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* Carpatho-Russian: ''Pani'' (a shortened form of ''Panimatka'') | * Carpatho-Russian: ''Pani'' (a shortened form of ''Panimatka'') | ||
* Finnish: ''Ruustinna'' (from the word ''rovasti'' (protoiereos), in Karelia: Maatuska) | * Finnish: ''Ruustinna'' (from the word ''rovasti'' (protoiereos), in Karelia: Maatuska) | ||
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* Romanian: ''Preoteasa'' | * Romanian: ''Preoteasa'' | ||
* Russian: ''Matushka'' (literally means "mama," i.e., the intimate form of "mother") | * Russian: ''Matushka'' (literally means "mama," i.e., the intimate form of "mother") | ||
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* Ukrainian: ''Panimatka'' or ''Panimatushka'' ("little mama") | * Ukrainian: ''Panimatka'' or ''Panimatushka'' ("little mama") | ||
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* [[Diakonissa]] | * [[Diakonissa]] | ||
Revision as of 13:27, January 17, 2006
Presbytera (also spelled as presvytera) is a Greek title of honor that is used to refer to a priest's wife. It is derived from presbyteros—the Greek word for priest (literally, "elder"). There does not currently seem to be any standard English equivalent, so most English-speaking Orthodox Christians will use the title most common in the old country churches from which their local family or parish finds its origin.
Other languages
Presbytera corresponds to the following equivalent titles:
- Albanian: Prifteresha
- Arabic: Khouria (from the word khoury, meaning "priest")
- Carpatho-Russian: Pani (a shortened form of Panimatka)
- Finnish: Ruustinna (from the word rovasti (protoiereos), in Karelia: Maatuska)
- Old Icelandic: Prestkona ("priest's woman")
- Romanian: Preoteasa
- Russian: Matushka (literally means "mama," i.e., the intimate form of "mother")
- Serbian: Popadija
- Ukrainian: Panimatka or Panimatushka ("little mama")
See also
Books
- Presbytera: The Life, Mission, and Service of the Priest's Wife, by Athanasia Papademetriou (ISBN 0972466142)
External links
- National Sisterhood of Presvyteres (GOARCH)
- "The Orthodox Clergy Wife" by Matushka Valerie G. Zahirsky (Orthodox Family Life)
- "The Shadow of a Priest" from Orthodox America
