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Autocephalous and Autonomous Church Directory

Autocephalous Churches
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Status: This see was granted second rank of honor after Old Rome by Canon III of Second Ecumenical Council (Constantinople, 381 AD), and confirmed by Canon 28 of Fourth Ecumenical Council (Chalcedon, 451 AD). Currently considered "first among equals" after Old Rome went into schism in 1054 AD with rest of Orthodoxy.
Current Primate: His All-Holiness BARTHOLOMEW I (Archontonis), Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch
Address: Rum Patrikhanesi, 342 20 Fener- Haliç, Istanbul, TURKEY
Tel: +90 212 5319670 - 6; Fax: +90 212 5349037
Official Website: http://www.ec-patr.org/ http://www.ec-patr.eu/
Email address: patriarchate@ec-patr.org
Patriarchate of Alexandria
Status: Jurisdiction and seniority of the Bishop of Alexandria confirmed in a manner usually accorded to Rome in Canon 6 of First Ecumenical Council (Nicæa, 325 AD). Pentarchy established with this see elevated to patriarchate and given third rank of honor by Fourth Ecumenical Council (Chalcedon, 451 AD), and confirmed by Canon 36 of the Quinisext Ecumenical Council in Trullo (Constantinople, 692 AD)
Current Primate: His Beatitude THEODOROS II (Choreftakis), Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.
Address: P.O.Box 2006, Alexandria, EGYPT
Tel: + 2-03-4868595; Fax: + 2-03-4875684
Official Website: http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/
Email address: patriarchate@greekorthodox-alexandria.org
Patriarchate of Antioch
Status: Jurisdiction and seniority of the Bishop of Antioch likewise confirmed in Canon 6 of First Ecumenical Council (Nicæa, 325 AD). Pentarchy established with this see elevated to patriarchate and given fourth rank of honor by Fourth Ecumenical Council (Chalcedon, 451 AD), and confirmed by Canon 36 of the Quinisext Ecumenical Council in Trullo (Constantinople, 692 AD)
Current Primate: His Beatitude JOHN X (Yazigi), Patriarch of Antioch and all the East
Address: P.O. Box 9, Damascus, SYRIA
Tel: +963 11 5424400 - 1 - 2 - 3; Fax: +963 11 5424404
Official Website: http://www.antiochpat.org/
Email address: info@antiochpat.org
Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Status: Next place of honor to the Bishop of Ælia [i.e. Jerusalem] confirmed in Canon 7 of First Ecumenical Council (Nicæa, 325 AD). Pentarchy established with this see elevated to patriarchate and given fifth rank of honor by Fourth Ecumenical Council (Chalcedon, 451 AD), and confirmed by Canon 36 of the Quinisext Ecumenical Council in Trullo (Constantinople, 692 AD)
Current Primate: His Beatitude THEOPHILOS III (Giannopoulos), Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine
Address: P.O. Box 14518, Jerusalem 91145, ISRAEL
Tel (08:00-14:00): +972-2-6274941, +972-2-6281033, +972-2-6285901; Tel (24 hrs): +972-522-375702
Official Website: http://www.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/
Email address: secretariat@jerusalem-patriarchate.info
Patriarchate of Moscow
Status: self-governing since 1448, and autocephaly and patriarchate established in 1589 with official recognition by Constantinople
Current Primate: His Holiness KIRILL (Gundyaev), Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
Address: DECR MP, Danilov monastery, 22, Danilovsky Val, Moscow 115191, RUSSIA
15191 Москва, Даниловский вал, д.22, Данилов монастырь, ОВЦС МП
Tel: (7-095) 954-04-54; Fax: (7-095) 230-26-19
Official Website: http://www.mospat.ru/
Email address: cs@mospatr.ru
Patriarchate of Georgia
Status: autocephaly granted by Antioch in V century, revoked by Tsarist Russia in 1811 AD. Autocephaly declared in 1917. Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople in 1989. Georgia is ranked after Bulgaria by Constantinople
Current Primate: His Holiness and Beatitude ILIA II (Gudushauri-Shiolashvili), Archbishop of Mtskheta - Tbilisi, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
Address: 1, King Erekle II Square, Tbilisi, 0105, GEORGIA
Tel: +995-32-99-03-78; Fax: +995-32-98-71-14
Official Website: http://www.patriarchate.ge/
Email address: info@patriarchate.ge
Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Status: autocephaly granted by Constantinople in 1219, elevated to patriarchate in 1346 and abolished in 1463 with repose of Patriarch Arsenios II. Patriarchate restored in 1557 and abolished again in 1766. Autonomy granted by Constantinople in 1831. Autocephaly declared in 1832 and recognized by Constantinople in 1879, and patriarchate restored in 1920.
