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I saw a similar thread in another section of the forum and was curious wheither Orthodox Priests are compensated the same as Catholic Priests are. Where do they live and where do they retire? How does that work?
Any replies will be well appreciated!

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Daniel Schmitt

The Orthodox Priest gets paid much more than a Catholic Priest because he is married and has to support a family. My friends in an Orthodox parish near me tell me the Priest that is senior gets about 80,000 K and the newer priest gets less. I was told this about 3 years ago so add a few thousand for inflation.
The Orthodox Priest in that parish owns a home that he bought on his name because if he dies the wife and kids will then have it. He pays for everything from his salary.
From what I understand each priest gets a different salary depending on the income of the parish. A rich parish would pay a higher salary than a poor parish. The committe in the Church decides the salary and any raises the priest gets.
I have known very old Orthodox Priests-they do not retire per se-they lead their people till they get very sick or bedridden. I have not seen a retired Orthodox priest yet,but my experience is limited to middle eastern priests only. I would think that they are well taken care of since they are married and have children.

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Mary

"Only when the Magisterium is accepted docilely in a spirit of faith ... can you avoid the temptations caused by the superficial fascination of theological trends which disfigure and obscure the truth" Pope john Paul II

The only Orthodox priest I know has a second job, to pay his expenses.

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Bob C

Our Catholic Priest told me that it is against the rules of the Catholic Church for a Catholic Priest to hold a job outside the Church. I guess the Orthodox do not have such a rule.

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Mary

"Only when the Magisterium is accepted docilely in a spirit of faith ... can you avoid the temptations caused by the superficial fascination of theological trends which disfigure and obscure the truth" Pope john Paul II

Mary - Re Our Catholic Priest told me that it is against the rules of the Catholic Church for a Catholic Priest to hold a job outside the Church. That probably is open to some latitude in deciding what is outside the Church, and probably requires the Bishop's permission. I know of a couple of cases - one is a consultant to a Catholic Textbook Company another is a design consultant. I don't know what limitations are placed on the range of each. [Both have a potential for a conflict of interest in awarding Church contracts, which would not be tolerated in the government.]

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- Joe Kelley

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Dear joe:
I think the one that works for a Catholic Textbook Co. is within the Church.
The design consultant-does he get paid for his job? or does the pay go to the diocese. Also does he help in designing anything related to the Church or is it secular?

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Mary

"Only when the Magisterium is accepted docilely in a spirit of faith ... can you avoid the temptations caused by the superficial fascination of theological trends which disfigure and obscure the truth" Pope john Paul II

Mary - I think he assists in Church designs. He designs a lot of handouts etc for the diocese. I don't know the financial arrangements, but expect that he receives reasonable pay. He has very good taste by the way.

The textbook consultant gets a significant royalty from every book sold, and it is the text used in most parishes of his diocese - not my diocese by the way.

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- Joe Kelley

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Dear Joe
I think these are considered all within the Church. Our priest meant that if lets say you are a chemist and become a priest-you cannot work for a secular company such as Merck or Exxon and get payed a salary like a layperson. I think it is good policy since it leaves the priest free to take care of his people as his main concern.

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Mary

"Only when the Magisterium is accepted docilely in a spirit of faith ... can you avoid the temptations caused by the superficial fascination of theological trends which disfigure and obscure the truth" Pope john Paul II

Luis,

I moved your question to a new thread in this section.


Effie

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I think you must be careful when speaking of the "Orthodox Church" as there are a number of Orthodox Churches which are independent of each other.

The salary of a Priest will probably vary from Orthodox Church to Orthodox Church.

Father Deacon Paul

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Yes that is true. In our area there are a few orthodox churches and the priests get a salary according to what the committe and the priest agree to. Also a rich church will pay a higher salary to the priest (and his family) than a poor church. There is no set salary.

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Mary

"Only when the Magisterium is accepted docilely in a spirit of faith ... can you avoid the temptations caused by the superficial fascination of theological trends which disfigure and obscure the truth" Pope john Paul II

Shlomo

I am like Mary, my experience is limited to middle eastern churches, but not all orthodox preists are married though, but either way, his salary depends on some percentage of the parish income, and the percentage varies on wehter he is married or no, how many kids he got, the cost of living in the country and in the city he is in. Some times it is hard for them to keep up , for example in jordan, the syriac catholic church gave the syriac orthodox church money whenever they needed, even though our preist was not getting payed that much, but people from both churches worked together to keep our churches open and fight the ethnic and religious persecution. And out Partriachs have been in close contact, so over all , it is a percentage and it depends on factors.

And as far as i know, catholic preists can not have a job outside the church, but they can volunteer for works, but it must be through the church.

and Sister Mary, orthodox churhes are mostly saperate, and they might have different rules regarding this issue, but i have no information about it,
Sorry


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wisam

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