{"id":21275,"date":"2019-04-10T09:11:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/?p=21275"},"modified":"2019-04-10T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:11:51","slug":"rassophore-monk-and-stavrophore-monk-what-is-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/rassophore-monk-and-stavrophore-monk-what-is-the-difference","title":{"rendered":"Rassophore Monk and Stavrophore Monk: What is the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21277\" src=\"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/xata_5115442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to one tradition (e.g., the one observed in Kiev Caves Lavra), there are several degrees of monasticism. First, a novice becomes a Rassophore monk (Greek: \u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03cc\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2, rasophoros, lit. &#8220;Robe-bearer&#8221;), and then is professed into the Lesser Schema, alternatively known as Stavrophore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Typically, it is the Lesser Schema that is recognized as monasticism proper. Nevertheless, many people mix these two degrees of monasticism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, a tonsure into Rassophore is distinct from a tonsure into the Lesser Schema in that the person who is being tonsured doesn\u2019t say monastic vows in the former case but is sometimes given a new name. A Rassophore monk\u2019s vestment consists of an undercassock, a belt, a cassock, a kamilavka, and a prayer rope. When a Rassophore monk is professed to the next degree, he receives a paramand (a four-edged cloth with an image of the Cross), a mantle, and a klobuk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, the tonsure into Rassophore is just a preparatory stage, which is basically meant as a way to try and figure out whether the person is really resolute in his decision to become a monk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Translated by The Catalog of Good Deeds<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to one tradition (e.g., the one observed in Kiev Caves Lavra), there are several degrees of monasticism. 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