Archbishop Justinian (in the world - Viktor Ivanovich Ovchinnikov ; born January 28, 1961 , Kosterevo , Vladimir Region , RSFSR , USSR ) - bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church ; - Archbishop of Elistino and Kalmyk.
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| since July 25, 2014 | |||||||||
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Zinovy (Korzhinkin) | ||||||||
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| March 5, 2010 - July 25, 2014 | |||||||||
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Job (Smakouz) v / u, b. Kashirsky | ||||||||
| Successor | John (Roshchin) | ||||||||
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| July 26, 2012 - June 17, 2013 | |||||||||
| Predecessor | Plato (Udovenko) | ||||||||
| Successor | Leonid (Gorbachev) | ||||||||
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| October 6, 1998 - March 5, 2010 | |||||||||
| Church | Orthodox Church of Moldova | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Nectarius (Grigoriev) | ||||||||
| Successor | Savva (Volkov) | ||||||||
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| September 1, 1995 - October 6, 1998 | |||||||||
| Church | Orthodox Church of Moldova | ||||||||
| Predecessor | vicariousness established | ||||||||
| Successor | vicariousness abolished | ||||||||
| Birth name | Victor Ivanovich Ovchinnikov | ||||||||
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| Father | Ivan Stepanovich Ovchinnikov | ||||||||
| Mother | Svetlana Viktorovna Ovchinnikova | ||||||||
| Holy Order | June 26, 1988 | ||||||||
| Monasticism | March 24, 1988 | ||||||||
| Episcopal consecration | September 1, 1995 | ||||||||
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Has citizenship of the Republic of Moldova since November 25, 2001 [1] .
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Bishops
- 2 Works
- 3 Awards
- 3.1 Church
- 3.2 Secular
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Born on January 28, 1961 in the city of Kosterevo, Vladimir Region, in the family of a master in a heating plant and a lawyer .
In 1978 he graduated from high school. In 1983 he graduated from the History Department of Ivanovo State University .
From July 1983 to July 1984, he was the senior subdeacon of the Bishop of Ivanovo and Kinesham, Ambrose (Schurov) .
In 1984 he entered the Moscow Theological Seminary.
In 1985 - 1986 he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR in the Chita Region.
In 1986 - 1988, he was the senior subdeacon of the rector of the MDAiS Bishop Alexander of Dmitrov (Timofeev) .
March 24, 1988, the governor of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Archimandrite Alexy (Kutepov), was tonsured a monk with the name Justinian in honor of the noble king Justinian the Great .
Since 1988 he studied at the Theological Institute of Bucharest ( Romania ), which he graduated in 1992 with a master 's degree in theology ; the theme of the thesis is “The History of Russian Old Believers — Lipovan in Romania”.
In 1991, he worked as a referent for the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Bishops
September 1, 1995 in the Moscow Donskoy Monastery was consecrated bishop of Dubossary, vicar of the Chisinau diocese.
On October 6, 1998, he was appointed bishop of the newly formed Tiraspol and Dubossary diocese .
February 25, 2008 was elevated to the rank of archbishop . [2]
March 8, 2009 , on the feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy , restored 140 years later (the mention of the names of state criminals in the rank of the Triumph of Orthodoxy was abolished in 1869), the tradition of anathematizing the hetman Ivan Mazepa according to the rank drawn up in 1708 by Metropolitan Stefan (Yavorsky) . [3]
On July 27, 2009, by a decision of the Holy Synod, he was included in the Inters Cathedral Assembly [4] .
On March 5, 2010, he was relieved of his post as the managing director of the Tiraspol and Dubossary diocese and was appointed managing director of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Vicar of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and Archbishop of Naro-Fominsky [5] .
From July 26, 2012 to June 17, 2013, by decision of the Holy Synod, he temporarily governed the Argentine and South American diocese . [6]
On July 25, 2014, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was elected ruling bishop of the Elista diocese [7] .
It was not included in the new composition of the Inter-Council Presidency, approved on October 23, 2014 by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church [8] .
