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'''Vladyka''' ('''Vladika''', {{lang-ru|владыка}}, calque from ''ηγεμον'') is honorific appeal to Orthodox [[bishop]] in the Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonain [[tradition]].
 
'''Vladyka''' ('''Vladika''', {{lang-ru|владыка}}, calque from ''ηγεμον'') is honorific appeal to Orthodox [[bishop]] in the Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonain [[tradition]].
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'''Vladyko''' is the vocative form, used when addressing the bishop directly; '''Vladyka''' is the nominative form, used when referring to a bishop in the third person. 
  
 
== Source ==
 
== Source ==
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*[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ustav/conversations/messages/3064| Correct usage of Vladyko/Vladyka]
 
* [http://www.monachos.net/conversation/topic/5102-usage-of-vladyka-and-equivalents/ Usage of "Vladyka" (and equivalents)]
 
* [http://www.monachos.net/conversation/topic/5102-usage-of-vladyka-and-equivalents/ Usage of "Vladyka" (and equivalents)]
  

Revision as of 13:24, September 19, 2014

Vladyka (Vladika, Russian: владыка, calque from ηγεμον) is honorific appeal to Orthodox bishop in the Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonain tradition.

Vladyko is the vocative form, used when addressing the bishop directly; Vladyka is the nominative form, used when referring to a bishop in the third person.

Source