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17-565: The monastery was founded by Saint Ferapont in 1398 in the inhospitable Russian North, to the east from the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery , named after his fellow monk, Saint Cyril of Beloozero . The fame of the monastery started to spread under Kirill's disciple, Saint Martinian, who was to become a father superior of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra in 1447. Even after Martinian's death, his monastery

34-465: A bishop; a hegumen does not (however, in the Russian tradition, a bishop may grant an hegumen the privilege of wearing the mitre as an ecclesiastical award). A hegumen may carry his pastoral staff in processions and when giving blessings in the church (though it is never carried into the sanctuary), although it usually stands upright next to his kathisma (monastic choir stall). When outside the church,

51-531: A hegumen may use a wooden walking stick similar to that used by a bishop or archimandrite, only not adorned with a silver knob. In the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria , the rank is used in the capacity of an archpriest and actually is one. The name in the Arabic is kommos (قمص); this honorary title is granted to both married priests and hieromonks without distinction and is not used in

68-661: A monk and arrived to the Simonov Monastery in Moscow. There he get acquainted with Cyril, who was to become later Cyril of White Lake . Apparently, Therapont was once commissioned by the monastery to travel to the North of Russia, to the Lake Beloye area. At a certain point, Cyril decided to leave the monastery and seek for a remote area where he could become a hermit. Ferapont agreed to accompany him and suggested that

85-412: Is awarded the gold pectoral cross by the bishop, as for an archpriest . During divine services, the hegumen wears a simple black monastic mantle , while the higher ranking archimandrite wears a mantle similar to one worn by a bishop (though without the white "rivers" along the sides, and decorated with unadorned "tablets" at the neck and feet). An archimandrite also wears a mitre similar to one worn by

102-619: Is considered as the year when the Ferapontov Monastery was founded. At the beginning, there were not more than 15 monks living in the monastery. Ferapont refused to become a hegumen , but lived for ten years at the monastery. The monastery was located in the Principality of Beloozero , which at the time was administered jointly with the Principality of Mozhaysk . The prince, Andrey of Mozhaysk , resided in Mozhaysk, and

119-455: Is the last surviving Russian medieval church with fully painted walls. During the 1530s, they added a treasury, a refectory, and the unique Annunciation church surmounted by a belfry. At that time the monastery enjoyed special privileges conferred upon it by Ivan the Terrible , and possessed some 60 villages in the vicinity. The tsar himself frequently visited the monastery as a pilgrim. In

136-451: The Coptic Orthodox Church , similar to the title of abbot . The head of a convent of nuns is called a hegumenia or igumeni ( Greek : ἡγουμένη ). The term means "the one who is in charge", "the leader" in Greek. Initially, the title was applied to the head of any monastery. After 1874, when the Russian monasteries were reformed and classified into three classes, the title of hegumen

153-751: The Patriarch Nikon . It was abolished by Emperor Paul in 1798, reinstituted as a convent in 1904, closed by the Bolsheviks 20 years later, and turned into a museum in 1975. The museum constitutes a part of the Russky Sever ( Russian North ) National Park since 1991. As of January 2013, images of the monastery and grounds were available via Google Street View . Saint Ferapont Therapont of Belozersk (1331 – 27 May 1426) ( Russian : Ферапонт Бело(е)зерский , Therapont Belo(e)zersky ), also known as Therapont of Mozhaysk , known to

170-597: The Time of Troubles , the monastery was ravaged by the Poles . During its recovery the last buildings — the tent-like church of Saint Martinian (1641), a two-tented barbican church (1650), and a bell-tower (1680) — were added to the complex. The belfry clocks (1638) are said to be the oldest in Russia. As the monastery gradually lost its religious importance, it was being turned into a place of exile for distinguished clerics, such as

187-528: The Lake Beloye area would be most appropriate for that. Between 1390 and 1397 Cyril and Therapont left the Simonov monastery and travelled north to Lake Siverskoye , where they stayed in the place which eventually became Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery . For a year they lived together, and then Therapont left and moved to a location in about a dozen kilometers to the northeast now known as Ferapontovo. 1398

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204-481: The monastery in 1426. Therapont has been venerated as a saint since 1549. He is commemorated on 27 May, the date of his repose, and 27 December, the date his relics were discovered. Hegumen Hegumen , hegumenos , or igumen ( Greek : ἡγούμενος , trans . hēgoúmenos ), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches , or an archpriest in

221-471: The title of Hegumen may be granted as an honorary title to any hieromonk , even one who does not head a monastery. A ruling hegumen is formally installed in a ceremony by the bishop, during which he is presented with his pastoral staff (Greek: paterissa , Slavonic: палица, palitza ). Among the Russians, the pastoral staff for a Hegumen tends to be of wood (usually ebony), rather than metal. The hegumen

238-901: The world as Feodor Poskochin , was a Russian Orthodox monk credited with the foundation of the Ferapontov Monastery in Northern Russia, now close to Kirillov in Vologda Oblast , and the Luzhetsky Monastery in Mozhaysk close to Moscow . Therapont is venerated as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church . Therapont was born as Fyodor Poskochin in a noble family in Volokolamsk in the 1330s. As an adult, he decided to become

255-497: Was a brother of Vasily , the Grand Prince of Moscow. He was also one of the main sponsors of the monastery. In 1408, he sent a letter to Therapont urging him to come to Mozhaysk, and Therapont was obliged to obey. Even though Therapont, after arriving to Mozhaysk, expressed very clearly his wish to return to White Lake, the prince never let him go. They made a deal, and Therapont founded Luzhetsky Monastery in Mozhaysk. He died in

272-572: Was protected and favoured by members of Ivan III 's family. The most ancient structure, the Cathedral of Nativity of the Virgin (1490), was built in brick by the masters of Rostov . This edifice is the best preserved of three sister cathedrals erected in the 1490s in the Russian North. All the interior walls are covered with invaluable frescoes by the great medieval painter Dionisius . This

289-476: Was reserved only for the lowest, third class. The head of a monastery of the second or first class holds the rank of archimandrite . In the Greek Catholic Church , the head of all monasteries in a certain territory is called the protohegumen . The duties of both hegumen and archimandrite are the same, archimandrite being considered the senior dignity of the two. In the Russian Orthodox Church ,

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