- and who
serve as
guides for others. Nuns who have been
tonsured to the
Stavrop**** or
higher are
addressed as "Mother".
Novice and R****op**** nuns are addressed...
- In the
Slavic practice, the
Stavrop**** also
wears the
monastic mantle. The r****on (outer robe) worn by the
Stavrop**** is more
ample than that worn...
- "Mother" is
reserved to
those who
enter into the next
level of
Stavrop****).
Stavrop**** – The next
level for
monastics takes place some
years after the...
- John R****op**** Monk: R****op**** Monk John,
Father (Fr.) John
Stavrop**** Monk:
Stavrop**** Monk John,
Father (Fr.) John Schemamonk:
Schemamonk John, Father...
- as the R****ap**** ('robe bearer') (2) the intermediate,
known as the
Stavrop**** ('cross bearer'), and (3) the
Great Schema worn by
Great Schema Monks...
- adult.
Monastic tonsure (of
which there are
three grades: R****op****,
Stavrop**** and the
Great Schema), is the rite of
initiation into the
monastic state...
-
liturgical roles; in the
Slavic usage, all
monks and nuns of the rank of
Stavrop**** or
above wear the
mandyas at
every service, so long as they are in their...
- who
wears the ry****a – however,
there are no vows at this level – the
Stavrop**** (one who
wears the cross), and the Schema-monk (one who
wears the Great...
-
comprises seven stavrop**** monks in
solemn vows (including the abbot) and two r****op**** or
novice monks. Holy
Theophany comprises three stavrop**** nuns and...
- R****ap****
combined with the
Stavrop**** of
Eastern Orthodox tradition, and the
Great Schema (nothing
equivalent to
separate Stavrop**** status in the Coptic...
