An '''archpriest''' is a non-monastic [[priest]] elevated with an honorific rank, equivalent to the [[monastic]] [[archimandriteigumen]], though ranking one position lower. Archpriests are styled ''The Very Reverend''. In Slavic tradition, there is a further rank of mitered archpriest.

The term '''''protopresbyter''''' (or '''''protopriest''''') is equivalent to ''archpriest'' in In Greek practice, archpriests wear a [[pectoral cross]] to designate their rank, while in Slavic usagepractice, a protopresbyter is a all priests wear pectoral crosses regardless of rank separate from and higher than archpriest. There In Slavic practice, the different ranks of priests are usuaully only a handful also distinguished by different types of protopresbyters in crosses, and the archpriest usually wears a given Slavic national church at any one timegold cross.{{Clergy/wide}}[[Category:Clergy]][[Category:Priests]]

[[Categoryes:ClergyArcipreste]]