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A blossary of different ecclesiastical ranks in Eastern Churches.

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A protosyncellus or protosynkellos is the principal deputy of the bishop of an eparchy for the exercise of administrative authority in an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic church. The equivalent ...

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Dyachok is a historical name for a category of church workers Ukrainian and Russian history. They were laymen, not included into the official hierarchy of church offices. Their duties included giving ...

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In the Byzantine Rite, (followed by the majority of Orthodox churches), the subdeacon's liturgical role is primarily that of servant to the bishop. He assists the bishop during hierarchical ...

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In the Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church, the reader is the second highest of the minor orders of clergy. This order is higher than the Doorkeeper (now largely obsolete) and lower than the ...

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The most significant liturgical acts reserved to priests in these Christian traditions are the administration of the Sacraments, including the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, and the Sacrament of ...

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The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above Major Archbishop and Primate), and the Assyrian Church of the East are termed Patriarchs (and in ...

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Hieromonk, also called a Priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism. A hieromonk can be either a monk who has been ordained to the priesthood or a ...

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