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By Express News ServiceKOCHI: With the Synod of Syro-Malabar bishops set to begin on Monday, a section of the laity of Ernakulam Angamaly Archdiocese under the banner of Athirupatha Almaya Munnettam (Archdiocesan Laity Uprising) demanded that the synod should find a solution to the crisis in the archdiocese within seven days of the meet. Laity is also part of the Church and therefore the Holy Synod must make provisions for it,” he said. The 11-day summit, which is the 27th Synod of the Syro-Malabar bishops, is to be attended by 57 of the 63 prelates of the Church. The Synod achieves significance as the letter from the Oriental Congregation in the Vatican ending the administrator’s rule had suggested that the Synod that should decide on the long-term solution for the crisis in the Archdiocese. He ended the hunger strike after Synod bishops held discussions with the dissident priests of the archdiocese and gave assurance to look into their demands..