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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"...
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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...
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certain limitations;
photography inside the
walls requires prior consent of
hegumenia Iuliania. Russian: "От реставрации к поиску нового стиля", Независимая...
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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...
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Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). It is a
female monastery,
headed by
hegumenia Epistimiya Sherban. The
exact date of its
founding is unknown, though...
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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...
