Holy and Great Council of Crete
Participating churches adopted documents on mission, the diaspora, autonomy, fasting, marriage, and relations with other Christians; the Churches of Antioch, Russia, Bulgaria, and Georgia did not attend.
Primary sources
On the Orthodox diaspora, the council reports:
The council's message reports a decision to continue diaspora Episcopal Assemblies pending implementation of canonical rigor.
continue with the institution of Episcopal Assemblies
Passage context and translation
The participating council describes its decision concerning the Orthodox diaspora. This official statement supplies evidence for one decision made at Crete; it does not demonstrate attendance by every Orthodox church or universal acceptance of the council's decisions.
Before the excerpt
it was decided to
After the excerpt
until such time as canonical rigor can be implemented