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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="كنيسة التشيك وسلوفاكيا الأرثوذكسية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كنيسة التشيك وسلوفاكيا الأرثوذكسية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89gll%C3%A9se_ortodoxe_de_Tch%C2%B7%C3%A8quie_et_de_Slovaquie" title="Égllése ortodoxe de Tch·èquie et de Slovaquie – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Égllése ortodoxe de Tch·èquie et de Slovaquie" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87exiya_v%C9%99_Slovakiya_Pravoslav_Kils%C9%99si" title="Çexiya və Slovakiya Pravoslav Kilsəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çexiya və Slovakiya Pravoslav Kilsəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D1%8D%D1%85%D1%96%D1%96_%D1%96_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%96" title="Праваслаўная Царква Чэхіі і Славакіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Праваслаўная Царква Чэхіі і Славакіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%85_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%9E_%D1%96_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Праваслаўная царква Чэскіх земляў і Славаччыны – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Праваслаўная царква Чэскіх земляў і Славаччыны" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%86%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Православна църква на Чешките земи и Словакия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Православна църква на Чешките земи и Словакия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esgl%C3%A9sia_ortodoxa_txeca_i_eslovaca" title="Església ortodoxa txeca i eslovaca – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Església ortodoxa txeca i eslovaca" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravoslavn%C3%A1_c%C3%ADrkev_v_%C4%8Desk%C3%BDch_zem%C3%ADch_a_na_Slovensku" title="Pravoslavná církev v českých zemích a na Slovensku – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pravoslavná církev v českých zemích a na Slovensku" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodoxe_Kirche_der_Tschechischen_L%C3%A4nder_und_der_Slowakei" title="Orthodoxe Kirche der Tschechischen Länder und der Slowakei – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Orthodoxe Kirche der Tschechischen Länder und der Slowakei" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%B8%CF%8C%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BE%CE%B7_%CE%95%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%A3%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Τσεχίας και Σλοβακίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Τσεχίας και Σλοβακίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_ortodoxa_de_Rep%C3%BAblica_Checa_y_Eslovaquia" title="Iglesia ortodoxa de República Checa y Eslovaquia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Iglesia ortodoxa de República Checa y Eslovaquia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88e%C4%A5a-Slovaka_Ortodoksa_Eklezio" title="Ĉeĥa-Slovaka Ortodoksa Eklezio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉeĥa-Slovaka Ortodoksa Eklezio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_orthodoxe_des_Terres_tch%C3%A8ques_et_de_Slovaquie" title="Église orthodoxe des Terres tchèques et de Slovaquie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Église orthodoxe des Terres tchèques et de Slovaquie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B4%EC%BD%94%EC%8A%AC%EB%A1%9C%EB%B0%94%ED%82%A4%EC%95%84_%EC%A0%95%EA%B5%90%ED%9A%8C" title="체코슬로바키아 정교회 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="체코슬로바키아 정교회" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravoslavna_Crkva_%C4%8De%C5%A1kih_zemalja_i_Slova%C4%8Dke" title="Pravoslavna Crkva čeških zemalja i Slovačke – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pravoslavna Crkva čeških zemalja i Slovačke" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gereja_Ortodoks_di_Tanah_Ceko_dan_Slowakia" title="Gereja Ortodoks di Tanah Ceko dan Slowakia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gereja Ortodoks di Tanah Ceko dan Slowakia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_ortodossa_ceca_e_slovacca" title="Chiesa ortodossa ceca e slovacca – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chiesa ortodossa ceca e slovacca" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ჩეხეთისა და სლოვაკეთის მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩეხეთისა და სლოვაკეთის მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cseh%E2%80%93szlov%C3%A1k_ortodox_egyh%C3%A1z" title="Cseh–szlovák ortodox egyház – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Cseh–szlovák ortodox egyház" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%86%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%98%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Православна црква на чешките земји и Словачка – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Православна црква на чешките земји и Словачка" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87" title="كنيسة التشيك وسلوفاكيا الارثوذكسيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كنيسة التشيك وسلوفاكيا الارثوذكسيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodoxe_Kerk_in_de_Tsjechische_Landen_en_Slowakije" title="Orthodoxe Kerk in de Tsjechische Landen en Slowakije – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Orthodoxe Kerk in de Tsjechische Landen en Slowakije" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><span title="Slovak-language text"><i lang="sk">Pravoslávna cirkev v českých krajinách a na Slovensku</i></span> <small>(Slovak)</small></span></b></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Primate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rastislav_(Gont)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastislav (Gont)">Rastislav (Gont)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Bishops</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Parishes</th><td class="infobox-data">172</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Church_Slavonic" title="Church Slavonic">Church Slavonic</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pre%C5%A1ov" title="Prešov">Prešov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Territory</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Possessions</th><td class="infobox-data">—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Ss. <a href="/wiki/Cyril_and_Methodius" title="Cyril and Methodius">Cyril and Methodius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Independence</th><td class="infobox-data">1951, 1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Recognition</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">Autocephaly</a> recognised in 1951 by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a> and in 1998 by the <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople</a>.