1) Catholic 2) Christian mystic 1) Rasputin 
A starets (стáрец, fem. стáрица) is an elder of a Russian Orthodox monastery who functions as venerated adviser and teacher. Elders or spiritual fathers are charismatic spiritual leaders whose wisdom stems from God as obtained from ascetic experience. It is believed that through ascetic struggle, prayer and Hesychasm (seclusion or wit...
Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor
(Slavic translation of Greek gern, `elder`), plural Startsy, in Eastern Orthodoxy, a monastic spiritual leader. Eastern Christian monasticism ... [1 related articles]
a wandering holy man, (Rasputin was a starets, not a monk)
[n] - a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
noun a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
a religious teacher or counselor.