stavropegion

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A form of stauropegion — In Eastern Orthodoxy, the placement of a cross by a bishop which symbolises his approval of the construction of a church or monastery on the site the cross is placed.

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Meanings

nounstavropegion (plural stavropegia)

plural stavropegia

  1. alternativeAlternative form of stauropegion.
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    The Holy Synod discussed in particular and at length the ecclesiastical matter of Ukraine, in the presence of His Excellency Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon and His Grace Bishop Hilarion of Edmonton, Patriarchal Exarchs to Ukraine, and following extensive deliberations decreed: … [t]o reestablish, at this moment, the Stavropegion of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Kyiv, one of its many Stavropegia in Ukraine that existed there always. — (Communiqué from 11 October 2018 of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople).

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