</td></tr><tr><th 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title="Theotokos">View of Mary</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon#Eastern_Orthodox_teaching" title="Icon">View of icons</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Background</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a> / <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ascension_of_Jesus" title="Ascension of Jesus">Ascension<br />of Jesus</a></div></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Church" title="Christian Church">Christian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">Apostolic succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">Four Marks of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodoxy" title="Orthodoxy">Orthodoxy</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Organization of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Organization</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomy_(Eastern_Orthodoxy)" title="Autonomy (Eastern Orthodoxy)">Autonomy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">Autocephaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate" title="Patriarchate">Patriarchate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity#Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal polity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Canon law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clergy#Orthodoxy" title="Clergy">Clergy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Eastern_Orthodox_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Eastern Orthodox Church)">Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Orthodox_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood (Orthodox Church)">Priests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon#Eastern_Orthodoxy_and_Eastern_Catholicism" title="Deacon">Deacons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christian_monasticism#Byzantine_monasticism" title="Eastern Christian monasticism">Monasticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Degrees_of_Eastern_Orthodox_monasticism" title="Degrees of Eastern Orthodox monasticism">Degrees</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_brotherhood" title="Orthodox brotherhood">Bratstvo</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">Autocephalous</a> jurisdictions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion: <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople">Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Antioch" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch">Antioch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church" title="Bulgarian Orthodox Church">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Cyprus" title="Church of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Greece" title="Church of Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Orthodox_Church" title="Polish Orthodox Church">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Albanian Orthodox Church">Albania</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Czech Lands and Slovakia</a></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></li></ul> </div> <p>Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches <i>de jure</i>: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America" title="Orthodox Church in America">America</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Ukraine" title="Orthodox Church of Ukraine">Ukraine (OCU)</a></li></ul> <p>Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_(Moscow_Patriarchate)" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)">Ukraine (UOC)</a></li></ul> </div> <p><br /> </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Autonomy" title="Autonomy">Autonomous</a> jurisdictions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sinai" title="Church of Sinai">Sinai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Finland" title="Orthodox Church of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Apostolic_Orthodox_Church" title="Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church">Estonia (EP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_Japan" title="Orthodox Church in Japan">Japan (MP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Orthodox_Church" title="Chinese Orthodox Church">China (MP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_the_Americas" title="Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas">Americas (RP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Bessarabia" title="Metropolis of Bessarabia">Bessarabia (RP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolis_of_Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u_and_All_Moldova" title="Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova">Moldova (MP)</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Semi-Autonomous: </p> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Crete" title="Church of Crete">Crete (EP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_Moscow_Patriarchate" title="Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate">Estonia (MP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_of_Russia" title="Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia">ROCOR (MP)</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Episcopal assemblies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Austria" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Canada" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_France" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Germany" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><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></li> <li><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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Latin_America" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Latin America">Latin America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Canonical_Orthodox_Bishops_of_Scandinavia" title="Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a></li> <li><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></li> <li><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></li> <li><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></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Noncanonical jurisdictions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Believers" title="Old Believers">Old Believers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_Christianity" title="Spiritual Christianity">Spiritual Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="True Orthodoxy">True Orthodoxy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catacomb_Church" title="Catacomb Church">Catacomb Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Calendarists" title="Old Calendarists">Old Calendarists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Orthodox_Catholic_Church" title="American Orthodox Catholic Church">American Orthodox Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_World_Patriarchs" class="mw-redirect" title="American World Patriarchs">American World Patriarchs</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church#Churches_that_are_unrecognized" title="Organization of the Eastern Orthodox Church">National</a> churches:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazian_Orthodox_Church" title="Abkhazian Orthodox Church">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church" title="Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_Italy" title="Orthodox Church in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Orthodox_Church" title="Latvian Orthodox Church">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Orthodox_Churches_in_Montenegro" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Orthodox Churches in Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Orthodox Church">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_%E2%80%93_Kyiv_Patriarchate" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate">UOC–KP</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Orthodox_Church" title="Evangelical Orthodox Church">Evangelical Orthodox</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_council" title="Ecumenical council">Ecumenical councils</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils" title="First seven ecumenical councils">First Seven Ecumenical Councils</a>:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople" title="First Council of