Current Primate: His Holiness IRINEJ (Gavrilović), Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Patriarch of the Serbs
Address: Kralja Petra I №5, 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA
11000 Београд, Краља Петра I 5
Tel: +381 11 32 82 588
Official Website: http://www.spc.rs/
Email address: info@spc.rs
Patriarchate of Romania
Status: autocephaly declared in 1865 and granted by Constantinople in 1885, elevated to patriarchate by Constantinople in 1925
Current Primate: His Holiness DANIEL (Ciubotea), Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, and Patriarch of All Romania, Locum Tenens of Cæsarea in Cappadocia
Address: Relaţii Externe Bisericeşti, Aleea Dealul Mitropoliei, nr. 25, 040163, Bucureşti IV, ROMANIA
Tel: +40 21 406 7171; Fax: +40 21 406 7171
Official Website: http://www.patriarhia.ro/
Email address: externe@patriarhia.ro, patriarhia@patriarhia.ro
Patriarchate of Bulgaria
Status: autonomy granted by a special session (March 4, 870 AD) following the Robber Council of Constantinople (869-870 AD). Autocephaly declared and elevated to patriarchate in 919 AD, and recognized by Constantinople in 927 AD. Patriarchate reduced to archbishopric in 1018 AD. Autocephaly and elevation to patriarchate granted by Constantinople in 1235 AD. Autocephaly abolished in 1393 AD with Patriarch Evtimiy sent into exile. Autocephaly granted by Constantinople in 1945, and patriarchate restored in 1953
Current Primate: His Holiness NEOPHYTE (Dimitrov), Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of All Bulgaria
Address: 4, Oborishte, Sofia 1090, BULGARIA
1090 София, ул. "Оборище" №4
Tel: 359-2-987-5611, 02/988-5613, 02/988-3787; Fax: 02/989-7600
Official Website: http://www.bg-patriarshia.bg/
Email address: info@bg-patriarshia.bg
Church of Cyprus
Status: autocephaly recognized by Canon 8 of Third Ecumenical Council (Ephesus, 431 AD).
Current Primate: His Beatitude CHRYSOSTOMOS II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus
Address: PO Box 1130, Nicosia 1016, CYPRUS
Tel: +357-22-43-06-96; Fax: +357-22-47-41-80
Official Website: http://www.churchofcyprus.org.cy/
Email address: holysynodoffice@logosnet.cy.net, office@churchofcyprus.org.cy
Church of Greece
Status: autocephaly declared in 1833, and recognized by Constantinople in 1850
Current Primate: Enthronement on Feb. 16 of His Beatitude IERONYMOS (Liapis), Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
Address: Ag. Philotheis 21, 10556 Athens, GREECE
Αγίας Φιλοθέης 21, 10556 Αθήνα
Tel: +30-210-335-23-00; Fax: +30-210-322-46-73
Official Website: http://www.ecclesia.gr/
Email address: contact@ecclesia.gr
Church of Poland
Status: autocephaly recognized by Constantinople in 1924
Current Primate: His Beatitude SAWA (Hrycuniak), Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland
Address: Al. Solidarności 52, 03-942 Warszawa, POLAND
Tel: +48-22-619-08-86; Fax:
Official Website: http://www.orthodox.pl/
Email address: cerkiew@orthodox.pl, orthodox@orthodox.pl
Church of Albania
Status: autocephaly declared in 1922 and recognized by Constantinople in 1937
Current Primate: His Beatitude ANASTASIOS, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania
Address: Kisha Orthodhokse, 151 Rruga e Kavajes, Tirana, ALBANIA
Tel: +355-4-234-117, +355-4-235-095; Fax: +355-4-232-109
Official Website: http://www.orthodoxalbania.org/
Email address: orthchal@orthodoxalbania.org
Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Status: autonomy recognized by Constantinople in 1923. autocephaly granted by Moscow in 1951, and by Constantinople in 1998.
