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INTRODUCTIONAs Giles Constable has stated, “Entry into monastic life was a second baptism, which involved at the same time death to life in this world and rebirth into a life cleansed of sin.” As a result of this attitude it became traditional for Byzantine monks and nuns to assume a new name at the time of monastic tonsure to symbolize the end of their life in the secular world and their assumption of a new identity as a member of a monastic community.The clearest statement of this traditio...
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