Priests

To have a vocation is to have a specific "calling" or disposition towards the religious life. This means that God has granted the soul the grace of a vocation, or the invitation to intimately participate in ministry of His Church or to live, pray and work closer to Himself by living a life that is removed from the world. A vocation to the priesthood is a specific calling a young man feels to enter a seminary in order to train to become a priest. This calling may be simply a desire to serve as a priest, an intellectual resolution based on self evaluation, a religious experience (though these are rare and not to be looked for), or a recommendation by a parish priest or retreat master. A vocation to the priesthood is confirmed when the candidate enters the religious state and when the Church calls him to approach for ordination.

The Priests who belong to the Indian origin and serve God are called as Indian priests.

They were not the ONLY ones, they were just the most likely, for two reasons, 1) they had a Bible available to them at all time, primarily for the Church readings, and for teaching, and 2) they were about the only ones who could read-the only ones with an education. Also, remember that for most of the centuries, of the Church's existence, books were incredibly expensive. It would take an entire herd of sheep to produce enough vellum to produce one Bible, and a bunch of educated monks years of steady labor to copy a Bible. One Bible was worth more than most people earned in a lifetime, and even if they could buy one, they would have to spend years learning to read, etc. However, the Church made them available to all the people who could read, this is were the practice came of chaining Bibles to the lecturn in the Church. They were so incredibly expensive that unscruplous thieves would not scruple to steal a Bible, if nothing else for their valuable gems that were often inlaid in the covers. The practice of chaining them meant that they could be left unguarded all day for anyone to come in and read them. Often parish priests took lads under their tutelage to teach them to read and write, in order, primarily, so that they could read the Bible. The Catholic Church deserves our praise, admiration, and thanks for the centuries in which they not only produced the Bible, but safeguarded it, copied it for century after century so that we, hundreds of years later, would be able to actually have a copy of this written word of God. There is no way in which we can thank the Catholic Church, and her generations of monks, for this immense gift for all of us.

Because that's where they work! I many cases they are also responsible for insuring the safety of the church. They can serve as 'watchman' of the church. And since they often conduct services and pray, it makes sense. The other factor is that the church owns and maintains the house for their clergy, it is built on the same property.

They still live near the churches!

In Europe, bishops belonged to a different class than the village priests. The bishops were usually wealthier and had a much higher position in the church.

all Jewish men are commanded to marry. Including priests

a person who has the authority to lead or preform religious ceremonies

Usually a person who is called the Sacristan.

P on the vestment of priest is R in Greek. On priest's vestments we see XP which are KR in Greek, first two letters of Christos in Greek.

Yes they can if they choose to. Not all priests smoke, but some do and they even drink alcohol. I don't think it should matter if they smoke cigarettes. What we should be worried about is if they doing illegal drugs.

The soil is infertile and no crops will grow. Similarly, the women have trouble conceiving and give birth to stillborn infants. This will lead to the prophecy that someone who has offended the gods is in Thebes.

Such a person is called a scribe.

Yes! of course they did. they were really big in religion.

No priests are allowed to marry. However, it is only in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church that, ordinarily, married men are not ordained, in the other rites we do ordain married men. There are some exceptions in the Latin Rite, we do ordain permanent deacons who are married, and clergymen from other religions, think Episcopal or Anglican, who come into the Church and wish to be ordained, but no, no priests, Ukrainian or otherwise are permitted to marry, they all take a vow of celibacy before ordination.

In the Roman Catholic Church, it is required that a priest be celibate. This is to keep the priest from being distracted from doing God's will as a priest. However, if an Anglican or Orthodox priest who is married converts to Catholicism he is able to become a Catholic priest and keep his wife.

In the Eastern Catholic Church though, the priests are allowed to marry though.

Lutheran and Episcopalian Priests are allowed to marry as well.

No, a Priest can not tell anything to anybody.

The apostles were the first priests and bishops of the Catholic Church.

Priests and pastors often share messages of faith, guidance, and inspiration. They deliver sermons that convey religious teachings and moral values, offering comfort and encouragement to their congregations. Their words serve as a source of spiritual strength and a reminder of the importance of love, compassion, and community. Through their messages, they help individuals navigate life's challenges and find a deeper connection with their beliefs and the divine.

This is quite wrong, for Catholic priests take a vow of celibacy, and there are no advantages for breaking this vow. if this isn't the answer you are looking for, make your question clearer.

In the Catholic Church, Bishops, Archbishops, and Cardinals wear the pinkish red hats called a biretta (pronounced ba-ret-a). The biretta, a 4 cornered hat, has 3 points which refers to The Trinity. See this biretta.

There are no priests in the Baha'i Faith. Such a position is forbidden in Baha'i Sacred Scripture. The Baha'i community is guided by councils of consultation elected by secret ballot at the local, national and international levels.

There are some individuals, appointed to five year terms, who have the role of advising, encouraging and protecting the Baha'i community, but they have no priestly authority or role.

Who was Amoz, a priest

To Kill a Priest was created in 1988.