Constantinople">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus" title="Council of Ephesus">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Second Council of Constantinople">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Third Council of Constantinople">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Nicaea" title="Second Council of Nicaea">Seventh</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Other possible ecumenical councils:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Council_of_Constantinople_(Eastern_Orthodox)" title="Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Council_of_Constantinople" title="Fifth Council of Constantinople">Ninth</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Other important councils:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quinisext_Council" title="Quinisext Council">Quinisext Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Jassy" title="Synod of Jassy">Jassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Moscow_Synod" title="Great Moscow Synod">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Jerusalem_(1672)" title="Synod of Jerusalem (1672)">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Constantinople_(1872)" title="Council of Constantinople (1872)">Constantinople (1872)</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentarchy" title="Pentarchy">Pentarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Iberia" title="Christianization of Iberia">Christianization of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Bulgaria" title="Christianization of Bulgaria">Christianization of Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Kievan_Rus%27" title="Christianization of Kievan Rus'">Christianization of Kievan Rus'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">Great Schism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Russian Orthodox Church">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church_under_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_North_America" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in North America">North America</a></li> <li>Moscow–Constantinople schism <ul><li><a href="/wiki/15th%E2%80%9316th_century_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="15th–16th century Moscow–Constantinople schism">15th–16th c.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="1996 Moscow–Constantinople schism">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Moscow%E2%80%93Constantinople_schism" title="2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism">2018</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_theology" title="Eastern Orthodox theology">Theology</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Orthodox_theology" title="History of Eastern Orthodox theology">History of Eastern Orthodox theology</a> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Orthodox_theology_in_the_20th_century" title="History of Eastern Orthodox theology in the 20th century">20th century (Neo-Palamism)</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apophatic_theology" title="Apophatic theology">Apophaticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrismation" title="Chrismation">Chrismation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_contemplation" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian contemplation">Contemplative prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essence%E2%80%93energies_distinction" title="Essence–energies distinction">Essence vs. Energies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesychasm" title="Hesychasm">Hesychasm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Holy Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypostatic_union" title="Hypostatic union">Hypostatic union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">Icons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metousiosis" title="Metousiosis">Metousiosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystical_theology#Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Mystical theology">Mystical theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepsis" title="Nepsis">Nepsis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Economy_(religion)" title="Economy (religion)">Oikonomia</a></i> vs <i><a href="/wiki/Akribeia" title="Akribeia">Akribeia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ousia" title="Ousia">Ousia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palamism" title="Palamism">Palamism</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philokalia" title="Philokalia">Philokalia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phronema" title="Phronema">Phronema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_view_of_sin" title="Eastern Orthodox view of sin">Sin</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theosis_(Eastern_Christian_theology)" title="Theosis (Eastern Christian theology)">Theosis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Theotokos</a></i></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theological_differences_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Theological differences between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church">Differences from the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_teaching_regarding_the_Filioque" title="Eastern Orthodox teaching regarding the Filioque">Opposition to the Filioque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_opposition_to_papal_supremacy" title="Eastern Orthodox opposition to papal supremacy">Opposition to papal supremacy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_worship" title="Eastern Orthodox worship">Liturgy and worship</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_Service_(Eastern_Orthodoxy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine Service (Eastern Orthodoxy)">Divine Services</a></li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akathist" title="Akathist">Akathist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apolytikion" title="Apolytikion">Apolytikion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artos" title="Artos">Artos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ectenia" title="Ectenia">Ectenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euchologion" title="Euchologion">Euchologion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_water_in_Eastern_Christianity" title="Holy water in Eastern Christianity">Holy Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iconostasis" title="Iconostasis">Iconostasis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Prayer" title="Jesus Prayer">Jesus Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kontakion" title="Kontakion">Kontakion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entrance_(liturgical)" title="Entrance (liturgical)">Liturgical entrances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgical_fan_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical fan in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Liturgical fans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lity_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lity in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Lity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_service_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Memorial service in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Memorial service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memory_Eternal" title="Memory Eternal">Memory Eternal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omophorion" title="Omophorion">Omophorion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowing_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Bowing