Definition of Archimandrite. Meaning of Archimandrite. Synonyms of Archimandrite

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Definition of Archimandrite

Archimandrite
Archimandrite Ar`chi*man"drite, n. [L. archimandrita, LGr. ?; pref. ? (E. arch-) + ? an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. (b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.

Meaning of Archimandrite from wikipedia

- The title archimandrite (/ˌɑːrkɪˈmændraɪt/; Gr****: ἀρχιμανδρίτης, romanized: archimandritēs), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior...
- Archimandrite Photius (Russian: Архимандрит Фотий, romanized: Arkhimandrit Fotii, secular name Pyotr Nikitich Sp****ky, Russian: Пётр Никитич Спасский;...
- Shenoute of Atripe, also known as Shenoute the Great or Saint Shenoute the Archimandrite (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲓⲙⲁⲛ'ⲇⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ), was the abbot of the White Monastery...
- Sophrony or Father Sophrony, was a Russian-born Orthodox Christian archimandrite and one of the most noted ascetic monks of the 20th century. He is best...
- Pskov-Caves Monastery first as a toiler then as a novice. His confessor was Archimandrite John Krestiankin. In 1986 he was transferred to the publishing department...
- Jerusalem to ask to obtain Sabbas as archimandrite of the anchorites and cave-dwellers and Theodosius as archimandrite of all cenobitic living monks. Sabbas...
- Michael the Archimandrite (814–842), nearly 500 years after Nicholas's probable death. Despite its extremely late date, Michael the Archimandrite's Life of...
- Church, the mantle is a monastic garment worn by bishops, hegumens, archimandrites, and other monastics in processions and while attending various church...
- called the protohegumen. The duties of both hegumen and archimandrite are the same, archimandrite being considered the senior dignity of the two. In the...
- Archimandrite Gervasius (Lentsovsky), 1744–1755 Archimandrite Ambrose (Yumatoff), 1755–1771 Archimandrite Nicholas (Tsvet), 1771–1781 Archimandrite Joachim...