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.

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...

The Holy Synod decided the following:

First:

1. That the Metropolitans and Bishops pay attention to the priests, especially the fathers of confession in their Diocese, to warn their sons and daughters who ...

Given the importance of unifying the monastic, intellectual and spiritual system in the Coptic monasteries, an annual meeting will be held chaired by His Holiness the Pope, joined by the heads of mona...

Regarding the Monastery of St. Abu Fana the Hermit in Mallawi:

His Grace Bishop Demetrius, Bishop of Mallawi and Ashmounin, presented a report to the Committee, transferred from His Holiness Pope Sheno...

Given that monastic life has originated in the wilderness of Egypt, the Committee has therefore seen the importance of monks who became monks in the monasteries of the diaspora to come to the Egyptian...

The Committee discussed what was previously decided by the Holy Synod, and what was confirmed by His Holiness the Pope at the meeting on 18/06/1994, regarding the following:

1. The importance of a connec...