Solovetski monks and join the Kojeozerski community in the same neighbourhood, of which he became hegumen in 1643.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference

And indeed it was revealed immediately to the hegumen that this person whom he had assigned the task of animal care, who also had to carry firewood from the forest, the Niphon the Ecumenical Patriarch who long ago had been one of the brotherhood of the monastery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Word from the Desert] Reference

St. Athanasius, accepted the office of hegumen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference