• A Greek word for bishop, when considered as the culmination of the priesthood
Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.
Archiereus
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(Russian, arkhierei).
A Greek word for bishop, when considered as the culmination of the priesthood. It is very much used in the liturgical books of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches for those services which correspond to the pontifical services of the Roman Rite. This word must not be confounded with protoiereus (archpriest), the highest ecclesiastical rank to which a married priest may attain in the Greek Church.
ANDREW J. SHIPMAN
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat. 1910.
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