Restored to communion with all the Churches in 2022 after decades of isolation, and granted autocephaly by the Serbian Church the same year. As of 2026, all the Churches recognize it as canonical and are in communion with it, while its autocephaly is recognized by some of them only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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