	Article
Section I: the Patriarchal Synod	1-14
Chapter I: the nature and purpose of the Patriarchal Synod	1-3
The definition of the Patriarchal Synod	1
The purpose of the Patriarchal Synod	2
Calling the Patriarchal Synod to convention	3
Chapter II: The participants in the Patriarchal Synod	4-13
The Participants in the Patriarchal Synod	4
The First category of participants	5
The rightful claimants	6
The appointed members	7
The Catholic guests	8
The Observers from the non-Catholic Churches and ecclesiastical groups	9
The Observers from Islamic confessions	10
The Second category of participants	11
The Participants	12
The Non participants	13
Chapter III: the preparation of the Patriarchal Synod	14
The stages of the preparations	14
Section II: locations and services	15-26
Chapter I: the location of the Patriarchal Synod	15-17
The Location of the opening and closing of the Patriarchal Synod	15
The Location of the Patriarchal Synod works	16
The Patriarchal Synod hall	17
Chapter II: The halls and offices of services	18-26
Offices of the General Secretariat	18
The Church, the Chapel and the sacristy	19
The reception areas	20
The dining room, the reception areas and the bar	21
The room of general services	22
The library and the photos room	23
The Rooms of press agencies and studios	24
First aid	25
The mailboxes	26
Section III: the individuals and tasks	27-58
Chapter I: the structure of the Patriarchal Synod	27-30
Distribution of the Synod's functions	27
The administrative structure of the Patriarchal Synod	28
The work sectors of administrative and organizational affairs	29
The work sectors of executive and Synod affairs	30
Chapter II: the President of the Patriarchal Synod, the Vice-President and the Central Committee	31-34
The Patriarch	31
The Vice-President of the Patriarchal Synod	32
The Central Committee	33
The Financial Committee	34
Chapter III: The office of the General Secretariat	35-42
The office of the General Secretariat	35
The Secretary General	36
The Tasks of the Secretary General prior to the convention of the Patriarchal Synod	37
Tasks of the Secretary General during the Patriarchal Synod	38
Tasks of the Secretary General after the closing of the Patriarchal Synod	39
Ending the tasks of the Secretary General and the Central Committee	40
The Assistant secretary for administrative and organizational affairs	41
The Assistant secretary for executive and Synod affairs	42
Chapter IV: The General Secretariat work sectors	43-51
The Administrative Secretariat	43
The Commission of press coordination	44
The "Voix de la Charite" radio station and "Télé Lumière" T.V.	45
The Accredited reporters	46
The Logistics teams	47
The Executive Secretariat	48
The Committee of texts	49
The Coordinators of the five files	50
The Commission of experts	51
Chapter V: the General Secretariat work committees	52-58
The work committees	52
The information committee: its creation and meetings	53
The Tasks and competence of the information committee	54
The committee of the final statement: its creation and meetings	55
Tasks of the president of the final statement committee	56
The committee of counting of votes	57
The committee of prayers and liturgical celebrations	58
Section IV: The sessions and process stages of the Patriarchal Synod	59-86
Chapter I: the main factors and general rules guaranteeing a good process of the Patriarchal Synod	59-65
The prayers and liturgical celebrations	59
The attendances and absences	60
The language of the Patriarchal Synod and the instantaneous translation	61
The secrecy of the sessions and press statements	62
Lost items	63
The dress	64
The Rules of voting	65
Chapter II: opening and closing of the Patriarchal Synod	66-68
General arrangements for the opening and closing of the Patriarchal Synod sessions	66
The opening of the Patriarchal Synod	67
The closing of the Patriarchal Synod	68
Chapter III: the Patriarchal Synod	69-86
*1^st: general rules*	69-77
Seats of the attendants in the Patriarchal Synod hall	69
The arrangement of seating	70
Management of sessions	71
The request of intervention	72
The text of the intervention	73
The summary of the intervention	74
The unread intervention	75
The participation of the invitees and observers	76
The reply and objection to the intervention	77
*2^nd: sessions of the Patriarchal Synod*	78-86
The agenda and methodology of the Patriarchal Synod	78
The process methodology of the Patriarchal Synod	79
The Types of sessions	80
The opening session	81
Sessions of interventions	82
The session of presenting the interventions summaries	83
Sessions of reading the "modifications file" and voting on its clauses	84
Session of reading the voting results	85
Session of reading the final statement	86
Section V: The Synod documents	87-101
Chapter I: The pre-Patriarchal Synod documents	87-89
Pastoral deliberations	87
The first draft of the five files	88
The Synod texts	89
Chapter II: the structure and methodology of the Synod texts	90-92
The structure of the Synod text	90
The methodology of the Synod text	91
The Ownership of the texts	92
Chapter III: the Synod texts or the works of the Patriarchal Synod	93
The works of The Patriarchal Synod	93
Chapter IV: the documents of the Patriarchal Synod	94-97
The welcoming intervention of the chairman in the opening session	94
The intervention of the Secretary General	95
The summary of interventions	96
The file of modifications	97
Chapter V: the post-Patriarchal Synod documents	98-101
The final statement	98
The minutes of meetings	99
The press statements	100
The final version of the Patriarchal Synod files	101
Appendixes: organizational structure