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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]]. | ||
| − | '''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. | + | In [[Church Slavonic]], '''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. |
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Revision as of 13:31, 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.
In Church Slavonic, 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.
