Anhelyna,
The 65 Red Book has commemorations for the protoarchimandrite, archimandrite, protohegumen, and hegumen in that order in the Insistent Litany for liturgies in monasteries. Protoarchimandrite=superior general. Protohegumen=provincial superior.
From the Canadian Basilian website:
Aren�t the Basilians just ordinary clerics?
No, and they never were. This is a misunderstanding of the category �clerices regolares�, which means "Rule clerics." The category was used, until the Second Vatican Council, to refer to communities of mostly priests (clerics) that followed a rule, e.g. the Rule of Saint Basil, Saint Benedict, Saint Augustine, etc. This imprecise category is no longer used in either the Western of Eastern Churches; in our Church, it has been superceded by categories from the new Eastern Code of Canon Law (1990).
Then, are the Basilians classified as monks?
Yes and no. The meaning of the term "monachos" (monk) has meant different things at different times in history. In the Eastern Churches, only one type of religious life was known, the contemplative-monastic life. Imitating the Mendicant Orders (Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites), the Basilians adapted their monastic practices to suit a semi-active apostolate. The Dobromyl Reform made the Basilians even more active and less contemplative. Nonetheless, contemplation and the divine praises is listed as the first duty of the Order (Pravyla, 3).
The new Code of Canons for the Eastern Churches (CCEO) classifies Eastern Catholic religious communities according to the following three categories: Monasteries, Orders and Congregations. Monasteries are primarily contemplative and sedentary, where the monks live-out their vocation in one monastery. Orders (to which the Basilians belong) profess monastic vows (Solemn Profession) but live a mixed lifestyle and may be transferred from community to community. Congregations (like the Redemptorists, Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate) make only simple profession vows.
What are some of the draw-backs to the new classifications?
After the promulgation of the CCEO, Protoarchimandrite Isidore Patrylo had observed that although the old-style monasteries are common among the Eastern Orthodox, they are much rarer in the Eastern Catholic Churches. Upon re-union with the Apostolic See, most Eastern Catholic Churches re-grouped their monasteries into more organized �Orders�. The New Code�s classifications have more to do with the historical origins of the communities, than to their lifestyle and apostolate. The difference between monastic (Solemn) and simple profession of vows is primarily spiritual; both professions are made for life.
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