{{template:Clergy}}An '''exorcist''' is an extinct office within the [[minor orders]] of [[clergy]]. Their office The primary duty of exorcists was responsible for invoking [[God]] in as the ridding instructor of demonic presences that possessed a person, or sometimes a building or other object. This duty is referred to as [[exorcismcatechumen]]s.
Other tasks also included the exorcism of the ==External link==*[[catechumen]] performed during http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith7079 Exorcism in the [[SacramentOrthodox Church]] of by Rev. George C. Papademetriou, Ph.D. ([[BaptismGOARCH]]. )
Since the fourth century, the functions and ministry of the exorcist have been subsumed by the [[presbyter]].
==External Links==*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles{{clergy/article7079.asp Exorcism in the Orthodox Church by Rev. George C. Papademetriou, Ph.D.] {[[GOARCH]]wide}}