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Glossary Term

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Approved rendering
Отец
Transliteration
Otets
Rejected alternatives
батюшка (reserve exclusively for addressing an Orthodox priest)

Father

Отец (capitalized) for God as Father is standard and doctrinally clear. батюшка (‘little father’) is the everyday Russian form of address for an Orthodox parish priest and must never be used for God the Father, to avoid confusing the two referents for readers from an Orthodox background.

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