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Latvian Orthodox Church
The Latvian Orthodox Church (Latvian: Latvijas PareizticÄ«gÄ BaznÄ«ca) is an unrecognized Eastern Orthodox church based in Latvia. The primate of the church carries the title of Metropolitan of Riga and all Latvia (Latvian: RÄ«gas un visas Latvijas metropolÄ«ts). This position has been occupied since October 27, 1990, by MetropolitanAleksandrs (KudrjaÅ¡ovs).
Until 2022, the Latvian Orthodox Church was universally recognized as a self-governing part of the Russian Orthodox Church. On 8 September 2022, the Latvian parliament directed the Latvian Orthodox Church to declare a status of autocephaly, due to Patriarch Kirill's support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of June 2026, no Orthodox churches have recognized the autocephaly of the Latvian Church.