stavropihiia

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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

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of stauropegion.

    In 2004 Patriarch Filaret endowed the church with the special status of Stavropihiia (subordination to no other authority than the Patriarch) within the Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate.

    2014, Huseyin Oylupinar, Remaking Terra Cosacorum: Kozak Revival and Kozak Collective Identity in Independent Ukraine (thesis), University of Alberta, page 286
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