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• Henceforth their functions were equivalent to those of the "permanent synod" and the syncelli at Constantinople
• In the course of time the patriarchs took two or more syncelli, the most distinguished of whom was called protosyncellus (protosygkellos).
• Unless subsequent endowments authorized otherwise, the regular number was to be 525, viz., 80 priests, 150 deacons, 40 deaconesses, 70 subdeacons, 160 lectors, 25 cantors,...