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