Canons & Constitutions
Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Learn about the Oriental Orthodox Church— its ecclesiastical laws, its governing policies— from the canons and constitutions.
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Bylaws and Constitutions:
Church of Alexandria
- Bylaws for the Coptic Orthodox Churches in North America (1989) 🚧
- Bylaws for the Coptic Orthodox Churches in the Diocese of Sydney and Affiliated Regions 🚧
Church of Antioch
- Constitution of the Syriac Orthodox Church (1998) 🚧
- Constitution of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (1934) 🚧
Church of Armenia
- Bylaws of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America (2019) 🚧
Church of Ethiopia
- Bylaws of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Diaspora (1996) 🚧
Canons:
1 – 99 AD
The Holy Apostles
- Apostolic Constitutions 🚧
- Apostolic Canons 🚧
200 – 299 AD
Council of Carthage I (256)
- Canons 🚧
300 – 399 AD
Council of Neocaesarea (315)
- Canons 🚧
Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325)
- Canons 🚧
Council of Gangra (340)
- Canons 🚧
Council of Sardica (343)
- Canons 🚧
Council of Laodicea (364)
- Canons 🚧
Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (381)
- Canons 🚧
400 – 499 AD
Ecumenical Council of Ephesus (431)
- Canons 🚧
- 12 Anathemas Against Nestorius 🚧
Council of Shahapivan (444)
- Canons 🚧
600 – 699 AD
Monastery of Saint Macarius
- Canons 🚧
700 – 799 AD
Cyriacus of Antioch (794)
- Canons 🚧
1000 – 1099 AD
Macarius II of Alexandria (1108)
- Canons 🚧
1100 – 1199 AD
Pope Gabriel II of Alexandria (Ibn Turaik)
- Canons 🚧