Editing Russian Orthodox Church (section)

=== Self-governing branches of the ROC ===
[[File:Foros in 02.jpg|thumb|Interior of the [[Foros Church|Church of the Resurrection of Christ]], near [[Yalta]], [[Crimea]].]]
The Russian Orthodox Church has four levels of self-government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/12/19/7052645/|title=Білоруська православна церква хоче автономії від Москви &#124; Українська правда|date=19 December 2014|accessdate=25 December 2022|archive-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219144758/http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/12/19/7052645/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://belarusdigest.com/story/belarusian-orthodox-church-seeks-more-independence-russia-21049|title=Belarusian Orthodox Church Seeks More Independence from Russia|work=Belarus Digest: News and analytics on Belarusian politics, economy, human rights and more.|access-date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051356/http://belarusdigest.com/story/belarusian-orthodox-church-seeks-more-independence-russia-21049|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{clarify|four levels: five current and one defunct are stated|date=October 2018}}

The autonomous churches which are part of the ROC are:

# [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]], a special status autonomy close to autocephaly
# Self-governed churches ([[Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate|Estonia]], [[Latvian Orthodox Church|Latvia]], [[Moldovan Orthodox Church|Moldova]], Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia)
# [[Belarusian Orthodox Church]], an [[exarchate]]; [[Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia]]; [[Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (Moscow Patriarchate)|Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe]]; [[Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa]]
# [[Eastern Orthodoxy in Pakistan|Pakistan Orthodox Church]]
# [[Eastern Orthodoxy in Kazakhstan|Metropolitan District of Kazakhstan]]
# [[Japanese Orthodox Church]]
# [[Chinese Orthodox Church]]

Although the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) claims that 'any provisions that at least somehow hinted at or indicated the connection with [[Moscow]] were excluded' (following the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]) the Russian Orthodox Church ignores this and continues to include UOC-MP clerics in various commissions or working groups despite these individuals not agreeing to this nor even wanting to be included.<ref>{{Cite news |website=[[Radio Free Europe]] |date=2023-01-04 |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/rpts-kyrylo-putin-ukrayina-uptsmp-vyibr/32207628.html|language=Ukrainian|author=Dmytro Horevo |title=The Russian Orthodox Church does not recognize the independence of Ukraine or the independence of the UOC|access-date=2023-01-06}}<br/>{{Cite news |website=Official website of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]]|date=2022-12-31 |url=https://news.church.ua/2022/12/31/the-charter-of-the-uoc-does-not-contain-any-provisions-that-would-even-hint-at-the-connection-with-moscow-the-head-of-the-legal-department/?lang=en|language=en |author= |title=The Charter of the UOC does not contain any provisions that could even hint at the connection with Moscow – the Head of the Legal Department|access-date=2023-01-06}}<br/>{{Cite news |website=Official website of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]]|date=2022-12-31 |title=The UOC priest protested his inclusion in the ROC Publishing Council|language=Ukrainian|author= |url=https://news.church.ua/2022/12/31/svyashhennik-upc-visloviv-protest-cherez-jogo-vklyuchennya-vidavnichoji-radi-rpc/|access-date=2023-01-06}}</ref>