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Add your E-mail to our Mailing List to receive a notice when we update our web site. | | | | | selected terms: 6 | | page 1 of 1 | | 1. | Priest | He is called Presbyter meaning that he intercedes, for he prays on behalf of God's people. The priest has a pastoral role towards God's people, he cares for them and serves them as his own c… 0.3 KB | | 2. | Priesthood | The Lord Jesus Christ is our High Priest. God raises priests in His Church. The orders of priesthood are: 1- Bishopric: The Patriarch, the Metropolitan and the Bishop. 2- Presbytery: Priest… 0.3 KB | | 3. | Priestly Vestments | The distinctive dress worn by the clergy when performing the liturgy. 1- Amice (Taylasan): It was originally a hood covering the head and neck. It symbolizes the helmet of salvation resembling th… 0.9 KB | | 4. | Processional | In feasts, Clergymen oftenly practice processions, preceded by a crucifier with a processional cross. Bishops and priests carry censers while the deacons carry candles. Processions take place … 0.4 KB | | 5. | Prospharine (altar's Veil) | The Greek word prosharine means to offer the oblation. A cover put over the holy elements, on the altar. To be put after the Prayer of Thanksgiving, and removed after Reconciliation (Spasmos… 0.4 KB | | 6. | Protopriest | Also called Hegumenos meaning a disposer, for he disposes church affairs together with his brethren, the priests. | | | |
