Concerning the possibility of entering into communion in prayer and the Eucharist with the group of Old Calendarist Creeks headed by Metropolitan Cyprian. Soon after, a new request was received, asking that the matter be reexamined. But as the history of the Old Calendar divisions shows, Metropolitan Cyprian had never entered the synod of Archbishop Chrysostomos II, which was only was formed in late 1985, but was a member of the synod of Metropolitan Callistos in 1983, Metropolitan Cyprian headed the synod of the former. After deliberation and analysis of all aspects of these questions, the Council of Bishops holds that at the present time, when apostasy is spreading and many official representatives of Orthodoxy, such as the Patriarchate of Constantinople and other patriarchates, are succumbing to and embracing the position of the modernists and ecumenists, it is very important for the true Orthodox to unite, stand together and oppose the betrayers of the Orthodoxy of the holy fathers.
All parties refrain from interfering in, each others' internal ecclesiastical affairs.
If any questions arise which require deliberation, it is essential to take counsel together. To inform our clergy and flock of the Council's decision through publication in church periodicals. Orthodox Life , Vol.