The Holy Synod decided the following:

1. The application of Church laws not to rule on a Priest, except by a Clerical Council, with the possibility of temporarily stopping his work pending the presentatio...

It was decided that the Synodal Monastic Committee or a council formed by His Holiness the Pope, should consider the matter of monks who deviate from the basic principles of monasticism, and abuse it ...

Regarding the monk, Daniel El Baramousi, who was deposed [of monasticism]:

a.     The Synod meeting file contains a full report on this topic.

b.     His Holiness informed those in attendance [at the me...

Regarding ecclesiastic sanctions, the Holy Synod agreed that the Father of Confession, the Bishop, the Clerical Council, His Holiness the Pope, or the Holy Synod, determine the Church punishment accor...

It is not permissible for monks who left monasticism and married in non-Orthodox churches to receive the Eucharist.

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...

In the meeting on 01/06/1996

The Holy Synod requested that Dr. Atef Aziz and his group be watched and be prohibited from teaching.

In the meeting on 22/06/2002

The mistakes of Atef Aziz and his group wer...

In the meeting on 02/06/2001

His Holiness the Pope said:

We trust that His Grace Bishop Takla will resolve the issue with the land of Al-Awamia. The land of Al-Awamia (in Luxor) was supposed to be divid...

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 ...

Regarding some of the monks who left the Monastery of the Angel, in Mount al-Nakalun:

After His Holiness Pope Shenouda III ordered that they be referred to the Monasteries Affairs Committee after they ...