[kosta50]

The Old Calendarists have actually been re-intergrated into the communion with the See of Constantinople. It is important to note that Old Calendarists as a subgroup of a particuar Patriarchy exist in Bulgaria and Romania in addition to Greek Old Calendarists.

Old Calendar is used by the Church of Russia, Serbia and Jerusalem, because it is the only Calendar by which Pascha is fixed, and all Orthodox Churches celebrate Pascha based on the Old Calendar, even if they use the New Calendar for other fixed observances.

Here is the list of Autocephalous Orthodox Churches [Churches with their own Patriarch]

• Orthodox Church of Constantinople
• Orthodox Church of Alexandria
• Orthodox Church of Antioch
• Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Romanian Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Orthodox Church
• Orthodox Church of Cyprus
• Church of Greece
• Polish Orthodox Church
• Albanian Orthodox Church
• Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
• Orthodox Church in America (Autocephaly not universally recognized)

  Autonomous Orthodox Churches (Self-governing, aka Metropolias)

• Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai (under the Patriarch of Jerusalem)
• Finnish Orthodox Church (under the Patriarch of
• Constantinople)
• Estonian Orthodox Church (under the Patriarch of
• Constantinople)
• Japanese Orthodox Church (under the Patriarch of Moscow)
• Chinese Orthodox Church (under the Patriarch of Moscow)
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church (under the Patriarch of Moscow)
• Metropolia of Western Europe (under the Patriarch of
• Moscow)
• Ohrid Archbishopric (under the Patriarch of Belgrade)

  [Source: Wikipedia]

  Some Churches, such a the "Montenegrin," "Macedonian," or "Belorussian" Orthodox churches are not in communion with any other and even do not recognize each other.

  All other Eastern-rite churches (Maronite, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic, Ruthenian, etc.) are Eastern-rite churches (more or less) in communion with the Vatican.

[visualops]

The Old Calendarists have actually been re-intergrated into the communion with the See of Constantinople

Precisely which ones? From what I've read, most are indeed back with Constantinople. However, as late as 1991 this particular church did not consider itself part of the regular church of Greece, as one was not allowed to even set foot in a new calendar Greek Orthodox church at that time.

[Cronos]

Hi Kosta, what does "Autocephaly not universally recognized" mean? I don't quite follow. Under what conditions does an orthodox church become a metropolias and when is it a patriarchy?