TheAssembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Austria consists of all the activeEastern Orthodox bishops inAustria andHungary, and representing multiple jurisdictions. It is not, properly speaking, asynod. The Episcopal Assembly of Austria is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."
The assembly began when delegates from the 14autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches met at the Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate inChambésy,Switzerland, on June 6–12, 2009.[1]
The current jurisdictions in the region include the following, ordered according todiptych:
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