The Reverend

====Eastern Orthodox====
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* A deacon is often styled as ''The Reverend Deacon'' (or [[Hierodeacon]], [[Archdeacon]], [[Protodeacon]], according to ecclesiastical elevation), while in spoken use the title ''Father'' is used (sometimes ''Father Deacon'').
* A married priest is ''The Reverend Father''; a monastic priest is ''The Reverend [[Hieromonk]]''; a [[protopresbyter]] is ''The Very Reverend Father''; and an [[archimandrite]] is either ''The Very Reverend Father'' (Greek practice) or ''The Right Reverend Father'' (Russian practice). All may be simply addressed as ''Father''.
* [[Abbot]]s and [[abbess]]es are styled ''The Very Reverend Abbot/Abbess'' and are addressed as ''Father'' and ''Mother'' respectively.
* A bishop is referred to as ''The Right Reverend Bishop''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goarch.org/-/forms-of-addresses-and-salutations-for-orthodox-clergy |title=Forms of Addresses and Salutations for Orthodox Clergy |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722155535/https://www.goarch.org/-/forms-of-addresses-and-salutations-for-orthodox-clergy |url-status=live }}</ref> and addressed as ''Your Grace'' (or ''Your Excellency'').
* An archbishop or metropolitan, whether or not he is the head of an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] or [[autonomous]] church, is styled ''The Most Reverend Archbishop/Metropolitan'' and addressed as ''Your Eminence''.
* Heads of autocephalous and autonomous churches with the title Patriarch are styled differently, according to the customs of their respective churches, usually ''Beatitude'' but sometimes ''Holiness'' and exceptionally ''All-Holiness''.