http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/10/26/clergy-salaries-in-1916/ The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/10/26/clergy-salaries-in-1916/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 NickR Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:44:03 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=3346#comment-1241 Both my grandfathers were Russian Orthodox priests (Metropolia) beginning in the 1930s, serving parishes in PA, West Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut. Their rural parishioners often “paid” them from their farms with vegetables, eggs, milk, chickens, etc. A Gypsy family even gave my one grandfather gold coins for funerals and other services. They often depended heavily on “trebi” or honoria, especially during the blessing of homes season. This custom, tho, was used to keep their salaries low because the mentality (which continues in some places today) was that the priest had another stream of income in addition to his fixed salary.

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