Konstantin (Ostrovsky)

Born August 3, 1977 in Moscow in the family of a priest.

In 1994 he graduated from high school and children's church music school at the Assumption Church of the city of Krasnogorsk .

In 1990-1995, he performed various obediences in the Assumption Church of the city of Krasnogorsk.

In 1995-1999 he studied at the Moscow Theological Seminary .

In 1999 he entered the Moscow Theological Academy , from which he graduated in 2003.

In 1997–2002, he performed the sub-deacon's obedience at the metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna Juvenalia (Poyarkov) .

On October 9, 1998, he was delivered to the reader by the rector of the MDA, Archbishop Eugene of Vereisk (Reshetnikov) .

On January 6, 2001, he was tonsured as a monk by the Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna Juvenal with the name Konstantin , in honor of the martyr Konstantin Bogorodsky .

On February 15, 2001, Metropolitan Juvenal was ordained a deacon , and on December 2, 2002, as a presbyter , with a nabedrenny .

In 2002 he was appointed pro-rector of the Kolomna Theological Seminary for educational work.

Since 2003, he led the choir of Kolomna Theological Seminary.

Since 2003, he has taught comparative theology at the Kolomna Theological Seminary, since 2007 - church singing.

In 2003-2006, he performed the obedience of a member of the Diocesan Council of the Moscow Diocese.

In 2004, he was appointed cleric of the Vvedensky Church of the Kolomna Theological Seminary and Secretary of the Divine Service Commission of the Moscow Diocese.

In 2005, he was appointed Chairman of the Department of Religious Education and Catechism of the Moscow Diocese and a member of the Coordination Council on the interaction between the Ministry of Education of the Moscow Region and the Moscow Diocese.

In 2006 he was awarded a pectoral cross .

In 2009, he was appointed Regent of the Choir of the Clergy of the Moscow Diocese.

In 2011, he was appointed head of the Moscow Diocese Missionary and Catechist Courses.

Bishop's

On July 26, 2012, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was elected Bishop of Zaraysk , Vicar of the Moscow Regional Diocese, and was appointed to the post of rector of the Kolomna Theological Seminary ^[1] .

On July 29, 2012, in the Smolensk Cathedral of the Novodevichy Convent, Metropolitan Juvenal of Krutitsy and Kolomna, was elevated to the rank of archimandrite ^[2] .

On July 31, 2012, he was appointed Bishop of Zaraysk, Vicar of the Moscow Regional Diocese, in the cross church in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God working Patriarchal residence in Chisty Lane . The title of naming was headed by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia ^[3] .

On August 12, 2012, in the newly consecrated church of the Three Saints of the Kolomna Orthodox Theological Seminary , he was consecrated Bishop of Zaraysk, Vicar of the Moscow Regional Diocese. The episcopal consecration of the bishops was made by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Juvenal (Poyarkov) Metropolitan of the Appliances of the Apes ^{; 4]} .

In December 2012, he was appointed a member of the Diocesan Council of the Moscow Diocese.

In 2013, he was appointed Chairman of the Attestation Commission of the Moscow Diocese.

In 2013, he was appointed Head of the Biblical Theological Course named after St. Sergius of Radonezh of the Moscow Diocese.

On June 2, 2014, at the Moscow Theological Academy, he defended his thesis on the theme “History and teachings of the Church of the Last Testament” (sect of Vissarion). ” According to the results of the defense, a degree of the candidate of bolstery was assigned.

October 23, 2014 was introduced to the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church ^[5] .

In 2014, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Coordination Council for Interaction between the Ministry of Education of the Moscow Region and the Moscow Diocese.

In 2015, he was elected Vice President of the Association of Teachers of Spiritual and Moral (Orthodox) Culture of the Moscow Region.

• 2000 - jubilee metropolitan diploma
• 2003 - Medal of St. Sergius of Radonezh, I degree
• 2005 - Sign of the “Thank you” Governor of the Moscow Region
• 2007 - a sign of the Governor of the Moscow Region "For Labor and Diligence"
• 2008 - Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna , III degree
• 2008 - a commemorative medal "1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus"
• 2010 - Metropolitan's Blessed Letter commemorating the Year of the Teacher
• 2010 - Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Education of the Moscow Region
• 2011 - Medal of the Moscow Diocese "For Diligent Service" III degree
• 2012 - anniversary medal "In memory of the 200th anniversary of victory in the Patriotic War of 1812"
• 2013 - jubilee metropolitan diploma dedicated to the 290th anniversary of the CPDS
• 2014 - anniversary patriarchal badge "700 years of St. Sergius of Radonezh"
• 2014 - thanks to the Governor of the Moscow Region
• 2015 - jubilee medal in commemoration of the 1000th anniversary of the execution of the holy Prince Vladimir
• 2016 - a sign of the Moscow region of St. Sergius of Radonezh
• 2017 - Medal of the Moscow Diocese "For Diligent Service" I degree
• 2017 - the anniversary sign “Kolomna is 840 years old”
• 2017 - the anniversary medal "In memory of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church"
• 2018 - Medal of the Moscow Diocese "For educational work" I degree

• Konstantin, Bishop of Zaraisk, Vicar of the Moscow Diocese (Ilya Konstantin Ostrovsky) on patriarchia.ru
• Bishop Konstantin Zaraisky: A document on the Eucharist only fixes traditions // “Orthodoxy and Peace”, February 1, 2015