Mitrofanov, Georgy Nikolaevich

The son of a captain of the 1st rank. He graduated from school number 206 in Leningrad. In 1976-1978 he served in the Navy .

In 1982, he graduated from the History Department of Leningrad State University , after which in 1982 - 1985 he worked as a librarian, then as a junior researcher at the Manuscript Department of the State Public Library (now the Russian National Library ) ^[1] .

In 1985 he entered the 3rd grade of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. In 1985-1989 he worked as an assistant director of the library of the Leningrad Theological Academy and Seminary. In 1986 he graduated from the Leningrad Theological Seminary and entered the Leningrad Theological Academy .

On April 7, 1988, in the St. Nicholas Epiphany Cathedral, he was ordained Metropolitan Alexy (Ridiger) to the rank of deacon . On July 12 of the same year, in the Pavlovsky Cathedral of Gatchina, Metropolitan Alexy (Ridiger) was ordained a priest ^[1] .

In September 1988, she began teaching the history of the Russian Orthodox Church at the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary ^[1] . In 1990, he graduated from the Leningrad Theological Academy with the degree of candidate of theology for his essay: "The religious philosophy of Prince E. N. Trubetskoy and its significance for Orthodox theology."

July - November 1990 - full-time priest of the Church of St. Seraphim in the Seraphim cemetery . In April - June 1991 - priest of St. Sophia Cathedral in Tsarskoye Selo ^[1] .

In 1993 he was awarded a pectoral cross .

On December 27, 1993, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was included in the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints of the Russian Orthodox Church ^{[2] [1]} . He participated in the preparation of materials, on the basis of which the new martyrs of the 20th century Russian Orthodox Church are registered. In the 1990s, he was a member of the commission for the development of the " Foundations of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church ."

On January 6, 1997, in connection with the 275th anniversary of the foundation and the 50th anniversary of the revival of St. Petersburg Theological Schools, he was awarded the rank of archpriest ^[1] .

In 1999, he was appointed rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul at the University of Pedagogical Excellence ( St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education ).

In 2002 he was awarded the club .

In 2004 he was awarded a master's degree in theology for his dissertation “The Spiritual-Historical Phenomenon of Communism as a Subject of Critical Research in Russian Religious-Philosophical Thought of the First Half of the 20th Century”.

Since 2005 - professor at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. Author of courses on subjects “History of the Russian Church”, “History of Russia” ^[3] .

In April 2007, for the holiday of Easter, he was awarded a cross with decorations ^[4] .

In 2008 he defended his thesis "The work of E. N. Trubetskoy as an experience of the philosophical substantiation of a religious worldview" for the degree of candidate of philosophical sciences.

Since June 29, 2009 - Member of the Editorial Council and the Editorial Board for writing a textbook and teaching materials for the training course " Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture ".

On July 27, 2009, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed a member of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church ^[5] .

In March 2013, he did not join the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints ^[6] .

On September 4, 2013, by the decision of the Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, according to the request of the Russian Orthodox Church Study Committee, for the dissertation on the “Spiritual-Historical Phenomenon of Communism as a Subject of Critical Research in Russian Religious-Philosophical Thought of the First Half of the 20th Century” he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology ^[7] . The decision was approved by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill ^[8] .

On May 2, 2015, during the all-night vigil in the church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the rector of the Theological Academy, Archbishop Petergof Ambrose was awarded a miter ^[9] .

Mitrofanov’s book “The Tragedy of Russia. “Forbidden” topics of the history of the twentieth century in church sermon and journalism ”, which is a collection of his articles and sermons from 1990 to 2000, caused a wide resonance and polar assessments. The book criticizes communism and also analyzes the state of affairs in modern (at the time of writing) Russia, in particular, according to the author, the Russian authorities make unsuccessful attempts to combine the "true ideals of 900-year-old Orthodox Russia with the false" idols "of the 70-year-old theocious USSR ” ^[10] .

Kirill Alexandrov , who held the post of senior scientist at St. Petersburg State University, noted that this book is "an event not only in the life of Russia and the Russian foreign countries, but also in the life of the Church, since it touched on the most painful topics of Russian Christian consciousness." Peter Bukharkin, a professor at St. Petersburg State University, stated that “Father George is characterized by independent thinking and deep faithfulness to traditions. For all its open politicization, the book is truly churchly. ” The book was also supported by hegumen Peter (Mescherinov) , in his opinion, “We live in another country, and the word“ Russia ”itself is not a synonym for historical Russia, but an absolute antonym” ^[10] .

