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{{cleanup|Suggest changes on the talk page.}}{{Template:Old Calendar}}The '''[[w:Holy Synod of Milan|Holy Synod of Milan]]''' originated as a [[diocese]] for Western Europe of an [[Old Calendarist]] Greek Orthodox Church (see also ''[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Old_Calendarist#The_Florinite.2FMatthewite_schism Florinites]''). The full name of this jurisdiction is the '''Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia Church of [[Milan]], Western Europe'''.
==History==
The diocese was granted a [[tomos]] of [[autonomy]] in 1984 from [[Archbishop Auxentios ]] in order to pursue missionary work among the non-Orthodox people of the West. The title of the Synod at this time was the ''Metropolia of Western Europe''. After the transference of its first Chief Hierarch, Metropolitan Gabriel of Portugal, to the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Church of Poland]], Bishop Evloghios of Milan was chosen as second Chief Hierarch and elevated to the rank of [[metropolitan]]. Metropolitan Evloghios, despite being traditionally Orthodox visited canonical churches and was received by their primates, as can be seen in the commemorative photograph where he was received by Metropolitan [[Basil (Doroszkiewicz) of Warsaw]]. He was never and is not now, intransigent towards other Orthodox Churches and never denied the presence of grace in the sacraments of the Church considered official. The Holy Synod of Milan, never conformed to the strict rules of the ultra-orthodox and uncompromising Old Calendarist movement.
== Ecclesiastical status ==
As with all of the [[Old Calendarist]] jurisdictions, the Milan Synod is not currently in communion with the mainstream Orthodox churches. During 2011 the [[Orthodox Church in Italy]] joined the Milan Synod, two years after the death of its founder, Metropolitan [[Antonio (de Rosso) of Ravenna]].The Milan Synod is moderately traditionalist and uses the [[Julian calendar]] exclusively, and "firmly resists the [[heresy|heresies]] of false [[ecumenism]] and trans-religious [[w:syncretism|syncretism]]. [[File:AVXENTIOS.jpg]]
== Hierarchy 2015 ==* Metropolitan [[Evloghios (Hessler) of Milan]], First Hierarch * Archbishop Abondius (Resigned episcopal rank in 2012, now an ArchimandriteBica)of Brixia [[w:Brescia|Brescia]]* Bishop Abbondio Archbishop Daniil (Mogutnov) of Como and Castrum Leuci (Resigned episcopal rank in 2012, now an Archimandrite)[[w:Como|Como]]
* Archbishop Boris of Germany
== External links ==
* [http://www.mediolanum.me Official Website of the Autonomous Orthodox Church of Milan (Holy Synod of Milan)](Italian - Russian - English)
* [http://ihtis.wordpress.com News from the Milan Synod Archbishopric maintained by Bp Abbondio of Como] (Italian and Romanian)
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