canonisation, canonization - (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints

Catholic Church - any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church

Greek Church, Greek Orthodox Church - state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church - an independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia

bishop - a clergyman having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve apostles of Christ