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The '''bishop''' is the first and highest degree of the [[clergy]] in the [[Orthodox Church]] (επίσκοπος or ''episkopos'' in Greek, which means overseer).
== Rankings of Bishops Male monastics only==In the Orthodox Church, from about the sixth century, it has been the rule that bishops are single men or widowers. Bishops are also usually in at least the first degree of [[monastic]] orders.
==Ruling bishop==A '''ruling bishop who governs ''' or '''diocesan bishop''' is responsible for and the head of all the [[parish]]es located in his own a particular geographical territory, called a [[diocese ]] or [[archdiocese ]]. All authority of the lower orders of clergy is a diocesan derived from the bishop. He No divine services may be called served in any Orthodox temple without the authorization of a bishop. Saint [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch]] went so far as to state that "he who acts without the bishop'Bishop' or 'Archbishop' or 'Metropolitan' or 'Metropolitan Archbishop' or 'Patriarchs knowledge is in the devil's service."
In the Slavonic and Antiochian traditions, a [[metropolitan]] outranks an archbishop. The change reverse is the situation in the Greek tradition came about in later Greek history, because . The Antiochian tradition also uses the [[diocese|diocesan]] style metropolitan archbishop to differentiate from metropolitan bishops of ancient sees (which in the Greek world are pretty much all of them) came to be styled metropolitanstradition.
The Slavonic and Antiochian Churches continue to follow change in the older Greek tradition, where an archbishop is a senior bishop came about in charge of a major seelater Greek history, and a metropolitan is a bishop in charge because the diocesan bishops of a province ancient sees (which may in the Greek [[diaspora]] include a number of minor and/or major seesmost) came to be styled metropolitans, short for "metropolitan bishops."
===Non-ruling bishops===A bishop who does not rule his own diocese is either a Patriarchal Vicar or an Auxilliary Auxiliary Bishop.
=== Patriarchal Vicars vicars===''Main Article: [[Vicar]]''
In the [[Church of Antioch]], a bishop who is in charge of a newly-created diocese on behalf of, and under the supervision of, the Patriarch of Antioch is called a Patriarchal Vicar. The diocese is usually kept under the direct control of the patriarch until it becomes self-supporting. Patriarchal Vicars are not members of the [[Holy Synod]], and do not answer to the Holy Synod.
When a diocese becomes self-supporting, it is usually granted a ruling bishop who becomes a member of the Holy Synod.
The equivalent title in some Orthodox jurisdictions is [[Exarch]].
The equivalent title in the Roman Catholic Church is "Vicar Apostolic." ===Auxiliary bishops===''Main Article: [[Auxiliary bishop]]'' Most Orthodox Churches allow themselves the capacity to appoint auxiliary bishops to assist ruling bishops within their own dioceses or archdioceses.
=== Special Forms forms===The primate of the [[Church of Constantinople]] assumed the title Ecumenical Patriarch. The [[primate]] of the [[Church of Alexandria]] was granted the title Pope and Patriarch. The primate of the [[Church of Georgia]] recently amended his title from [[Catholicos]] to Catholicos-Patriarch.
==See also==
*[[:Category:Images of Hierarchs]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:Bishops|*]]
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