A man or woman who has taken vows (obedience, poverty, chastity) and lives in a monastery.
În tradiția ortodoxă, viața monahală are trepte: frate (rasofor), monah, schimonah (schima mare). Monahii preoți se numesc ieromonahi, iar cei diaconi — ierodiaconi. La intrarea în monahism, primesc un nume nou.
Ordinele călugărești catolice (franciscani, benedictini, iezuiți, minoriți etc.) au reguli proprii și se ocupă adesea și de școli, spitale sau misiuni.
See also
- Abbot, abbessThe head of a monastery.
- Cassock (rasa)The long, usually black robe worn by Orthodox priests and monastics.
- CellThe room where a monk or nun lives; also a small hermitage.
- Monastery, skete, metochionA monastery is a community of monks or nuns; a skete is a small, often remote monastery; a metochion belongs to a larger monastery.
In the same category
- Archpriest (protopop)The priest who coordinates the parishes of an area (deanery) on behalf of the bishop.
- BishopThe spiritual leader of a diocese; ordains priests and consecrates churches.
- CantorThe person who sings the responses and hymns from the choir stall.
- CardinalA senior Catholic prelate appointed by the pope; cardinals under 80 elect the new pope in conclave.
- CatholicosThe head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, residing at Etchmiadzin in Armenia.
- DeaconThe first degree of ordained ministry; the deacon assists the priest, leads the petitions and reads the Gospel.