Hieromonk

A hieromonk (Greek: Ἱερομόναχος, romanized: Ieromonachos; Georgian: მღვდელმონაზონი, romanized: mghvdelmonazoni; Slavonic: Иеромонахъ, Romanian: Ieromonah, Albanian: Hieromurg), also called a priestmonk,[citation needed] is a person who is both monk and priest in the Eastern Christian tradition.

[1] A hieromonk can be either a monk who has been ordained to the priesthood or a priest who has received monastic tonsure.

When a married priest's wife dies, it is not uncommon for him to become a monk, since the Church forbids clergy to enter into a second marriage after ordination.

Within their own ranks, hieromonks are assigned order of precedence according to the date of their ordination.

As with all Eastern Catholic and Orthodox monks, a hieromonk is not addressed by his family name, but only by his religious name.