Eastern Orthodox clergy

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Eastern Orthodox clergy are ordained ministers within the Eastern Orthodox Church responsible for leading worship, administering sacraments, preaching, and providing spiritual guidance to the faithful.

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Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Orthodox hierarchy 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clergy
religious vocation
administersSacrament Baptism
Chrismation NERFINISHED
Confession
Eucharist NERFINISHED
Holy Orders NERFINISHED
Holy Unction NERFINISHED
Marriage
celebrates Divine Liturgy NERFINISHED
Matins
Vespers NERFINISHED
follows Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox theology NERFINISHED
governingBody Holy Synod NERFINISHED
hasRank abbot
archbishop
archdeacon
archimandrite
archpriest
bishop
deacon
hegumen
hierodeacon
hieromonk
metropolitan
patriarch
presbyter
priest
protodeacon
protopresbyter
hasRole administering sacraments
blessing the faithful
conducting funerals
hearing confessions
leading worship
officiating weddings
pastoral care
preaching
providing spiritual guidance
teaching the faith
languageOfTerm English plural phrase
mayBe married before ordination to the diaconate or priesthood
monastic
mustBe male (in current mainstream practice)
observes Great Lent NERFINISHED
Pascha NERFINISHED
liturgical calendar
partOf Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
requires episcopal approval
laying on of hands
ordination
servesIn cathedral
chapel
monastery
parish
teachesDoctrine Nicene Creed NERFINISHED
Seven Ecumenical Councils NERFINISHED
upholds Holy Scripture
Holy Tradition NERFINISHED
usesLiturgicalLanguage Arabic
Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
Georgian
Koine Greek NERFINISHED
Romanian
various vernacular languages
venerates icons
saints
wears cassock
epitrachelion
omophorion
orarion
phelonion
sticharion
vestments

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Aristokles Spyrou partOf Eastern Orthodox clergy
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox hierarchy
Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord usedBy Eastern Orthodox clergy