhon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Ukraine" title="Orthodox Church of Ukraine">Ukraine</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epiphanius_I_of_Ukraine" title="Epiphanius I of Ukraine">Epiphanius</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Orthodox_Church_%E2%80%93_Archdiocese_of_Ohrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid">North Macedonia</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stefan,_Archbishop_of_Ohrid_and_Macedonia" title="Stefan, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia">Stefan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ByzantineCross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/ByzantineCross.svg/60px-ByzantineCross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/ByzantineCross.svg/90px-ByzantineCross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/ByzantineCross.svg/120px-ByzantineCross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="421" data-file-height="581" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Autonomy_(Eastern_Orthodoxy)" title="Autonomy (Eastern Orthodoxy)">Autonomous churches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sinai" title="Church of Sinai">Sinai</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Finland" title="Orthodox Church of Finland">Finland (Ecumenical Patriarchate)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Apostolic_Orthodox_Church" title="Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church">Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_Japan" title="Orthodox Church in Japan">Japan (Moscow Patriarchate)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Orthodox_Church" title="Chinese Orthodox Church">China (Moscow Patriarchate)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_(Moscow_Patriarchate)" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)">Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Americas (Romanian Patriarchate)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Bessarabia" title="Metropolis of Bessarabia">Bessarabia (Romanian Patriarchate)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u_and_All_Moldova" title="Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova">Moldova (Moscow Patriarchate)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n1_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span style="background:#ddddff">Semi-autonomous churches</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Crete" title="Church of Crete">Crete (Ecumenical Patriarchate)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Moscow_Patriarchate" title="Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate">Estonia (Moscow Patriarchate)</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_of_Russia" title="Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia">Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia</a><sup id="cite_ref-note_n2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Eastern_Orthodox_episcopal_assemblies" title="Category:Eastern Orthodox episcopal assemblies">Diaspora<br />Assemblies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Australia,_New_Zealand,_and_Oceania" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania">Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Austria" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Austria">Austria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Belgium,_Holland,_and_Luxembourg" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg">Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Canada" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Canada">Canada</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_France" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of France">France</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Germany" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Germany">Germany</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Great Britain and Ireland">Great Britain and Ireland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Italy_and_Malta" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Italy and Malta">Italy and Malta</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Latin_America" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Latin America">Latin America</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Scandinavia" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Spain_and_Portugal" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Spain and Portugal">Spain and Portugal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Switzerland_and_Liechtenstein" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Switzerland and Liechtenstein">Switzerland and Liechtenstein</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America">United States of America</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">Apostles in the New Testament</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils" title="First seven ecumenical councils">First seven ecumenical councils</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great_Church" title="Great Church">Great Church</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/State_church_of_the_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="State church of the Roman Empire">State church of the Roman Empire</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">East–West Schism</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Schism_of_the_Russian_Church" title="Schism of the Russian Church">Raskol</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Old_Believers" title="Old Believers">Old Believers</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Catacomb_Church" title="Catacomb Church">Catacomb Church</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Old_Calendarists" title="Old Calendarists">Old Calendarists</a></dd> <dd>Moscow–Constantinople schisms <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/15th%E2%80%9316th_century_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="15th–16th century Moscow–Constantinople schism">15th–16th c.</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1996_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="1996 Moscow–Constantinople schism">1996</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2018_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism">2018</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Liturgy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_John_Chrysostom" title="Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom">Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_Basil" title="Liturgy of Saint Basil">Liturgy of Saint Basil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_James" title="Liturgy of Saint James">Liturgy of Saint James</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_Cyril" title="Liturgy of Saint Cyril">Liturgy of Saint Mark</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Western_Rite_Orthodoxy" title="Western Rite Orthodoxy">Western Rite</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church#Unrecognized_churches" title="Organization of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Unrecognized Eastern Orthodox churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_by_country" title="Eastern Orthodoxy by country">Eastern Orthodoxy by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_christianity.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/P_christianity.svg/16px-P_christianity.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" 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Church of Cyprus in 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_n1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_n1_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_n3-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-note_n3_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_n2-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a 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