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In the most significant ecclesiastical matter of recent decades, the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP) established the fifteenth Orthodox independent Church by granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church. In response, however, the Russian Church (ROC) has refused to recognize the new Autocephalous Church of Ukraine and has terminated commemoration of and communion with all other Orthodox Churches that do recognize it, including numerous Greek Metropolises.
