Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine

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The Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is the 2019 decree by the Ecumenical Patriarchate granting the Ukrainian church independence from the Russian Orthodox Church, marking a major religious and geopolitical milestone for Ukraine.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf canonical document
religious decree
tomos of autocephaly
announcedOn 2018-10-11
approvedBy Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
category 2019 in Christianity
Documents of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Eastern Orthodox Church in Ukraine
country Ukraine
dateHandedOver 2019-01-06
dateSigned 2019-01-05
definesHeadTitle Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine
geopoliticalSignificance symbol of Ukrainian sovereignty
weakening influence of Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine
grantsStatus autocephaly
grantsTo Orthodox Church of Ukraine
hasCanonicalBasisIn prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarch
headAtTimeOfGrant Metropolitan Epiphanius I of Kyiv
issuedBy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
keptAt St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv
language Greek
legalNature canonical decree
materialForm parchment document
mediaCoverage international
opposedBy Moscow Patriarchate
Russian Orthodox Church
placeSigned Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Phanar, Istanbul
politicalSignificance strengthening Ukrainian religious independence
recognizedBy Church of Cyprus
Church of Greece
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Patriarchate of Alexandria
relatedDocument Patriarchal and Synodal Act of 1686
relatedToEvent 2018 Unification Council of Ukrainian Orthodoxy
granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
religiousJurisdiction Orthodox Church of Ukraine
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy
scriptType calligraphic manuscript
separatesFrom Russian Orthodox Church
signedBy Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I
stipulates Orthodox Church of Ukraine cannot establish parishes outside Ukraine without coordination with Constantinople
Orthodox Church of Ukraine is within the spiritual orbit of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
subjectOf Russian–Ukrainian church relations
dispute within Eastern Orthodoxy
international political reactions
symbolizes affirmation of Ukrainian national identity
break with Moscow-centered church authority

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Petro Poroshenko
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