Canon 144

1. With due regard for the right of any Christian faithful to

pose questions to his hierarch, only the patriarch or the synod

of bishops of the patriarchal Church are to determine the matters

to be discussed in the patriarchal assembly. 2. Through prior

appropriate commissions and consultations, the patriarch is to

see that all of the questions are adequately drawn up and send to

the members of the assembly at an opportune time.