page_title: Ecclesiastical titles and styles
section_title: Eastern Orthodox Church
hierarchical_section_title: Ecclesiastical titles and styles / Eastern Orthodox Church
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kirche «Maria Obchut» in Düsseldorf Русский: Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы в Дюссельдорфе. English: Priest giving the Dismissal with blessing cross at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. Holy Protection Church, Düsseldorf.
context_page_description: Ecclesiastical addresses are the formal styles of address used for members of the clergy.
context_section_description: Usage varies somewhat throughout the Eastern Orthodox Communion, and not every church uses every clerical rank. Surnames are typically not used for archpastors (rank of bishop or above) or monastics.
  Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople: Ecumenical Patriarch John II, His All-Holiness, Your All-Holiness
  Patriarch: Patriarch John II of Terirem, Patriarch John, His Beatitude, Your Beatitude
  Note: Some Patriarchs use the honorific "His/Your Holiness"
  Archbishop
  of an independent Church: The Most Reverend (Rev.) Archbishop John of Terirem, Archbishop John, His Beatitude, Your Beatitude
  of a sub-national Church: The Most Reverend (Rev.) Archbishop John of Terirem, Archbishop John, His Eminence, Your Eminence
  Metropolitan: The Most Reverend (Rev.) Metropolitan John of Terirem, Metropolitan John, His Eminence, Your Eminence
  Titular Metropolitan: The Most Reverend (Rev.) Metropolitan John of Terirem, His Excellency, Your Excellency
  Note: Some Metropolitans use the style "The Very Most Reverend" (V. Most Rev.)
  Note: A Metropolitan who is the head of an independent Church is addressed as "Beatitude" rather than "Excellency"
  Bishop: The Right Reverend (Rt. Rev.) Bishop John of Terirem, Bishop John, His Grace, Your Grace
  Titular/Auxiliary Bishop: same as for Bishops, above
  Other Languages: Sayedna (Arabic), Despota (Greek), Vladika (Russian, Serbian)
  Priest (Presbyter): The Reverend Father (Rev. Fr.) John Smith, Father John
  Protopriest: The Very Reverend (V. Rev.) Protopriest John Smith, Father (Fr.) John
  Archpriest: The Very Reverend (V. Rev.) Archpriest John Smith, Father (Fr.) John
  Archimandrite: The Very Reverend (V. Rev.) Archimandrite John, or The Right Reverend (Rt. Rev.) Archimandrite John, Father John
  Hieromonk (Priest-monk): The Reverend (Rev.) Hieromonk John, Father (Fr.) John
  Other Languages: Abouna (Arabic), Pappas (Greek), Batushka (Russian)
  Priest's Wife: Presbytera Mary (Greek), Khouria Mary (Arabic), Matushka Mary (Russian), Popadiya Mary (Serbian), Panimatushka Mary (Ukrainian), Preoteasa Mary (Romanian)
  Deacon: The Reverend Father (Rev. Fr.) John Smith, Deacon (Dn.) John Smith, Father John, Deacon Father (Dn. Fr.) John, Deacon (Dn.) John
  Protodeacon: The Reverend (Rev.) Protodeacon John Smith, Father (Fr.) John, Deacon Father (Dn. Fr.) John, Deacon (Dn.) John
  Archdeacon: The Reverend (Rev.) Archdeacon John Smith, Father (Fr.) John, Deacon Father (Dn. Fr.) John, Deacon (Dn.) John
  Hierodeacon (Deacon-monk): The Reverend (Rev.) Hierodeacon John, Father (Fr.) John
  Deacon's Wife: Diakonissa Mary (Greek), or the same titles as a priest's wife
  Abbot: The Right Reverend (Rt. Rev.) Abbot John, Abbot John, Father (Fr.) John
  Abbess: The Reverend (Rev.) Mother Superior Mary, The Very Reverend (V. Rev.) Abbess Mary, Reverend Mother Mary, Mother Mary
  Monk: Monk John, Father (Fr.) John
  Rassophore Monk: Rassophore Monk John, Father (Fr.) John
  Stavrophore Monk: Stavrophore Monk John, Father (Fr.) John
  Schemamonk: Schemamonk John, Father (Fr.) John
  Novice: Novice John, John; or Brother (Br.) John
  Note: the title "Brother" is a result of Latin influence; the title is only given to some novices with a special blessing.
  Nun: Nun Mary, Mother Mary
  Rassophore Nun: Rassophore Nun Mary, Sister Mary
  Novice: Sister Mary
caption: An Eastern Orthodox priest blesses his congregation at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy
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