#hegumen

A real thriller unfolds near Yekaterinburg. In Russia, began its Seattle, and its Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. So to say, Sredneuralsky Convent Autonomous Zone. Schiigumen Sergius, who is under church court for denying the coronavirus pandemic, said that Metropolitan Kirill will have to "storm" the Central Ural Monastery, where he is with his supporters, contrary to the decision of the Yekaterinburg diocese. The monastery has about 523 inhabitants. At the call of Sergius, the monastery is guarded by Cossacks from the Union of Volunteers of Donbass. Mother Superior Varvara (Krygina) was actually removed from control and, together with several sisters who did not agree with the actions of Father Sergius, temporarily moved to the Novo-Tikhvin Convent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsNyGrtezvA "Patriarch Cyril, the synod, the episcopate has no authority over the church. The church is currently led by sanitary doctors and the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare. ... I do not believe in pandemics ... the Russian Orthodox Church cannot free itself from fear for its flesh .... They, that is, "the hierarchy, Metropolitan Cyril, will have to take the monastery by storm." The journalist Znak.com writes about the guards of the monastery - "" leave the territory, otherwise I’ll lower the wheels for you now! "Said the fair-haired man who served as the" foreman "of the" defenders "of the monastery." Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursky Cyril deprived Father Sergius of the right to preach because of his radical statements - denying coronavirus, as well as mass chipping through a vaccine, "which will be fatal for many." In his videos on YouTube, the priest suggested that the Russian government "resign and leave the country", and people "get out of the walls of fear, crying, hopelessness, despondency and despair." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzGY32BuuL4 "Patriarch Alexy 2 refused to submit to the Jewish regime, for which he was killed in Peredelkino." ... Take to the streets. Do not be afraid of either the police or the Russian Guard .... We did not break the law. Lawlessly put on self-isolation, allegedly. They infect in hospitals, in shops, in flecks of the metro, in transport. Being bullied morally and physically. ... Speak out stand against the law of April 17 this year on the chipization of the population. First of all, they will deliver chips to the power structures of the police, the FSB, the Russian Guard, the army and the navy. And people will become demons in the flesh. "

June 17 - “Representatives of public security, police, prosecutors, the FSB came to the monastery. We were convinced that everything was calm in the monastery, ”says Sergius. Shiigumen explained that he remained in the monastery so that “the children would not be left without a father,” and that the abbess herself left the monastery with 4 sisters. Dozens of pilgrims who support Sergius continue to arrive at the monastery. A portrait of Stalin hangs in the cell of a Sergius. Sergius explained that "he raised the country, destroyed gays"

In the Eastern Orthodox, the Abbot is referred to as the Hegumen. The Superior of a Convent of Nuns is called the Hēguménē. The title of Archimandrite (literally the head of the enclosure) used to mean something similar.

In the East, the principle set forth in the Code of Justinian still applies, whereby most abbots are immediately subject to the local bishop. Those monasteries which enjoy the status of being stauropegiac will be subject only to a primate or his Synod of Bishops and not the local bishop.

An archimandrite (literally, "chief of a sheepfold") is a celibate priest who has been elevated to an honorific rank, one level lower than bishop. Archimandrites are usually styled Very Reverend or Right Reverend and are always the most senior of all in the ranks of the priesthood. Elevation to archimandrite has often meant that the priest is a candidate for the episcopacy.

In Greek usage, archimandrite was originally equivalent to igumen, the traditional title for an abbot of a monastery, but after the 6th century came to refer to the abbots of particularly large or important monasteries, often having multiple monasteries under his care.

In Slavic usage, the rank of igumen is given to celibate priests as a lower rank than archimandrite.

Mantle

The mantiya worn by an archimandrite is joined in front at the bottom as well as at the neck, and has "tablets" or "pectorals" (Greek: πόματα, pómata; Slavonic: skrizhali)—large rectangular pieces of red or green cloth sewn onto the corners of the mantiya (i.e., two at the neck and two at the feet). The upper two tablets (those at the neck) are embroidered with crosses. The tablets symbolize the fact that the Archimandrites are to guide the brethren according to the commandments of God. The four tablets are symbolic of the Old and the New Testaments, and of the Four Gospels. When an archimandrite dies, his mantiya is laid on his coffin in place of a funeral pall.

Crosier

In Eastern Christianity, bishops use a pastoral staff. When a bishop is consecrated, the crosier (Greek: paterissa, Slavonic: pósokh) is presented to him by the chief consecrator following the dismissal at the Divine Liturgy.

An archimandrite, hegumen or hegumenia who leads a monastic community also bears a crosier. It is conferred by the bishop during the Divine Liturgy for the elevation of the candidate.

When he is not vested for worship, a bishop, archimandrite or abbot uses a different type of staff in the form of a walking stick topped with a silver pommel.

Crosiers are often made of fine metal, or at least gilded or silver-plated. They may also be made of wood, though this is more common of the crosier carried by an abbot than of a bishop.

The crosiers carried by Eastern bishops, archimandrites, abbots and abbesses differ in design from the Western crosier. The Eastern crosier is shaped more like a crutch than a shepherd's staff.

The sudarium (crosier mantle) is still used in the Eastern churches, where it is usually made of a rich fabric such as brocade or velvet, and is usually embroidered with a cross or other religious symbol, trimmed with galoon around the edges, and fringed at the bottom. The sudarium is normally a rectangular piece of fabric with a string sewn into the upper edge which is used to tie the sudarium to the crosier and which can be drawn together to form pleats. As the sudarium has grown more elaborate, bishops no longer hold it between their hand and the crosier, but place their hand under it as they grasp the crosier, so that it is visible.

The Eastern crosier is found in two common forms. The older form is tau-shaped, with arms curving down, surmounted by a small cross. The other has a top composed of a pair of sculptured serpents or dragons with their heads curled back to face each other, with a small cross between them, representing the bishop's diligence in guarding his flock.