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Acoemetae

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Acoemetae (or Acoaemeti)

Community of Greek Eastern Orthodox monks founded about the middle of the 5th century who divided among themselves their service in such a manner that it was continuous and unceasing. A Roman named Studius founded their monastery in Constantinople 471. The same custom was known in the Roman Catholic Church as the laus perennis.



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was inaugurated by the archimandrite Alexander (died about 430) the founder of the monastic Acoemetae or "vigil-keepers".
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was inaugurated by the archimandrite Alexander (died about 430) the founder of the monastic Acoemetae or "vigil-keepers".
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