"The woman is created for a man, not a man for a woman" - such a postulate ...
Through various companies (including those enjoyed by the Church with the benefits) and the intermediaries of Patriarch Kirill at different times tried to get to other markets. For example, on the oil in the second half of the 1990s. It is believed that this business brought him the largest income, which - it is not for sure.
In 2000, Vladimir Gundyaev began to engage in seafood - caviar, Kamchatsky crabs, shrimps. On this he earned about $ 17 million.
He was also involved in the extraction of Ural Gems, the establishment of banks, the buying of shares and real estate.
Another of his business was associated with cars. But this is known only that he, as the ruling bishop of the Diocese of the ROC MP in the Kaliningrad region, participated in the automotive joint venture in Kaliningrad. In his business team, including Archbishop Clement (Kapalin) and Archpriest Vladimir Veriga. They received fame as the defendants of the "tobacco" scandal.
In the winter of 2009, the intronization chose Metropolitan Kirill of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The highest body of the Church conducted a vote, as a result of which more than 70% of the votes were given for the priest, erecting it in San Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
Family of the priest
The church path of the Patriarch is largely natural, since the grandson and the son of the priest chose the fate of the clergy. The priest, named at birth with Vladimir, was born in the fall of 1946, in the city at Niva - Leningrad. Grandfather Patriarch, Vasily Stepanovich, passed seven links and more than 40 prison camps, including a reference to Solovetsky Islands, and during the reign of Khrushchev accepted a san priest.
Father Vladimir, Mikhail Gundyaev, Lead Engineer of Military Leningrad Times of Blockada, repeating the path of the Father, subjected to persecution and passed Kolyma camps, in the spring of 1947 he became deacon. Having live a worthy life of the priest, Mikhail Vasilyevich finished his life path with the abbot of the Nikolsky Temple.
The mother of the future Patriarch was a school teacher, he taught German. In addition to Vladimir, the family raised two more children, the boy was a middle child. All children are related to the ROC. Brother - Archpriests and abbot of the cathedral in the cultural capital of our country, Professor SPBD. The younger sister leads the Orthodox gymnasium.
Selected Path
The life path of the patriarch has developed the following obsession:
- In 1961, graduating eight-year training at school, the young man leaves the parental home.
- In the 62nd year it is arranged in the cartographic bureau, it works by the technician of a geological expedition.
- Three years later, having received the blessing of Metropolitan, the spiritual seminary of Leningrad comes. In the spring of 1969, completing his studies with honors in the spiritual academy, he was tonsured to the monks, he receives the monastic name Kirill. A few months after ordination in Ierodicone becomes hieromonach.
- By the beginning of the nineties, he was appointed by the Chairman of the Sacred Synod Commission. Being in San of Archimandrite, as appointing Patriarchate becomes his representative on the Council of Churches, held in Switzerland. In 1976, engaged in the problems of the unity of Christians and relations between churches. In winter, 1984 becomes archbishop.
- Cyril becomes Metropolitan in 1991. Between the Second and Third World Russian Cathedral, he acts as criticizing the authorities. The Cathedral took a number of political, radical decisions that Metropolitan did not resist, being his co-chair. Becoming less opposition, in the 95th year Metropolitan Kirill becomes deputy head of the event.
- After the death of the Moscow Patriarch at the convened session of the Synod with a vote, which was secret, Metropolitan elected to the post of patriarchal location.
Patriarchate
In 2009, by the decision of the Supreme Church Assembly, Metropolitan Kirill becomes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The years of the Board of Cyril affected not only the church world, but also touched the state economy, turning it for the better. Thanks to the frequent trips of the patriarch in the country and the world, the position of the Russian Church in the world became stronger, foreign trips were able to establish the expansion of the borders of cooperation between countries.
Family and Children - Church and Patia
Church canons of the Orthodox Church do not allow the Patriarch to have a worldly family. The flock, in the understanding of the Church, is his family. And serving God the highest manifestation of care and love for your family. Each of the parishioners the priest considers his child. In concerns about their children, Patriarch spends every day of his life.
A large amount of time and strength Kirill dedicates charity, meetings with children, guarding orphans he applies an example of his entire flock, showing his own actions that the care of neighbor is not just sympathy with words, but also concrete actions.
The Orthodox Patriarch is engaged in both charity and foreign policy activities, boldly voicing his opinion and ideology.
Patriarch Kirill is a pretty bright personality in educational activities. Since 1994, the priest has been conducted by the TV show "The Word of the Shepherd", in which it explains in detail the believers of the answers to the concerns concerns. Published a series of books and articles written by Cyrildescribing the history of Christianity.
The active civil position of the Patriarch moves its as stormy social activities. Three hundred thousand people put signatures under the appeal of Cyril, calling for banning abortions in our country. Instead of abortion, it was proposed to increase payments on born children so that health and family were protected by the state.
Patriarch Kirill is undoubtedly a bright and interesting person, his concern and love for her flock can not be ignored. Faith in justice and good drives the clergy forward, being for everyone who lives on earth a worthy example.
Patriarch Kirill.. Present name in the world Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev. Born on November 20, 1946 in Leningrad. Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, from February 1, 2009, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Named name Kirill and tonsured by Metropolitan Metropolitan Leningrad and Novgorod Nikodim (real name - Boris Georgievich Rotov) on April 3, 1969. He took a name in honor of the Holy Kirill (This name in the world is Konstantin, the nickname of the philosopher) - the Byzantine missionary. Together with Brother Methodius was the creator of Slavic alphabet. Brothers Kirill And Methodius is canonized and revered as saints and in the East, and in the West. In Slavic Orthodoxy, revered as the saints equal to the "Teachers Slovenian". Accepted Shadiness - "Methodius and Kirill».
After publications in the journal "Christian Bulletin" for October 1992, the bonds of church hierarchs with the fifth control of the KGB became known pseudonym (Agency nickname), then a young hierarch, "Mikhailov". PseudonymIt appears to be formed on behalf of the father of Patriarch - Mikhail. Self Kirill Meeting with MSU students, justified: "The fact of the clergy meeting with representatives of the KGB is morally indifferent."
After the tobacco scandal * in the late 90s. V. Gundyaeva, at that time, holding the post of Metropolitan Smolensky and Kaliningrad, appeared pseudonym- Projection "Tobacco Metropolitan". In different publications of the time of Metropolitan, now the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, also called "Kundyayev", "Moscow dad" and "Russian Caesar Borgia".
Short biography:
Born on November 20, 1946 in Leningrad in the family of the main mechanic of the Leningrad Plant named after M. I. Kalinin, subsequently an Orthodox priest.
After graduation, the 8th grade of high school entered the Leningrad comprehensive geological expedition of the North-Western geological department, where he worked from 1962 to 1965 by a cartographer, combining work with high school training.
In 1965 he entered the Leningrad spiritual seminary, then - to the Leningrad Spiritual Academy, accelerated (for two years) graduated with honors in 1970
Rapid career of the future patriarch Kirill It began at the Academy already at the Academy: April 3, 1969 was tonsured in a monk, after 3 days applied to Ierodiacon, and already on June 1 of the same year - in Hieromona. After graduation, it was left at the Academy of the Professor's scholarship, a teacher of dogmatic theology and an inspector assistant.
From August 30, 1970, he performed obedience to the personal secretary of Metropolitan Leningrad Nicodemia. September 12, 1971 was erected in San Archimandrite.
Since 1971, a representative of the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.
On December 26, 1974, at the age of 28 years old becomes the rector of the Leningrad Spiritual Academy and the seminary, where he created a special regent class for girls and introduced physical education lessons.
From December 1975 - Member of the Central Committee and Executive Committee of the World Council of the Churches, since 1975, a member of the Commission "Vera and the Device" of the World Council of Churches, from March 3, 1976 a member of the Synodal Commission on Christian Unity and Intercursions.
On March 14, 1976, Charotonisan (dedicated) in the Bishop of Vyborgsky, Vicar of the Leningrad Diocese. From November 1976 to October 1978, the obedience of the Deputy Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe Metropolitan Nicodemus. September 9, 1977 was erected in San Archbishop.
On October 12, 1978, he was exempted from the post of Deputy Patriarchal Exarch Western Europe and was appointed by the manager of patriarchal parishes in Finland.
In 1978, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations.
Since 1983, a teacher in graduate school at the Moscow Spiritual Academy. From December 26, 1984 - Archbishop Smolensky and Vyazemsky; Disabled from the post of rector of Leningrad spiritual academies and seminary. In April 1989, the title was changed at Smolensky and Kaliningrad.
On November 14, 1989, he was appointed Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, a permanent member of the Holy Synod of office.
Since 1990, Chairman of the Sacred Synod Commission on the revival of religious-moral education and charity, a member of the Synodal Biblical Commission. February 25, 1991 was erected in San Metropolitan.
