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I wondered as I read this article why no public reports of what is decided upon or it’s goings on is made public?
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 24, (RIA Novosti’s Olga Lipich) - The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church is to hold its last session this year December 24.
Talking to RIA Novosti, officials at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department of external church relations noted that Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia will preside over this session.
The session’s agenda will not be made public in line with a long-standing tradition.
The Holy Synod, which comprises seven full-time and five temporary members from among the Russian Orthodox Church’s bishops, is a collective body subordinated to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The Holy Synod adopts highly important church-life decisions in between the sessions of the Archbishops Council.
The Holy Synod meets several times a year; as a rule, one of its sessions takes place at the end of each year.
The Holy Synod passes decisions on all issues of public importance, also electing and rotating bishops, appointing monastery-and-convent priors and mothers-superior. Moreover, the Holy Synod decides on the establishment of new dioceses, opening new monasteries, convents, seminaries and academies, too.
en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5247754&startrow=1&date=2004-12-24&do_alert=0
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 24, (RIA Novosti’s Olga Lipich) - The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church is to hold its last session this year December 24.
Talking to RIA Novosti, officials at the Moscow Patriarchate’s department of external church relations noted that Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia will preside over this session.
The session’s agenda will not be made public in line with a long-standing tradition.
The Holy Synod, which comprises seven full-time and five temporary members from among the Russian Orthodox Church’s bishops, is a collective body subordinated to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The Holy Synod adopts highly important church-life decisions in between the sessions of the Archbishops Council.
The Holy Synod meets several times a year; as a rule, one of its sessions takes place at the end of each year.
The Holy Synod passes decisions on all issues of public importance, also electing and rotating bishops, appointing monastery-and-convent priors and mothers-superior. Moreover, the Holy Synod decides on the establishment of new dioceses, opening new monasteries, convents, seminaries and academies, too.
en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5247754&startrow=1&date=2004-12-24&do_alert=0
. I thought it so odd when she said that - how else does one get the “word out and about” if a synod meeting doesn’t tell anyone anything? It made no sense. I thank you for clearing it up.