Home page About our Church Official web pages Make your web site Getting more help About this web site Church Words   ABCDE   FGHIJ   KLMNO   PQRST   UVWXYZ Staying in touch Site map		F G GENERAL CONVENTION Each of the member churches of the Anglican Communion has some process by which it governs itself. In the United States, the Episcopal Church holds a General Convention every 3 years, at which the canons of the church are updated. GENERAL SYNOD A General Synod is the same kind of event as a General Convention, but in different countries. For example, England, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand hold periodic General Synods as part of their church governance process. H HOLY ORDERS The term "holy orders" is a way of referring to ordination: an ordained person such as a priest or deacon is spoken of as "being in holy orders," meaning that the person has made priestly vows, received the laying-on of hands, and has been admitted (by a bishop) into one of the levels of ordination. I J