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Dealing with sanctioned monks and rejected applicants

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...

Enthronement of new Bishops

The Holy Synod agreed that new Bishops shall not be placed in dioceses that will be divided until after the division of the wealth of the diocese.

Recognition of the Monastery of St. Mina, Abnoub

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.

Pastoral care in the diaspora

A Priest does not have the right to travel to another country to offer pastoral care to the members of his congregation that have travelled [settled] there. It is the Bishop of the Diocese who is resp...

Papal deputy appointed for the Diocese of Gerga

His Grace Metropolitan Mina, Metropolitan of Gerga, sent a letter written and signed for His Holiness the Pope, requesting the appointment of a Papal Deputy for the Diocese of Gerga due to his health ...

Establishment of theological institues in Damanhur, Shubra El-Kheima and Port Said

His Holiness the Pope announced his desire to hold a meeting of the Supreme Education Council to accept the theological institutes in Damanhur, Shubra El-Kheima and Port Said.

Details included within certificate of absence of marital encumbrances

The Holy Synod agreed to the recommendation of the Dioceses Affairs Committee that there is in the certificate of marital encumbrances a special item stating the name of the other party to be associat...

Importance of conducting pre-marriage medical examination

The Holy Synod discussed the recommendation of the Diocesans Affairs Committee regarding the importance of conducting a medical examination of the two fiancées before marriage to avoid problems that m...

Pastoral care for congregants who have travelled abroad

A Priest does not have the right to travel to another country to offer pastoral care to the members of his congregation that have travelled [settled] there. It is the Bishop of the Diocese who is resp...

Litany of Departed in Holy Fifty Days

The report by the Rituals Committee mentions the request of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III to remind the honourable members of the Holy Synod of a previous decision released regarding the Litany of th...