Abbreviations

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Titles

Many clerical and lay titles are often abbreviated.

• Abp. - Archbishop
• Bp. - Bishop
• Dcn. - Deacon
• Dn. - Deacon
• Fr. - Father
• Metr. - Metropolitan
• Pr. - Preot (Romanian for priest)
• Pres. - Presbytera
• Sf. - Sfânt (Romanian for saint)
• St. - Saint

Iconography

In icons, many names and titles are abbreviated. This is often acknowledged with a character like a tilde placed above the remaining letters. Most often, the first and last letters of the word or name are retained.

Christ

• IC or ΙΣ - Jesus from the Greek Ιησους
• XC or ΧΣ - Christ from the Greek Χριστος

The Theotokos

• MP or ΜΡ - Mother from the Greek Μητηρ, part of the phrase Mother of God
• ΘΥ - of God from the Greek Θεου, part of the phrase Mother of God

See also

• Saint commemorations
• Iconography