Since 1993 - Co-Chair, since 1995 - Deputy Head of the World Russian People's Cathedral. Since 1994, the honorary president of the World Conference Religion and the World. From February 26, 1994 - Member of the Synodal Theological Commission.
Since 1994, he has been conducting a spiritual and educational program "Word of the Shepherd" on the first channel.
In 1995-2000, the Chairman of the Synodal Working Group on the Development of the Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church on church-state relations and the problems of modern society.
On December 6, 2008, the day after the death of Patriarch Alexy II, at a meeting of the Holy Synod, chaired by Metropolitan St. Petersburg and Ladoga Vladimir, the secret polling of Metropolitan was committed Kirill Patriarchal location.
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Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev Vladimir Mikhailovich) - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (since 2009).Childhood and youth
Vladimir Gundyaev was born in Leningrad on November 20, 1946. His father Mikhail Vasilyevich was the main mechanic of the Kalinin plant, but afterwards he radically changed his life, deciding to devote himself to serving the Lord. Mikhail Vasilyevich became an Orthodox priest, proto. Vladimir Raisa Vladimirovna's mother taught German at school. In the family of Gundyayev, in addition to Vladimir, there was another son - Nikolai, born in 1940. Nikolay, like all his close relatives, plunged into Orthodoxy with his head, making faith with his profession and becoming proto. The younger child of Gundyayev - the daughter of Elena - became the director of the Orthodox gymnasium.
After graduating from the 8th grades of a secondary school (but not leaving it), Vladimir entered the Leningrad comprehensive geological expedition of the North-Western geological governance, where he worked until 1965 as a cardographic technique. Vladimir school classes successfully combined with work.
In 1965, Vladimir became a student of the Leningrad spiritual seminary, later - students of the Leningrad Spiritual Academy. He graduated from the Academy in 1970, having received a candidate degree of theology. Having completed the training, the graduate decided not to leave the native walls and remain there to teach there. In 1974, Vladimir Gundarev becomes the rector of the Academy and the seminary.
Church activity
In 1969 on April 3, Vladimir Gundarev was tonsured by monk with the advent of Kirill. On April 7, Kirill became the Ierodicon, June 1 - Hieromonach. In 1971, Kirill was erected in San Archimandrite, in the same year he was appointed by the representative of the Moscow Patriarchate with the World Council of Churches in Geneva. So began his climbing the career staircase of the clergy. For 20 years, Kirill passed a long and thorny path from Archimandrite to Metropolitan.
Continued below
In 1994, Kirill's face becomes famous to everyone and everyone - in that year on television began the broadcast of his spiritual and educational transfer "The Word of the Shepherd".
In 1995, Cyril begins to cooperate tightly with the Government of the Russian Federation. He was invited as an expert and consultant to many important negotiations and meetings.
Cyril Metropolitan since the beginning of the 90s became a significant person not only for the ROC, but also for the whole country as a whole. His works were printed in the domestic, and in foreign periods, his books, barely only appearing on the shelves of stores, instantly bought believing. Kirill slowly, but rightly walked to becoming the face of the Russian Church. And in 2009 it happened so. After the death of Patriarch Alexy II in 2008, Kirill scored 75% of votes on the voting of the Local Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, becoming the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Its activities in the new position was directed not only to strengthen the position of the Church in the modern world, but also to expand the borders of Russia's cooperation with other countries, to strengthen political ties.
Patriarch Kirill more than once became the object of various accusations: the clergyman was reproached for the so-called church modernism, for illegal enrichment due to fraud in the field of tax breaks for imports of tobacco and alcoholic beverages, for allegedly his close relationship with KGB, etc.
Kirill (in the world of Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev) Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (2009-), former Metropolitan Smolensky and Kaliningrad, head of the World Russian People's Cathedral.
Grandfather Vasily Stepanovich Gundyaev - by profession the mechanic railwayman, one of the active fighters with renewed in the Nizhny Novgorod region under the leadership of Metropolitan Sergius (Stargorodsky, subsequently Patriarch), was arrested in 1922, serving a term at Solovki; Returning from the conclusion, in the mid-50s became a priest.
Father - Gundyaev Mikhail Vasilyevich (January 18, 1907 - October 13, 1974), priest. In 1933 he graduated from a mechanical technical school, entered the Leningrad Industrial Institute; He was arrested, accused of political disloyalty, on February 25, 1934, he was convicted for 3 years (on Kolyma). On March 9, 1947, he was ordained in Diacon, on March 16 of the same year - in Jerey Metropolitan Leningrad Gregory (Chukov), appointed to the temple Smolensk icon of God's Mother of God on Vasilyevsky Island. In 1951, he was transferred to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, where he soon began to fulfill the responsibilities of the assistant abbot in the liturgical part. In 1960, he was transferred to the position of abbot of the temple of Alexander Nevsky in the Red Selo; Subsequently, the Serafimovsky Temple, in 1972 - the abbot of the Nikolsky temple on a large ohta.
Mother - Raisa Vladimirovna Gundyaeva (November 7, 1909 - November 2, 1984; in Maiden Konkina), a German teacher at school, in the last years of life - a housewife.
Both parents are buried on the Bolshekhtinsky cemetery of St. Petersburg.
Brother, Archpriest Nikolai Mikhailovich Gundyaev, since 1977, the rector of the Savior Transfiguration Cathedral of St. Petersburg, Professor SPBDA.
The younger sister Elena is the director of the Orthodox gymnasium.
At the end of the 8th grade of high school, Vladimir Gundyaev went to work in the Leningrad Complex Geological Expedition of North-West Geological Governance, where he worked from 1962 to 1965 as a cartographer technique, combining work with high school training.
After graduating from high school in 1965 he entered the Leningrad spiritual seminary, and then to the Leningrad spiritual academy, which he graduated with honors in 1970.
On April 3, 1969, the Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod Nicodemia (Rotovy) was tonsured in a monk with the advent of Kirill. On April 7, it is applied in Ierodicone, on June 1 of the same year - in Hieromona.
After graduating from the Academy, it was left at LDA, a professors of a scholarship, a teacher of dogmatic theology and an assistant to the Led Inspector and S.
Since 1970 - Candidate of theology of the Leningrad Spiritual Academy.
In 1970-1971 - teacher of dogmatic theology and assistant inspector of Leningrad spiritual schools; At the same time, the Personal Secretary of the Metropolitan of the Leningrad and Novgorod Nikodima (Rotov), \u200b\u200bthe Chairman of the External Church Relations (OSDS), and the class mentor of the 1st grade of the seminary.
In 1971, the ROC's spiritual schools at the General Assembly of the World Orthodox Youth Organization Syndesms (on this Assembly, the spiritual schools of the ROC became members of Sindesos) and was elected a member of his execution.
In 1972, he was accompanied by Patriarch Pimen on his trip to the countries of the Middle East, as well as in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece and Romania.
In 1971-1974 - Representative of the Moscow Patriarchate with the World Council of Churches in Geneva, the rector of the parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
From December 26, 1974 to December 26, 1984, the rector of the Leningrad Theological Academy and the seminary. In 1974-1984 - Associate Professor of the Department of Patrology of the Leningrad Great Academy.
From November 18, 1976 to October 12, 1978 - Deputy Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe (on the report of November 4, 1976 Metropolitan Nikodima (Rotov), \u200b\u200bPatriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, about the need for the fifth infarction to appoint him a deputy - with a proposal of Cyril's candidacy).
Since 1986 - managing parishes in the Kaliningrad region.
Since 1988 - Archbishop Smolensky and Kaliningrad.
From November 13, 1989 to 2009 - Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations (from August 2000 - the Department of External Church Relations), a permanent member of the Holy Synod.
For 19 years of leadership of the Department of External Church Relations, Metropolitan Kirill turned him, according to experts, in one of the most workable management structures of the ROC. Without his "ministry", almost no important question is solved. All last years, since the conversations about the possible resignation of Patriarch Alexy, Vladyka Kirill was called one of the main applicants for the Patriarchal throne.
In early 1993, with the sanction of Patriarch, Alexy II entered the International Preparatory Committee on the convening of the World Russian Cathedral in Moscow (with the initiative of which "World Russian Congress" Igor Kolchenko, Rau-Corporation Alexey Podberezkin, "Roman-Gazeta" Valery Ganichev, and magazines "Our contemporary" and "Moscow"). Becoming one of the five co-chairs of the Bobby Committee, held on May 26-28, 1993 in St. Danilovsky Monastery I World Russian Cathedral.
On December 6, 2008, the day after the death of Patriarch Alexy II, at a meeting of the Holy Synod, chaired by the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Vladimir (Kotlarov), his election was made by the patriarchal location.
On the same day, at the end of the all-night vigil in the Moscow church of Christ the Savior, He headed a paneir in Patriarch Alexy II in serving bishops - permanent members of the Holy Synod.
