Eparchy vs. Exarch

Eparchynoun

one of the districts of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

Eparchynoun

one of the administrative sub-provincial units of post-Ottoman independent Greece

Eparchynoun

in pre-schism Christian Church, name for a province under the supervision of the metropolitan

Eparchynoun

in Eastern Christendom, diocese of a bishop

Eparchynoun

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

Eparchynoun

a province in ancient Greece

Eparchynoun

a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Eparchy

Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word (Koinē Greek: ἐπαρχία, romanized: eparchía, lit. 'overlordship', Byzantine Greek pronunciation: [e.parˈçi.a]; abstract noun formed from intensive prefix ἐπι-, epi-, lit. 'over-' + ἄρχειν, árchein, lit. 'to be ruler'), authentically Latinized as eparchia, which can be loosely translated as the rule or jurisdiction over something, such as a province, prefecture, or territory. It has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Christian churches.

Exarchnoun

(historical) In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.

Exarchnoun

In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.

Exarchnoun

In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese.

Exarchnoun

A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

Exarchnoun

a bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox churches in North America

Exarchnoun

a bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan

Exarchnoun

a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire

Exarch

The term exarch () comes from the Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος, exarchos, and designates holders of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire, an exarch was a governor of a particular territory.