in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox bowing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Marriage in the Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox marriage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praxis_(Byzantine_Rite)" title="Praxis (Byzantine Rite)">Praxis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraklesis" title="Paraklesis">Paraklesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_greeting" title="Paschal greeting">Paschal greeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Homily" title="Paschal Homily">Paschal Homily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_troparion" title="Paschal troparion">Paschal troparion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_rope" title="Prayer rope">Prayer rope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosphora" title="Prosphora">Prosphora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_bell_ringing" title="Russian Orthodox bell ringing">Russian bell ringing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semantron" title="Semantron">Semantron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sign_of_the_cross#Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Sign of the cross">Sign of the cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sticheron" title="Sticheron">Sticheron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troparion" title="Troparion">Troparion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vestment#Byzantine_Rite" title="Vestment">Vestments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurible#Byzantine_Rite" title="Thurible">Use of incense</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_liturgical_calendar" title="Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar">Liturgical calendar</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_cycle" title="Paschal cycle">Paschal cycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_feasts_in_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church">12 Great Feasts</a></li> <li>Other feasts:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_Orthodoxy" title="Feast of Orthodoxy">Feast of Orthodoxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercession_of_the_Theotokos" title="Intercession of the Theotokos">Intercession of the Theotokos</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>The four fasting periods:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_Fast" title="Nativity Fast">Nativity Fast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lent" title="Great Lent">Great Lent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostles%27_Fast" title="Apostles' Fast">Apostles' Fast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God" title="Dormition of the Mother of God">Dormition</a> Fast</li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Major figures</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria" title="Athanasius of Alexandria">Athanasius of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephrem_the_Syrian" title="Ephrem the Syrian">Ephrem the Syrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea" title="Basil of Caesarea">Basil of Caesarea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Jerusalem" title="Cyril of Jerusalem">Cyril of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus" title="Gregory of Nazianzus">Gregory of Nazianzus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nyssa" title="Gregory of Nyssa">Gregory of Nyssa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chrysostom" title="John Chrysostom">John Chrysostom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" title="Cyril of Alexandria">Cyril of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Climacus" title="John Climacus">John Climacus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor" title="Maximus the Confessor">Maximus the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Damascus" title="John of Damascus">John of Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_the_Studite" title="Theodore the Studite">Theodore the Studite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kassia" title="Kassia">Kassiani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_and_Methodius" title="Cyril and Methodius">Cyril and Methodius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photios_I_of_Constantinople" title="Photios I of Constantinople">Photios I of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Palamas" title="Gregory Palamas">Gregory Palamas</a></li></ul> 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia</b> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Lang-cs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Lang-cs (page does not exist)">Template:Lang-cs</a>; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Lang-sk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Lang-sk (page does not exist)">Template:Lang-sk</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">self-governing body</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> that territorially covers the countries of the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a>. The current primate of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church is <a href="/wiki/Rastislav_(Gont)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastislav (Gont)">Rastislav of Prešov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastislav_(arcibiskup)" class="extiw" title="cs:Rastislav (arcibiskup)">cs</a>]</span> (born Ondrej Gont), Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia since 2014. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CaM_-_chr%C3%A1m_zvenku.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/CaM_-_chr%C3%A1m_zvenku.JPG/180px-CaM_-_chr%C3%A1m_zvenku.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/CaM_-_chr%C3%A1m_zvenku.JPG/270px-CaM_-_chr%C3%A1m_zvenku.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/CaM_-_chr%C3%A1m_zvenku.JPG/360px-CaM_-_chr%C3%A1m_zvenku.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius_Cathedral" title="Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral">Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koncert_Philokallia_(2).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Koncert_Philokallia_%282%29.JPG/180px-Koncert_Philokallia_%282%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Koncert_Philokallia_%282%29.JPG/270px-Koncert_Philokallia_%282%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Koncert_Philokallia_%282%29.JPG/360px-Koncert_Philokallia_%282%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="769" /></a><figcaption>Interior</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kostel_Sv._Gorazda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kostel_Sv._Gorazda.jpg/180px-Kostel_Sv._Gorazda.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kostel_Sv._Gorazda.jpg/270px-Kostel_Sv._Gorazda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kostel_Sv._Gorazda.jpg/360px-Kostel_Sv._Gorazda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1062" data-file-height="1611" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Olomouc_Orthodox_Church" title="Olomouc Orthodox Church">Church of St Gorazd in Olomouc</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation">Foundation</h3></div> <p>The Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia presents both an ancient history as well as a very modern history. The present-day church occupies the land of <a href="/wiki/Great_Moravia" title="Great Moravia">Great Moravia</a>, where the brothers Ss. <a href="/wiki/Cyril_and_Methodius" title="Cyril and Methodius">Cyril and Methodius</a> began their mission to the Slavs, introducing the liturgical and canonical order of the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church" class="mw-disambig" title="Orthodox Church">Orthodox Church</a>, translated into <a href="/wiki/Church_Slavonic" title="Church Slavonic">Church Slavonic</a>, using mostly Greek <a href="/wiki/Calque" title="Calque">calques</a> to explain concepts for which no Slavic term existed.