To discuss candidates for the patriarchy throne in the Church of Christ the Savior, on January 25, a bishop cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church was gathered, on which 198 delegates from 202 bishops of the Russian Church arrived (four bishings - Archbishop Chicago and Detroit Alpiy (ROSC), Bishop Iria Daniel (ROCZ), Metropolitan Kharkov and Bogodukhovsky Nicodemus and Bishop Kirovograd and Novomirgorodsky Panteleimon - there were absent on the cathedral).
When counting votes, one bulletin was recognized as invalid. At the end of the meeting, the bishop Cathedral suggested a plain cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church of the candidacy of three bishops who scored the greatest number of votes: Kirill (Gundyaev), Metropolitan Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations, Patriarchal Patriarchal Sea; Clement (Kapalin), Metropolitan Kaluga and Borovsky, managing the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate; Filaret (Vakhromyev), Metropolitan Minsk and Slutsky, Patriarchal Exarch All Belarus. Metropolitan Kirill scored 97 votes, Metropolitan Clement - 32 votes, Metropolitan Filaret - 16 votes.
On January 27, for the election of the 16th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Church of Christ the Savior, a local cathedral was gathered. At 12 o'clock, the first plenary session of the Cathedral began, which took place the election of the Presidium of the Local Cathedral, the announcement of greetings to the Cathedral, the performance of the Patriarch site with a report. At the meeting, a welcoming message of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was announced.
At the second plenary meeting, which began at 15:30, the agenda was approved, the programs and regulations of the meetings of the local cathedral, the election of the working bodies of the local cathedral, the approval of the procedure for the election of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. At the meeting, one of the three candidates Patriarchal Exarch All Belarus Metropolitan Minsk and Slutsk Philaret took his candidacy for the election of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, calling around to vote for the Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Cyril. Metropolitan Kirill in the response said that he declares his head in front of the Metropolitan Philaret, which he deeply honors, and with deep satisfaction recalls two decades, during which they worked together in the composition of the sacred sync under the leadership of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy. After the Metropolitan withdrawal with the Philaret of his candidacy, Bishop Polotsky and the Deepskie Feodosius (Bilchenko) offered to elect Patriarch lot. However, his proposal did not find support from other binders. Other candidates for participation in the voting Cathedral did not approve. As a result, the participants in the Local Cathedral chose a new charter of two candidates with secret ballot.
At 17.30, the third plenary meeting began, which was held voting, after which the counting of votes began. At 22 hours, members of the Consignment Commission, and the Chairman of the Commission, Metropolitan Krasnodar and Kuban Isidore, came out. According to the protocol, the 702 delegate of the Cathedral took part in secret ballot. The number of bulletins after voting 700, of which the valid ballots 677, invalid - 23. Of the 677 votes for Metropolitan Kirill, 508 Cathedral were spoken, for the Metropolitan of Clement - 169.
On January 27, 2009, the local council of the Russian Orthodox Church elected Metropolitan Kirill of the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. To the question of the Metropolitan of Kiev Vladimir, whether Metropolitan Kirill takes the election of his charter, Vladyka Kirill replied: "Election of me by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia accepts, thank and Nimalo, despite the verb" and bowed.
On February 1, 2009, the intronization of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was held in the Church of Christ the Savior (Moscow).
Since 1990, Chairman of the Sacred Synod Commission on the revival of religious-moral education and charity, a member of the Synodal Biblical Commission.
In 1991, he was erected in San Metropolitan. Since 1993 - Co-Chair, since 1995 - Deputy Head of the World Russian People's Cathedral.
In February 1995, he led the II World Russian Cathedral. Shortly before that, President Yeltsin, during communication with Cyril in an unofficial situation, promised him to return the churches confiscated from her after the revolution of the Earth, and then (under the pressure of Anatoly Chubais) took a promise back. At Cyril's Cathedral, I made a weakly veiled criticism of the authorities for the nonoral and anti-national policy. The establishment of the "World Russian Cathedral" as the "Permanent Executioner Forum" under the auspices of the Church was declared, four co-chairs of the Cathedral (Metropolitan Kirill, I. Kolchenko, V. Ginichev, Natalia Narcnitskaya) was elected. Under the influence of radicals (Mikhail Astafyev, Ksenia Malo, N. Narnatskaya, I.Cholchenko), the Cathedral adopted a number of purely political rather radical anti-paddnic declarations, the adoption of church hierarchs led by Cyril did not interfere.
In the interval between February and December 1995, Kirill followed the oppositionality of the "Experienced Forum" headed by him, and at the III World Russian Cathedral in early December 1995 did not allow any sharp political statements. The organization was renamed the World Russian People's Cathedral, the head of which was unanimously elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, and his one of his deputies is Metropolitan Cyril.
From 1994 - Honorary President of the World Conference "Religion and Peace" and a member of the Synodal Theological Commission.
Since 1994, the leading spiritual and educational program "The Word of the Shepherd" on the First Channel. In 1995 - 2000 He was chairman of the Synodal Working Group on the Development of the Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church on Church-State Relations and the problems of modern society.
Since 1995 - Member of the Public Council under the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation on the settlement of the situation in the Chechen Republic, a member of the Presidium of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on the State Prizes of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art.
From August 2, 1995 until 2009 - Member of the Council on Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation (he was renamed to the Council in 1996, 2001 and 2004).
In 1996, a member of the Joint Commission of the Constantinople and Moscow Patriarchates on the Estonian Question.
From June 6, 1996 - Chairman of the Working Group of the Holy Synod to develop a draft concept reflecting a generally worker view of the issues of church-state relations and the problems of modern society as a whole.
In 1996, he entered the Board of Directors of the Peresvet Bank.
Since 1996 - Member of the College of the Russian State Maritime Historical and Cultural Center (Sea Center).
Since 1998 - Member of the Russian Organizing Committee for Preparations for the Meeting of the Third Millennium and the celebration of the 2000th anniversary of Christianity
Performing obedience to Sacrednock, High Second Cyril was:
from 1975 to 1982 - Chairman of the Diocesan Council of the Leningrad Metropolis;
from 1975 to 1998 - Member of the Central Committee and the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches;
(In November 1975, at the Ecumenical Assembly in Nairobi condemned a letter about. Gleb Yakunin on persecutions for believers in the USSR and denied the facts of violation of the rights of believers).
from 1976 to 1978 - Deputy Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe;
from 1976 to 1984 - a member of the Commission of the Holy Synod on Christian Unity;
c 1978 to 1984 - Managing Patriarch parishes in Finland;
from 1978 to 1984 - Deputy Chairman of the branch of the Department of External Church Relations in Leningrad;
from 1980 to 1988 - a member of the Commission on the preparation and holding of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia;
in 1990, a member of the Commission on the preparation of the Local Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church;
in 1990, a member of the Commission to promote efforts to overcome the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl NPP;
from 1989 to 1996 - Managing Orthodox Hungarian Ponition;
from 1990 to 1991 - temporarily manageing the Hague-Netherlands diocese;
from 1990 to 1993 - temporarily manageing the Korsun diocese;
from 1990 to 1993 - Chairman of the Commission of the Sacred Synod on the revival of religious-moral education and charity;
from 1990 to 2000 - Chairman of the Commission of the Sacred Synod to amend the charter on the management of the Russian Orthodox Church. The charter was adopted at the anniversary bishop cathedral in 2000;
from 1994 to 2002 - a member of the Public Council on the revival of the Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow;
from 1994 to 1996 - member of the Foreign Policy Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia;
from 1995 to 2000 - Chairman of the Synodal Working Group on the Development of the Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church on Church-State Relations and the Problems of Modern Society as a whole;
from 1995 to 1999 - a member of the Russian Organizing Committee for the preparation and conduct of activities in connection with the celebration of memorable dates of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945;
from 1996 to 2000 - Member of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation of the 50th anniversary of the Victory.
