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Russian Orthodox Church Cuts Ties With Global Orthodox Leadership

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The Russian Orthodox Church announced Monday it would break ties with the Orthodox Patriarchate of Constantinople over the latter's recognition of a new Ukrainian church, the latest development in a major restructuring of the world's second-largest Christian denomination. Unlike Catholicism, which has a centralized hierarchy of authority, Orthodox Christianity has several churches spread out across the world, each with their own jurisdiction and leaders. However, the Patriarch of...

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