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Moscow–Constantinople communion rupture

Timeline Event · 15 October 2018 CE

About this date: The ecclesial situation and claims about jurisdiction remain contested; this dated marker records the Moscow synod's action, not a universal Orthodox judgment.

Amid disputes about church authority and autocephaly in Ukraine, the Moscow Patriarchate declared a break in Eucharistic communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This was Moscow's decision, not a reciprocal declaration by Constantinople.

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