By the time of the election on the patriarchal throne, Metropolitan Kirill was:
permanent member of the Sacred Synod (since 1989);
chairman of the Department of External Church Relations (since 1989);
managing patriarchal parishes in Finland (since 1990);
a member of the patriarchairs and the Synodal Biblical Commission (since 1990);
co-Chair (since 1993) and Deputy Head (since 1995) of the World Russian People's Cathedral, Chairman of Smolensky (since 1996) and Kaliningrad (since 1997), VRNS branches;
member of the Council of the Zemsky Movement (since 1993);
a member of the Russian Palestinian society;
honorary president of the World Conference "Religion and the World" (since 1994);
member of the Council on cooperation with religious associations under the President of the Russian Federation (since 1995);
a member of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state premiums in the field of literature and art (since 1995);
honorary member of the Moscow Intellectual Business Club (since 1995);
co-Chairman of the Christian Interfaith Consultative Committee (since 1996);
a member of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of Russia (since 1998);
editor-in-chief of the journals "Church and Time" (since 1991), Smolensk Diocesan Vedomosti (since 1993), "Orthodox pilgrim" (since 2001);
a member of the Church Scientific Council on the publication of the Orthodox Encyclopedia (since 1999);
member of the Supervisory Board of the Church of Christ the Savior of Moscow (since 2002);
co-chairman of the Council of European Religious Leaders (since 2002);
chairman of the Organizing Committee of the exhibition "Orthodox Russia" (since 2003);
co-chairman of the Working Group on the interaction of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (since 2003);
chairman of the Executive Committee of the Interreligious Council of the CIS (since 2004);
member of the Presidium of the Interreligious Council of the CIS (since 2004);
a member of the Council on cooperation with religious associations under the President of the Russian Federation (since 2004);
chairman of the Commission on Old Believers and Interacting with Old Believers (since 2005);
chairman of the Working Group for the compilation of a conceptual document that sets out the position of the Russian Orthodox Church in the field of interreligious relations (since 2005);
chairman of the Working Group on the preparation of a document expressing the position of the Russian Orthodox Church on the problems of globalization (since 2005);
member of the United Commission on National Policy and Relationships of the State and Religious Associations (since 2006);
co-Chair of the World Conference "Religion for Peace" (since 2006);
head of the Working Group on the Development "Fundamentals of the Russian Orthodox Church on Dignity, Freedom and Human Rights";
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill has the following scientific degrees and titles:
since 1986 - Honorary Member of St. Petersburg Theological Academy;
since 1987 - Honorary Doctor of theology of theological Academy in Budapest;
since 1992 - Member of the Academy of Creativity;
since 1994 - Honorary Member of the International Academy of Eurasia;
since 1996 - Honorary Professor of the Military Academy (now University) air defense forces;
since 1997 - a valid member of the Academy of Russian Literature;
since 2002 - a valid member of the Academy of Social and Human Sciences (since 2003 - Public Russian Academy of Social Sciences);
since 2002 - Honorary Dr. Political Science of the State University of Perugia (Italy);
since 2004 - Honorary Doctor of theology of the Christian Academy of Warsaw (Poland);
since 2004 - Honorary Professor of Smolensk Humanitarian University;
since 2005 - Honorary Professor of the Astrakhan University;
since 2005 - Honorary Doctor of the Russian State Social University;
since 2006 - Honorary Professor of the Baltic Naval Institute named after Admiral Fyodor Ushakov;
since 2007 - Honorary President of the Academy of Russian Literature;
since 2007 - Honorary Doctor of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University;
since 2009 - Honorary Doctor of theology of the Kiev Spiritual Academy;
since 2009 - Honorary Doctor of theology of the Institute of Theology. SWV Methodius and Kirill of the Belarusian State University;
since 2009 - Honorary Doctor of theology of the St. Petersburg Spiritual Academy;
since 2009 - Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Education;
since 2009 - Honorary Dr. of the Russian Academy of Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation;
since 2010 - Honorary Doctor of the National Research Nuclear University "MIII";
since 2010 - Honorary Professor of the Military Academy of Rocket Forces of the Strategic Appointment named after Peter Great;
since 2010 - Honorary Doctor of Petrozavodsky State University;
since 2010 - Honorary Dr. Yerevan State University;
since 2010 - Honorary Doctor of the Odessa National Law Academy;
since 2010 - Honorary Dr. Dnepropetrovsk National University. Olesya Potter;
since 2010 - Honorary Doctor of theology of the Moscow Spiritual Academy;
since 2011 - Honorary Dr. Pridnestrovsky State University. T.G. Shevchenko;
since 2011 - Honorary Doctor of the Voronezh State University;
since 2011 - Honorary Doctor of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov;
since 2012 - Honorary Dr. Sofia University of Cultural Heritage;
since 2012 - Honorary Doctor of the Orthodox Sacred-Tikhon University of Humanitarian University.
Being a metropolitan, invited to read lectures in Rome (1972), to the University of Helsinki, to the Academy "Abu" to Turku, in the Orthodox seminary in Kuopio (Finland, 1975), at the Ecumenical Institute in Bosse (Switzerland, 1972, 1973), University of Münster (Germany, 1988), at the Udine University (Italy, 1988), to the State University of Perugia (Italy, 2002), to the Christian Academy of Warsaw (Poland, 2004) . He spoke with reports in many Russian and foreign conferences, symposia and forums.
The formation and development of the church hierarchy and the teaching of the Orthodox Church on her fertile character. - L.: 1971;
Calls of modern civilization. As the Orthodox Church answers them. - M.: 2002;
The word shepherd. God and man. The history of salvation. - M.: 2004;
L'Evangile et La Liberte. Les Valeurs De La Tradition Dans La Societe Laique. - Paris: 2006;
Freedom and responsibility: in search of harmony. - M.: 2008;
Patriarch and youth: conversation without diplomacy. - M.: 2009;
Holy Rus - together or apart? Patriarch in Ukraine. - M.: 2009;
Advanced detachment of church. - Tver: 2009;
The words. Sermons. Performances. - Kiev: 2009;
Be faithful to God. The book of conversations with the Holy Patriarch Kirill. - Minsk: 2009;
The power of the nation is in the power of the Spirit. - Minsk: 2009;
The church calls for unity. - Minsk: 2010;
Sermons 2009-2010. - Holy Tricky Sergiev Lavra, 2010;
Keep faith in hearts. - Minsk: 2011;
Preach 2010-2011. - Holy Trinity Sergiev Lavra, 2012;
Mystery of repentance. Understanding sermons (2001-2011). - M.: 2012;
The word of the Primate. Labor collection. Series I. T. 1 (2009-2011). - M.: 2012;
The word shepherd. Labor collection. Series II. T. 1 (1991-2011). - M.: 2013;
Overcoming troubles. // Series "The Word of the Holy Patriarch". - M.: 2013. - Vol. one;
The word shepherd. Labor collection. Series II. T. 2 (1991-2011). - M.: 2014;
Holy Land. // Series "The Word of the Holy Patriarch". - M.: 2014. - Vol. 2,
as well as about 2340 publications, including in domestic and foreign periods (data is given as of March 2013).
The cycles of the TV show with the speeches of the Holy Patriarch Kirill were published: "The word shepherd" is an introduction to Orthodox creed; "The Word-Mystery of Church" is the story of the early Christian Church and the Doctrine of the Church; "Jubilee Bishops' Cathedral" - the foundations of the social concept - the charter of the Russian Orthodox Church - the act of canonization, "attitudes towards an aliabia"; "The word shepherd" is a church, state, politics (part 1), church, personality, society (part 2), about faith and salvation (part 3), is Russia (part 4).
Tens of videos devoted to the life and activities of His Holiness the Holy Patriarch Kirill, the election and intronization of His Holiness, with the records of worships, sermons, meetings and speeches in the live broadcast, held during visits to Russian dioceses, to Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, were created and issued on disks. and Armenia, as well as the speeches of the Holy Patriarch Kirill on Russian television. Cycles of the sermons of His Holiness and recording a number of meetings with young people were also published on audio points.
Interaction with Local Orthodox Churches
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill worked and worries in the area of \u200b\u200binter-position relations. He was the first representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Syndesmos - the World Brotherhood of Orthodox Youth Organizations. From 1971 to 1977 - member of the Executive Committee of Syndesmos; Member VIII (Boston, 1971), IX (Geneva, 1977), X (Finland, 1980) and XIV (Moscow, 1992) of the General Assemblies of this organization; Participant of the first pre-reconnect unatascal meeting (Sumbazy, 1976) and the Intergrowth Commission for the preparation of the Holy and Great Cathedral of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Shambiz, 1993, 1999); The main speaker on the Orthodox consultation "General understanding and vision of the WTS" (Sumbazy, 1995); Member of the Divine Consultation on Ecumenism (Thessaloniki, 1998) and the assembly of the heads of local Orthodox churches on the removal of the Bulgarian Church Slander (Sofia, 1998); Participant of the Reduced Celebration of 2000 years of Christianity in Bethlehem 7.01.2000; Meeting between the Moscow and Constantinople Patriarchates (Istanbul, 1977, Geneva, 1978, Istanbul 1990, Moscow, 1991, Istanbul, 1993) and regular consultations on current issues between the two churches; He conducted negotiations with the Constantinople Orthodox Church in Estonia and with the Romanian Orthodox Church on the problem of Bessarabian Metropolis in Moldova (twice in 1997 in Geneva, Chisinau, 1999).
In 2005, as the head of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, participated in the introngtion of the patriarch of Jerusalem Ferofil III.
In positions, all the local Orthodox Churches, including the Holy Patriarch of Pimen and Holy Patriarch Alexy II, visited the Chairman of the Orthodox Church, including His Holiness Patriarch II on their travel abroad.
As the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, the local Orthodox Churches officially visited: Constantinople (2009), Alexandrian (2010), Antioch (2011), Jerusalem (2012), Bulgarian (2012), Cyprus (2012 G.), Polish (2012), Eleladskaya (2013).
