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orthodoxwiki article on Orthodox Priesthood; Church etiquette (Ukrainian tradition) (including how to greet a priest or bishop) Clergy Etiquette; A Son's Journey to the Priesthood, Antiochian Archdiocese; Q&A on the Priesthood from the Orthodox Church in America
An Eastern Orthodox priest blesses his congregation at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. Usage varies somewhat throughout the Eastern Orthodox Communion, and not every church uses every clerical rank. Surnames are typically not used for archpastors (rank of bishop or above) or monastics.
Presbytera corresponds to the following equivalent titles: . Albanian: Prifteresha Armenian: Yeretzgin Arabic: خورية (khūrīah, from the word خوري khūrī, a title of Greek origin meaning "priest") or قسيسة (qasīsa, from the word قسيس qasīs, a title of Syriac origin meaning "priest")
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía, IPA: [elinorˈθoðoksi ekliˈsia]) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the ...
Greek Orthodox clergyman wearing clerical kalimavkion. A kalimavkion (Greek: καλυμμαύχιον), kalymmavchi (καλυμμαύχι), or, by metathesis of the word's internal syllables, kamilavka (Russian: Камила́вка, romanized: Kamilávka), is a clerical headdress worn by Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic monks (in which case it is black) or awarded to clergy (in which ...
In the Russian Orthodox Church, married clergy often wear grey, while monastic clergy wear black. During the paschal season, both monastic and married clergy will often wear a white inner cassock. Some Russian Metropolitans wear a white inner cassock and a blue outer when formally arriving to celebrate the Divine Liturgy .
Certain Christian rules of purity have implications for bodily hygiene and observing cleanliness, [4] including sexual hygiene, [5] menstruation and toilet etiquette. [6] In the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church male circumcision is an established practice. [7]
Praxis is a key to understanding the Byzantine tradition, which is observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Churches. This is because praxis is the basis of the understanding of faith and works as conjoint, without separating the two.