The Holy Synod has decided (based on the recommendations of the Ritual Committee and following amendments requested by His Holiness the Pope):

It is not permitted to print, reprint or use ritual books ...

The Holy Synod has decided (based on the recommendations of the Ritual Committee and following amendments requested by His Holiness the Pope):

The response “May their holy blessings” etc. is to be pray...

The Committee highlighted theological, biblical, and historical matters that require review in the drawing of icons and it proposed that that Ritual Committee deliver a seminar to present its observat...

The Holy Synod has decided (based on the recommendations of the Ritual Committee and following amendments requested by His Holiness the Pope):

His Holiness the Pope, agreed to correct the Book of Daily...

The Synod have observed that many of the Priests have become accustomed to praying the litanies inaudibly during the conclusion of the rites of Vespers and Matins, and the Great Litanies before the Pr...

In the meeting on 01/06/1996

There was a brief mention of the meeting between us and the Church of Sweden, which represented our Church Their Graces: Bishop Bishoy, Bishop Moses, Bishop Thomas, and als...

The word “offerings” is to be used instead of “sacrifices” in the Arabic translation in the Litany of the Offerings.

Ensure that the name of Mar Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, the Antiochian Patriarch, is mentioned in all liturgical prayers and the liturgies. This has been decided in previous eras by agreement of the two C...

A Priest may not conduct baptisms, Chrismation or give communion to the sick if he is not fasting.

The following recommendation has been accepted: “all men of priesthood in Egypt, in their ritual prayers, must adhere to the text of the Great Holy Euchologion, the edition of Hegumen Abd Al-Masseh Al...