(Gr "head of the flock or cloister") A celibate presbyter of high rank assisting the bishop or appointed abbotin a monastery In the Russian tradition some Archimandrites have the right to wear the mitre and the mantle (mitrophoros)
(Gr "head of the flock or cloister") A celibate presbyter of high rank assisting the bishop or appointed abbot in a monastery In the Russian tradition some Archimandrites have the right to wear the mitre and the mantle (mitrophoros)
archimandrite
Silbentrennung
ar·chi·man·drite
Aussprache
Etymologie
() From Latin archimandrīta, from late Ancient Greek αρχιμανδρίτης (archimandrites), from αρχι- (archi-, “archi-”) + μάνδρα (mandra, “enclosure, monastery”).