The word 'synod' is a correct and commonly used term in written English.
It refers to a council or assembly, especially of the clergy, convened to discuss and decide on church matters. Example: "The synod of bishops met to discuss reforms and policies within the church."
Rinaldy Damanik, general secretary of the church synod in Tentena, estimates total Christian losses were probably around 100.
On Monday, the ruling synod of the UOC met and named a "locum tenens" to run the institution's headquarters in Kiev because of the incapacity of its elderly leader, Metropolitan Volodymyr (pictured).
And both are in the air at the Vatican as around 200 bishops gather for a two-week brainstorming session devoted to Catholic teaching on marriage, the family and sexuality.Pope Francis, who convened the "extraordinary synod", has repeatedly indicated that he prefers the second variety of religion.
They included a bride who was already a mother, people who had been married before, and people who had been living together.Nobody is expecting the synod suddenly to overturn Catholic teaching on touchstone issues like abortion, homosexuality or in vitro fertilisation.
Cherie Blair, a former Downing Street spouse, weighed in on July 6th; Anglicans pondered the subject at their General Synod; and Catholics are planning a vigil.
The election, by a synod of senior clerics, is set for August 13th.On August 6th the government sheepishly informed the High Court that it was revoking its "irrevocable decision" issued in May to disqualify five of the 15 candidates competing for this venerable office at the head of the largest and oldest Christian church in the Holy Land.
Perhaps surprisingly, the synod also signalled that it was accepting a proposal from a rival church organisation, the Kiev Patriarchate, for a dialogue between Ukraine's Orthodox church bodies.
Two of the three houses of the Church of England's governing synod, representing bishops and clergy, overwhelmingly voted for it, together with a large majority of the House of Laity.
Elected once every five years, the current synod was chosen in 2010, two years after women bishops were approved in principle.
