The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarch, meets in the Phanar from Tuesday, October 19, until Thursday, October 21.
- Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon
- Elder Metropolitan Demetrios of Princes Islands
- Metropolitan Dimitrios of Metres and Athyra
- Alexios of Atlanta
- Joseph of Proconnesus
- Meliton of Philadelphia
- Seraphim of Sebastia
- Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain
- Gennadios of Sassima
- Kyrillos of Krini
- Joseph of Buenos Aires
- Amfilochios of Adrianople