Presbytera
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* ''Presbytera: The Life, Mission, and Service of the Priest's Wife'', by Athanasia Papademetriou (ISBN 0972466142) | * ''Presbytera: The Life, Mission, and Service of the Priest's Wife'', by Athanasia Papademetriou (ISBN 0972466142) | ||
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| + | *[http://www.nsp.goarch.org/ National Sisterhood of Presvyteres] ([[GOARCH]]) | ||
| + | *[http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/inchurch/clergywife.htm "The Orthodox Clergy Wife"] by Matushka Valerie G. Zahirsky (''Orthodox Family Life'') | ||
| + | *[http://www.roca.org/OA/96/96h.htm "The Shadow of a Priest"] from ''Orthodox America'' | ||
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Revision as of 06:55, December 14, 2005
Presbytera is a Greek title of honor that is used to refer to a priest's wife. It is derived from presbyteros—the Greek word for priest (literally, "elder"). There does not currently seem to be any standard English equivalent, so most English-speaking Orthodox Christians will use the title most common in the old country churches from which their local family or parish finds its origin.
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Other languages
Presbytera corresponds to the following equivalent titles:
- Albanian: Prifteresha
- Arabic: Khouria (from the word khoury, meaning "priest")
- Carpatho-Russian: Pani (a shortened form of Panimatka)
- Finnish: Ruustinna (from the word rovasti (protoiereos), in Karelia: Maatuska)
- Old Icelandic: prestkona ("priest's woman")
- Romanian: Preoteasa
- Russian: Matushka (literally means "mama," i.e., the intimate form of "mother")
- Serbian: Popadija
- Ukrainian: Panimatka or Panimatushka ("little mama")
See Also
Books
- Presbytera: The Life, Mission, and Service of the Priest's Wife, by Athanasia Papademetriou (ISBN 0972466142)
External links
- National Sisterhood of Presvyteres (GOARCH)
- "The Orthodox Clergy Wife" by Matushka Valerie G. Zahirsky (Orthodox Family Life)
- "The Shadow of a Priest" from Orthodox America