Interchristian relations and cooperation
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill participated in the work of interchristian organizations. As a delegate participated in IV (Uppsala, Sweden, 1968), V (Nairobi, Kenya, 1975), VI (Vancouver, Canada, 1983) and VII (Canberra, Australia, 1991) General Assemblies WCTS and as an honorary guest in the IX General Assembly HTS (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2006); in the world missionary conference "Salvation today" (Bangkok, 1973); He was the president of the World Conference "Vera, Science and Future" (Boston, 1979) and the World Conservation "World, Justice and the integrity of creation" (Seoul, 1990); Participated in the Assemblies of the Commission "Vera and the Device" of the WTS in Accra (Ghana, 1974), in Lima (Peru, 1982), in Budapest (Hungary, 1989). He was the main speaker at the World Missionary Conference in San Salvador, Brazil, in November 1996
There was a delegate of the XI General Assembly of the European Churches Conference (Stirling, Scotland, 1986) and the XII General Assembly of Kets (Prague, 1992), as well as one of the main speakers at the European Assembly of the Mir and Justice (Basel, 6- May 21, 1989).
He was a member of the second European Assembly of Kets in Graz, Austria (June 23-29, 1997) and the third in Sibiu, Romania (September 5-9, 2007).
He was a member of four rounds of bilateral interviews between theologians of Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches (Leningrad, 1967, Bari, Italy, 1969, Zagorsk, 1972, Trento, Italy, 1975).
Since 1977 - Secretary of the International Technical Commission for the preparation of the dialogue between Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. Since 1980 - Member of the International Theological Commission on Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue. In this capacity, participated in four plenary sessions of this commission: (Patmo-Rhodes, Greece, 1980; Munich, Germany, 1982; Crete, 1984; Valaam, Finland, 1988) and in its coordination Committee.
He was the co-chairman of the second round of the Orthodox-Reformed dialogue (Debrecen II) in 1976 in Leningrad and a member of the evangelical Kirchäntagov in Wittenberg (GDR, 1983) in Dortmund (1991) in Hamburg (1995).
Member of the dialogue with the delegation of the Starokatolic Church in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Rotterdam-Petersburg Commission, Moscow, 1996
In positions by the Chairman of the Orthodox Church, the Chairman of the Orthodox Church took part in contacts with US churches, Japan, GDR, FRG, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, France, Spain, Norway, Iceland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ethiopia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Laos, Jamaica, Canada, Congo, Zaire, Argentina, Chile, Cyprus, China, South Africa, Greece.
As the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, he conducted a number of meetings with heads and representatives of nonsense churches and Christian organizations.
In 2012, a signing of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Chairman of the Polish Catholic Episcopal Conference of the Polish Catholic Episcopal Conference of Joint Message to the peoples of Russia and Poland was held.
Participation in the cathedrals of the Russian Orthodox Church
He was a member of the local anniversary council of the Russian Orthodox Church (June 1988, Zagorsk), chairman of his editorial commission and the author of the draft charter of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted by the Jubilee Cathedral.
He was a member of the Bishop Cathedral dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the recovery of the Patriarchate (October 1989) and the Extraordinary Bishops of the Cathedral on January 30-31, 1990, as well as the Local Cathedral of June 6-10, 1990, the bishops of the Councils on October 25-26, 1991. ; March 31 - April 4, 1992; June 11, 1992; November 29 - December 2, 1994; February 18-23, 1997; August 13-16, 2000; October 3-6, 2004, June 24-29, 2008
Chaired by the bishops (2009, 2011, 2013) and the local councils (2009), at the remaining these Councils of the Russian Orthodox church was the chairman of the editorial commission.
As the Chairman of the OSDS made reports on the work of OSDS. At the anniversary Cathedral of 2000, as Chairman of the corresponding Synodal Working Group and the Synodal Commission, presented the foundations of the social concept of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church.
At the bishop cathedral on October 3-6, 2004, he also made a report on the relationship with the Russian Church Abroad and Old Believers. "
Management of Smolensko-Kaliningrad Diocese (1984-2009)
During the residence of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, 166 parishes were opened at the Smolensk-Kaliningrad Department (94 in Smolensk and the region, 72 in Kaliningrad and region). 52 was restored and 71 Orthodox churms were built.
In 1989, the Smolensk Spiritual School was opened, transformed in 1995 to the Smolensk spiritual seminary.
Since 1998, there has been an emergency partitioning spiritual school that preparing rents of church choirs, catechisators, icon painters and sisters of mercy. With most parishes, the Diocese has Sunday schools. There are orthodox gymnasiums and kindergartens.
Since 1992, the foundations of Orthodox culture have been teaching in public schools of the Smolensk and Kaliningrad region.
Work as chairman of the OVDS (1989-2009)
Represents the Russian Orthodox Church in commissions to develop the law of the USSR "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" of October 1, 1990, the Law of the RSFSR "On Freedom of Religious" of October 25, 1990 and the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On Freedom of Conscience and about religious associations "of September 26, 1997
As Chairman of the SSPS participated in many international public and peacekeeping initiatives.
Participated in the development of church position and peacekeeping promotions during the events of August 1991 and October 1993
It was one of the initiators of the creation of the World Russian People's Cathedral in 1993, he took part and uttered the main reports at the Councils (1993-2008). Since the election to the Patriarchal Prestrol is the Chairman of the VRNS (since 2009).
As chairman of the Commission of the Sacred Synod on the revival of religious-moral education and charity, initiated the creation of synodal departments for religious education, according to social service and charity, in cooperation with the armed forces and law enforcement agencies. He was the author of the Concept for the revival of charity and religious education adopted by the Sacred Synod on January 30, 1991
Developed and submitted for the approval of the Holy Synod "Concept of interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church with Armed Forces" in 1994
From 1996 to 2000 - led the development and presented the "Fundamentals of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church" by the Jubilee Cathedral of 2000.
He took an active part in the normalization of the church situation in Estonia. In this regard, I visited the Antioch and Jerusalem Patriarchates (trips to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel in 1996), and also participated in the negotiations with representatives of the Constantinople Patriarchate in Zurich (Switzerland) in March and twice in April 1996 , in thesalonics, Tallinn and Athens (1996), in Odessa (1997), in Geneva (1998), in Moscow, Geneva and Zurich (2000), in Vienna, Berlin and Zurich (2001 .), In Moscow and Istanbul (2003); Repeatedly visited Estonia, where negotiations with government representatives, parliamentary deputies and business circles of this country were led.
He took an active part in the peacekeeping promotions in Yugoslavia. Repeatedly at the time of the war, Belgrade visited, negotiations with the leadership of this country, initiated the creation of the informal international Christian peacemaking group on Yugoslavia (Vienna, May 1999) and convening the international interchristian conference on the topic: "Europe after the Kosovo crisis: further actions of churches" in Oslo (Norway) in November 1999.
He was the main speaker on parliamentary hearings dedicated to the "Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church" (Moscow, 2001), and the themes "Religion and Health" (Moscow, 2003), "Improving the legislation on freedom of conscience and religious organizations: Practice of application, problems and solutions "(Moscow, 2004).
He initiated a dialogue with European organizations in Brussels and the creation in 2002 representative offices of the Russian Orthodox Church in European International Organizations.
In the posts of the Chairman of the OSDS, he visited Estonia (Multiple), Switzerland (Multiple), France (Multiple), Spain (Multiple), Italy (Multiple), Belgium (Multiple), Holland (Multiple), Germany (Multi-time), Israel (Multiple), Finland (repeated), Ukraine (multi-time), Japan (Multi-time), Canada (Multiple), China (Multiple), Hungary (Multiple), Moldova (Moldova), Norway (Multi-Period), Lebanon and Syria (repeatedly), Serbia (repeatedly ), USA (Multiple), Turkey (Multiple), Brazil (Multiple), Australia (1991), Austria (Multiple), Latvia (1992), Chile (1992), Bulgaria (1994, 1998, 2005 GG.), Czech Republic (1996, 2004, 2007), Slovakia (1996), Iran (1996), Lithuania (1997), Denmark (1997), Morocco (1997), Argentina (1997, 2006), Mexico (1998), Panama (1998), Peru (1998), Cuba (1998, 2004, 2008), Luxembourg (1999), Nepal ( 2000), Slovenia (2001), Malta (2001), Tunisia (2001), Mongolia (2001) , Croatia (2001), Vietnam (2001), Campucia (2001), Thailand (2001), Ireland (2001), Iraq (2002), Liechtenstein (2002), Philippines (2002), Special Areas of PRC - Hong Kong (2001, 2002), Macao (2002), South Africa (2003, 2008), Malaysia (2003), Indonesia (2003), Singapore (2003), UAE (2004), Poland (2004), Netherlands (2004), Dominican Republic (2004), Yemen (2005), DPRK (2006), India (2006), Romania (2007), Turkmenistan (2008), Costa Rica (2008), Venezuela (2008), Colombia (2008), Ecuador (2008), Angola (2008), Namibia (2008). Hungary, Mongolia, Slovenia, Iran, Iraq and Yemen visited official visits at the invitation of the governments of these countries.
