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/...

Regarding the litanies of the waters, fruits and airs in the diaspora the Synod conflated the litanies together as per the following text:

Priest: Graciously accord, O Lord, the waters of the rain and ...

Regarding the elevation of His Grace Bishop Morcos of France to Metropolitan and His Grace Bishop Athanasius to a General Bishop:

The Copts in France who are of Egyptian origin have unique circumstance...

Regarding the ordination of a Metropolitan for the British Orthodox Church in England:

A Statement of Faith has been preapred which is attached to the meeting file setting out the main points and the p...

The Fathers’ services in Italy have been divided into two dioceses, by an agreement signed and approved by His Holiness the Pope. The two dioceses are the Diocese of Milan and its affiliated regions, ...

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...

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...

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...

Based on the directives of His Holiness, the Holy Synod decided the following:

1. A priest who travels abroad for treatment, if he does not have a letter from His Holiness the Pope personally to pray in t...