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* Russian: ''Matushka'' (pronounced ''MAH'-too-shkah'', literally means "mama," i.e., the intimate form of "mother"; more common in "diaspora" Russian traditions than within Russia itself) | * Russian: ''Matushka'' (pronounced ''MAH'-too-shkah'', literally means "mama," i.e., the intimate form of "mother"; more common in "diaspora" Russian traditions than within Russia itself) | ||
* Serbian: ''Popadija''; ''Protinica'' (pronounced ''proh-tee-NEE'-tsah'') for a [[protopresbyter]]'s wife | * Serbian: ''Popadija''; ''Protinica'' (pronounced ''proh-tee-NEE'-tsah'') for a [[protopresbyter]]'s wife | ||
− | * Ukrainian: ''Panimatka'' or ''Panimatushka'' ("little mama"); ''Dobrodiika'' (pronounced ''doh-broh-DEEY-kah'', literally means | + | * Ukrainian: ''Panimatka'' or ''Panimatushka'' ("little mama"); ''Dobrodiika'' (pronounced ''doh-broh-DEEY-kah'', literally means "a woman who does good") |
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 03:54, November 7, 2006
Presbytera (also spelled as presvytera) is a Greek title of honor that is used to refer to a priest's wife. It is derived from presbyteros—the Greek word for priest (literally, "elder"). There does not currently seem to be any standard English equivalent, so most English-speaking Orthodox Christians will use the title most common in the old country churches from which their local family or parish finds its origin.
Other languages
Presbytera corresponds to the following equivalent titles:
- Albanian: Prifteresha
- Arabic: Khouria (from the word khoury, meaning "priest")
- Carpatho-Russian: Pani (a shortened form of Panimatka)
- Finnish: Ruustinna (from the word rovasti (protoiereos), in Karelia: Maatuska)
- Old Icelandic: Prestkona ("priest's woman")
- Romanian: Preoteasa
- Russian: Matushka (pronounced MAH'-too-shkah, literally means "mama," i.e., the intimate form of "mother"; more common in "diaspora" Russian traditions than within Russia itself)
- Serbian: Popadija; Protinica (pronounced proh-tee-NEE'-tsah) for a protopresbyter's wife
- Ukrainian: Panimatka or Panimatushka ("little mama"); Dobrodiika (pronounced doh-broh-DEEY-kah, literally means "a woman who does good")
See also
Books
- Presbytera: The Life, Mission, and Service of the Priest's Wife, by Athanasia Papademetriou (ISBN 0972466142)
External links
- National Sisterhood of Presvyteres (GOARCH)
- "The Orthodox Clergy Wife" by Matushka Valerie G. Zahirsky (Orthodox Family Life)
- "The Shadow of a Priest" from Orthodox America