Armenian Apostolic Church Hierarchy
· Acolyte
· Stole - Bearer
· Subdeacon
· Deacon
· Archpriest
· Monk
· Archimandrite
· Supreme Archimandrite
· Bishop
· Archbishop
· Patriarch
· Catholicos
HOW TO ADDRESS THE CLERGY
THE CATHOLICOS
His Holiness … Catholicos Your Holiness
THE PATRIARCH
His Beatitude Patriarch … Your Beatitude
THE ARCHBISHOP
His Eminence Archbishop … Your Eminence
THE BISHOP
His Grace Bishop … Your Grace
THE ARCHIMANDRITE (VARDAPET)
Very Reverend Vardapet … Very Reverend Father
THE PRIEST (BOTH CELIBATE AND MARRIED)
Reverend Father … Reverend Father
AT THE END OF THE LETTERS
Asking for Your Blessings
ORALLY
Addressing the Catholicos, the Archbishop, the Bishop,
The Archimandrite, the Celibate Priest
God be your helper
Incumbents of the Hierarchal Sees of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church
His Holiness Karekin II
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
His Holiness Aram I
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia
His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
His Beatitude Archbishop Mesrob Mutafian
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
