Event Factoid
https://spear-prosop.org/812-7Event Factoid:
John
describes the lengthy process by which men enter the monastery of
Anonymous 3762. After one month of testing
they may become penitents, after three months they many be partially tonsured and wear a limited monastic habit.
Only after three years they may become monks, fully tonsured and wearing the complete habit.
Sources:
- Jean de Ephèse, "Lives of the Eastern Saints I." Patrologia Orientalis vol. 17.1 (1923)., p: 279.