Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine

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canonical document religious decree tomos of autocephaly

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.

Statements (48)

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 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Petro Poroshenko →	signatureProject