Holy and Great Council

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Eastern Orthodox council pan-Orthodox council

The Holy and Great Council was a landmark 2016 gathering of bishops from many Eastern Orthodox Churches in Crete convened to address contemporary theological, ecclesial, and pastoral issues.

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Label	Occurrences
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church	5
Holy and Great Council canonical	1
Holy and Great Council (2016)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Target entity: Holy and Great Council
Context triple: [Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016), alsoKnownAs, Holy and Great Council]

A. Holy Synod
The Holy Synod is the highest governing and decision-making body of the Romanian Orthodox Church, composed of its bishops and led by the Patriarch.
B. Holy Synod
The Holy Synod is the highest governing and decision-making body of the Georgian Orthodox Church, composed of its senior bishops and led by the Catholicos-Patriarch.
C. Grand and General Council
The Grand and General Council is the unicameral national parliament of San Marino, responsible for enacting laws, electing key state officials, and guiding the country’s political direction.
D. Holy Synod of Bishops
The Holy Synod of Bishops is the highest canonical authority and collective governing body of bishops in the Orthodox Church in America, responsible for overseeing its doctrine, discipline, and administration.
E. Holy Synod of Bishops
The Holy Synod of Bishops is the highest ecclesiastical authority of the Serbian Orthodox Church, responsible for overseeing its doctrine, administration, and pastoral governance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holy and Great Council
Target entity description: The Holy and Great Council was a landmark 2016 gathering of bishops from many Eastern Orthodox Churches in Crete convened to address contemporary theological, ecclesial, and pastoral issues.

A. Holy Synod
The Holy Synod is the highest governing and decision-making body of the Romanian Orthodox Church, composed of its bishops and led by the Patriarch.
B. Holy Synod
The Holy Synod is the highest governing and decision-making body of the Georgian Orthodox Church, composed of its senior bishops and led by the Catholicos-Patriarch.
C. Grand and General Council
The Grand and General Council is the unicameral national parliament of San Marino, responsible for enacting laws, electing key state officials, and guiding the country’s political direction.
D. Holy Synod of Bishops
The Holy Synod of Bishops is the highest canonical authority and collective governing body of bishops in the Orthodox Church in America, responsible for overseeing its doctrine, discipline, and administration.
E. Holy Synod of Bishops
The Holy Synod of Bishops is the highest ecclesiastical authority of the Serbian Orthodox Church, responsible for overseeing its doctrine, administration, and pastoral governance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox council ⓘ pan-Orthodox council ⓘ
addressedIssue	Orthodox diaspora ⓘ autonomy in the Orthodox Church ⓘ contemporary theological issues ⓘ ecclesial issues ⓘ fasting regulations in the Orthodox Church ⓘ mission of the Orthodox Church in the contemporary world ⓘ pastoral issues ⓘ relations of the Orthodox Church with the rest of the Christian world ⓘ sacrament of marriage and its impediments ⓘ
aim	to address challenges facing the Orthodox Church in the modern world ⓘ to express the unity of the Orthodox Church ⓘ
attendedBy	Orthodox Church of Albania ⓘ surface form: Albanian Orthodox Church Orthodox Church of Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Church of Cyprus Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia ⓘ surface form: Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Patriarchate of Alexandria Patriarchate of Jerusalem ⓘ Polish Orthodox Church ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
convenedBy	Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
country	Greece ⓘ
endDate	2016-06-26 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) ⓘ surface form: Council of Crete Holy and Great Council ⓘ surface form: Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church
heldAt	Orthodox Academy of Crete ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Greek ⓘ Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Crete ⓘ Kolymvari ⓘ
notAttendedBy	Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
participants	bishops of Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ primates of several autocephalous Orthodox Churches ⓘ
plannedSince	1961 ⓘ
precededBy	Pan-Orthodox Congress of 1923 ⓘ surface form: Pan-Orthodox pre-conciliar conferences
presidedOverBy	Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople ⓘ
producedDocument	Autonomy and the Means by Which it is Proclaimed ⓘ surface form: Autonomy and the Means by Which It Is Proclaimed Encyclical of the Holy and Great Council ⓘ Encyclical of the Holy and Great Council ⓘ surface form: Message of the Holy and Great Council Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World ⓘ The Importance of Fasting and its Observance Today ⓘ surface form: The Importance of Fasting and Its Observance Today The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World ⓘ The Orthodox Diaspora ⓘ The Sacrament of Marriage and its Impediments ⓘ surface form: The Sacrament of Marriage and Its Impediments
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
significance	first gathering of many Orthodox primates and bishops at this level in centuries ⓘ
startDate	2016-06-19 ⓘ
tookPlaceInYear	2016 ⓘ

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