A Hierodeacon (Greek: Ἱεροδιάκονος, Ierodiákonos; Slavonic: Ierodiakón), sometimes translated `deacon-monk`, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity is a monk who has been ordained a deacon. The term literally translates as `sacred servant (of God)`, in accordance with early Byzantine usage of the adjective `sacred` to describe thing...
a monk who is also a deacon.