The Kastrinsios was charged with military duties and was responsible for a military unit (similar to that of a captain of the guard). When the Office became ecclesiastical in nature it was charged with the storage and safe keeping of ecclesiastical supplies and assisted in the vesting of the hierarchs. He would also bestow the divine blessing upon the congregation by sprinkling from the randistirion, and proclaim the arrival of His All Holiness the Patriarch with, Evlogison Thespota (Master Give The Blessing).

Further, study of reference sources will give insight into iatropic problems, (i.e., Different professionals see the same situation from different viewpoints and may therefore draw different conclusions.)

But the situation [of lost mail] has now improved because the Post Office now rides shotgun on the mails at a cost to the Post Office of $2½ million annually.

The gingerbread was delicately, if imprecisely, captured by the brushstrokes.