Hieromonk
（重定向自Hieromonach）
![Saint Barlaam of the Kiev Caves Monastery, wearing his monastic habit and priestly Epitrachelion.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Saint_Barlaam_of_Kyiv_Caves2035.jpg")
![Dos clérigos ortodoxos rusos cerca de Ein Kerem. Ambos visten podryasnik y sotana. El hieromoje, a la derecha, lleva una skufia y una cruz pectoral.](/Images/godic/202501/18/2_priests_checking_merchandise2035.JPG")
Hieromonk (Greek: Ἱερομόναχος, Ieromonachos; Slavonic: Ieromonakh, Romanian:Ieromonah), also called a Priestmonk, is a monk who is also a priest in the Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholicism.
A hieromonk can be either a monk who has been ordained to the priesthood or a priest who has received monastic tonsure. When a married priest's wife dies, it is not uncommon for him to become a monk, since the Church forbids clergy to enter into a second marriage after ordination.