Hypertimos

''Hypertimos'' ( gr, ὑπέρτιμος, "most honorable one") is an ecclesiastical title in the

Eastern Orthodox church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...

es following the Greek liturgical tradition, used to designate

metropolitan bishops In Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a Metropolis (reli ...

. The title originated in the 11th-century

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

, where the philosopher

Michael Psellos Michael Psellos or Psellus ( grc-gre, Μιχαὴλ Ψελλός, Michaḗl Psellós, ) was a Byzantine Greek monk, savant, writer, philosopher, imperial courtier, historian and music theorist. He was born in 1017 or 1018, and is believed to hav ...

held this title at the end of his illustrious career; and in the chrysobull to the Venetians of 1082, the title was also conferred on the

Patriarch of Grado This is a list of the Patriarchs of Grado (north-eastern Italy).
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Ecclesiastical styles Greek Orthodoxy