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Orthodox Terminology
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ABBOT - The head of a monastery appointed by a bishop. His authority is the administration of the property and to enforce the rule of community life in the monastery. In Slavonic his title is "the Nastoyatel." His rank is usually an Archimandrite., or Egumen.
 

The Sayings of the Fathers

As a man whose head is under water cannot inhale pure air, so a man whose thoughts are plunged into the cares of this world cannot absorb the sensations of that new world. - Pearls from Saint Isaac of Syria
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