Compositions
- Books
- A collection of sermons delivered in 2011-2014 / [ed. A.V. Alekseev]. - Elista: Library of the international historical and literary magazine "Strannik", 2014. - 212 p. col. ill., 20 cm. [9]
- Communication with the flock and society during the service in Transnistria (1995–2010) / [Ed. A.V. Alekseev]. - Elista: Library of the international historical and literary magazine "Strannik", 2015. - 168 p. col. ill., 20 cm. [10]
- On the trail of memories. On the 20th anniversary of the bishop's ordination / Archbishop Justinian (Ovchinnikov), [ed. A. A. Fedotov]. - Elista, 2015 .-- 307 p. col. ill., 21 cm. [11]
- Bishop's ministry in Kalmyk land. - Elista, 2015 .-- 34 p. col. ill., 26 cm. [12] [13]
Rewards
Church
- Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, II degree ( ROC , 2001 )
- Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov II degree ( ROC , 2005 ) [14]
- Order of the Nativity of Christ - 2000, II degree ( UOC MP , 2001 )
- Order of the Holy One, Stefan the Great, First Class ( Orthodox Church of Moldova , 2010) [15]
- Order of the blessed Lord Stephen the Great II degree ( Orthodox Church of Moldova , 2003 )
- Order of St. Paisius Velichkovsky II degree ( Orthodox Church of Moldova , 2005) [16]
- Order of St. Innocent of Moscow, II degree ( ROC , 2011) [17]
- Order of Merit for the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan Metropolitan District, 2012) [18]
Secular
- Order of Labor Glory (Moldova) ( 2000 )
- Medal “In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow”
- Order of the Republic (PMR) ( August 31, 1996 ) - for merits in the formation and development of the Orthodox Church and in connection with the 6th anniversary of the founding of the Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic [19]
- Order “For Personal Courage” (PMR) ( December 23, 1999 ) - for his great contribution to the strengthening of statehood, the unity of the multinational people of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, significant successes in the revival of the Christian Orthodox faith, culture, morality and in connection with the 2000 anniversary the rise of Christianity [20]
- Order of Honor (PMR) ( September 1, 2005 ) - for merits in the revival of Orthodoxy in the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic and in connection with the 10th anniversary of the Bishop's Orthodoxy in the Bishops [21]
- Jubilee Medal “Ten Years of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic” ( August 18, 2000 ) - for his great contribution to the revival of Orthodoxy, the education of spirituality, morality of our people and in connection with the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic [22]
- Honorary Citizen of Tiraspol (2010) [23] [24]
- Honorary Citizen of Comrat (2012) [25]
Notes
- ↑ Justinian (Ovchinnikov) Archival copy of March 4, 2016 on the Wayback Machine On the site of Russian Orthodoxy
- ↑ On the Nameday of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy, a number of bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church received church awards
- ↑ Archbishop Justinian anathematized Hetman Mazepa
- ↑ Composition of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church / Official documents / Patriarchate.ru
- ↑ Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of March 5, 2010. Magazine number 5
- ↑ Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of July 26, 2012 (Journal No. 68)
- ↑ Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of July 25, 2014 (Journal No. 66)
- ↑ How has the composition of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church changed? | Orthodoxy and the world
- ↑ A PRESENTATION OF THE HOLIDAY HISTORY OF THE ARCHIEBISHUS JUSTINIAN Neopr Was held in ELIST November 27, 2014).
- ↑ A PRESENTATION OF THE COMPLETE OF TRANSNISTRIAN SERMONS OF THE ARCHIEBISH JUSTINIAN Neopr Took place in ELIST June 1, 2015).
- ↑ PRESENTATIONS OF THE BOOK OF ARCHIEP Bishop Justinian “ON THE TRAIL OF MEMORIES” unexcited) took place in ELIST (August 28, 2015).
- ↑ ELISTINIAN DIOCESE HAS PUBLISHED A BOOKLET IN HONOR OF ANNIVERSARY OF THE STAY OF ARCHIEBISH JUSTINIAN IN KALMYKIA Neopr (August 29, 2015).
- ↑ Archbishop of Elistin and Kalmyk Justinian. Bishop's ministry in Kalmyk land. Electronic version. .
- ↑ The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church awarded the Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov (II degree) Bishop of Tiraspol and Dubossary Justinian: Russian Orthodox ...
- ↑ Governor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA awarded the highest order of the Orthodox Church in Moldova
- ↑ His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II awarded the Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, II degree, Bishop of Tiraspol and Dubossary Justinian. (September 5, 2005).
- ↑ Patriarchal congratulations to Archbishop of Naro-Fominsky Justinian on his 50th birthday (January 28, 2011).
- ↑ Celebration of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Kazakhstan in Astana. (September 16, 2012).
- ↑ Presidential Decree of the PMR of August 31, 1996 No. 340 (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Decree of the President of the PMR of December 23, 1999 No. 461 (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Presidential Decree of the PMR of September 1, 2005 No. 446 (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Decree of the President of the PMR of August 18, 2000 No. 334 (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Veil over Tiraspol (Russian) , pridnestrovie-daily.net (October 16, 2010). Archived December 17, 2013. Date of treatment December 17, 2013.
- ↑ Dina Leonidova . Tiraspol Art Gallery is preparing for the anniversary exhibition (Russian) , New Region (February 9, 2012). Archived December 18, 2013. Date of treatment December 17, 2013.
- ↑ Archbishop of Naro-Fominsky Justinian became an Honorary Citizen of the capital of Gagauz autonomy
Links
- Justinian, Archbishop of Elistinsky and Kalmyk (Ovchinnikov Viktor Ivanovich) // Patriarchy.Ru
- Justinian (Ovchinnikov) On the site Russian Orthodoxy
- Biography-interview of the bishop of Tiraspol Justinian (Ovchinnikov)
- Fulfilling obedience ... Conversation with Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, Head of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA // Orthodoxy.Ru
- "Do not think that in a foreign land someone is waiting for you with open arms." Conversation with Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk, Head of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA