Membership In The Holy Synod
Every member jurisdiction of the Synod holds to and accepts without reservation:
- The teachings of our lord Jesus Christ, his apostles and the Seven Ecumenical Councils, which includes the prophetic and apostolic Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (Bible).
- The three creeds as the universal expression of the Orthodox faith, namely the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
- True Orthodox canonicity.
- The Statutes the Synod
- The Canons and Guidelines of the Synod
- The teachings of our lord Jesus Christ, his apostles and the Seven Ecumenical Councils, which includes the prophetic and apostolic Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (Bible).
- The three creeds as the universal expression of the Orthodox faith, namely the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
- True Orthodox canonicity.
- The Statutes the Synod
- The Canons and Guidelines of the Synod
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Most Rev. Mar Melchizedek
Metropolitan Of the Eastern Apostolic Church Metropolitan Of The Holy Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Epirus Public Profile |
Jurisdictions
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Rt. Rev. Vladyka Theóphilus
Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro
Jurisdiction: Russian Orthodox Catholic Church
Byzantine Exarchate of Brazil and South America
Most Rev. Filippo (Ortenzi) Archbishop of Rome Rt. Rev. Antonio (Berardo) Bishop of Syracuse Jurisdiction: Italian Orthodox Church |
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Monastic Communities
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St. Nicholas Skete - A Franciscan Orthodox Hermitage
Br. Anthony (Sanders), OFM |
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Orthodox Oblate Chapter Of Our Lady Of Sorrows
Hamilton, NJ
(Most Rev.) Mar Melchizedek, Abbot
Sr. Mary Joseph (Lavdas), Obl.OSM, Oblate Director
Hamilton, NJ
(Most Rev.) Mar Melchizedek, Abbot
Sr. Mary Joseph (Lavdas), Obl.OSM, Oblate Director
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Comunidade Religiosa Beneditinos Orthodoxes
De Santa Face A Spanish-speaking Benedictine community in Brazil and Miami, FL (Most Rev.) Mar Melchizedek, Abbot Rev. Padre Rafael (Simancas Nuñez), OSB, Superior |
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Operational Overview
Deceased Members
Most Rev. Nagui Youssef (Zayat) ♰ April 2021
Metropolitan Archbishop Primate in Brazil
Jurisdiction: Orthodox Eparchy of Rio de Janeiro
