''Exokatakoiloi'' ( el, ἐξωκατάκοιλοι), latinized as ''Exocatacœli'', was a term attested since the 11th century for the principal officials of the

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of the ...

or a bishop of the

Eastern Church Eastern Christianity comprises Christian traditions and church families that originally developed during classical and late antiquity in Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Northeast Africa, the Fertile Crescent and ...

: these were the steward or '' oikonomos'' (the patriarchal official was prefixed with ''megas'', "grand"), the treasurer or '' egas

sakellarios A ''sakellarios'' ( el, σακελλάριος) or ''sacellarius'' is the title of an official entrusted with administrative and financial duties (cf. ''sakellē'' or ''sakellion'', "purse, treasury") in a government or institution. The title was ...

'', the sacristan or '' egas skeuophylax'', the record-keeper or '' chartophylax'', and the head of the ''

sakellion A ''sakellarios'' ( el, σακελλάριος) or ''sacellarius'' is the title of an official entrusted with administrative and financial duties (cf. ''sakellē'' or ''sakellion'', "purse, treasury") in a government or institution. The title was ...

''. Later a sixth member was added, the '' protekdikos''.

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* Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Byzantine ecclesiastical titles and offices Eastern Christian ecclesiastical offices {{Byzantine-stub