Mitrofanov’s position was also supported by the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia , who, having examined the issue, decided that “when asked whether General A. A. Vlasov and his associates were traitors to Russia, we answer no. Everything that they undertook was done just for the Fatherland ... ” ^[11] .

On the other hand, opponents of Mitrofanov blamed the apologetics of the Vlasov movement, which is traced in the book. Mitrofanov said to his opponents who called him “church Vlasovite,” “Well, I’m pleased to be on a par with the literary Vlasov, whose books, without really reading, have been criticized, with Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn” ^[12] .

Books:

• The Russian Orthodox Church in Russia and in exile in the 1920s. On the relationship between the Moscow Patriarchate and Russian church emigration in the period 1920-1927. - SPb., Noah Publishing House, 1995. - 350 p. ISBN 5-7443-0006-6
• History of the Russian Orthodox Church. 1900-1927. - St. Petersburg: Satis, 2002.
• Russia of the XX century - East of Xerxes or East of Christ . The spiritual and historical phenomenon of communism as a subject of critical research in Russian religious and philosophical thought in the first half of the 20th century. - SPb., 2004.
• Sermons. - M .: Publishing House of Krutitsky Compound, 2008 .-- 288 p.
• The tragedy of Russia: "forbidden" topics of the history of the 20th century in church sermon and journalism . - SPb. : Moby Dick, 2009 .-- 242 p. - 7000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-86983-053-1 .
• Russian Orthodox Church at the historical crossroads of the XX century. - M .: Arefta. Lepta, 2011 .-- S. 272 . - ISBN 978-5-91963-002-9 (Arefa), 978-5-91173-265-3 (Lepta).
• Sermons 2010-2017. - M .: Society of Church History Lovers, 2017 .-- 576 p. - 1,500 copies
• We only bear the name that we are alive, but in fact already dead .... - M .: LLC "Commonwealth" Artos "; Society of Church History Fans, 2018. - 232 pp. - 1500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-6041171-0-1 .
• Prince Evgeny Nikolaevich Trubetskoy - philosopher, theologian, Christian. - SPb. : Publishing House of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, 2018 .-- 136 p. - ISBN 978-5-906627-59-9 .

Some articles:

