Moscow–Constantinople schism

The Moscow–Constantinople schism refers to any of three schisms within the Eastern Orthodox Church wherein the Russian Orthodox Church (or one of its preceding entities) severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople:


 * 15th–16th century Moscow–Constantinople schism, between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' (which later became the Moscow Patriarchate)
 * 1996 Moscow–Constantinople schism, over a dispute concerning canonical jurisdiction over Estonia
 * 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism, over a dispute concerning canonical jurisdiction over Ukraine