Patriarchal ministry. Management of the Russian Orthodox Church
In 2009, the reform of the central bodies of church governance was taken. The activities of the Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, the activities of the Department of External Church Relations were refined fundamentally reorganized, new synodal departments were created, the functions of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate were developed, analytical work was carried out to formulate the necessary changes in the structure of the Training Committee in the Holy Synod In the system of spiritual education. Activated activity of the Overlooking Court.
In 2010, the charter of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Services was updated, the powers and structures of the management of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Synodal Commission on Monasteries, the Secretariat on foreign institutions were transformed into the Office of the Moscow Patriarchate. The activity of the Metropolitan District in the Republic of Kazakhstan was activated: his charter and inner position were adopted, new dioceses were formed in this country.
In 2011, the Central Asian Metropolitan District was formed. A number of documents on social, missionary work, religious educational and catechizm service in the Russian Orthodox Church adopted. The meeting of the leaders of synodal institutions was transformed into the Supreme Church Council with the subordination of this body of Patriarch and the Sacred Synod. To coordinate the activities of the Dioceses, which are in one subject of the Russian Federation, the Metropolis was formed. In the Moscow Diocese created vicariates.
In 2012-2013 Metropolia is continuing, an increase in the number of bishops and dioceses. The implementation of the implementation of the instructions of the Bishops of the Cathedrals 2011 and 2013 is carried out. On the basis of adopted documents on social, missionary, youth work, religious and educational and catechizm ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church, a detailed database of documents was developed, as well as partly provisions regulating special training for servants in these areas. There is a distribution of transformations from the central apparatus of the church to the level of the diocese. The subject of the "Basics of Orthodox Culture" is included in the Middle Community Schools Program in all regions of Russia.
During the patriarchal ministry, they are formed:
- the intersoforn presence of the Russian Orthodox Church (2009)
- organs of church executive authorities:
Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (2011)
Synodal Department of the Relationship of the Church and Society (2009)
Synodal Information Department (2009)
Financial and Economic Administration (2009)
Synodal Committee on Interaction with Cossacks (2010)
Synodal Department for Prison Service (2010)
Patriarchal Council for Culture (2010)
The Synodal Department for monasteries and monasure (2012), transformed from the Synodal Commission on Monasteries (2010)
- Overhead collegial organs:
Patriarchal Commission on Family and Protection of Motherhood (2012), the former name - Patriarchal Council on Family and Maternity Protection (2011)
- Overall graduate school and doctoral studies named after Saints Equal-Apostles Cyril and Methodius (2009)
- Interdepartmental coordination group for teaching theology in universities (2012)
- Church-Public Council for the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for the perpetuation of the memory of new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church (2013), the former name - the Church-Public Council for the perpetuation of the memory of new martyrs and the Russian confessors (2012)
Being the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, in 2009-2013. Visited Countries: Azerbaijan (2009, 2010), Armenia (2010, 2011), Belarus (2009, 2012, 2013), Bulgaria (2012), Greece (2013 G.) Egypt (2010), Israel (2012), Jordan (2012), Kazakhstan (2010, 2012), Cyprus (2012), China (2013), Lebanon (2011), Moldova (2011, 2013), Palestinian Authority (2012), Poland (2012), Syria (2011), Serbia (2013), Turkey (2009 .), Ukraine (2009, 2010 - 3 times, 2011 - 5 times, 2012, 2013), Montenegro (2013), Estonia (2013), Japan (2012 .).
By February 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill made 124 departure in 67 Dioceses, 156 trips to 26 Stavropigial monasteries, in 21 of them repeatedly. I visited 7 terms of Stavropigial monasteries. Made 432 departures of 105 temples of Moscow (data on January 31, 2014).
During the ministry of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill formed:
46 Metropolies of the Russian Orthodox Church;
113 Dioceses, including in Russia - 95 dioceses *;
Central Asian Metropolitan District (2011);
vicariate in the Moscow Diocese (2011).
The number of the Dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church increased from 159 at the beginning of 2009 to 273 at the beginning of 2014 (in Russia - from 69 to 164).
At the beginning of 2009, 200 bishops were 200 bishops in the Russian Orthodox Church, in early 2014 - 312 (on 01.02.2014) ..
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill headed 109 episcopal chirotonium, including: in 2009 - 5; in 2010 - 9; in 2011 - 31; in 2012 - 41; in 2013 - 22; In 2014 - 1 (on 01.02.2014).
Also, for 5 years, the Patriarchal ministry made 144 chrotonia in Diacon and Presbyter (18 in Diacon and 126 in the Presbyter) *.
Awards of the Russian Orthodox Church
Overhead awards
1973 - the Order of the Holy Equal-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir (II degree)
1986 - Order of Rev. Sergius of Radonezh (II degree)
1996 - the Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (I degree)
2001 - the Order of St. Innokentia, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomensky (II degree)
2004 - Order of the Rev. Sergius of Radonezh (I degree)
2006 - the Order of St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (II degree)
Order of self-governing and autonomous churches of the Russian Orthodox Church
2006 - Order of Rev. Anthony and Feodosia Pechersk (I degree) (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
2006 - Order "The Blessed Governor Stephen Great and Saint" (II degree) (Orthodox Church of Moldova)
2009 - Order of the Sacred Martyr Isidor Yuryevsky (I degree) (Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate)
2009 - Order in honor of the 450th anniversary of bringing to the Earth Volyn Pochaevskaya icon of the Mother of God (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
2011 - the Order of St. Feodosia Chernigov (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
Rewards of Local Orthodox Churches
2007 - the Order of the Reverend Sava of Consecrated (II Degree) (Alexandria Orthodox Church)
2009 - Gold Medal of St. Innocent (Orthodox Church in America)
2010 - Commemorative Medal of the Holy Vladimir Sacred Seminary (Orthodox Church in America)
2010 - Big Cross of the Order of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (Alexandria Orthodox Church)
2011 - the Order of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (I degree) (Antioch Orthodox Church)
2012 - the Order of the Holy Tsar Boris (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
2012 - Golden Order of the Apostle Varnava (Cyprus Orthodox Church)
2012 - Order of the Holy Equal-Apostles Mary Magdalene (I degree) (Polish Orthodox Church)
2012 - the Order of the Libony Coffin of the Lord "Big Cross of the Saint-boring Brotherhood" (Jerusalem Orthodox Church)
Awards of other religious organizations and Christian denominations
2006 - the Order of St. Gregory of the villagers (Malancar Church, India)
2010 - Order of St. Gregory of the Illuminator (Armenian Apostolic Church)
2011 - the Order "Sheikh-Ul-Islam" (Muslims of the Caucasus Muslims)
2012 - Order for services in front of Umble I degree (Coordination Center of the Muslims of the North Caucasus)
State Awards of the Russian Federation
1988 - the Order of the Friendship of Peoples
1995 - Order of Friendship
1996 - Anniversary Medal "300 Years Russian Fleet"
1997 - Medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
2001 - Order "For Merit to Fatherland" (III degree)
2006 - Order "For Merit to Fatherland" (II degree)
2011 - Order of Alexander Nevsky
Also awarded medals "in memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow" and "300 years Russian fleet".
State Awards of Foreign States
2009 - Order of Friendship Peoples (Republic of Belarus)
2010 - Medal "65 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (Transnistrian Moldavian Republic)
2010 - Order "Sharaf" (Azerbaijan Republic)
2011 - Order of the Republic ("OrdinulRepublicII") (Republic of Moldova)
2011 - Order of the Holy Mesoropa Mashtots (Republic of Armenia)
2012 - Order "Star of Bethlehem" (Palestinian National Administration)
Departmental and public signs of the differences that are available from Metropolitan Cyril indicate how great "secular" attention to this religious figure. In particular, it was awarded:
Medal of the Soviet Foundation of the World (1988);
Certificate certifying participation in the test flight on the MiG-29 aircraft and the clock from the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation; Medal and commemorative sign of managing the execution of punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia; Honorary Mission of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation (all - 1999);
Medal "150 years of education of the Trans-Baikal Cossack troops" (2001);
Medal "200 years of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia"; The sign of the distinction of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "The Chief Marshal of Artillery of the Indianship", the departmental medal of the railway troops of the Russian Federation "For the difference in the service" (2002);
Order "For merit in the development of the Olympic Movement in Russia" from the Executive Committee of the Olympic Committee of Russia; Order of Kuzbass "Key of Friendship"; Order of the World SAMBO Federation; breastplate "300 years Baltic Fleet" (2003);
Order M.V. Lomonosov and the Order of Peter the Great I degree ("for outstanding services and a great personal contribution to the development and strengthening of the Russian state") from the Russian Academy of Security, Defense and Law and order; Marshal Aviation medal, three times Hero of the Soviet Union I. N. Kozhevab from the Foundation for Aviator and Cosmonauts, the General Staff of the Russian Air Force, the Federation of Cosmonautics of Russia, the unification of the heroes of the Soviet Union; Honorary Sign "For Contribution to International Cooperation" Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; the sign of the difference "for impeccable service in the city of Moscow. 20 years" administration of Moscow (2004);
Medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "300 Years of the Baltic Fleet"; award cross "Holy Righteous Feodora Ushakov - Admiral Fleet of the Russian" II degree for a long-term service, conscientious activities on the revival of the Cossacks (2005);
Honorary sign "Navy submariner"; Gold Medal Academician A. N. Bakuleva - the highest award of the Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery. A. N. Bakuleva RAM; medal "For merit in strengthening international security" of the Security Council of the Russian Federation; The title of hereditary nobleman - from the head of the Russian imperial house led. Kn. Mary Vladimirovna (2006);
Honorary sign and honorary certificate "For merits in the development of the Dynamo Movement"; Silver medal of the St. Petersburg Society for the Protection of Russian Culture "from understanding to unity"; Diploma "For real spiritual assistance to talented children" from the All-Russian Public Movement "Gifted children - the future of Russia"; Medal "60 Years Day Shakhtar" from the administration of the Kemerovo region (2007).
