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'''Vladyka''' ('''Vladika''', {{lang-ru|владыка}}, calque from ''ηγεμον'') is honorific appeal to Orthodox [[bishop]] in the Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonain [[tradition]]. | '''Vladyka''' ('''Vladika''', {{lang-ru|владыка}}, calque from ''ηγεμον'') is honorific appeal to Orthodox [[bishop]] in the Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonain [[tradition]]. | ||
| − | In [[Church Slavonic]], '''Vladyko''' is the vocative form, used when addressing the bishop directly; '''Vladyka''' is the nominative form, used when referring to a bishop in the third person. | + | In [[Church Slavonic]], '''Vladyko''' (Slavonic: владыко) is the vocative form, used when addressing the bishop directly; '''Vladyka''' (Slavonic: владыка) is the nominative form, used when referring to a bishop in the third person. |
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Vladyka (Vladika, Russian: владыка, calque from ηγεμον) is honorific appeal to Orthodox bishop in the Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonain tradition.
In Church Slavonic, Vladyko (Slavonic: владыко) is the vocative form, used when addressing the bishop directly; Vladyka (Slavonic: владыка) is the nominative form, used when referring to a bishop in the third person.
