Archpriest

Archpriest (or Protopope or Protopresbyter) is a clerical rank, a title of honor given to non-monastic priests and is conferred by a bishop with the Laying on of hands and prayer. Archpriests typically wear an epigonation, a vestment originally worn only by bishops; however, details vary locally, and in some places being given the epigonation is an honor that typically precedes being made an Archpriest and in other places, it is an honor that is given to only some Archpriests. and also wears a pectoral cross both as part of his street clothes and when vested.