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The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church concerned itself with the matter of\u00a0Autonomy and the Means by Which it is Proclaimed<\/em>.\u00a0 Therefore, the respective document, which was submitted by the Fifth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference (Chamb\u00e9sy, October 10-17, 2009) was discussed and was approved with some minor amendments as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

The questions of the text examined by the Council addressed: a) the concept, nature, and various forms of the institution of autonomy; b) the prerequisites for a local Church to request autonomy from the autocephalous Church to which it belongs; c) the exclusive prerogative of an autocephalous Church to initiate and complete the process of granting autonomy to a certain segment of its canonical jurisdiction \u2013 autonomous Churches shall not be established in the geographical areas of the Orthodox Diaspora; d) the impact of this ecclesial act on the relations between the proclaimed autonomous Church and with the autocephalous Church to which it belongs as well as with the other autocephalous Orthodox Churches.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The institution of autonomy is a canonical expression of the relative or partial independence of a particular ecclesial region from the canonical jurisdiction of the autocephalous Church to which it canonically belongs.<\/span>\n
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    1. The implementation of this institution through ecclesial praxis has given rise to various degrees of dependence with respect to the relationship of the autonomous Church to the autocephalous Church to which it canonically refers.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. The election of the Primate (First Hierarch) of an autonomous Church is approved or executed by the appropriate ecclesiastical entity of the autocephalous Church. The Primate of the autonomous Church commemorates and is canonically related to the primate of the autocephalous Church.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. In the application of the institution of autonomy, we find various forms of its implementation in ecclesial praxis defined by the degree of dependence of the autonomous Church on the autocephalous Church.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. In some forms of autonomy, the degree of dependence of an autonomous Church is also expressed through the participation of its primate in the Synod of the autocephalous Church.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    5. The initiation and completion of the process for granting autonomy to a region within the canonical jurisdiction of an autocephalous Church is the canonical prerogative of the autocephalous Church. The Church proclaimed autonomous refers to the autocephalous Church. Accordingly:<\/span>\n
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      1. A local Church that requests autonomy, after showing that it has fulfilled all necessary ecclesial, canonical and pastoral prerequisites, may submit its application to the autocephalous Church to which it has its reference, explaining the serious reasons prompting such a request.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Upon receiving the application, the autocephalous Church considers, in Synod, all of the prerequisites and reasons for the submission, and decides whether or not to grant autonomy. In the event of a favorable decision, the autocephalous Church issues a\u00a0Tomos<\/em>, which defines the geographical boundaries of the autonomous Church and its relationship with the autocephalous Church to which it refers, in accordance with the established criteria of ecclesial Tradition.<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. The primate of the autocephalous Church informs the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the other autocephalous Orthodox Churches of the proclamation of the autonomous Church.<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. The autonomous Church realizes its inter-Orthodox, inter-Christian, and inter-religious relations through the autocephalous Church from which it received autonomy.<\/span><\/li>\n
      5. Each autocephalous Church may only grant autonomy within the borders of its canonical geographical region. Autonomous Churches are not established in the region of the Orthodox Diaspora, except by pan-Orthodox consensus, upheld by the Ecumenical Patriarch in accordance with prevailing pan-Orthodox practice.<\/span><\/li>\n
      6. In the event that two autocephalous Churches grant autonomous status within the same geographical ecclesial region, prompting contestation over the status of each autonomous Church, the parties involved appeal\u2014together or separately\u2014to the Ecumenical Patriarch so that he may find a canonical solution to the matter in accordance with prevailing pan-Orthodox practice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      7. The implications for the autonomous Church with respect to its relationship to the autocephalous Church, following its proclamation of autonomy, are as follows:<\/span>\n
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        1. The Primate of the autonomous Church only commemorates the name of the primate of the autocephalous Church.<\/span><\/li>\n
        2. The name of the Primate of the autonomous Church is not entered into the Diptychs.<\/span><\/li>\n
        3. The autonomous Church receives holy chrism from the autocephalous Church.<\/span><\/li>\n
        4. The bishops of the autonomous Church are elected, appointed and judged by its own appropriate ecclesiastical organ. In the event that the autonomous Church finds this absolutely impossible, it receives assistance from the autocephalous Church to which it refers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \u2020 Bartholomew of Constantinople, Chairman<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Theodoros of Alexandria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Theophilos of Jerusalem<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Irinej of Serbia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020Daniel of Romania<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Chrysostomos of Cyprus<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Anastasios of Tirana, Durres and All Albania<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Rastislav of Presov, the Czech Lands and Slovakia<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Leo of Karelia and All Finland<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Stephanos of Tallinn and All Estonia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Elder Metropolitan John of Pergamon<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Elder Archbishop Demetrios of America<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Augustinos of Germany<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Irenaios of Crete<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Isaiah of Denver<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Alexios of Atlanta<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Iakovos of the Princes\u2019 Islands<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Joseph of Proikonnisos<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Meliton of Philadelphia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Emmanuel of France<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nikitas of the Dardanelles<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nicholas of Detroit<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Gerasimos of San Francisco<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Amphilochios of Kisamos and Selinos<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Amvrosios of Korea<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Maximos of Selyvria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Amphilochios of Adrianopolis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Kallistos of Diokleia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Antony of Hierapolis, Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox in the USA<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Job of Telmessos<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Jean of Charioupolis, Head of the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Gregory of Nyssa, Head of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox in the USA<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Patriarchate of Alexandria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Gabriel of Leontopolis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Makarios of Nairobi<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Jonah of Kampala<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Seraphim of Zimbabwe and Angola<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Alexandros of Nigeria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Theophylaktos of Tripoli<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Sergios of Good Hope<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Athanasios of Cyrene<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Alexios of Carthage<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ieronymos of Mwanza<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 George of Guinea<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nicholas