# Timeline of Autocephaly of Eastern Orthodox Churches

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a "tomos of autocephaly" grants ecclesiastical independence from a mother church. As of 2025, there are 14 completely recognized autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches, with 3 partially recognized Eastern Orthodox churches.
The "date" column is determined the most recent date with support from a Patriarch (self-declared autocephaly is not taken into consideration). The "date" column also excludes former autocephaly halted by a force, and re-granted later.
*Any tomoi once proclaimed, but no longer accepted.

## 4th-century

| Date | Granter | Recipient | Recognized by |
| 325 | First Council of Nicaea | Patriarchate of Rome | Completely unrecognised after 1054 |
| 325 | First Council of Nicaea | Patriarchate of Alexandria | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 325 | First Council of Nicaea | Patriarch of Antioch | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 381 | First Council of Constantinople | Patriarchate of Constantinople | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |

## 5th-century

| Date | Granter | Recipient | Recognized by |
| 431 | Council of Ephesus | Cypriot Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 451 | Council of Chalcedon | Patriarchate of Jerusalem | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |

## 15th-century

| Date | Granter | Recipient | Recognized by |
| 1448 | De facto autocephaly following the Fall of Constantinople, Ivan III of Russia, Metropolitan Theodosius of Moscow | Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' | Completely unrecognised |

## 16th-century

| Date | Granter | Recipient | Recognized by |
| 1589 | Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople | Russian Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |

## 19th-century

| Date | Granter | Recipient | Recognized by |
| 29 June 1850 | Ecumenical Patriarch Anthimus IV of Constantinople | Church of Greece | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 1879 | Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople | Serbian Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 25 April 1885 | Ecumenical Patriarch Jochim IV of Constantinople | Romanian Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |

## 20th-century

| Date | Granter | Recipient | Recognized by |
| 13 November 1924 | Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory VII of Constantinople | Polish Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 17 April 1937 | Ecumenical Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople | Albanian Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 31 October 1943 | Patriarch Sergius of Moscow | Georgian Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 1945 | Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow | Bulgarian Orthodox Church | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 9 December 1951 | Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow | Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia | Completely recognized by all canonical Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| 10 April 1970 | Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow | Orthodox Church in America | Russian Orthodox Church, Georgian Orthodox Church, Polish Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Czech and Slovakian Orthodox Church |

## 21st-century

| Date | Granter | Recipient | Recognized By |
| 5 May 2019 | Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople | Orthodox Church of Ukraine | Patriarchate of Alexandria, Church of Greece, Ecumenical Patriarchate |
| 5 June 2022 | Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia | Macedonian Orthodox Church | Romanian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Polish Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Czech and Slovakian Orthodox Church |