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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=Eastern_Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a>, <b>autonomy</b> designates a type of limited self-government of a church (group) toward its <a href="page.php?w=mother_church">mother church</a>. An <b><a href="page.php?w=Autonomy">autonomous</a> church</b> is self-governing in some aspects, which differentiates it from a non-autonomous church. The aspects on which the autonomous church is self-governing depends on the decision of the mother church. A church that is autonomous has its highest-ranking <a href="page.php?w=bishop">bishop</a>,</p><p>
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