*'''Elevation to the rank of archdeacon (for monastics)'''—The award is by decree of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus not earlier than thirty years of exemplary service to the Church. By decree of the Patriarch, the senior deacon of the Patriarchal cathedral church may be designated as archdeacon.
==External link==
*[http://www.denver.goarch.org/protocols/2001-Protocols/protocol-01-22.html Protocol 01-22] from Metr. [[Isaiah (Chronopoulos) of Denver]]
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