Hegumen

Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (Greek:ἡγούμενος; Macedonian, Bulgarian and Russian: игумен, Arabic:القمص, trans. hegumenos; Ukrainian: Ігумен ihumen; Georgian:იღუმენი, iğumeni; Romanian:egumen; Serbian: игуман or iguman) is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, similar to the title of abbot. The head of a convent of nuns is called a hegumenia or ihumenia (Greek:ἡγουμένη; Serbian: игуманија or igumanija; Russian:игумения). The term means "the one who is in charge", "the leader" in Greek.