Orthodox Church of Talin and all Estonia

Orthodox Church of Estonia was recognized as an autonomous church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1923. After the Second World War, Estonia became a part of the Soviet Union and therefore a part of the Patriarchate in Moscow without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In 1996, the Church regained its autonomous status. After that, the Synod of the Patriarchate in Constantinople appointed Metropolitan Stephan the Head of 

Orthodox Church of Talin and all Estonia.