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| Holy Synod |
the governing body of any of the Eastern Orthodox churches, composed of bishops under the authority of a patriarch. |
| Isaac |
according to the Old Testament, the son of the patriarch Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau. |
| Judah |
one of the sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob and the ancestor of one of the ancient Hebrew tribes. |
| Methuselah |
according to the Old Testament, a patriarch who lived 969 years. |
| Moses |
according to the Old Testament, the Hebrew patriarch who received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai, and who led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt. |
| Noah |
according to the Old Testament, the Hebrew patriarch who was commanded by God to build an ark on which to board his family and two of every kind of creature to save them from the great flood that was to engulf the world. |
| patriarchate |
the position, office, or jurisdiction of a religious patriarch. |
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