Hierarchs

And special and select for the Hierarchs is the imposition of the Oracles upon the head, since the subordinate Ranks have not this; and for the

Dionysius the Areopagite, Works (1897) Dionysius the Areopagite 1897

I likewise express my appreciation for the reception accorded me by the Hierarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Pope in the Holy Land: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre 2009

In speaking of Hierarchs who were members of the KGB, notice how much care you take into not mentionning the more numerous New Martyrs which the period of Communism has known,- how you pretend from your high moralistic vantage point judge the conducts of persons who were coerced to act under duress.

Light from the East: The Russian Catholic Parish in Lyons, France 2009

Pray cite me the instances in which leniency towards homosexuality were ever shown in the fold of the Orthodox Church and allowed by a council or synod of Hierarchs.

Light from the East: The Russian Catholic Parish in Lyons, France 2009

After a time the Hierarchs came with medicine and proper bandages, and took him away.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

The Hierarchs and their Hierodules -- and the Hierogrammates too -- have been trying to let us become what we were.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Yet all such speed was invisible, as the wind vanishes when a swift xebec scuds before a tempest on the Ocean of Urth. We drifted so lazily that if I had not had faith in Apheta and the Hierarchs, I would have feared we would never reach the ship at all and be lost forever in that endless night.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Once I believed you three were gods, and then that the Hierarchs were still greater gods.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Dark-robed Hierarchs came down the aisle with travails, gathering the dead.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

A common feast was later instituted in their honour on 30 January, called "the feast of the three Hierarchs".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913