Rodnovery is headed by a priestly class distinguishable into the orders of "volkhv" (translatable as "wiseman", "wizard", i.e. "shaman", or "") and "zhrets" ("sacrificers"). They are those responsible for holding rites for worshipping the gods and leading communities and religious festivals. "Volkhvs" are the higher rank of the sacerdotal hierarchy, while "zhrets" are of a lower authority. Though the majority of Rodnover priests are males, Rodnover groups do not exclude women from the priesthood, so that a parallel female priesthood is constituted by the two ranks of "zhritsa" and "vedunya" ("seeresses"). Prestige is not limited to male priests; a priestess, Halyna Lozko from Ukraine, is an acknowledged authority within the Rodnover movement, and the settlement of Pravovedi in Kolomna is governed by a priestess. In 2012, a number of Rodnover organisations in Russia made an agreement for the mutual recognition of their priesthood and for the uniformisation of ordination policies.