The Institution of Autocephaly: The Canonical Aspect

Abstract

On October 12, 2023, at the All-Russian Pokrovsky Conference of the Moscow Theological Academy, Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin, Doctor of Theology, Professor Emeritus of the Moscow Theological Academy, presented a report on the canonical aspects of the establishment of autocephaly. The report considered the factors that give grounds for the establishment of a new autocephaly, in particular, the political independence of the territory where the autocephalous church is to be established. The text of the published report is devoted to the issue of the correlation between political and ecclesiastical factors in the establishment of autocephaly.