Recognition of the Monastery of St. Shenouda in Milan, based on the request submitted by His Grace Bishop Kyrillos, Bishop of Milan.

The Holy Synod stressed the importance of abiding by the previous decree of monks not taking confessions of women and girls in the cities where married priests serve, and in monasteries. Also, monks m...

Every monk who spent 6 years or more in service must go to the monastery to spend a period of spiritual isolation for a year. Any exceptions for the monks who serve in the diaspora will be decided by...

The Holy Synod approved the following recommendations that were mentioned in the report of the Synodal Committee for Monasteries Affairs:

1. The warning to each applicant of monasticism is that he will no...

The Holy Synod agreed to recognise the return of monastic life to the monastery of Archangel Gabriel, in Mount Al-Nakloun, in the desert of Fayoum.

The Holy Synod adopted the decree to recognise the Monastery of St. Anthony in the Holy Land, and the Monastery of St. George for the Nuns in Jerusalem.

Concerning the regulations (laws) of monasticism: It was mentioned in the report of the Monasteries Committee to the assembly of the Holy Synod that was on Monday morning 12/06/2000 in the meeting of ...

The Holy Synod approved the following recommendations made by the Monasteries Affairs Committee:

1. Every monastery creates a file for each monastic applicant, just as it does for every monk, and it conta...

It was decided to include the Monastery of St. Mina the Wonderworker, in Abnoub, with the monasteries recognised in the Church, while restoring monastic life to it.

Based on the recommendations of the Monasteries Committee and the approval of His Holiness the Pope, the Holy Synod decided the following:

1. Regarding the Monastery of St Mary in Hawawish:

a.     The ordi...