Mikhail Ivanovich Ryazantsev ( March 27, 1955 , Moscow ) - Mitrophoric archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church , the foreman of the Moscow Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the Savior , chairman of the Church Court at the Diocesan Council of Moscow.
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Biography
He was born in 1955 in the family of the Moscow archpriest and was baptized with a name in honor of the Right Prince Mikhail Rostislav of Kiev .
From childhood, he absorbed, in his words, the “style and manner of serving God” of both his father and other venerable Moscow priests.
In 1971 he became subdeacon of the Patriarchal Locum Tenens, Metropolitan Pimen , who in the same year became the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. As Archpriest Michael noted, “the services of Patriarch Pimen were filled with special meaning and spiritual burning. For me they were and remain an example. ”
He interrupted the subdeacon’s service in connection with the army service. Upon returning from the army, he was again subdeacon of the Patriarch Pimen. He entered the Moscow Theological Seminary . After graduating from the seminary in 1978, he entered the Moscow Theological Academy, which he graduated in 1982 with a candidate of theology degree .
On March 15, 1981, Patriarch Pimen was ordained a deacon . April 7, 1982 - to the priesthood with the laying of a leg gait and a kamilava . Appointed a full-time priest in the Assumption Church of the Moscow Novodevichy Convent , where he served under the Metropolitan of Krutitsky Juvenal .
On Easter 1985, he was elevated to the rank of archpriest .
In 1988, on the occasion of Easter and the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus, he was awarded a cross with decorations.
On October 8, 1994, he was appointed the first foreman of the still not restored Cathedral of Christ the Savior . At that time, a site was being prepared for the construction of the main temple of Russia.
December 31, 1999 awarded the right to wear a miter .
In 2007, in connection with the 25th anniversary of the priestly ministry, he was awarded the right to serve the Divine Liturgy with openings of the Royal Gates to the Cherubic Hymn .
Member of the Local Council of 2009 as a member of the commission for the preparation of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
December 22, 2010 was appointed for three years the chairman of the Church Court at the Diocesan Council of Moscow [1] .
On April 3, 2011, “on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of ministry in the holy dignity”, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill was awarded the Order of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir of the 3rd degree [2] .
On October 22, 2015, Patriarch Kirill was included in the list of members of the organizing committee of the Council of Bishops in 2016 [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Church Court at the Diocesan Council of Moscow. Patriarchy.ru.
- ↑ The Primate of the Russian Church led the consecration of Archimandrite Zinovy (Korzinkin) to the Bishop of Elistinsky and Kalmyk. Patriarchy.ru.
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 8, 2017. Archived on September 8, 2017.
Links
- Weekdays and holidays of the key keeper of the main church of Russia // "Unity", March 1, 2010
- Archpriest Michael Ryazantsev: “The Cathedral of Christ the Savior - a monument to the valor and holiness of our ancestors” , Church Herald, January 12, 2012
- The foreman of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior complains of his powerlessness // Interfax-Religion
- Archpriest Mikhail Ryazantsev: Priesthood candidates must be improved