“After the country gained its independence, it appealed to the patriarch of the Coptic church for autocephaly, which was granted.”

“Between 1944 and 1948 the ROC put an end to the autonomy of the Latvian Orthodox Church, and to the autocephaly of the Polish Orthodox Church and tried to assimilate forcibly also the Finnish Orthodox Church.”

“When neighbouring Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, it appealed to Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic church, for autocephaly.”