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Meaning of "hegumen"

Hegumen (noun) - Hegumen is a title for an Orthodox Christian monastic superior, similar to an abbot or a prior
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  • The head of a monastery of the Eastern Orthodox Church or Eastern Catholic Churches.

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Afterwards he became hegumen of this very monastery.
According to some sources his position was hegumen.
Ranking above a hieromonk are a hegumen and an archimandrite.
He was also elevated to the rank of hegumen.
He later became the first hegumen of the monastery.
Hegumen as administrative patriarchal vicar for Cairo.
Daniel was elevated to hegumen and appointed deputy of the monastery.
The Imperial Government insisted on changing the hegumen back to Hieronim.
The hegumen Gabriel was among the victims.
Zosima later became the first hegumen of the monastery.
He was a hegumen of the Vitovnica monastery and a spiritual father.
Daniel the hegumen.
At the end the Hegumen of the monastery was forced to give his consent.
Afterwards he was officially appointed hegumen of the Sihastria Hermitage.
The hegumen of the monastery was not agreeable to let go the Icon.

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Prior to this he had been hegumen in a Debar monastery.
The hegumen relented and tonsured Nikon with the name Nikandr.
Then he was elevated to Hegumen and was awarded with golden Cross.
Ibrahim and ordained him priest, then hegumen.
Under the guidance of the hegumen Saint Sava Comm.
The monks and the hegumen Simon Halkiopoulos took refuge in the Vrontissi Monastery.
He spent the latter part of his life here, being elected as hegumen.
Hegumen in the capacity of grand economos, patriarchal vicar for Alexandria.
He ordained Adrian a hieromonk ( monastic priest ) and elevated him to the rank of hegumen.
But the inscription honoring the hegumen Drossas, the lions and the pediments were not rebuilt.
Zalizo received the monastic name of Job and was elected the monastery 's hegumen.
In that time the hegumen of the monastery was Hadži - Ruvim.
After having been consecrated as hieromonk, Theodosius became the first hegumen of Maniava Skyt.
In Hamburg, hegumen Vitaly began active church life at Camp Fischbeck.
Gagarin often met with a distant relative of his wife, hegumen of Korniliev Monastery, Juvenal Voeikov.
According to the holy Canons, the Monk must move away from obedience to a heretical Hegumen.
Eleven years later, Philip was made hegumen (abbot) of the monastery.
He became a monk and disciple of Anba Zacharias, the Hegumen.
In monasteries the Hegumen ( Superior ) will bless the cells of all of the monks.
In order of their appointment, Hegumen Fr.
Its first hegumen was Saint Andronik, one of Sergii Radonezhsky 's disciples.
Seeing the sincere intent of the new-comer, the hegumen consented.
Klimis Hortatzis was the hegumen of the abbey and in 1573, he made the monastery cenobitic.
Stefan, Sergii Radonezhski 's older brother, was the first recorded hegumen of this cloister.
In 1523, a Josephinian hegumen from Volokolamsk named Daniel was elected metropolitan.
Its most important structures date from the 16th century, when Filip Kolychev was its hegumen.
Old church books were brought by the hegumen Amfilohije from Russia in 1651.
That Orsisius, advised by St. Athanasius, accepted the abbatial office of hegumen.
In June 1942, he was appointed to hegumen deputy because of abbot Ioanichie Moroi 's poor health.
An Hegumen ( Abbot ) or Hegumenia ( Abbess ) wears the simple monastic mantle.
In June 1942, he was appointed to hegumen deputy because of abbot Ioanichie Morois poor health.
In September 2005, he was elevated to the rank of hegumen by His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus.

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