What does Kh. mean before a woman's name?

[Rescued One]

And thanks for putting up with my questions.

 

[Anhelyna]

Priest's wife

Another common term is Matushka

Presbytera - OrthodoxWiki

 

[Peter J Barban]

Does Kh. come from Khouria?

Arabic: Khouria (from the word khoury, meaning "priest")?

 

[ArmyMatt]

Does Kh. come from Khouria?

Arabic: Khouria (from the word khoury, meaning "priest")?

yes.

 

[Chesterton]

I just recently learned that there are names for deacon's wives, too. And it seems every language has names for the priest's wife, except English, where you have to say "the priest's wife".

 

[Anhelyna]

I just recently learned that there are names for deacon's wives, too. And it seems every language has names for the priest's wife, except English, where you have to say "the priest's wife".

Well - over here in my Parish, a priest's wife is usually given the title of Matushka - bearing in mind we are Russian tradition. Our Deacon's wife always uses her 'Church' name and no title

 

[E.C.]

I just recently learned that there are names for deacon's wives, too. And it seems every language has names for the priest's wife, except English, where you have to say "the priest's wife".

Yeah, most tend to use either matushka, presbytera, or khouria depending on what tradition that parish comes from.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

In the Serbian Church I believe Djakonitsa is a deacons wifes title.

I just recently learned that there are names for deacon's wives, too. And it seems every language has names for the priest's wife, except English, where you have to say "the priest's wife".

 

[Chesterton]

Well - over here in my Parish, a priest's wife is usually given the title of Matushka - bearing in mind we are Russian tradition. Our Deacon's wife always uses her 'Church' name and no title

Yeah, most tend to use either matushka, presbytera, or khouria depending on what tradition that parish comes from.

In the Serbian Church I believe Djakonitsa is a deacons wifes title.

Should we put our heads together and coin new English words? I guess "priestess" and "deaconess" would be off the table, for fear of confusion.

 

[Chesterton]

Our Deacon's wife always uses her 'Church' name and no title

Likewise, our's never uses it. But someone put Sh. in front of her name in an e-mailed newsletter which mentioned her recently, and I had to look it up because that was the first I'd heard of it.

 

[Rescued One]

I went to a Serbian Orthodox funeral years ago, but hadn't really learned anything about it. Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the discussion.