October 15th, 2018 1:35 PM

NEWS: Orthodox Church Grants Ukraine Independence from Moscow. The Moscow Church Breaks with Orthodox Church. So we have another schism. And moscow loses another battle out of folly.

1) Four Ancient Patriarchates

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria

Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch

Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

2) Junior Patriarchates

Russian Orthodox Church (1448, recognized in 1589)

Serbian Orthodox Church (1219)

Romanian Orthodox Church (1872, recognized in 1885)

Bulgarian Orthodox Church (870)

Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church (486)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church â?? Kiev Patriarchate (1992, recognized in 2018)

3) Autocephalous Archbishoprics

Church of Cyprus (431, recognized in 478)

Church of Greece (1833, recognized in 1850)

Albanian Orthodox Church (1922, recognized in 1937)

Polish Orthodox Church (1924)

Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church (1951, 1998)

Orthodox Church in America (1970)[6]