This is not a complete list of distinguishing signs received by Metropolitan Cyril over the past 20 years. Moreover, the shaft of the awards grew as rumors enhanced that it was Kirill to become a successor Alexy II.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill also also awarded a number of other federal, departmental and regional state awards; has more than 120 awards of Russian and foreign community organizations; He is an honorary citizen of the cities of Smolensk, Kaliningrad, Neman (Kaliningrad region), Murom (Vladimir region), Smolensk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo regions, Republic of Mordovia and other regions and settlements of the Russian Federation.
The first of the church hierarchs he went to the dialogue with the media. One of the things constantly rising at the time - the need to democratization of the Church, its greater openness society. Metropolitan Cyril became the creator and leading over the 2000s weekly television program "The Word of the Shepherd" (Channel ORT), participated in the creation of a number of other religious and educational television programs.
It was he who first in the ROC began to build a new relationship with the secular power in all its horseship. In 1994-1996 He was a member of the Council on Foreign Policy of the Foreign Ministry of Russia. He also owned the idea of \u200b\u200borganizing in the ROC of the Department of Interaction with the Ministry of Defense and law enforcement agencies. In 1994, Vladyka Kirill developed and submitted to the approval of the Holy Synod "Concept of interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church with Armed Forces." Among the numerous scientists of the degrees and titles of Metropolitan, there are also such: the honorary professor of the Military Academy (now the University) of the air defense troops, a valid member of the Security and Law Academy of the Russian Federation, Honorary Professor of the Baltic Naval Institute named after Admiral Fyodor Ushakov.
Conducted to be a successful lobbyist of church interests. One of the bright results of this lobbying policy was the adoption of the new law "On Freedom of Conscience" in 1997. Another - customs benefits, which Metropolitan managed to achieve in the first half of the 90s. This allowed the ROC for a long time with great benefits to trade alcohol and tobacco obtained in the form of humanitarian aid. True, then a loud scandal over church tobacco-alcohol commerce and benefits were eliminated in the press.
Among the main intracerer "organizational" achievements of Metropolitan Kirill are called the reunification of the ROC with the Russian Orthodox Church of abroad under the conditions that were formulated by the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, as well as a rapid increase in the number of RPC arrings in far abroad.
The head of OSDS is known as the principal "state staff" and the conductor of the idea of \u200b\u200bthe active participation of the Church in solving problems facing the society. For four years, he developed the "Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church" and, after approval by the "Basics" of the Bishop Cathedral, initiated the parliamentary hearings dedicated to this document (2001). In 2003, he was the main speaker on another "social" parliamentary hearings - "Religion and Health".
For many years, consistently conducts the idea that Orthodoxy as the largest confession in Russia should become a state religion.
On his initiative, in 1993, the World Russian People's Cathedral was created. It was planned that he would oppose the wave of obscure nationalism, then a more civilized statehood. True, the starting success was not crowned. Liberals criticized the cathedral for frankly nationalistic rolls, nationalists - for insufficient nationalism, no historical decisions were faced with the cathedral.
In June 2008, the Bishop Cathedral adopted under the leadership of Metropolitan Kirill "Basics of the teachings of the Russian Orthodox Church on Dignity, Freedom and Human Rights."
According to the "Basis", it is recognized as "unacceptable and dangerous interpretation of human rights as a higher and universal foundation of public life, which should obey religious views and practice." In addition, the ROC "sees a huge danger in the legislative and public support of various defects - for example, sexual exceptions and perversions, coal of profit and violence." From this thesis in the "Fundament", absolutely practical conclusions were made: "... unacceptably the construction of immoral and anti-human actions in relation to man, such as abortion, euthanasia, the use of human embryos in medicine, experiments changing human nature, and the like" . "No reference to freedom of speech and creativity cannot be justified by abuse in the public sphere above the objects, symbols or concepts that are revered by believers," the document also says.
The proclamation of the supremacy of "religious views and practices" over human rights caused loud protests of human rights defenders. After that, the Deputy Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations, the Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin had to be explained with the press. "We can't and should not impose an understanding of the human rights of human rights, which is in the church, but we offer this understanding for discussion," he stated to a press conference.
In May 1992, the American priest ROKSZ O.Viktor Potapov in his brochure "God's silence is indulging" for the first time publicly accused Kirill in direct cooperation in Soviet times from the KGB and called his operational pseudonym - "Mikhailov" ("at the meeting of students of Moscow State University, head of the department The outer church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Smolensky and Kaliningrad Kirill (he is the same agent "Mikhailov") stated that the fact of the meeting of the clergy with representatives of the KGB is "morally indifferent" (Bulletin "Direct Path", N 1-2, 1992) ").
In September 1996, the newspaper "Moscow News" (N34) published a message that OVDS, headed by Metropolitan Cyril, in 1994-96. In 1994-96, the importation of the excisive goods (first of all, cigarettes), bypassing customs duties, under the guise of humanitarian aid, in sums of tens of millions of dollars and in the amount of tens of thousands of tons. The accusations were supported by other popular secular newspapers (in particular, the Moscow Komsomol Center - a journalist Sergey Bychkov). It is believed that the inconsistent initiator of these accusations was the then managing MP Archbishop Solnechnogorsky Sergius (Fomin). To investigate these messages, a intracerer commission was created led by Archbishop Sergey (Fomin).
However, the position of Metropolitan Kirill, who denied deliberately importing cigarettes and said that the church could not refuse to give her a gift, was supported by the 1997 ROC Cathedral.
Actively participated in the preparation of the law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations", approved by President Yeltsin on September 26, 1997.
In March 2001, he made a proposal to list a part of the income tax of Russians into the budget of religious organizations, including the Russian Orthodox Church.
In May 2001, the journalist "Moscow Komsomol Center" Sergey Bychkov published an article "Metropolitan from Tabakcoque", in which he repeated the previous charges of Metropolitan Cyril about the import of tobacco, and also for the first time I was publicly identified by Kirill with the WCC Worker "Agent Mikhailov", mentioned in earlier Published materials of the Commission of the Supreme Council ("Commission Yakunin-Ponomareva") on the relationship between the KGB and the ROC in Soviet times.
Sergey Bychkov:
In 1992, the Bishop Cathedral formed his commission, which was headed by Bishop Kostroma and Galichsky Alexander. While the priest Gleb Yakunin and Leo Ponomarev, the then deputies of the Supreme Council, disassembled in his nicknames and tasks, Vladyka Gundyaev (Nickname - Agent Mikhailov) showed an incomplete smelter and began to buy archival documents. Concentrating the powerful base of the compromising, including the Patriarch, it deftly manipulates documents for the last 10 years, the mouth of the mouth is unnecessarily by the robin bishops. When he is trying to cut the patriarch, suddenly unexpectedly in the media fall some papers, the reparation of the Holy Reputation. Unfortunately, the work of the Deputy Commission ended with nothing. And the synodal did not go to work at all.
http://www.mk.ru/blogs/idmk/2001/05/25/mk-daily/34819/
In 1992, a former KGB officer on the name Shushpanov admitted that most employees of the external church relations department were agents, and were obliged to report on contacts with foreigners, both in the country and abroad.
In 2003, a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Priest Yury Edelstein, sent a letter to President of Russia V. V. Putin, where Metropolitan Kirill also accused of ties with the KGB.
According to the "New Newspaper", the import of tobacco products was engaged in the Financial and Trading Group Nika, whose vice-president became Archpriest Vladimir Veriga - Commercial Director of the Department of External Church Relations, led Kirill. According to the newspaper, Sergey Bychkov published a number of articles on this commercial activity.
