{{cleanup|spelling, grammar, standardise layout. 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 ''[[Florenites]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 and the Americas'''.

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]]. As you can see from the photographs, the position of Metropolitan Evloghios, despite being traditionally Orthodox. 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 oldcalendarist moviment.

Today Metropolitan Evloghios remains at the helm of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Church of Milan, which comprises eight dioceses, four in Europe and four in America, as well as deaneries in Santo Domingo, Spain, England and South Africa. The Milan Synod uses the [[Julian calendar]] exclusively, and "firmly resists the [[heresy|heresies]] of false [[ecumenism]] and trans==1989 -religious syncretism."[http://www.odox.net/Synod.htm]BIGINNING OF THE COMMUNION WITH THE UKRANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH==

Since 1997, With the Milan Synod includes a number establishment of '''full communion''' between the [[Western RiteUkranian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.]] communitiesand the Church of Milan in '''1989''', mainly the ecclesiology of the Archbishop Evloghios became manifestly Moderate. He was in the United States, who worship according to pre-schismatic full communion with Metropolitan [[Mstyslav]] (historically Orthodoxafter First [[Patriarch]] of All Ukraine) liturgical traditions , manifestally ecumenist and in full communion with Holy See [[Constantinople]]. Then [[Metropolitan]] Evloghios was in full communion with the support historical [[Metropolitan Ioan Bornachuk]] of the Metropolitan [[w:Lviv|Lviv]], right hand of [[Mstyslav]] and of the after with [[Holy SynodPatriarch Volodymir]] of BishopsKiev (second Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Andrew).For two years was in full communion with His Holiness Patriarch Filaret of Kiev. The principal rite Today Metropolitan Evloghios remains at the helm of the Holy Synod of Milan is bishops of course the Byzantine Rite Church of the Orthodox ChurchMilan, which comprises four [[diocese]]s, celebrated most commonly in the Slavic style but Europe, as well as missionary deaneries in some parishes in the Greek styleEngland, Spain, France and Canada.

==Sources==*[http[File://www.odox.net/SynodBasilio1.htm The Holy Synod of Milanjpg] (from [http://www.odox.net/ Odox.net])

==External links==* '''His Beatitude [http://www.onr.com/user/milan Official Website of the Milan Synod] [Basil (EnglishDoroszkiewicz)* [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/elia1960/ Official Website of the Milan SynodWarsaw]] (Italian)* [http://www.orthodoxwest.net Official Website All Poland with Archbishop Evloghios of the Archdiocese of New York and Eastern America, Milan Synod]'''