The tonsure – from the Latin word "tondeo," meaning to shear or shave – is rich with historical symbolism. It consists of cutting the hair of the candidate, a gesture that is found in Scripture.

Thus, the monastic tonsure is, above all, a repeating of our baptismal vows… but not only that. We can also speak of the monastic tonsure as a marriage. The soul of a monk or nun enters into marriage ...

PRIEST'S TONSURE. A member of a women's civic club suggests the restoration of the priest's tonsure to identify the priests as clerics. “Many of our priests today, especially the younger ...

By the mercy of God, after the tonsure, the newly-tonsured nun read the psalter and His Eminence Archbishop Metrophanes read the prayer for taking off the klobuk (black veil), the there was a lull in ...