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This is an extremely minor issue, but what can I say, I'm a perfectionist, so I'm going to bring it up anyway...
So, first of all, I'm glad there is broad agreement that the Byzantine mosaic of Christ from the Deesis in Hagia Sophia should be used as the image for this sidebar. It really is the perfect choice. But there are several different pictures of it on Wikipedia. So, which one should we use? The one I originally picked for the sidebar is this one (let's call it "version 1"). Later, User:Greco22 replaced it with another one (let's call it "version 2"). On my screen, version 1 has much better colour contrast and is brighter as a thumbnail. On the other hand, version 2 has a much higher resolution, of course, but since we're using it as a thumbnail, I think colour brightness matters more than resolution. That is why I am inclined to go with version 1. @Greco22: what do you think? Ohff (talk) 08:37, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
@Veverve:: Out of the 14 autocephalous churches, which does not recognize the OCA as canonical? Vypr (talk) 05:27, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
@Chad The Goatman wants proof that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is considered canonical. No one has ceased recognizing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over its declaration of independence from the Moscow Patriarchate. Meanwhile, I found some links proving that the UOC still concelebrates and maintains relations with all Orthodox churches that they were in communion with before the declaration of independence. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a canonical Orthodox church.
A few recent concelebrations:
https://news.church.ua/2023/08/17/blazhennishij-mitropolit-onufrij-u-9-tu-richnicyu-svojeji-intronizaciji-podyakuvav-jepiskopatu-duxovenstvu-ta-miryanam-ukrajinskoji-ta-pomisnix-pravoslavnix-cerkov-za-pidtrimku-u-jogo-sluzhinni-vide/
https://news.church.ua/2023/10/21/arxijepiskop-prazkij-i-cheskix-zemel-spivsluzhiv-keruyuchomu-xustskoyu-jeparxijeyu-v-den-pamyati-prp-oleksiya-karpatoruskogo/
https://news.church.ua/2023/10/17/mitropolit-lvivskij-filaret-ocholiv-bozhestvennu-liturgiyu-v-radomi-polshha/
Greetings on Metropolitan Onufriy's enthronement anniversary this year:
Georgia https://news.church.ua/2023/08/18/gruzinskij-patriarx-iliya-ii-privitav-blazhennishogo-mitropolita-onufriya-z-devyatoyu-richniceyu-intronizaciji/
Czech Lands and Slovakia: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/18/u-vashij-osobi-ukrajina-ta-ukrajinska-pravoslavna-cerkva-zdobuli-spravzhnogo-duxovnogo-lidera-predstoyatel-pravoslavnoji-cerkvi-cheskix-zemel-i-slovachchini-privitav-blazhennishogo-mitropolita-onufr/
America: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/17/delegaciya-pravoslavnoji-cerkvi-v-americi-vid-imeni-predstoyatelya-mitropolita-tixona-privitala-blazhennishogo-mitropolita-onufriya-v-den-intronizaciji/
Antioch: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/17/nexaj-bog-zmicnit-vas-zalishatisya-nepoxitnim-u-pravij-viri-ta-trudax-patriarx-antioxijskij-ioann-x-predstoyatelyu-upc-u-devyatu-richnicyu-intronizaciji-na-prestol-kijivskix-mitropolitiv/
Poland: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/17/nasha-molitva-suprovodzhuje-vashe-sluzhinnya-mitropolit-varshavskij-vsijeji-polshhi-sava-privitav-predstoyatelya-upc-z-richniceyu-intronizaciji/
Macedonia: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/17/radijte-ta-veselitsya-bo-velika-nagoroda-vasha-na-nebi-predstoyatel-makedonskoji-cerkvi-privitav-blazhennishogo-mitropolita-onufriya-z-devyatoyu-richniceyu-intronizaciji/
Serbia: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/17/molimosya-shhob-nastupni-roki-vashogo-sluzhinnya-bogu-narodu-buli-rokami-miru-predstoyatel-serbskoji-cerkvi-patriarx-porfirij-privitav-blazhennishogo-mitropolita-onufriya-z-richniceyu-intronizaci/
ROCOR: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/17/mitropolit-sxidno-amerikanskij-i-nyu-jorkskij-mikolaj-u-den-intronizaciji-blazhennishogo-mitropolita-onufriya-pobazhav-predstoyatelyu-ta-vsij-povnoti-upc-miru-svobodi-i-procvitannya-v-sluzhinni-bogu/
Various supportive letters and miscellaneous events:
Multiple hierarchs supporting Kyiv Pechersk Lavra UOC brotherhood: https://news.church.ua/2023/03/30/predstoyateli-ta-ijerarxi-pomisnix-pravoslavnix-cerkov-vislovlyuyut-pidtrimku-predstoyatelyu-jepiskopatu-duxovenstvu-ta-vsim-viryanam-ukrajinskoji-pravoslavnoji-cerkvi/
Romanian Orthodox Church recognizes UOC jurisdiction over Romanian parishes in Ukraine: https://news.church.ua/2023/02/12/sinod-rumunskoji-cerkvi-oprilyudniv-uxvalu-shhodo-rumunskix-parafij-v-ukrajini/
UOC hierarch meeting Patriarch of Jerusalem: https://vzcz.church.ua/2022/12/06/%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8bmitropolit-filaret-zustrivsya-z-ijerusalimskim-patriarxom-feofilom-iii/
Archbishop Anastasios of Albania sends letter of support to UOC hierarch convicted of a crime: https://news.church.ua/2023/08/11/predstoyatel-albanskoji-pravoslavnoji-cerkvi-nadislav-list-pidtrimki-mitropolitu-tulchinskomu-braclavskomu-ioanafanu/
Archbishop Michael of Prague speaking out against UOC oppression: https://news.church.ua/2023/03/29/arxijepiskop-prazkij-mixajil-visloviv-protest-proti-tisku-na-ukrajinsku-pravoslavnu-cerkvu/
Bulgarian hierarchs support Kyiv Pechersk Lavra UOC brotherhood: https://news.church.ua/2023/03/26/u-bolgarskij-pravoslavnij-cerkvi-vistupili-na-pidtrimku-kijevo-pecherskoji-lavri/
Antiochian hierarch served in UOC parish in Germany: https://vzcz.church.ua/2023/08/07/ijerarx-antioxijskoji-cerkvi-zvershiv-liturgiyu-v-den-prestolnogo-svyata-ukrajinskoji-parafiji-u-kelni/
Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral says they pray and worry for UOC: https://news.church.ua/2023/03/30/mitropolit-chornogorskij-primorskij-ioannikij-molimos-perezhivajemo-za-ukrajinsku-pravoslavnu-cerkvu/
Hierarch of the Jerusalem Patriarchate condemns systematic persecution of UOC: https://vzcz.church.ua/2023/03/29/arxijepiskop-sevastijskij-feodosij-mi-zasudzhujemo-sistematichni-peresliduvannya-upc/
TRe OCA receives a UOC community formed in the United States: https://vzcz.church.ua/2023/06/21/u-chikago-pochala-diyati-ukrajinska-parafiya/ Nepsis2 (talk) 08:08, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
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The independent Western Orthodox Churches are Miaphysite, not Chalcedonian. They are not part of Eastern Orthodoxy, nor can be considered an independent movement. AntiVaticanII (talk) 02:10, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Shouldn't the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America be classified under semi-autonomous? Coquidragon (talk) 22:31, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
What is that? What does it mean spiritual independence? Does it mean that UOC was "spiritually dominated" by the Russian Church? What were the characteristics of such domination? Aleksandr Grigoryev (talk) 14:58, 4 March 2024 (UTC)