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Holy Synod

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Holy Synod
n.
The governing body of any of the Eastern Orthodox churches.

holy synod
n
(Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) the governing body of any of the Orthodox Churches


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Named by the Vatican and the Holy Synod of the Melkite Catholic Church in February to be the Greek Catholic archbishop of Galilee, he is the first Israeli citizen to be appointed to the position.
The decision by more than two-thirds of the Holy Synod of the Church to expel Patriarch Irineos I from his position is the first in the church's 2,000-year history.
A second delegation visiting Rome at this time were nine members of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church who held meetings at the Vatican with the Pope and Cardinal Kasper.
 
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