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  2. Religious vows - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church, the vows of members of religious orders and congregations are regulated by canons 654-658 of the Code of Canon Law. These are public vows, meaning vows accepted by a superior in the name of the Church, [5] and they are usually of two durations: temporary, and, after a few years, final vows (permanent or "perpetual ...

  3. Degrees of Eastern Orthodox monasticism - Wikipedia

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    The degrees of Eastern Orthodox monasticism are the stages an Eastern Orthodox monk or nun passes through in their religious vocation.. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the process of becoming a monk or nun is intentionally slow, as the monastic vows taken are considered to entail a lifelong commitment to God, and are not to be entered into lightly.

  4. Christian monasticism - Wikipedia

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    Lérins became, in time, a center of monastic culture and learning, and many later monks and bishops would pass through Lérins in the early stages of their career. [32] Honoratus was called to be Bishop of Arles. John Cassian began his monastic career at a monastery in Palestine and Egypt around 385 to study monastic practice there. In Egypt ...

  5. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    Towards the end of the Second Vatican Council, superiors general of clerical institutes and abbots president of monastic congregations were authorized to permit, for a just cause, their subjects of simple vows who made a reasonable request to renounce their property except for what would be required for their sustenance if they were to depart. [10]

  6. Monasticism - Wikipedia

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    Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.

  7. Carta Caritatis - Wikipedia

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    rites, liturgical books and monastic observances are to be the same in all houses, the interpretation of the Rule of St. Benedict is to follow the precedent set at Cîteaux, graves and funeral monuments for benefactors are forbidden, ceremonial precedent, seating order for meetings of several abbots, ceremonial rites for making the monastic vows,

  8. Pratimokṣa - Wikipedia

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    Novices' Vows (śrāmaṇera getsul; śrāmaṇerī, getsulma) — 36 vows; Full Nun's Vows (bhikṣuni, gelongma) — 364 vows; Full Monk's Vows (bhikṣu, gelong) — 253 vows; Only full monks and full nuns are seen as full members of the Buddhist monastic order. A group of four fully ordained monastics is seen as a sangha. The prātimokṣa ...

  9. Catherine Yefimovskaya - Wikipedia

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    That same year, Yefimovskaya took her perpetual monastic vows, receiving the monastic name Catherine, and was elevated to the rank of hegumenia. [2] From its inception, the monastery in Leśna was a first-class monastery. [1] When it was officially recognized as a monastery, 37 women resided there. [4]