concept
Vladyka
also: владыко, владыка
The warmer, more intimate Russian form of address for a bishop, meaning roughly "Master" or "Lord"; kept untranslated in English renderings alongside the more formal "His Eminence."
Reading notes
- The Bishop §27 Vladyka
"Master" or "Lord" -- the warmer, more intimate Russian form of address for a bishop, kept untranslated here alongside the more formal "His Eminence" and "Most Reverend."