| A staff is also granted to archimandrites and abbots, as they are the heads of monasteries. |
| Greek Orthodox archimandrites, bishops and their followers will elect three candidates from among the 15 in the first round. |
| Thus at the first Council of Constantinople, AD 448, 23 archimandrites or abbots sign, with 30 bishops. |
| A ukase in 1763 limited the composition of the Synod to three archbishops, two archimandrites, and one archpriest. |
| The synod is composed of the patriarch, metropolitans, provincial bishops, as well as the titular bishops and archimandrites appointed by the patriarch. |
