The other day I met a priest named Fr. Douglas. I'd never heard of a St. Douglas so I searched online and cannot find one except one 16th century RC saint. Two questions: is there an EO saint named Douglas? And, for some reason I'd always assumed that priests take the names of saints. Is that not necessarily the case?
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St. Douglas?
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If it’s ok to ask from an outsider, do most Orthodox priest have a Saints name for their priestly title?
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In the monasteries, when a novice is tonsured a monk then he is given a new name, but if that same monk is later ordained a priest, he may be given a new name, perhaps even at each ordination (deacon, priest) and then again if made a bishop.
A monk who some people may remember from Monachos.net, Fr Averky of blessed memory, was a convert from Roman Catholicism, and his mother complained that each time she saw him he had a new name
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