<sup id="cite_ref-sailbyzant_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sailbyzant-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192">: 192 </span></sup> In doing this they developed the first Slavic alphabet, a mixture of Greek and Hebrew-based characters with a few invented characters of their own to represent unique Slavic sounds.<sup id="cite_ref-sailbyzant_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sailbyzant-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 190">: 190 </span></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 191">: 191 </span></sup> </p><p>This was done at the express invitation of the powerful ruler <a href="/wiki/Rastislav_of_Moravia" title="Rastislav of Moravia">Rastislav of Moravia</a>. Yet within the Moravian state there was a Frankish party among the nobility who desired closer ties with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Francia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Francia">Kingdom of Francia</a>, whose ruler, <a href="/wiki/Louis_the_German" title="Louis the German">Louis the German</a>, was Ratislav's nominal <a href="/wiki/Suzerain" class="mw-redirect" title="Suzerain">suzerain</a>, and a Frankish bishop had ecclesiastical jurisdiction over a small part of Ratislav's domain that had earlier converted to Christianity. Despite the <a href="/wiki/Photian_Schism" class="mw-redirect" title="Photian Schism">Photian Schism</a>, the churches of Rome and Constantinople still preserved some semblance of unity, and <a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_I" title="Pope Nicholas I">Pope Nicholas I</a> did not want to see the formation of a large independent Frankish church in Central Europe. When an appeal of the ecclesiastical issue was made to Rome, Nicholas summoned both Cyril and Methodius and the complaining Frankish parties to his court to hear them out. Nicholas died before their arrival, but the new Pope <a href="/wiki/Adrian_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Adrian II">Adrian II</a> reached a compromise after hearing both sides: Old Church Slavonic was confirmed as a liturgical language alongside Greek, Hebrew and Latin, and Methodius was confirmed as bishop with a Frankish co-adjutor, <a href="/wiki/Wiching" title="Wiching">Wiching</a>. Adrian was convinced by Cyril's impassioned defence of the Slavic liturgy in which he cited <a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 14:19 "Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." Cyril fell ill while the brothers were still at Rome, and on his deathbed he asked Methodius to swear to return to Moravia and complete the mission to the Slavs instead of returning to the monastic life on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a> as he had intended to do.<sup id="cite_ref-sailbyzant_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sailbyzant-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 192–4">: 192–4 </span></sup> </p><p>Methodius kept his word and returned, but his mission was interrupted by the death of Ratislav, as the new ruler, <a href="/wiki/Svatopluk_I_of_Moravia" title="Svatopluk I of Moravia">Svatopluk I of Moravia</a> sided with the pro-Frankish party and had Methodius imprisoned for almost three years, until he was freed through the intercession of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_VIII" title="Pope John VIII">Pope John VIII</a>. For the next ten years, Methodius continued his work, but the death of John VIII in 882 removed his papal protection, and Methodius died in 885. After this, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_V" title="Pope Stephen V">Pope Stephen V</a> of Rome confirmed his <a href="/wiki/Swabia" title="Swabia">Swabian</a> co-adjutor Wiching as bishop.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Methodius's disciples were imprisoned, expelled to <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, like Gorazd and many others, or enslaved. The expelled, led by <a href="/wiki/Clement_of_Ohrid" title="Clement of Ohrid">Clement of Ohrid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Naum" title="Saint Naum">Naum of Preslav</a>, were of great importance to the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church" class="mw-disambig" title="Orthodox Church">Orthodox faith</a> in the already Christian from year 864 <a href="/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire" title="First Bulgarian Empire">Bulgaria</a>, after they were released from prison and escorted to the Danube.<sup id="cite_ref-sailbyzant_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sailbyzant-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 197">: 197 </span></sup> In AD 870 the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Council_of_Constantinople_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic)">Fourth Council of Constantinople</a> granted the Bulgarians the right to have the oldest organized <a href="/wiki/Autocephalous" class="mw-redirect" title="Autocephalous">autocephalous</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orthodox_Slavs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orthodox Slavs (page does not exist)">Slavic Orthodox Church</a> that little later, from autonomous Bulgarian archbishopric, became patriarchate. Major event that strengthens the process of Christianization was the development of the <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic_script" title="Cyrillic script">Cyrillic script</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> at the founded by Naum and Clement <a href="/wiki/Preslav_Literary_School" title="Preslav Literary School">Preslav Literary School</a> in the 9th century. The <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic_script" title="Cyrillic script">Cyrillic script</a> and the liturgy in <a href="/wiki/Old_Church_Slavonic" title="Old Church Slavonic">Old Church Slavonic</a>, were declared official in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> in 893.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Survival_and_revival">Survival and revival</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Istensz%C3%BCl%C5%91_templomi_bevezet%C3%A9se_g%C3%B6r%C3%B6gkeleti_szerb_(R%C3%A1c-)_templom_(1754-1756)._M%C5%B1eml%C3%A9k_ID_401-304_1._-_Szlov%C3%A1kia,_Nyitrai_ker%C3%BClet,_Kom%C3%A1rom,_N%C3%A1dor_utca.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Istensz%C3%BCl%C5%91_templomi_bevezet%C3%A9se_g%C3%B6r%C3%B6gkeleti_szerb_%28R%C3%A1c-%29_templom_%281754-1756%29._M%C5%B1eml%C3%A9k_ID_401-304_1._-_Szlov%C3%A1kia%2C_Nyitrai_ker%C3%BClet%2C_Kom%C3%A1rom%2C_N%C3%A1dor_utca.JPG/250px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Istensz%C3%BCl%C5%91_templomi_bevezet%C3%A9se_g%C3%B6r%C3%B6gkeleti_szerb_%28R%C3%A1c-%29_templom_%281754-1756%29._M%C5%B1eml%C3%A9k_ID_401-304_1._-_Szlov%C3%A1kia%2C_Nyitrai_ker%C3%BClet%2C_Kom%C3%A1rom%2C_N%C3%A1dor_utca.JPG/375px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Istensz%C3%BCl%C5%91_templomi_bevezet%C3%A9se_g%C3%B6r%C3%B6gkeleti_szerb_%28R%C3%A1c-%29_templom_%281754-1756%29._M%C5%B1eml%C3%A9k_ID_401-304_1._-_Szlov%C3%A1kia%2C_Nyitrai_ker%C3%BClet%2C_Kom%C3%A1rom%2C_N%C3%A1dor_utca.JPG/500px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Eastern Orthodox Church in Komárno (Slovakia), built in the middle of the 18th century under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Buda</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gorazd_(Mat%C4%9Bj_Pavl%C3%ADk).