Sladkov, Kirill Alexandrovich

By his own admission: “I’ve been in the temple since I was 10 years old. At first I studied at Sunday school, then I studied, studied at the seminary ” ^[1] .

On April 7, 2004, at the Novodevichy Convent, he was ordained to the rank of priest, Metropolitan Juvenal (Poyarkov) of Krutitsky and Kolomensky ^[2] .

On April 28, 2004, Metropolitan Juvenal was appointed rector of the Church of the Intercession in the village of Dubrovo, Kolomensky District, and rector of the Assumption Church in the village of Myachkovo, Kolomensky District, Moscow Region ^[3] .

In May 2004 he graduated from the full-time department of the Kolomna Theological Seminary , defending his thesis “Kolomna Clergy in the 20-30s of the XX Century”. On May 31, in connection with the end of the seminary, he was awarded the first priestly award - a leg gait . He spoke at the seminary celebrations on behalf of full-time graduates ^[4] . From 2004 to 2018 was a teacher in this seminary.

On January 23, 2008, by decree of the Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomenskoye, Juvenal was relieved of his duties as rector of the Intercession Church of the village of Dubrovo and the Assumption Church of the village of Myachkovo in the Kolomensky District and appointed rector of the John the Baptist Church in the city of Kolomna, Moscow Region ^[5] .

In 2009 he graduated from Kolomna State Pedagogical Institute .

In 2010, on Easter Day, he was awarded a pectoral cross ^[6] .

In September 2013 he entered the first year of the correspondence department of the Moscow Theological Academy ^[7] .

On March 11, 2014, by decree of Metropolitan Krutitsky and Kolomensky, he was relieved of his duties as rector of the John the Baptist and Mikhail Arkhangelsk (at the cemetery) churches in the city of Kolomna and appointed deanery of the churches of the Lukhovitsky district and rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the city of Lukhovitsy in the Moscow Region ^[8] .

On July 11, 2014, by decree of Metropolitan Juvenal, he was concurrently appointed rector of the Nikolsky Church in the village of Gorodna, Lukhovitsky District, Moscow Region ^[9] .

In 2015, on the day of Easter, he was elevated to the rank of archpriest ^[10] .

On May 27, 2015, by the decree of the Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomenskoye, Juvenal was appointed rector of the Kazan church in the city of Lukhovitsy ^[11] , but on July 17 of the same year he was relieved of his duties as rector of this church ^[12] .

On November 2, 2016, by the decree of the Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomensky, Yuvenaly was appointed rector of the St. John the Theologian Church in the village of Matyr of the Lukhovitsky District with the post of rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the city of Lukhovitsy in the Moscow Region ^[13] .

In 2017 he graduated in absentia from the Moscow Theological Academy .

On May 10, 2017, by the decree of Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomenskoye, Juvenal was relieved of his duties as rector of the St. John the Theologian Church in the village of Matyr, Lukhovitsky District, Moscow Region ^[14] .

On July 14, 2018, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Acting Chairman of the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs ^[15] , in connection with which he became a member of the Supreme Church Council ^[16] .

July 19, 2018 in connection with this synodal decision by the decree of Metropolitan Juvenal, was relieved of his duties as deanery of the churches of the Lukhovitsky District, rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ and the Kazan Church of the city of Lukhovitsy, Moscow Region ^[17] .

July 28, 2018 he was appointed rector of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the Patriarchal Compound on Krutitsy in Moscow ^[18] .

On July 9, 2019, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was relieved of his post and. about. Chairman of the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs with thanks for the work ^[19] .

On July 16, 2019, by order of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill was appointed head of the Youth Department of the Moscow City Diocese ^[20] . On the same day, by decree of Patriarch Kirill, he was relieved of his post as rector of the Patriarchal Metochion of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Krutitsky Metochion in Moscow and was appointed rector of the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Moscow and the Patriarchal Metochion of the Church of the Holy Cross. Prince Alexander Nevsky in the former Pokrovskaya almshouse in Moscow ^[21] .

• medal blgv. Prince Daniel of Moscow (2006);
• Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov III degree (2013);
• medal “In memory of the 1000th anniversary of the repose of Equal Ap. led. Prince Vladimir "(2015).

• Kirill Sladkov, archpriest on the site patriarchia.ru
• Archpriest Kirill Sladkov. // Website of the “ Synodal Department for Youth Affairs ”.
• Sladkov Kirill Alexandrovich, archpriest. // Site “Kolomensky-Krai. RF ".

interview

• Dean of the churches of the Lukhovitsky district - about whether to visit cemeteries on Easter // inluhovitsy.ru, April 14, 2017
• Lukhovitsky deanery sadly bids farewell to his mentor, Archpriest Cyril Sladkov, who will face a new responsible obedience. // “Newspaper Lukhovitsky Vesti”, August 1, 2018.
• Archpriest Kirill Sladkov: Church youth ministry should be passionate // patriarchia.ru , August 23, 2018
• The young face of the Church // “Church Herald”, January 25, 2019
• In Yekaterinburg, a coordination center for working with Orthodox youth has been opened // oblgazeta.ru, February 13, 2019