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of the church, ministered by the presbyters, do not depend upon personal virtue, but upon the presence of Christ who acts in his church by the Holy Spirit. The same as with bishops, it is Christ, through his chosen ministers, who acts as teacher, good shepherd, forgiver, and healer. It is Christ
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Priests normally exercise the function of pastors of parishes, a function which was normally done by the bishops in early times. They are rectors of the local congregations of Christians. They preside at the celebration of the liturgy and teach, preach, counsel and exercise the ministries of
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Initially, each local congregation in the Church had its own bishop. Eventually, as the church grew, individual congregations no longer were served directly by a bishop. The bishop in a large city would appoint a presbyter to pastor the flock in each congregation, acting as his delegate.
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clergy. In the Orthodox Church a married man may be ordained to the priesthood. His marriage, however, must be the first for both him and his wife. He may not remarry and continue in his ministry even if his wife should die.
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Since the presbyters are assigned by the bishop and belong to the specific congregations they have no authority or services to perform apart from their bishop and their own particular parish community. On the
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must strive to fulfill the grace given to them with the gift of the "laying on of hands" in the most perfect that they can. But the Church teaches that the reality and effectiveness of the
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signed by the bishop, which is the permission to the community to gather and to act as the Church. Without the antimension, the priest and his people cannot function legitimately.
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If a single, or unmarried, or celibate, man is ordained, he must remain celibate to retain his service. A celibate priest is not necessarily the same as that of clergy who are
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of its rightful priestly status, while those who use the term defend its usage by saying that, while they do believe in the
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remitting sins, and curing the physical, mental and spiritual ills of mankind. The priest is an icon of Christ.
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Christos S. Voulgaris (Prof. of New Testament Studies, Dean of the School of Theology of the Univ. of Athens).
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11:30 and 15:22, we see this collegiate system of government in Jerusalem, and in Acts 14:23, the
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Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:
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elders. In this context, a priest's first name is generally used after the word
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As of April 17, 2010, this article is derived in whole or in part from
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The Eastern Orthodox Church often refers to presbyters in English as
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Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church:
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Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion:
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Q&A on the Priesthood from the Orthodox Church in America
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ordains elders in the churches he founded. Initially, these
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A Son's Journey to the Priesthood, Antiochian Archdiocese
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Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches
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The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary
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1:5,7 indicate, and the terms were interchangeable.
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