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Hegumenos

Hegumenos

hegumenos

(Greek: ago, lead)

Title applied in Asia Minor and among the Greeks, to the superior of a coenobium or conventual monastery . He must be a priest-monk, elected by the members of the community, and confirmed by the bishop of the diocese . His assistants are two counselors, elected by the congregation from among the monks who have been professed not less than six years.

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Hegumenos

(from , to rule), in the Greek church, the superior of a convent, the abbot or archimandrite of a monastery.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature