1. The Monasteries Committee prepared the text of the pledge of a monk who is be ordinated a priest, to present it to the Holy Synod headed by Pope Shenouda III Appendix No. 2The Synod approved this text...

The Monastery of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite, in the wilderness of Sohag, and the Monastery of St. Anthony and St. Moses the Black, in Khartoum were recognised.

In the meeting on 05/03/1993

In its report, the Church Relations Committee presented to the Holy Synod that, in the first meeting in the period between 02-05/05/1993 in the Monastery of St. Bishoy in t...

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 Holy Synod approved the recommendation of the Pastoral Care and Services Committee that priests should not go to conferences to which Protestants would be invited, except with the permission of Hi...

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...

The Holy Synod agreed that the phrase “honourable chapter” should not be used when reading the Holy Gospel. It is now settled that what should be said is, “A chapter from the Gospel according to our t...