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Gorazd_%28Mat%C4%9Bj_Pavl%C3%ADk%29.jpg/250px-Gorazd_%28Mat%C4%9Bj_Pavl%C3%ADk%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Gorazd_%28Mat%C4%9Bj_Pavl%C3%ADk%29.jpg/375px-Gorazd_%28Mat%C4%9Bj_Pavl%C3%ADk%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Gorazd_%28Mat%C4%9Bj_Pavl%C3%ADk%29.jpg/500px-Gorazd_%28Mat%C4%9Bj_Pavl%C3%ADk%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>Eastern Orthodox Bishop <a href="/wiki/Gorazd_(Pavl%C3%ADk)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorazd (Pavlík)">Gorazd of Prague</a> (1921–1942)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Czechoslovakia01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Czechoslovakia01.png/250px-Czechoslovakia01.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Czechoslovakia01.png/375px-Czechoslovakia01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Czechoslovakia01.png/500px-Czechoslovakia01.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>Czechoslovakia, from 1920 to 1938</figcaption></figure> <p>The Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical order survived in present-day eastern <a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> and neighboring regions due to its nearness and influence to Kievan Rus', especially among the population of the Rusins, until the middle of the 17th century when the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Uzhgorod" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Uzhgorod">Union of Uzhgorod</a> was brought about in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a>. During the times of suppression, remaining Eastern Orthodox Christians from the region kept their ties with neighboring Eastern Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Eparchy_of_Buda" title="Eparchy of Buda">Eparchy of Buda</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Patriarchate_of_Pe%C4%87" title="Serbian Patriarchate of Peć">Serbian Patriarchate of Peć</a> and later with the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitanate_of_Karlovci" title="Metropolitanate of Karlovci">Metropolitanate of Karlovci</a>. One of the most northern parishes of the Serbian Orthodox Church existed in the Slovak city of <a href="/wiki/Kom%C3%A1rno" title="Komárno">Komárno</a> with local church built in the 18th century still standing today.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the creation of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Czechoslovakia" title="History of Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> in 1918, legal restraints to Eastern Orthodoxy were removed. In the new state, Eastern Orthodox communities were mainly located in the eastern parts of the country, including Carpatho-Rus' that was incorporated into Czechoslovakia in 1919. In that region, the city of Mukachevo was located with its traditions going back to the old Eastern Orthodox Eparchy of Mukachevo, that existed before the Union of Uzhgorod. In the spirit of Eastern Orthodox revival, many people in the region left the Uniate (Greek Catholic) Church. Since there were no Eastern Orthodox bishops in Czechoslovakia, local leaders looked to the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a> because <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a> were historically and ethnically close to the <a href="/wiki/Czechs" title="Czechs">Czechs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovaks" title="Slovaks">Slovaks</a> and Rusins. That view was also supported by state authorities of Czechoslovakia (1920). In order to regulate the ecclesiastical order, Bishop <a href="/wiki/Dositej_Vasi%C4%87" title="Dositej Vasić">Dositej Vasić</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eparchy_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Eparchy of Niš">Niš</a> (Serbia) arrived in Prague and met with leaders of Eastern Orthodox community, receiving them into full communion (1921).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among those seeking to restore ties with Eastern Orthodox Church was a Catholic priest Matěj Pavlík, who had been interested in Eastern Orthodoxy for years. The Serbian Orthodox Church thus consented to receive him in full communion and he became <a href="/wiki/Archimandrite" title="Archimandrite">Archimandrite</a> with the name <a href="/wiki/Gorazd_(Pavl%C3%ADk)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorazd (Pavlík)">Gorazd</a>, in honor of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Gorazd_of_Moravia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Gorazd of Moravia (page does not exist)">Saint Gorazd of Moravia</a>, disciple and successor of <a href="/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius" class="mw-redirect" title="Saints Cyril and Methodius">Saint Methodius</a>, Archbishop of Moravia. On September 25, 1921, Archimandrite Gorazd was consecrated <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishop_of_Moravia_and_Silesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bishop of Moravia and Silesia (page does not exist)">Bishop of Moravia and Silesia</a> at the <a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Cathedral_(Belgrade)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's Cathedral (Belgrade)">Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael</a> in Belgrade, <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Patriarch_Dimitrije" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije">Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije</a>. Bishop Gorazd received jurisdiction over Czech Lands.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Orthodox leader in the new nation of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Czechoslovakia_(1918%E2%80%931938)" title="History of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938)">Czechoslovakia</a>, Bishop Gorazd laid the foundations of the Orthodox Church throughout <a href="/wiki/Bohemia" title="Bohemia">Bohemia</a>, Moravia, and also into Slovakia. In Bohemia, he oversaw the building of eleven churches and two chapels. He also published the essential books for the conduct of church services that were translated into Czech. He provided aid to those in Slovakia and Carpatho-Rus', which then was part of Czechoslovakia, and who wanted to return to Eastern Orthodox Faith from the Unia, <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Union with Rome</a>. Thus, in the inter-war period, Bishop Gorazd built the small Czech church that during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> would show how firmly it was connected to the Czech nation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1931, Eastern Orthodox renewal in eastern Slovakia and Carpatho-Rus' was progressing very well, allowing the creation of the second Diocese that was named: <a href="/wiki/Eparchy_of_Muka%C4%8Devo_and_Pre%C5%A1ov" title="Eparchy of Mukačevo and Prešov">Eparchy of Mukačevo and Prešov</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That diocese was also created under the auspices of <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a>. First bishop of Mukachevo and Prešov was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Damaskin_Grdani%C4%8Dki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Damaskin Grdanički (page does not exist)">Damaskin Grdanički</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938, he was succeeded by Bishop <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Raji%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vladimir