Archimandrite

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Archimandrite, Greek: ἀρχιμανδρίτης of arché ( ἀρχή ), here: " government, rule, command", and Mándra ( μάνδρα ), here: " monastery", called in the Orthodox Churches, the Eastern Churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches the head a monastery, which is hierarchically one level higher than the Hegumen, roughly comparable to the abbot of a Roman Catholic monastery.

Archimandrite but is also used as a special title of honor for Eastern Orthodox priest monks.

Großarchimandrit is also used as a special title of honor.

Known Archimandrite

• Bartholomew of Arianz
• Viktorin Belyayev
• Anastassi Bratanowski
• Ignati Bryanchaninov
• Grigorios Dikeos
• Norbert Feldhoff
• Theophanes Galinsky
• Ljubomyr Husar
• Pyotr Ivanovich Kafarow
• Cyprian core
• Adel Theodor Khoury
• Nikolaj Kocvár
• Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad
• Evmenios Lefka
• Varlaam Merticariu
• August Paterno
• Grigol Peradse
• Andrij Peschko
• Pavel Ponomarev
• Michael Schneider
• German Timofeyev
• Dimitri Tuptalo
• Athenagoras Ziliaskopoulos
• Shenoute of Atripe

• Abbot
• Christian Orient
• Orthodox title