"The protopope stands above the left choir when the pontiff celebrates, he gives to him [the pontiff] Holy Communion and in the same way the pontiff to the protopope and he has all first places [τὰ πρωτεῖα πάντα -"ta proteia panta"] in the church" (Goar, 225).Under him the "second one" (ὁ δευτερεύων "ho deutereuon"), takes his place in his absence (ibid.