Each Candidate shall be interviewed to ascertain his personal readiness for
Ordination into Major Holy Orders after training in the Minor Orders is
completed, and this interview report shall be sent to the Bishop of that
Diocese. They may be married before they are Deacon, after that they need
permission.

Reports regarding the Candidate’s education, along with recommendations from
the teacher shall also be sent to the Diocese for review. All reports that
are given regarding Candidates shall have copies made and sent to the
Patriarchal See, for the files.

ALL Candidates for the Priesthood of this Church must go into training
within a Religious Order, or the Seminary Distance Learning Program, or on the job training depending on past
education; they will accept their training and vows without dissent or
reservation. It is to be understood that the training will most likely be
difficult and arduous, not easy and smooth, and that the Candidate will
probably be doing some things that he feels are unrelated to the Priesthood.
However, one should remember that the training is to produce a well-rounded
Priest.

The Candidate must show all other personal records, such as Baptismal and
Ordination Certificates if any, and have copies made of them, etc. for our
records.

Every Candidate is graded on a 6-month probation period, as well as the
Candidate’s personal past for the previous ten years.

The only crimes, which can bar one from Holy Orders, are violent crimes like
killing, rape, treason, having a proven Child sex crime record or there
could be previous complications proving the Candidate’s inability to cope
with work and/or discipline.

Priests, once ordained may be assigned to administrative or Parish works.
Liturgical Priests may serve in Religious Orders or where assigned.

The Exception: Of Clerics Called by a Bishop without benefit of Seminary
training after having completing a course of study and examined by the
Bishop and permission from the Patriarch, by way of the following:

Reading For Orders

Standards of learning. For those who are to serve their Congregations as
local
Priests shall with permission do the following, with the understanding that
all the Minor and Major Orders up to and excluding Priest must be given.

1. The requirements of the standards of learning may be modified,
but not in every case:

2. The Bishop must receive satisfactory evidence
that the Candidate:

A. Understands the office and work of a Deacon and of a Priest and is

Ready to serve in that Order to which the Candidate is called;

B. Has adequate knowledge of the contents of the Old and New
Testaments, The Church Holy Canons, The Clergy Guide Book, Church History
and of the Church’s teaching as set forth in the Creeds and in An Outline of
the Faith, called the Catechism; and

C. Is familiar with the Liturgy and Prayer Books and has the

Ability to read the Holy Scriptures and conduct the service of the Church in
an intelligible and reverent fashion

3. The Bishop shall require and supervise the continuing
education of each person ordained under the provisions of this Canon, and
keep a record of the same.

4. In all cases of the ordination under this Canon of with modified
requirements of learning, a record of the modifications shall be kept by the
Bishop, and every Member of the Clergy thus ordained shall be reported to
the Recorder with the other matters required to the Patriarchal See.

Required certificates. 1. The Ordination certificates is required by the
Canons
shall be signed and dated by:

1. The Bishop that ordained the person/ with the Seals.