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+ | I have a few questions about written and verbal correspondence with Orthodox clergy. I ask these questions out of a desire to pay respect to men of God. | ||
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+ | a.) How should a non-Orthodox Christian address a Priest in person? | ||
+ | I have heard that some Priests aren't particular about being called Father by someone who is not their spiritual child. Is it better to call him Reverend? | ||
+ | b.) If they are to be called Father, is it Father First-Name, Father Last-Name, or Father First-Name Last-Name? | ||
+ | d.) Do I ask for a blessing? | ||
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+ | I have similar questions on how I should address a Priest in written correspondence. | ||
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+ | 2. | ||
+ | a.) How should I address a Priest in a letter? | ||
+ | b.) What are the formal greetings and closing remarks? | ||
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+ | I have found some resources on the internet, but most of the resources explain ways for priests to correspond with bishops. Here are a few I have found: | ||
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+ | http://www.goarch.org/en/special/usvisit2002/clergy/clergy_greetings.asp | ||
+ | http://www.goarch.org/en/resources/etiquette/ | ||
+ | http://www.ocadow.org/texts/protocol.htm | ||
+ | http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/clergy_etiquette.aspx | ||
+ | http://orlapubs.com/AR/R67.html | ||
+ | www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/beginning/brother.shtml | ||
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+ | I read that the "most formal and conventional way to write a bishop is to address him in the third person and never in the second." Does that mean that I should address the person I am writing to as "he?" That doesn't make sense to me. I would think you would want to address the clergy in the third person. For instance, address the Bishop as Your Grace when speaking directly to him in the letter. This reminds me of addressing a Judge as Your Honor. But they may be referring to addressing someone in an indirect way, such as "It is my prayer that His Excellency would stay with us during His visit.," as a way of saying "It is my prayer that you would stay with us during your visit." | ||
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Later Fathers
Contents
Useful Internal Links
These are things I have read or seen and wanted to hold for review at a later time. Some are external links to things I like.
- How_to_write_a_great_article
- How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a page at Wikipedia
- Extended_image_syntax
- Blank_maps
- http://kvaleberg.com/wiki/index.php/Wiki:Map_sources
- Census maps
- Public domain images
Category Ideas
- Church Life
- Things you do in Church
- Things that are done in Church
- Devotional Life (Spirituality?)
- Things you do at home
- Customs
- Things that are habits or traditions done when you are in church (e.g. covering the head)
official titles of priest varies based on rank, years of service, and/or recognition of exemplary service. A newly ordained priest is known as The Rev. Father. As a recoginition of years of service and exemplary service, he may receive the honorary title of Very Rev. Father. And finally the title Very Rev Protopresbyter. Proto meaning first, presbyter being priest.
His when referring to a hierarch Your when speaking to a hierarch
Bishops
Patriarchs / Primates
- All-Holiness - Ecumenical Patriarch; Most Divine
- Beatitude
- Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria & All Africa
- Patriarch of Antioch & All The East; Most Blessed
- Patriarch of Jerusalem; Most Blessed or Most Divine
- Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia; Most Holy
- Patriarch of Romania
- Patriarch of Bulgaria; Holiness
- Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia; Holiness
- Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus
- Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece
- Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania
- Metropolitan; Most Blessed
- Archbishops
Beatitude, Most Blessed or Most Blessed Beatitude
Archbishop
- Eminence
- Metropolitan or Titular Metropolitan
- Archbishop; Most Reverend
Bishop
- Grace - Bishop or Titular Bishop; Right Reverend
Presbyters
- Right Reverend
- Protopresbyter
- Archpriest
- Very Reverend
- Archimandrite
- Dean
- Reverend
- Priest; Father
- Protodeacon
- Presvytéra (Greek), Mátushka (Slavic), Khouriya (Arabic) - Wife of priest
- Mitred Protopresbyter
Monastic
- Abbot - Father - Reverend
**or Abbess - Mother - Reverend Mother - Very Reverend
- Hieromonk - Father - Reverend
- Monk - Brother/Father
**or Monkess/nun - Sister/Mother
Deacon
- Deacon - Reverend - Father Deacon
- Deaconess - Reverend - Mother Deaconess - Mother Diakónissa
- Subdeacon - Mister/Brother
Laity
- Reader/Cantor - Mister/Brother
External Links