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hegumen

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hegumen [hɪˈgjuːmɛn], hegumenos [hɪˈgjuːmɪˌnəʊs]
n
(Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) the head of a monastery of the Eastern Church
[from Medieval Latin hēgūmenus, from Late Greek hēgoumenos leader, from Greek hēgeisthai to lead]

hegumen
the head of a monastery.
See also: Eastern Orthodoxy


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The head of the monastery, the abbot or hegumen, would act as spiritual director for the monks.
Ivan Ziaiyk (1899-1952) was a Redemptorist hegumen (Prior) of the monastery in Ternopil.
In 1896 he was appointed hegumen (superior) of the Basilian Monastery of St.
 
 
 
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