Difference between revisions of "Proistamenos"
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The word '''''rector''''' (from Latin, ''regere'', "to rule") is used as the title of the [[priest]] or [[bishop]] who is in charge of a [[parish]] or in an administrative leadership position in a theological [[seminary]] or [[academy]]. It essentially translates the traditional Greek ''proistamenos'', which means "the one who presides." | The word '''''rector''''' (from Latin, ''regere'', "to rule") is used as the title of the [[priest]] or [[bishop]] who is in charge of a [[parish]] or in an administrative leadership position in a theological [[seminary]] or [[academy]]. It essentially translates the traditional Greek ''proistamenos'', which means "the one who presides." | ||
− | ''Rector'' is not used universally in English-speaking Orthodoxy, which usually simply uses the term ''[[parish]] [[priest]]'' or (in Greek parishes) | + | ''Rector'' is not used universally in English-speaking Orthodoxy, which usually simply uses the term ''[[parish]] [[priest]]'' or (in Greek parishes) ''proistamenos''. |
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Revision as of 20:28, March 17, 2007
The word rector (from Latin, regere, "to rule") is used as the title of the priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy. It essentially translates the traditional Greek proistamenos, which means "the one who presides."
Rector is not used universally in English-speaking Orthodoxy, which usually simply uses the term parish priest or (in Greek parishes) proistamenos.