How are Orthodox monastic names chosen?
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The monastic name is given at the Small Schema tonsuring by the person that performs it (a bishop or an abbot). It is him that chooses this name. He may or may not consult the monk himself or his community about it.
The names don't have to be Greek. But they should be the names of existing saints or ones that relate to some Truths of Faith.
The name is meant to honor a particular Saint and to endow the monk with a holy patron and a figure to imitate.
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