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- similar to the title of abbot. The head of a convent of nuns is called a hegumenia or igumeni (Gr****: ἡγουμένη). The term means "the one who is in charge"...
- social work. She took her perpetual monastic vows in 1889 and became a hegumenia. Under her leadership, the monastery became one of the largest female...
- is estimated to be several hundred. In a 2010 interview, Eugenia, the hegumenia of Novi Stjenik monastery stated that "there is 350 of us, but the number...
- poslushnik, literally "one under obedience") by the hegumen (abbot) or hegumenia (abbess) after at least three days in the monastery. There is no formal...
- needed] An Eastern archimandrite (high-ranking abbot), hegumen (abbot) or hegumenia (abbess) who leads a monastic community also bears a crozier. It is conferred...
- certain limitations; photography inside the walls requires prior consent of hegumenia Iuliania. Russian: "От реставрации к поиску нового стиля", Независимая...
- altar table. Normally, only older nuns may serve in the altar; but the Hegumenia (Abbess) is permitted to enter even if she is younger. A few parishes...
- time if he becomes a Schemamonk (Greater Schema). An Hegumen (Abbot) or Hegumenia (Abbess) wears the simple monastic mantle. When an Orthodox monk or nun...
- Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). It is a female monastery, headed by hegumenia Epistimiya Sherban. The exact date of its founding is unknown, though...
- Cathedral with its bell tower was constructed in 1865–1875. The Office of the Hegumenia (Abbess) with it Mary Magdalen House Church and the Alexander Nevsky Trapeza...