The Holy Synod has decided that no part of the Creed should be omitted at any time of the year, including Holy Week. It is the hymns that change according to the occasion. This is in accordance with w...

The Ritual Committee presented the following recommendations, which have been read by the Holy Synod:

1. The Committee recommends the following amendments in some of the homilies in the Holy Pascha, so th...

The Committee has created a specialist [sub-] Committee for the Review of the Rite of Baptism, and in particular framing rituals suitable for those who joined from other denominations. His Holiness th...

The Holy Synod has decided the following based on the recommendations of the Ritual Committee:

1. The necessity of following [keeping track of] the new prints [books], in order to adhere to the decrees of...

1. When the Cyrillian Liturgy is prayed fully, it is necessary to adhere to its original arrangement.
2. When selecting some parts of the Cyrillian Liturgy when praying the Liturgy of St. Basil, it is permis...

The Holy Synod has agreed to the following recommendations and alterations [cont.]:

Third: In the Unction of the Sick and in the Crowning [Services]

1. It is necessary for Priests to adhere to minimising t...

The Holy Synod has agreed to the following recommendations and alterations:

First: In the Book of Covenant Thursday Laqan [Liturgy of the Waters]

There are some words in the book of Covenant Thursday La...

The Holy Synod agreed to the request and recommendations of the Diocesans Affairs Committee as follows:

The importance of adhering to reading the Synaxarium on the days that the Church rituals state [r...

The Holy Synod has agreed to the following recommendations and alterations [cont.]:

Second: The Liturgies of the Feasts of the Nativity, Epiphany and Resurrection

It is necessary that the timing of comm...

The Holy Synod agreed to the request and recommendations of the Diocesans Affairs Committee as follows:

The importance of mentioning the names of the departed audibly in the Prayer for the Departed in ...