TYPOLOGY OF AUTOCEPHALOUS MOVEMENTS IN ORTHODOXY

Abstract

The article analyzes autocephalist movements. Their study is undertaken to solve the general problem of Ecumenical Orthodoxy unity preservation and to prevent conflicts and schisms in it. For the study, the authors use scientific methods and approaches, among which one of the main ones is dialectical. Movements are viewed as socially conditioned and historically objective phenomena undergoing constant changes. They reveal the attitude of the following states to the autocephalist movements of the Russian Orthodox Church: Russia, Georgia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine and the American continent. They presented the typology of autocephaly arising as a result of movements towards them. The typologization of movements was carried out for the first time in Russian religious studies. Recommendations for prevention and settlement of interchurch conflicts are given.