Different areas have different variations on clerical awards. Metropolitan Isaiah put out Protocol 01-22, which sets forth the clerical awards of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Denver (now Metropolis), USA, and allows an example of clerical ranks in the Greek Orthodox liturgical tradition. There are no necessary timelines for progression along these ranks.
Ranks for married priests may include:
* '''Presbyter''': An ordained priest.
* '''Pnevmatikos''': A priest who is given a blessing to hear confessions (i.e. be a spiritual father) and is given the right to wear the ''[[epigonation]]'' on high feast days.* '''Sakellarios''': From the Greek σακελλάριος, meaning an official financial and administrative duties (cf. sakellē or sakellion, "purse, treasury"). Historically indicated a priest responsible for sacred vessels, and . A priest elevated to 'sakellarios' is given the right to wear a pectoral cross over his the ''[[phelonionepigonation]]'' on high feast days.* '''Oikonomos''': Greek for 'manager' (οἰκονόμος, from oiko- 'house' and -nomos 'rule, law'). Historically indicated a priest responsible for money. A priest elevated to 'oikonomos' is, in Ecumenical Patriarchate practice, and given the right to wear the ''epigonation'' and the prectoral pectoral cross at all services. * '''Protopresbyter''': A leading priest ('proto' meaning first). A priest elevated to 'protopresbyter ' will be styled 'Very Reverend Father [name]', and is , in Church of Greece practice, given the right to wear the pectoral cross outside of services over clerical attire. ''In some places, ''Pnevmatikos'' ('spiritual father' - i.e. a priest with a blessing to hear confessions) is a rank, replacing ''Sakellarios''; in other places, a blessing is given to be a ''pnevmatikos'', but without any relationship to rank.''
Ranks for monastic priests include:
* '''Pnevmatikos''': A priestmonk who is given a blessing to hear confessions (i.e. be a spiritual father).
* '''Archimandrite''': A senior priestmonk (historically indicating charge over a large, important monastery). An archimandrite will be styled 'Very Reverend Archimandrite [name]'.
''In some places, ''Pnevmatikos'' ('spiritual father' - i.e. a priest with a blessing to hear confessions) is a rank between 'Hieromonk' and 'Archimandrite'; in other places, a blessing is given to be a ''pnevmatikos'', but without any relationship to rank.''
Ranks for deacons include: