# Taxiarches

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**Taxiarches** or its variant **taxiarchos** (from Greek: ταξιάρχης or ταξίαρχος), anglicized **taxiarch**, may refer to:

- [Taxiarch](/source/Taxiarch), equivalent to brigadier in ancient and modern Greek military terminology
- Archangels [Michael](/source/Michael_(archangel)) and [Gabriel](/source/Gabriel) are called the *Taxiarchs* in Greek Orthodoxy because they lead the heavenly host

## Places

Several places in Greece are named after the archangels, either in singular, **Taxiarchis**, or in plural, **Taxiarches** (Ταξιάρχες):

- [Taxiarches, Attica](/source/Taxiarches,_Attica)
- [Taxiarchis, Aetolia-Acarnania](/source/Taxiarchis,_Aetolia-Acarnania)
- [Taxiarches, Achaea](/source/Taxiarches,_Achaea)
- [Taxiarchis, Grevena](/source/Taxiarchis,_Grevena)
- [Taxiarchis, Chalkidiki](/source/Taxiarchis,_Chalkidiki)
- [Taxiarchis, Euboea](/source/Taxiarchis,_Euboea)
- [Taxiarches, Drama](/source/Taxiarches,_Drama)
- [Taxiarches, Elis](/source/Taxiarches,_Elis)
- [Taxiarchis, Euboea](/source/Taxiarchis,_Euboea)
- [Taxiarchis, Lesbos](/source/Taxiarchis,_Lesbos)
- [Taxiarches, Trikala](/source/Taxiarches,_Trikala)

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