• From the history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 20th century: (On the relationship between the Moscow Patriarchate and Russian church emigration in the period 1920-1927) // Christian reading. M., 1991. No. 1. pp. 10-30; Christian reading. M., 1991. No. 2. P. 7-39; Christian reading. M., 1991. No. 3. pp. 30-60; Christian reading. M., 1991. No. 4. p. 5-28; Christian reading. M., 1991. No. 5. p. 5-43.
• Spiritual enlightenment in Ancient Russia: ideological foundations and methodological originality. // Traditions of education in Karelia. Collection, Petrozavodsk, 1995.
• Soteriological views of E. N. Trubetskoy in the light of his personality. // Start. Journal of the Institute of Theology and Philosophy. SPb., 1996, No. 3/4.
• Orthodox doctrine of a symphony of church and state power. // Orthodoxy and law enforcement in Russia. Materials of the interuniversity scientific-practical conference. SPb., 1996.
• The Russian Orthodox Church and the Soviet state in the second half of the 1920s. // Church and state in Russian Orthodox and Western Latin traditions. Conference proceedings March 22-23, 1996 SPb., 1996.
• Church genocide in Bolshevik Russia: its origins and their Christian understanding. // Theology after Auschwitz and the Gulag and the attitude towards Jews and Judaism in the Orthodox Church of Bolshevik Russia. Materials of the international scientific conference January 26-29, 1997. SPb., 1997.
• Religious and philosophical views of K. N. Leontyev and their significance for Russian religious culture. // Theological conference of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute. Materials M., 1997., pp. 26-29.
• Sexual education programs for schoolchildren and the tradition of Orthodox education // Collection of reports of the VI International Christmas Readings. M., 1998. pp. 159-164
• The bicentennial historical path of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy within the walls of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra: [Dokl. on conf., dedicated. 200th anniversary of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Dec 1997]] // Christian reading. M., 1998. No. 16. p. 29-41
• Unread pages of recent Russian history in high school. // Collection of plenary reports of the VII International Christmas Educational Readings. M., 1999. pp. 148-160
• Liturgical and enlightening traditions in Ancient Russia // Slavic almanac. 1999. M., 2000.S. 17-24.
• The monarchical idea in the worldview of the modern Orthodox Christian. // Orthodox theology on the threshold of the third millennium. Moscow, February 7-9, 2000 Materials M., 2000.
• Church genocide in Bolshevik Russia // Orthodox chronicler of St. Petersburg. 2000. No 2. S. 25-33
• The spiritual and moral significance of the White movement. White Russia. Experience of historical retrospection. // Materials of the international scientific conference in Sevastopol. SPb., - M., 2002.
• Marxism as an Old Testament chiliasm. // Sowing: journal. - 2002. - No. 2.
• Anton Vladimirovich Kartashev - Russian theologian and church historian, statesman and public figure // Posev, 2002, No. 10-11.
• "Spiritual truth" of the Grand Inquisitor and Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky). Dostoevsky and the present. // Materials of the X VI International Old Russian Readings of 2001. Staraya Russa, 2002.
• Theoretical temptation or ideological mutation of communist ideology. // Sowing, 2002, No. 7-8.
• Two wars. // Citizen. 2003, No. 1.
• Theoretical temptation or ideological mutation of communist ideology // No. 6 (1509) June 2003, pp. 33-36; No. 7 (1510) July 2003, pp. 25-30
• I.A. Ilyin and his criticism of the spiritual-historical phenomenon of communism. // Ilyinsky readings. St. Petersburg November 1, 2004, Collection of materials. SPb., 2004.
• Russian Orthodox Church of the XX century - Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors // Slavic Almanac 2003. M.: Indrik, 2004. S. 295-303.
• Russian religious philosophers about the spiritual and religious consequences of communism in Russia. // Annual Theological Conference of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute. Materials M., 2005.
• Collaborationism or church revival? // Church Bulletin . No. 3 (304) February 2005.
• In captivity and grief. The Russian Orthodox Church and Soviet prisoners of war in 1941-1945. // St. Petersburg Church Bulletin. No. 5/2005 (65) May 2005.
• The ideology of Eurasianism in the context of the Russian religious and philosophical tradition // Science and Faith. Materials of the international scientific conference "Science, Ideology, Religion", March 30 - April 2, 2005 No. 8, St. Petersburg ,. 2005.
• Russian Orthodox Church and World War II // Sowing: magazine. - 2005. - No. 9.
• 10th anniversary of the service of His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir at the St. Petersburg Metropolitan Department // Christian reading. 2005. No. 25. S. 12-25
• The burial was completed. Will reconciliation happen? // Church Bulletin. No. 20 (321) October 2005.
• Our church consciousness has ceased to be historical // Kifa. 2005. No. 11 (37). S. 7.
• Historical unconsciousness in mourning clothes // Church Bulletin. No. 19 (344) October 2006
• He changed the course of history // Church Bulletin. No. 9 (358) May 2007
• Holy Martyr Archpriest Philosopher Ornatsky - graduate of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy // Christian reading. 2007. No. 28. S. 38-49
• Monumental statue of historical conformism // Church Bulletin. No. 24 (373) December 2007
• Priest Agafangel - Evangelist of Christian Freedom // Church Bulletin. - No. 17 (390) - September 2008.
• Epistles of St. Patriarch Tikhon. // Church Bulletin. - October 2008. - No. 19 (392).
• Analysis of Eurasianism in the works of Russian philosophers of the “Silver Age” // Christian reading. - 2010. No. 1. - P.76-87.
• The work of E. N. Trubetskoy in the context of his works as the last manifesto of classical philosophical idealism in the Russian religious and philosophical tradition . // Christian reading. No. 5 September-October 2016
• The mentality of the Russian people in the cultural and civilizational space of Russia of the twentieth century: from church-traded traditionalism to quasi-religious modernism // Christian reading. 3 (74), 2017, pp. 149-158
• John Kochurov: missionary and first martyr // ZhMP, No. 11 November 2017
• Religious and philosophical creativity of E. N. Trubetskoy as a subject of research in Russian historical and philosophical literature of the twentieth century // Christian reading. No. 3. 2018, pp. 172-182

• Medal of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow ( Russian Orthodox Church , 2000 )
• Silver Medal of St. Supreme Apostle Peter ( St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church , 2006 ) ^[13]
• Medal of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Evangelist III degree ( October 9, 2015 , St. Petersburg Theological Academy ) ^[14]
• Order of St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow III degree ( May 21, 2018 , Russian Orthodox Church ) ^[15]

Official Information

• Biography on the website of the St. Petersburg Academy
• Mitrofanov Georgy Nikolaevich On the site Russian Orthodoxy

