Priests' right to pray in the diaspora

Based on the directives of His Holiness, the Holy Synod decided the following:

  1. A priest who travels abroad for treatment, if he does not have a letter from His Holiness the Pope personally to pray in the diaspora, then he may not pray.
  2. If he has a permit to pray from His Holiness the Pope, he may not pray in a particular church for an extended period.
  3. This is unlike those who go to a diocese that has a bishop in the diaspora, in which case, it is necessary for the Bishop to agree to him praying.

Published Date

29 May 2004

Chapter

14. Priests

Keywords

Diaspora, Priests, Liturgies

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  1. Pastoral care for congregants who have travelled abroad
  2. Priests recommended to pray litanies audibly
  3. Addition of "by air" to litany of travellers"
  4. Additions to the Commemoration of Saints is prohibited
  5. Amendment to text of Gospel of Feasts of the Entry of the Lord into the Temple and Circumcision
  6. Amendment to text of Gospel of the Good Shepherd
  7. Amendment to the litanies of the waters, fruits and airs in the diaspora
  8. Amendment to the text of the Synaxarium regarding apparation in Joshua 5:13-15
  9. Amendment to the text of the Synaxarium regarding apparation in Joshua 5:13-15
  10. Amendments to the text of the Synaxarium of the Feast of St. Mary