Megaloschemos II (Bulgarian Orthodox Hymn)Bulgarian Orthodox hymn set alongside a variety of images of Orthodox schema monks.

Bulgarian Orthodox hymn set alongside a variety of images of Orthodox schema monks. Church Slavonic: Схима, Schima)—Monks whose abbots feel they have reached a high level of spiritual excellence reach the final stage, called the Great Schema. “In the understanding of the Church, the Great Schema is nothing less than the supreme vow of the Cross and death; it is the image of complete isolation from the earth, the image of transformation and transfiguration of life, the image of death and the beginning of another, higher, existence.”