Current Primate: His Beatitude SIMEON (Jakovljević), Metropolitan of Prague and the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Address: Bayerova 8, 080 01 Prešov, SLOVAKIA
Tel: +421-51/772 47 36; Fax: +421-51/773 40 45
Official Website: http://www.orthodoxia.cz/
Email address: mrpc@orthodox.sk
Orthodox Church in America
Status: autocephaly granted by Moscow in 1970 but not recognized by Constantinople
Current Primate: His Beatitude, TIKHON (Mollard), Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
Address: PO Box 675, Syosset, NY 11791-0675 USA
Tel: +516-922-0550; Fax: +516-922-0954
Official Website: http://www.oca.org/
Email address: info@oca.org
Autonomous Churches
Church of Sinai
Status: autonomy recognized by Jerusalem since the VIth century
Current Primate: His Beatitude, DAMIAN, Archbishop of Sinai, Farum and Raithu
Address: Monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai, c/o 18, Midan El-Daher, 112 71 Cairo, A.R. EGYPT
Tel: +2062 48 28 513; Fax: +2062 48 25 806
Official Website: http://www.sinaimonastery.com
Email address: c/o Holy Monastery of Sinai the Mount Sinai Foundation in Athens, Greece, msf@otenet.gr
Church of Finland
Status: autonomy declared in 1918. autonomy granted by Constantinople in 1923 and recognized by Moscow in 1957.
Current Primate: His Eminence, LEO (Makkonen), Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland
Address: Synodal Office, Karjalankatu 1, 70110 Kuopio, FINLAND
Tel: 0206100210; Fax: 0206100211
Official Website: http://www.ort.fi/
Email address: kirkollishallitus@ort.fi
Church of Estonia
Status: autonomy granted by Constantinople in 1996 but not recognized by Moscow
Current Primate: His Eminence, STEPHANOS (Charalambides), Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia
Address: Wismari 32, 10136 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Tel: +372 66 00 780; Fax: +372 660 0782
Official Website: http://www.eoc.ee/
Email address: eaok@eaok.ee
Church of Japan
Status: autonomy granted by Moscow in 1970 but not recognized by Constantinople
Current Primate: His Eminence, DANIEL (Nushiro), Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of All Japan
Address: 4-1-3, Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0062, JAPAN
〒101-0062東京都千代田区神田駿河台四丁目1-3
Tel: +81-3-3291-1885; Fax: +81-3-3291-1886
Official Website: http://www.orthodoxjapan.jp/
Email address: info@orthodoxjapan.jp
Church of China
Status: autonomy granted by Moscow in 1957, but not recognized by Constantinople
Current Primate: vacant since the repose on January 3, 1962 of His Grace, VASILY (Shuan), Bishop of Beijing, Primate of All China Address: c/o Rev. Michael Wang of Shanghai
Church of Ukraine
Status: autonomy granted by Moscow in 1990 but not recognized by Constantinople
Current Primate: His Beatitude, VOLODYMYR (Sabodan), Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine
Address: Ul. Sicnevogo Povstannia, 25, Korp. 34, 01015 Kyiv, UKRAINE
01015, г. Киев, ул. Январского восстания 25, корп. 34
Tel: +380-044-290-15-08; Fax: +380-044-290-43-96
Official Website: http://www.orthodox.org.ua/, http://www.pravoslavye.org.ua
Email address: info@orthodoxy.org.ua
Archdiocese of Ohrid
Status: autonomy granted by Serbia in 2005, but not recognized by either Constantinople nor Moscow
Current Primate: His Eminence, JOVAN IV (Vraniškovski), Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje
Address: Kocanska 2/23, Bitolj 7000, MACEDONIA (FYROM)
Tel: +38947222810; Fax:
Official Website: http://www.poa-info.org/
Email address: kontakt@poa-info.org

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