Publications

• collection of articles prot. George Mitrofanova On the site Kievan Rus
• History of the Russian Orthodox Church 1900-1920 On the site of Jacob Krotov
• “If Christians do not come into politics, atheists will take their place in it.”
• Answers on questions
• Marriages do not begin with love; they end with love . Conversation prot. George Mitrofanov and mother Marina on the radio "city of Petrov"
• Collection of articles and interviews of Archpriest Georgy Mitrofanov on the official portal of the Orthodox Russia Educational Society “Russia in Colors” in Jerusalem

Reviews and discussions of the book “The Tragedy of Russia: Forbidden Topics of the History of the 20th Century”

• Петр Бухаркин. Голос Церкви, голос свободы. (Рецензия на книгу «Трагедия России»)
• Презентация книги Протоиерея Георгия Митрофанова «Трагедия России» 19.05.09 — стенограмма выступлений
• Горькое лекарство от исторического беспамятства (О книге прот. Георгия Митрофанова «Трагедия России: запретные темы истории XX века»)
• Книга протоиерея Георгия Митрофанова: "Трагедия России: "запретные темы истории XX века: Некоторые главы из книги, полемика и отзывы на портале Россия в красках в Иерусалиме

Аудио- материалы

• Аудиолекции (mp3) «История Русской Церкви 1900—1927» на сайте Предание.ру
• Аудиолекции (mp3) «История Русской Православной Церкви до XVII века и в XX веке» на сайте Предание.ру
• Презентация (mp3) учебника «История России XX века». Принимает участие один из авторов учебника — прот. Георгий Митрофанов на сайте Предание.ру
• Лекция «Евразийство» (mp3) (Чем обернулась революция 1917 года для сегодняшней России? Как связаны Русская православная церковь, Евразийство и Октябрьская катастрофа?) на сайте Предание.ру
• Презентация книги «Князь Евгений Николаевич Трубецкой: философ, богослов, христианин» в Доме Лосева.

Interview

• Интервью сайту Дмитрия Фролова: Беседа о кино с протоиереем Георгием Митрофановым. Декабрь 2002 г.
• Интервью порталу «Православие.ру»: Нас объединят Новомученики. 13 декабря 2003 г.
• Интервью порталу «Россия в красках» в Иерусалиме: Влияние финансовых и политических кругов мира запада на революцию в России 1917 года. 15 мая 2004 г.
• Интервью порталу «Россия в красках» в Иерусалиме: Церковное предание и мифотворчество. 13 июня 2004 г.
• Интервью порталу «Интерфакс-религия»: Опыт существования Русской церкви вне России подошел к концу. 9 мая 2006 г.
• Интервью «Православной газете Екатеринбурга»: Мы должны понять, кем мы ощущаем себя: продолжателями девятисотлетней истории России или продолжателями семидесятилетней истории страны, отказавшейся от своего прошлого. 2006 г.
• Интервью порталу «Россия в красках» в Иерусалиме: Христианство в мировом кинематографе. Июнь 2007 г.
• Интервью «Ежедневному журналу»: Сохранение закрытости нашей духовной школы представляется неполезным. 26 июля 2007 г.
• Интервью газете «Кифа»: Страна нераскаянных Каинов вряд ли может войти в Царство Небесное. 30 мая 2009 г.
• Интервью с протоиереем Георгием Митрофановым на передаче у Александра Архангельского: Церковь — дом Христов или комбинат ритуальных услуг? 2009 г.
• Интервью порталу «Россия в красках» в Иерусалиме: Мы до сих пор не осознали того поражения, которое мы потерпели. 16 июня 2010 г.
• Интервью на сайте фонда «Возвращение» : Наш народ попытался совершить самоубийство… . 8 ноября 2011 г.
• Интервью журналу «Нескучный сад»: Я хочу, по крайней мере, быть честным. 29 августа 2012 г.
• Интервью порталу «Фонтанка.ру»: Православной церкви пора выносить сор из избы. 4 сентября 2012 г.
• Интервью порталу «Новые известия»: Священнику стыдно жить лучше его прихожан. 11 сентября 2012 г.
• Интервью порталу «Daily Talking». Подлинное христианство аристократично. 28 сентября 2012 г.
• Интервью «Церковному вестнику»: Без знания истории невозможно трезво воспринимать церковное настоящее. 16 августа 2013 г.
• Маргиналы объединились с маргиналами: К восьмой годовщине восстановления общения внутри Русской Православной Церкви
• Интервью порталу «Православие и мир»: Мы упустили созидание нашей Церкви. 7 февраля 2017 г.