from April 15, 2008
Meeting of the Holy Synod, presided by the Patriarch
The report of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutits and Kolomna, Chairman of the Synod Commission on canonization of saints, regarding materials received by the Commission dealing with the glorification of the new-martyrs and confessors of Russia, who suffered in various dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church, and on materials received by the Commission regarding the veneration in various dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church of Bishop Antony (Smirnitsky, 1773-1846) of Voronezh and of Bishop John (Maximovich, 1896-1966) of Shanghai and San Francisco.
Meeting of the Holy Synod, presided by the Patriarch
The solution of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the establishment of a diocesan structure within the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church.
On January 9, 2008, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople again identified boundaries established in 1996 by the Metropolis in Hong Kong, adding to its limits the People's Republic of China and a number of Southeast Asian Nations.
Adopt the Statement of the Holy Synod on the subject.