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The only titles for Russian religious figures that are translated into English are:
Archimandrite (Arkhimandrit)
Bishop (Episkop)
Metropolitan (Mitropolit), and
Patriarch (Patriarkh).

All other forms remain in Russian (ex. skhimonakh, eroskhimonakh, otets).

• Starets is never used in a ‡c. Use some other term, even ‡cMonk.
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  245 10 Optinskii starets Makarii.
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  600 00 Makarii,‡cMonk,‡d1788-1860.

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