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{{Clergy}}'''Ecclesiastical awards''' are a means for recognizing and rewarding the [[clergy]] and [[laity]] for their efforts and achievements for Orthodoxy. These efforts may be in any of many different areas, and the exact criteria and system of awards will vary somewhat between Orthodox jurisdictions. These are seen as a means of rewarding people for their contribution to Orthodoxythe Church, whether pastorally, theologically, academically, administratively, spiritually, socially, educationally, or by missionary or charitable works.

Generally, there are four groups of ecclesiastical awards—those for [[hierarch]]s, which can depend on them personally or on their [[see]]; those for monastic clerics; those for non-monastic clerics; and those that are not dependent on any clerical statuswhether or not the cleric is a monastic. There are a small number of [[deacon|diaconal]] awards, whether the deacon is monastic or not.