Formation of Courts and Procedures of Litigation before the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East of the Greek Orthodox

Type

Law

Date of the text

16/10/2003

Official Gazette

published in 2003

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

36

What it provides

This law sets up the Orthodox ecclesiastical courts of the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, defining their two levels of jurisdiction and how each is composed, either by a sole judge or by panels, and how judges are appointed by the diocesan bishop.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2003. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.