Alexander Kyrlezhev Orthodox Commonwealth: A Typology of Autocephalous Churches Alexander Kyrlezhev — Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) (Moscow, Russia); Sts. Cyril and Methodius Post-Graduate Institute; Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church. kyrlezhev@gmail.com The paper explores the relationships between the fourteen independent Eastern Orthodox churches making part of a so called diptychon — a list of churches placed in order of «honor». These fourteen churches take part at the Pan-Orthodox Council in June 2016. The author firstly defines the current meaning of church «autocephalous» status and then creates a typology of the Orthodox ecclesiastical subjects drawing upon history, current situation, and structural…
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