Pan-Orthodox Council

The Pan-Orthodox Council, Kolymvari, Crete, Greece, June 2016

The Pan-Orthodox Council, officially referred to as the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Σύνοδος τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας;[1] also sometimes called the Council of Crete), was a synod of set representative bishops of the universally recognised autocephalous local churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church held in Kolymvari, Crete. The Council sat from 19 to 26 June 2016.

  1. ^ Message of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches §6: «Ἡ Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Σύνοδος τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας θά συγκληθῇ ὑπό τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριάρχου ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἐν ἔτει 2016, ἐκτός ἀπροόπτου.»