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Orthodox Church Of Poland

Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland (Polski Autokefaliczny Kosciol Prawosawny)
Autocephaly / Autonomy declared	1924
Autocephaly / Autonomy recognized	1948 by the Church of Russia
Current primate	Metropolitan Sabas
Headquarters	Warsaw, Poland
Primary territory	Poland
Territorial extension	Brazil, Portugal, Italy
Rite	Byzantine
Language (s) liturgical (s)	Slavonic , Polish
Musical tradition	Russian
Calendar	Gregorian / Julian revised
Estimated population	600 000
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Metropolitan Church in Warsaw

The Orthodox Church of Poland is one legal autocephalous of the Orthodox Church. The primate of the Church carries the title of Metropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland, with residence in Warsaw (incumbent: His Beatitude Sabas History

History of the Orthodox Church in Poland

Main article: Church of Kiev and All Rus' and Metropolitan of Lithuania (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople).

Orthodox autocephalous Church of Poland

1924 Declaration of the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Organization

The Church has six dioceses:

Metropolitan Eparchy of Warsaw (with vicariates metropolitan Hajnowka at Bielsk and Siemiatycze)

6 deaneries: Warsaw, Bielsk Podlaski, Hajnowska, Narew Siemiatycze, Kleszczele

Eparchy of d and Pozna

3 deaneries: Lodz, Krakow, Bydgoszcz

Eparchy of Przemysl and Nowy Sacz

3 deaneries: Sanok, Nowy Sacz, Przemyl

Eparchy of Wrocaw and Szczecin

5 deaneries: Wrocaw, Lubin, Ziel Gora, Szczecin, Koszalin

Eparchy of Lublin and Chelm

4 deaneries: Lublin, Chem, Biala Podlaska, Terespol

Eparchy of Bialystok and Gdansk

5 deaneries: Biaystok, Gdask, Grodek, Olsztyn, Sokolka

In the six territorial divisions plus the Ordinariate Orthodox Polish Army

The churches of the seven councils (Orthodox, Orthodox Church or Communion)
Autocephalous churches	Constantinople Alexandria Antioch Jerusalem Russia Serbia Romania Bulgaria Georgia Cyprus Greece Albania Poland Czech-Slovakia America *
Autonomous Churches	Sinai Finland Estonia (Patr. ecumenical) * Estonia (Patr. Moscow) * EGL. Russian transboundary Ukraine (Patr. Moscow) * Moldova (Patr. Moscow) * Latvia (Patr. Moscow) * Belarus (Moscow Patr.) * Moldavia (Romania Patr.) * Ohrid (Patr. Serbia) * Japan * China *
Independent churches noncanonical	Ukraine (Kiev Patr.) Ukraine (gl. autocph.) Macedonia Montenegro Italy Belarus (gl. autocph.) EGL. calend-old. Greece EGL. Old calend. Romania EGL. Old ritual. Russian EGL. Turkish Orthodox EGL. Orthodox France EGL. Orthodox French
Note	* Church autocephalous or whose autonomy is not universally recognized.
See also: two councils of churches - churches of three councils - the Eastern Catholic Churches