Canon 458

1. The formation of the novices is to be entrusted as to a

director in accordance with the norms of the typicon to a member

distinguished by prudence, charity, piety, knowledge and experience in the observance of monastic life, professed for at least

ten years. 2. The rights and duties of this director, especially in respect to the manner of formation of the novices, as

well as to the director's relations to the synaxis and the superior of the monastery, are to be determined in the typicon.