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Encyclopedia > Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia

The Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia is an autonomous church under the Patriarchate of Romania. However, this church is currently unrecognized as autonomy by the other Orthodox Churches. A jurisdictional right moves from the Patriarchate of Moscow to the that of Bucharest. In 1993, the Patriarchy of Romania determined that the Metropolitans of Moldavia, Bucovina, and Bessarabia for the jurisdiction were re-established, whereas the Russian Orthodox Church doesn't recognize the metropolitan churches and continues to maintain the own authorities. The current metropolitan in this church is Peter (elected as metropolitan in 1992). The following is a list of Russian Orthodox metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow along with when they served: Metropolitans Maximus (1283_1305) Peter (1308_1326) Theognostus (1328_1353) Alexius (1354_1378) Cyprian (1381_1382), (1390_1406) Pimen (1382_1384) Dionysius I (1384_1385) Photius (1408_1431) Isidore the Apostate (1437_1441) Jonas (1448_1461) Theodosius (1461_1464) Philip I (1464_1473) Gerontius (1473_1489... The Russian Orthodox Church (also known as the Orthodox Catholic Church of Russia) (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...

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