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To: brooklyn dave

It’s my understanding that Orthodox priests are still expected to remain unmarried if they were so before their ordination. The difference between Orthodox and Catholic is that married men are allowed to be ordained (with converted, married priests from the Anglican church).


16 posted on 07/13/2014 8:00:41 AM PDT by piusv
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To: piusv

Other restrictions on married Orthodox priests:

If his wife predeceases him, the priest cannot remarry.

A married priest cannot become a bishop.


18 posted on 07/13/2014 8:23:37 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: piusv

true in orthodox church one has to get married before ordination. If a priest’s wife dies, he cannot get remarried.


204 posted on 07/13/2014 6:21:56 PM PDT by brooklyn dave (The Emperor has no clothes! Nor brains, nor integrity and a host of other attributes.)
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