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Hegumen
Hegumen
,
hegumenos
, or
igumen
(;
Macedonian
,
Bulgarian
and
Russian
: игумен,
Arabic
:القمص,
trans
.
hegumenos
;
Ukrainian
: Ігумен
ihumen
; ,
iğumeni
; ;
Serbian
: игуман or
iguman
) is the title for the head of a
monastery
in the
Eastern Orthodox
and
Eastern Catholic Churches
, similar to the title of
abbot
. The head of a
convent
of
nuns
is called a
hegumenia
or
ihumenia
(;
Serbian
: игуманија or
igumanija
; ). The term means "the one who is in charge", "the leader" in Greek.
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