of Hermopolis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Dimitrios of Irinopolis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Damaskinos of Johannesburg and Pretoria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Narkissos of Accra<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Emmanouel of Ptolemaidos<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Gregorios of Cameroon<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nicodemos of Memphis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Meletios of Katanga<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Panteleimon of Brazzaville and Gabon<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Innokentios of Burudi and Rwanda<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Crysostomos of Mozambique<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Neofytos of Nyeri and Mount Kenya<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Benedict of Philadelphia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Aristarchos of Constantine<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Theophylaktos of Jordan<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nektarios of Anthidon<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Philoumenos of Pella<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Church of Serbia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Jovan of Ohrid and Skopje<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Vasilije of Sirmium<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Lukijan of Budim<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Longin of Nova Gracanica<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Irinej of Backa<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Hrizostom of Zvornik and Tuzla<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Justin of Zica<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Pahomije of Vranje<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Jovan of Sumadija<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ignatije of Branicevo<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Fotije of Dalmatia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Athanasios of Bihac and Petrovac<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Joanikije of Niksic and Budimlje<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Grigorije of Zahumlje and Hercegovina<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Milutin of Valjevo<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Maksim in Western America<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Irinej in Australia and New Zealand<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 David of Krusevac<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Jovan of Slavonija<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Andrej in Austria and Switzerland<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Sergije of Frankfurt and in Germany<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ilarion of Timok<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Church of Romania<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Teofan of Iasi, Moldova and Bucovina<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Laurentiu of Sibiu and Transylvania<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Andrei of Vad, Feleac, Cluj, Alba, Crisana and Maramures<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Irineu of Craiova and Oltenia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ioan of Timisoara and Banat<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Iosif in Western and Southern Europe<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Serafim in Germany and Central Europe<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nifon of Targoviste<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Irineu of Alba Iulia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ioachim of Roman and Bacau<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Casian of Lower Danube<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Timotei of Arad<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nicolae in America<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Sofronie of Oradea<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nicodim of Strehaia and Severin<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Visarion of Tulcea<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Petroniu of Salaj<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Siluan in Hungary<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Siluan in Italy<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Timotei in Spain and Portugal<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Macarie in Northern Europe<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Varlaam Ploiesteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Emilian Lovisteanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Ramnic<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ioan Casian of Vicina, Assistant Bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Americas<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Church of Cyprus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Georgios of Paphos<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Chrysostomos of Kition<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Chrysostomos of Kyrenia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Athanasios of Limassol<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Neophytos of Morphou<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Vasileios of Constantia and Ammochostos<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Isaias of Tamassos and Oreini<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Barnabas of Tremithousa and Lefkara<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Christophoros of Karpasion<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nektarios of Arsinoe<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nikolaos of Amathus<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Epiphanios of Ledra<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Leontios of Chytron<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Porphyrios of Neapolis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Gregory of Mesaoria<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Church of Greece<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Prokopios of Philippi, Neapolis and Thassos<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Chrysostomos of Peristerion<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Germanos of Eleia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Alexandros of Mantineia and Kynouria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ignatios of Arta<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Damaskinos of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Alexios of Nikaia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Aghios Vlasios<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Eusebios of Samos and Ikaria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Seraphim of Kastoria<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ignatios of Demetrias and Almyros<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nicodemos of Kassandreia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ephraim of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Theologos of Serres and Nigrita<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Makarios of Sidirokastron<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Anthimos of Alexandroupolis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Barnabas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Chrysostomos of Messenia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Athenagoras of Ilion, Acharnon and Petroupoli<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Ioannis of Lagkada, Litis and Rentinis<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Gabriel of New Ionia and Philadelphia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Chrysostomos of Nikopolis and Preveza<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Theoklitos of Ierissos, Mount Athos and Ardameri<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Church of Poland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Simon of Lodz and Poznan<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Abel of Lublin and Chelm<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Jacob of Bialystok and Gdansk<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 George of Siemiatycze<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Paisios of Gorlice<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Church of Albania<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Joan of Koritsa<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Demetrios of Argyrokastron<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nikolla of Apollonia and Fier<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Andon of Elbasan<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Nathaniel of Amantia<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Asti of Bylis<\/span><\/p>\n

          Delegation of the Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Michal of Prague<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u2020 Isaiah of Sumperk<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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