According to daily Phileleftheros, Pitsillides has sent a letter to the Holy
Synod to annul his excommunication in 2015 by a five-member
synod committee, arguing that only the Holy
Synod can decide such a thing.
The exception is the meeting of Patriarch Neofit with the Pope in the Holy
Synod, a decision of the Holy
Synod (Bulgariaas Orthodox Churchas governing body) said on 3rd of April.
As General
Synod staff and organizers made the final preparations for the opening of the 41st General
Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, youth delegates from across the country gathered in a small room to take part in a pre-synod orientation and ice-breaker.
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synod on the family was the best-run
Synod of Bishops since its institution by Pope Paul VI after the Second Vatican Council, there are still ways that the
synod process could be improved.
Cardinal Tagle gets a new Vatican assignment after he was elected as one of the 15 members of a council of cardinals and bishops from different parts of the world who had been tasked to prepare for the next
synod.
People were streaming into the auditorium where the Northwest
Synod of Wisconsin was holding its annual
Synod Assembly.
Determined that their report be viewed as a newer, more collaborative way of being the church and not as a
synod downsizing proposal, members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Mid Councils Commission (MCC) spent their last meeting together here tweaking their recommendations and refining the rationale for them.
The volume features essays by an array of scholars presented at an April 2006 international conference in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, where the
Synod of Dordt was held November 13, 1618, to May 29, 1619.
Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace: The Second African
Synod. Edited by Agbonkhianmeghe E.
"I offer support, workshops, resource material and consultations among congregations and presbyteries in matters such as strategic planning, natural church development, elders, congregational and pastoral care, conflict resolution, evangelism and mission outreach, and session and presbytery retreats," said Wayne Stretch, regional minister with the
Synod of B.C.
Another split had come in the United Kingdom when the July 2005
Synod of the Church of England overthrew its promise of 1992 and formally accepted the ordination of female bishops in England and Wales.
The Queen has hailed the appointment of the new Archbishop of York as marking an 'important new chapter' in the life of the church as she formally opened the eighth General
Synod of the Church of England.
The Saskatchewan
Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) took a historic step in electing Rev.
Now a reporter for Newsweek, he's still in Rome, communicating his impressions of the Vatican scene, most recently last fall's World
Synod of Bishops.
General
Synod is on the horizon, and for some Anglicans, it will be their first time to see representatives from across the national church all coming together in one place--so what can they do to make the most of the experience?
