1. His Grace Bishop Misaeel, Bishop of Birmingham, UK, 02/06/1980 (ordained General Bishop on 25/05/1980).
2. His Grace Bishop Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles, USA, 14/11/1995 (ordained General Bishop on 02/...

The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church met on Saturday 14 August 1976 (corresponding to 8 Mesra 1692) under the chairmanship of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and the 117th P...

The following decrees were issued:

1. A Bishop cannot recommend who will succeed him, and who will manage the Episcopate after his death. His responsibility ends with his departure.
2. A Bishop cannot restric...

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III appealed to the members of the Holy Synod to take care in serving the countryside, the new areas and the offshoot regions, otherwise they would be food for other sects t...

With the leadership of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and the attendance of 76 members of the Holy Synod, and His Grace Bishop Amonios;

after lengthy investigations undertaken over several days by the...

The Holy Synod relied on a selection of ritual texts (attached texts) which are:

1. Pledge of the General Bishop Appendix No. 18
2. Pledge of the Diocesan Bishop Appendix No. 19
3. Pledge of the New Priest Append...

His Holiness the Pope announced that the situation had changed suddenly with the Church of Ethiopia. The Church of Ethiopia announced its refusal for the Church of Alexandria to ordain a patriarch and...

It was agreed to hold seminars for the members of the Holy Synod from 17-19 July 1994, to study many topics of interest to the members.

On 31/01/1996, His Holiness the Pope conducted the ritual of putting on the Eskim on three of the Bishops: His Grace Bishop Sarabamoun, Bishop and head of the Monastery of St. Bishoy, His Grace Bishop...

His Holiness the Pope reviewed the seminars conducted by him with a large number of the members of the Holy Synod from 17-19 July 1994 in the Monastery of St. Bishoy.

The seminars included the followin...