Ignatius (Tarasov)

Born March 26, 1976 in the city of Satka, in the Chelyabinsk region, in a family of employees.

In 1993 he graduated from high school. In 1993 to 1997 he studied at the Tobolsk Theological Seminary ^[1] .

In September 1997, he entered the St. Petersburg Theological Academy , where on June 1, 1998 he was appointed to the post of assistant assistant vice-rector of the St. Petersburg Academic Administration for Educational Work ^[1] . This position is not held in high regard by the seminarians: the assistant is obliged to report to the inspector about all incidents in schools and about the offenses of the pupils. Alexey Tarasov performed these duties diligently and, according to students, even more diligently than it should. Nobody brought specific charges against him, but a significant part of the seminarians openly despised Tarasov, considering him a snitch ^[2] .

September 1, 1999 appointed teacher of History of the Russian Church at the Regency Department at St. Petersburg Theological Schools ^[1] .

On December 24, 1999, in the academic church in honor of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the rector of the St. Petersburg Church, Bishop Tikhvin Konstantin (Goryanov) was tonsured a monk with the name Ignatius in honor of St. Ignatius of the Caves ^[1] .

On January 2, 2000, in the academic church, Bishop Konstantin (Goryanov) was ordained a hierodeacon , and on April 23, Palm Sunday , he was hieromonk ^[1] . During the ordination, students began to shout the cry of “ anaxios ” (unworthy) ^{[3] [4]} . According to Deacon Alexander Musin , the reason for such hostility towards Tarasov was “petty requisitions, petty sadism. We have a strange situation. If a person is second-born, then he cannot be ordained. And dishonesty is not a canonical obstacle. I personally know the case when he mocked the guys from my class and sent them to wash the toilet during the all-night service ” ^[5] .

In 2001 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy with the degree of candidate of theology for a term essay on the topic “The Doctrine of Faith in God and its Origin in the Understanding of the Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy A. I. Vvedensky” ^[1] .

September 1, 2001 appointed teacher of history of the Local Orthodox Churches in the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary ^[1] .

From 2001 to 2002 he studied at state courses of foreign languages ​​and vocational training at the Education Committee of St. Petersburg ^[1] .

From September 1, 2003 to June 30, 2006 he studied at the theological faculty of the University of Helsinki as a scholar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland . He speaks Finnish ^[1] .

After graduation, he returned to the Tobolsk Theological Seminary as a teacher. January 1, 2007 appointed economist at the Tobolsk Theological Seminary. On July 6, 2007 he was appointed deputy economist of the Tobolsk diocese in combination with the post of economist of the seminary. Since January 1, 2008 - Vice-rector of the seminary on economic work without dismissal of the deputy economist of the diocese ^[1] .

On August 8, 2008, by decision of the Diocesan Council of the Tobolsk Diocese, he was appointed to the post of economist of the diocese ^[1] .

On January 10, 2011 he was appointed vice-rector for educational work of the Tobolsk Theological Seminary with the dismissal of the economist of the diocese and vice-rector of the seminary for economic work ^[1] .

In August 2011, he transferred to the clergy of the Krasnoslobodsk diocese ^[1] .

On October 28, 2011, by decree of the bishop of Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Clement (Rodaykin), he was appointed rector of the Assumption Church of the city of Krasnoslobodsk , dean of the temples of the Krasnoslobodsky District, and assistant manager of the diocese for deanery ^[1] .

In 2012 he graduated from the Socio-Pedagogical Academy. D.I. Mendeleev of the city ​​of Tobolsk .

On May 29, 2013, by the decision of the Holy Synod (magazine No. 41), he was elected bishop of Kostomuksha and Kemsky ( Karelian Metropolis ). ^[6]

June 9, 2013 in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Krasnoslobodsk, Bishop of Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Clement (Rodaysky) was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite ^[7] .

On June 11, 2013 he was named Bishop of Kostomuksha and Kemsky. The rank of naming was headed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. ^[8]

On July 11, 2013, during the liturgy in the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Valaam Monastery, he was ordained bishop of Kostomuksha and Kemsky. The consecration was performed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill , Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovia Barsanuphius (Sudakov) , Archbishop of Petrozavodsk and Karelia Manuil (Pavlov) , Archbishop of Tobolsk and Tyumen Dimitry (Kapalin) , Bishop of Sergiev Posadsky-Zapadsky Fardzopsky (Orthodox Church) ) , Bishop of Solnechnogorsk Sergius (Chashin) , Bishop of Krasnoslobodsky and Temnikovsky Clement (Rodaykin) . ^[9]

From November 17 to November 28, 2014 in Moscow, he attended a two-week continuing education course for new bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church ^{[10] [11]} .

• By the day of Holy Easter 2007 was awarded the right to wear a pectoral cross .
• By the day of Holy Easter 2008 he was elevated to the rank of abbot .

• Ignatius (Tarasov) on the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church