Rajić (page does not exist)">Vladimir Rajić</a>. </p><p>In 1938, the <a href="/wiki/Third_Reich" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Reich">Third Reich</a> succeeded in annexing the <a href="/wiki/Sudetenland" title="Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a> from Czechoslovakia during the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Munich Conference">Munich Conference</a>. In the same year, after <a href="/wiki/First_Vienna_Award" title="First Vienna Award">First Vienna Award</a>, southern parts of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia were annexed by Fascist Hungary. Since the city of Mukačevo was taken by Fascist Hungary, bishop Vladimir had to move to the city of <a href="/wiki/Khust" title="Khust">Khust</a>. In 1939, the Third Reich annexed the remainder of the Czech lands into the <a href="/wiki/Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia</a> and installed a pro-Nazi regime in <a href="/wiki/Slovak_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovak State">Slovakia</a>. In the same time, Fascist Hungary occupied the rest of Carpathian Ruthenia and in 1941 Hungarian authorities arrested bishop Vladimir Rajić and deported him back to <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. </p><p>Years of Nazi occupation (1938/9-1944/5) were marked by renewed restrictions and persecutions.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1942, <a href="/wiki/Reinhard_Heydrich" title="Reinhard Heydrich">Reinhard Heydrich</a>, architect of the <a href="/wiki/Final_Solution" title="Final Solution">Final Solution</a>, had become governor of the Czech Protectorate. After the May 27, 1942 <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Reinhard_Heydrich" title="Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich">assassination</a> attack on Heydrich's car in Prague, Czech and Slovak partisans took refuge in the <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypt</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius_Cathedral" title="Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral">Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral</a> before continuing their escape. They were aided by senior church <a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">laymen</a>, who kept Bishop Gorazd informed. However, their presence was discovered by the Nazis, and on June 18 the Nazis attacked their hiding place in the cathedral, forcing them to commit suicide. The Orthodox priests, laymen, and Bishop Gorazd were arrested and killed by firing squads on September 4, 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In reprisal the Nazis forbade the church to operate in Bohemia and Moravia.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Churches and chapels were closed, and a rounding up of Czechs was conducted, including the whole village of <a href="/wiki/Lidice" title="Lidice">Lidice</a>, whose inhabitants were either killed or sent to forced labor camps.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the Orthodox the whole church fell under the Nazi persecution and was decimated. A total of 256 Orthodox priests and laymen were executed, and church life came to a stop.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-War_developments">Post-War developments</h3></div> <p>In 1945, after the incorporation of Carpatho-Rus' by the USSR as <a href="/wiki/Zakarpattia_Oblast" title="Zakarpattia Oblast">Zakarpattia Oblast</a> of the Ukrainian SSR, eastern parts of the <a href="/wiki/Eparchy_of_Muka%C4%8Devo_and_Pre%C5%A1ov" title="Eparchy of Mukačevo and Prešov">Eparchy of Mukačevo and Prešov</a> were transferred from the supreme jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a> to the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church, and on that territory new <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eparchy_of_Muka%C4%8Devo_and_U%C5%BEgorod&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eparchy of Mukačevo and Užgorod (page does not exist)">Eparchy of Mukačevo and Užgorod</a> was formed, while the western part of the diocese remained in Czechoslovakia and was reorganized as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Orthodox_Eparchy_of_Pre%C5%A1ov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Orthodox Eparchy of Prešov (page does not exist)">Eparchy of Prešov</a>. </p><p>After World War II, the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia began its recovery without its bishop. On December 9, 1951, the <a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarch of Moscow">Patriarch of Moscow</a> granted <a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">autocephaly</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Church of Czechoslovakia">Orthodox Church of Czechoslovakia</a>, recognized by nearly all Orthodox local churches, though this action was not recognized by <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, who made unsubstantiated and uncanonical claims to jurisdiction, regarding the Czechoslovak church as being <a href="/wiki/Autonomy" title="Autonomy">autonomous</a> under its authority. The Patriarch of Constantinople later issued a Tomos, or official proclamation, of autocephaly in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Communists popularly came to power in April 1950, the government convoked a synod of the <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Greek Catholic Church at Prešov</a>, at which five priests and a large number of laymen signed a document declaring that the union with Rome was disbanded and asking to be received into the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate, later the Orthodox Church of Czechoslovakia. The move was made with widespread popular support where the so-called Uniate church and Uniate faithful were presented with the choice of remaining subservient to Rome and becoming Latin rite Catholics or returning to their ancestral Orthodox Faith to undo the injustice that the deceptive creation of the Uniate church constituted. The vast majority of so-called Greek Catholics chose to return to the Orthodox Church of their ancestors. The government then transferred control of the Greek Catholic churches and other property to the Orthodox Church. </p><p>During the Prague Spring in 1968, the former Greek Catholic parishes were allowed to restore communion with Rome. As a result of anti-Russian sentiment, of the 292 parishes involved, 205 voted in favor. This was one of the few reforms by Dubček that survived the Soviet invasion the same year. However, most of church buildings remained in the hands of Orthodox Church as they had originally been built as Orthodox churches and/or the congregations of these churches had in large measure voted to have their parishes placed under the omophorion of the Orthodox Church in 1950. After communism was overthrown in the 1989 Velvet Revolution, most of the Church property was returned to the Slovak Greek Catholic Church by 1993, often being accomplished by sham court proceedings and anti-Orthodox sentiment on the part of local municipalities. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Martyr" title="Martyr">martyrdom</a> of Bishop Gorazd was recognized by the Serbian Orthodox Church on May 4, 1961, which canonized Gorazd as a <a href="/wiki/New_Martyr" title="New Martyr">New Martyr</a>. Subsequently, on August 24, 1987, he was canonized at the <a href="/wiki/Olomouc_Orthodox_Church" title="Olomouc Orthodox Church">Cathedral of St. Gorazd</a> in <a href="/wiki/Olomouc" title="Olomouc">Olomouc</a>, Moravia.