Patriarchal and Synodal Act of 1686

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The Patriarchal and Synodal Act of 1686 was a decree by the Ecumenical Patriarchate that transferred the right to ordain the Metropolitan of Kyiv to the Moscow Patriarch, becoming a key historical document in later disputes over church jurisdiction in Ukraine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church decree
historical document
patriarchal and synodal act
canonicalField ecclesiastical jurisdiction
episcopal ordination
canonicalStatus disputed
challengedBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 20th and 21st centuries
concerns Kyiv Metropolis
Kyiv Metropolis
surface form: Metropolis of Kyiv
controversialAspect extent of transfer of jurisdiction over Kyiv
interpretation of conditions attached to the transfer
countryContext Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Tsardom of Russia
date 1686
geopoliticalContext Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Tsardom of Russia rivalry
grantedRight right to ordain the Metropolitan of Kyiv
grantedTo Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Moscow Patriarchate

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
surface form: Patriarch of Moscow
historicalContext expansion of Moscow Patriarchate influence in Eastern Europe
late 17th century Orthodox Church politics
influenced modern canonical arguments about Ukraine’s church independence
position of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Ukraine
position of the Russian Orthodox Church on Ukraine
issuedBy Ecumenical Patriarch Dionysius IV of Constantinople
Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
jurisdictionalEffect subordination of Kyiv Metropolitan’s ordination to Moscow Patriarch
language Greek
laterInterpretedBy Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Moscow Patriarchate
linkedTo Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus'
surface form: Metropolis of Kyiv and all Rus'

Patriarchate of Constantinople
Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Patriarchate of Moscow
mentionsSee Kyiv
Moscow
recognizedBy Moscow Patriarchate as basis for its claims over Kyiv
region Eastern Europe
relatedTo Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople–Moscow Patriarchate relations
history of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine
jurisdictional disputes in Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
subjectMatter church jurisdiction over Kyiv Metropolis
ordination of the Metropolitan of Kyiv
timePeriod 17th century
typeOfDocument patriarchal letter
synodal decision
usedAsArgumentIn controversy over canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate
debate on autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
disputes over church jurisdiction in Ukraine

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