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- Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (Gr****: ἡγούμενος, trans. hēgoúmenos), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic...
- Hegumen Mardarije (Serbian Cyrillic: Игумен Мардарије; fl. 1543–45) was a Serbian Orthodox monk and one of the first printers of Serbian language books...
- As abbots, the duties of both a hegumen and an archimandrite are the same; however, during the Divine Service, a hegumen wears a simple mantle, while the...
- in the monastery. After three days of battle and under orders from the hegumen (abbot) of the monastery, the Cretans blew up barrels of gunpowder, choosing...
- according to the date of their ordination. Ranking above a hieromonk are a hegumen and an archimandrite.[citation needed] The proper title for a hieromonk...
- Theotokos, where he became a hieromonk. Since 1801 Peychinovich was the hegumen of Marko's Monastery of Saint Demetrius near Skopje. Located in the region...
- and became a monk, taking the name Serapion. He later became the first hegumen of the monastery. Since the lands around Lake Kozhozero were not suitable...
- Scribe", Hegumen; (1784) John V "al-Fayumi", Hegumen Abd el-Qudus, Hegumen; (1848) Joseph II "al-Mahalawi", Hegumen John VI "Bishara", Hegumen; (was later...
- Hamina. He was consecrated in January 2022. Before this, he served as the hegumen of the New Valamo monastery during 1997–2011 and 2012–2021). Sergei was...
- building their own cells. After some time, they persuaded him to become their hegumen (abbot) and he was ordained to the priesthood. Following his example, all...