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Rastislav_(Gont)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastislav (Gont)">Rastislav of Prešov</a> was elected by the Extraordinary Synod held on January 11, 2014, as the new <a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">primate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 9, 2013, the Synod removed Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Simeon_(Jakovlevic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simeon (Jakovlevic)">Simeon (Jakovlevic)</a> of Brno and Olomouc from his position as <i><a href="/wiki/Locum_Tenens" class="mw-redirect" title="Locum Tenens">Locum Tenens</a></i> (<i>ad interim</i> administrator following the resignation of the previous primate, Archbishop Krystof, over allegations of sexual relations with women),<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and appointed Archbishop Rastislav in his place,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an action against which Archbishop Simeon protested<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and which was deplored by <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_Bartholomew_I_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2></div> <p>After <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_Czechoslovakia" title="Dissolution of Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia separated</a> into independent countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, church activity continued in each country as separate legal entities: in the Czech Republic as the <b>Orthodox Church in the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Lands" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech Lands">Czech Lands</a></b> and in the Slovak Republic as the <b>Orthodox Church in Slovakia</b>, but canonical unity was maintained as the <b>Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia</b>. The church is now organized into four <a href="/wiki/Eparchy" title="Eparchy">eparchies</a> divided into two administrative centers: the Metropolitan Council for the Czech Republic resident in Prague and the Metropolitan Council for the Slovak Republic in <a href="/wiki/Pre%C5%A1ov" title="Prešov">Prešov</a>. Under the Council of the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Lands" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech Lands">Czech Lands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a>) are the eparchies of Prague and Olomouc-<a href="/wiki/Brno" title="Brno">Brno</a>, while the eparchies of Prešov and <a href="/wiki/Michalovce" title="Michalovce">Michalovce</a> are under the Council of Slovakia (Prešov). </p><p>After the death of <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dorotheus_(Filipp)_of_Prague&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dorotheus (Filipp) of Prague (page does not exist)">Dorotheus</a> of Prague and All Czechoslovakia, <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> Nicholas of Prešov was elected the new metropolitan, and the church's primatial see was moved from Prague to Prešov. Metr. Nicholas reposed<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (April 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> on January 30, 2006, and was replaced by Archbishop Christopher of Prague and the Czech Lands (elected May 2, 2006). s In the Czech Republic there are 82 parishes, with 51 in Bohemia and 31 in Moravia and Silesia. In Slovakia there are 90 parishes, with 69 in the eparchy of Prešov and 21 in the eparchy of Michalovce. The Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Prešov provides an education for future priests of combined Church. The faculty maintains a detached<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (April 2017)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> branch in Olomouc. </p><p>The Monastery of St. Procopius of Sazava is located in Most, and that of the Dormition in Vilemov. </p><p>The current primate of the Czechoslovak Orthodox Church is <a href="/wiki/Rastislav_(Gont)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastislav (Gont)">Rastislav of Prešov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastislav_(arcibiskup)" class="extiw" title="cs:Rastislav (arcibiskup)">cs</a>]</span> (born Ondrej Gont), Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia since 2014. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archdioceses_and_archbishops">Archdioceses and archbishops</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archdiocese" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese">Archdiocese</a> of Prešov and Slovakia : <a href="/wiki/Rastislav_(Gont)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastislav (Gont)">Metropolitan Rastislav</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastislav_(arcibiskup)" class="extiw" title="cs:Rastislav (arcibiskup)">cs</a>]</span>, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia (since 2014)</li> <li>Archdiocese of Prague and the Czech Lands: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michal_(Dand%C3%A1r)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michal (Dandár) (page does not exist)">Michal (Dandár)</a> (since 2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">Diocese</a> of Brno and <a href="/wiki/Olomouc" title="Olomouc">Olomouc</a>: <a href="/wiki/Simeon_(Jakovlevic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Simeon (Jakovlevic)">Simeon (Jakovlevic)</a> (since 2000)</li> <li>Diocese of <a href="/wiki/Michalovce" title="Michalovce">Michalovce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ko%C5%A1ice" title="Košice">Košice</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juraj_(Str%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juraj (Stránský) (page does not exist)">Juraj (Stránský)</a> (since 2007)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vicar_dioceses_and_bishops">Vicar dioceses and bishops</h3></div> <ul><li>Diocese of <a href="/wiki/Beroun" title="Beroun">Beroun</a> : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jach%C3%BDm_(Hrd%C3%BD)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jachým (Hrdý) (page does not exist)">Jachým (Hrdý)</a> (since 2015), vicar bishop of Prague</li> <li>Diocese of <a href="/wiki/Kom%C3%A1rno" title="Komárno">Komárno</a> : <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tichon_(Holl%C3%B3sy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tichon (Hollósy) (page does not exist)">Tichon (Hollósy)</a> (since 2006), vicar bishop of Prešov</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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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_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-26"><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_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-26"><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_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-26"><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_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n3-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Metropolis_of_the_Americas" title="Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas">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_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-26"><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_26-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n1-26"><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_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n2-28"><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_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_n2-28"><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> 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