According to The New Times:
"In 1996, OVDS through its fund" Nika "under the guise of humanitarian assistance (without customs duties), more than 8 billion cigarettes were injured in Russia, to outden me from the market of importers who paid duties. The first time of this story came soon the closed and forgotten small business newspaper, and then there was a whole shaft of publications in the Moscow Komsomol resident and Moscow news.
Actually, tobacco kings and began the first campaign of exposure, as they believed, an unfair competitor. In Nicotine, then the media and evil tongues were argued in the church itself, Cyril was a starting capital - several hundred million dollars, after which the financial scandals were poured onto it, as from an abundance horns. It was involved in the duty-free export of oil, the catch of Kamchatka crab, the extraction of Ural gems, the establishment of banks, the buying of shares and real estate. Specific (with a tint "shepherd") of communication in the political leadership and the business community quickly brought Cyril to the first place in terms of personal assets among hierarchs of the ROC MP. In 2004, the Researcher of the Center for Studies of the Shadow Economy at the RGGU Nikolai Mitrokhin issued a monograph on the shadow economic activities of the ROC. The state of Metropolitan Kirill was estimated in this work at $ 1.5 billion after 2 years, journalists of "Moscow news" tried to recalculate the assets of the head of the church Foreign Ministry and came to the conclusion they already had $ 4 billion. Neither Metropolitan himself nor the leadership of the RPCs did not comment on these data "
Metropolitan Kirill, indirectly recognizing the fact of transactions to import on behalf of OSDS, has repeatedly refuted accusations of personal interest; During the online conversation with the public, called such publications "a completely specific political order", which is being worked out "with perseverance, worthy of other use", and this is written "not a newspaper, but one newspaper." He noted that "Unfortunately, the use of a press for personal accounts or achieving political, career and other purposes is very common in our society. In this case, we are dealing with a custom campaign aimed at achieving at least one or two above mentioned purposes. "
Former in 1999-2000, the head of the tax service of Russia Alexander Pochinokov on the eve of the 2008 Location Cathedral said:
"... The government decided to help, allocating the ROC quotas for the import of excisable goods, providing an appropriate permission through the Government Commission on Humanitarian Assistance for their imports. At the same time, the ROC is more precisely, the companies close to it - was released from the payment of customs duties. All this ended sad for everyone - and for those importers, because many of them suffered, and for the budget. "
Hobbies - Mountain skiing.
Lives in the official residence of OVDS in Silver Bor (Moscow).
In 2002 he bought a penthouse in the embankment house overlooking the Church of Christ the Savior (the apartment was registered to Gundyaev Vladimir Mikhailovich, "What is the appropriate entry in the cadastral statement" (The New Times. No. 50 of December 15, 2008). In the media appeared " Information about the purchase of Metropolitan Villa in Switzerland. "(ibid.)
In early 2012, a wide public resonance was received by the situation around the court on compensation for damage to the apartment belonging to Patriarch, the defendant in which I was living in the neighborhood Yuri Shevchenko. According to the position of registered and living in the Patriarchal apartment of Lydia Leonova and the court decision, on the basis of an examination performed by IONA experts, dust from repair in Shevchenko's apartment contained dangerous components, including nanoparticles, and caused damage to the apartments of Patriarch, furniture and collections from almost 1600 Books. The final amount of the claim was about 19.7 million rubles. The amount of the claim and the unclear status of Leonov called numerous critical discussions in the media and the blogosphere. In a conversation with a journalist V. Solovyuv, Patriarch explained that he had no relation to the suit, which was filed with his secondary sister Leonova, registered in the apartments of the Patriarch. At the same time, Kirill assured the Solovyov journalist that the money that Shevchenko's Leuon's Force was paid by the lawsuit, will go to clean the library and charity.
According to the journalist of the radio station "Echo of Moscow" Sakena Aimurzayev, who repeated a number of publications, the very fact of ownership of the apartment is in conflict with the vow of non-dusting, which gives with a post every monk. The surveyed IA Rosbalt lawyers (Vladimir Zherebonkov, Maxim Stolyarov, Igor Trunov) confirmed that in their opinion, for the first time in Russian practice, the foundation for compensation for damage was stated pollution of the apartment by nanoparticles, and also declared an unprecedented amount for causing damage to one apartment. According to Trunov, the bias of the court had a place, and according to the foeming - possibly elements of lobbism. Lawyers surveyed by RAPS, expressed other opinions regarding the amount of the claim and do not point to Lobbism: the lawyer Konstantin Perepaidze believes that the plaintiff won the court reasonably, as it was well prepared for the upcoming process. The lawyer Natalia Salikov called the sum of the colossal, but reasonable, since antique furniture and valuable property was damaged as a result of the incident, and the lawyer Oleg Frolov expressed the view that the cost of the apartment and items could cause a high price of damage.
In response to criticism in connection with the data, as well as a number of other scandalous cases, the Moscow Patriarchate, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation and some politicians have announced an organized campaign to discredit Patriarch and ROC. Patriarch Kirill himself June 16, 2012 on the ether of the program "The Word of the Shepherd" on the first channel called people, "who criticize the church", "requiring spiritual healing."
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Conductor Symphony of the authorities
At the meeting at the end of last year, a meeting of the Holy Sainted ROC, one might say, finally decided the question of the next Patriarch. The church "Vertical of Power" is already subordinated to Metropolitan Kirill. Who is he - the next most likely charter of the Russian Orthodox Church?
The image of Metropolitan Kirill is very contradictory, and it is impossible to choose some one paint for him. The inconsistency of Cyril is not the fruit of its complex nature and features of the worldview - several historical epochs of the grip in their millstones, the bright and strong personality of Metropolitan.
On the one hand, Cyril is the most scandalous figure in the ROC of the late XX - early XXI centuries. On the other hand, his authority recognizes or at least with his strength and power is considered to be in the church: both liberals, conservatives, and modernists, and orthodoxes. His "nonsense" find "high" excuses: for example, his passion for business, which has recently recently plunged into the shock of the church public, is now announced by the only way to preserve the independence of the Church in the context of building a tough "vertical of power", seeking to embrace and subordinate all public institutions Modern Russia. However, flexibility shows not only Kirill's flock - the Metropolitan himself is constantly "rebuilt on the march": he is a zealous ecumenist, then an unfinished wrestler with globalization; then Liberal-Western, then the parent patriot-firm; That supporter Voloshin and oligarchs, then the confessor of "Silovikov". Almost according to the word of the Apostle Paul, he is trying to "be for all", but not to "save at least some", but in order to be unspecified with any changes in the "environment parameters". Someone will say that this is normal: the church must survive in all conditions, because, according to the word of Christ, she will be "before the fuss of the century." Someone will see in the flexibility of Cyril apotheosis of Sergianism - politicians of infinite church adaptation and conformism, guaranteeing the preservation of the legal church administration even in the kingdom of the Antichrist.
Who is this man - a sharp, gusty, passionate, but closed in a risky and monastic hood? What is useful and what is dangerous Metropolitan Kirill Church and secular society? Is he the only candidate for the Patriarchal throne?
Volodya Gundyaev - so his name was in short worldly life - was born with late Stalinism and grew up in the period "thaw" in the family of a priest. True, his parent is about. Mikhail - was poor and often fell into opal from his church bosses. Despite this, he was a convinced Sergianin: he believed that the church should be saved at all costs and the hierarchs have no other path, except for the frivolous subordination of "godless power". This father's line caused rejection in young Volodya - choleric temperament, multiplied by permanent clashes with "militant atheism" at school, led to the fact that Volodya did not take into the 9th grade of high school, and he settled to work in a geological expedition.
At that time, a bright star took a bright star at the church chaise of Leningrad, who littered the entire further life path of the believer of the young man, - Metropolitan Nicodemia (Rotov), \u200b\u200bwho made a sparkled church career for several years and by the middle of the fourth dozen of his life, which occupied key church posts. Subsequently, let him not so quickly - the path of his teacher will repeat and Kirill himself. In one of his interviews, he will share memories of how at first he met the appointment in Peter Nicodema, seemingly in the lucky church careerist of an explicit protected authority. Whoever knew that from a radical rejection of Nicodemus to an enthusiastic worship before him, the young man separated only one step. Volodya made him, crossing the threshold of the Cabinet of Nicodem in 1965 to get his blessing to enter the seminary. Nicodemus was very sensitive to talents and immediately brought to him Volodya, which thanks to this in less than five years old graduated from the eight-year course of the seminary and the Academy.
At 21, he takes a monasticism with the name of Cyril and becomes Hieromonom. At the same time, his "External Church Activity" begins - in a retinue of Nicodemia he leaves in Prague. At 23, Kirill ends the academy, becomes a candidate of theology and begins to teach dogmatic to students who were older than him. In 24, he is already Archimandrite and the ROC representative at the World Council of Churches in Geneva (this position was held by the honorable protopsychist Vitaly Borovo). At 27, Kirill returns to Peter and make the rector of the Leningrad Great Academy - the youngest for the entire 200th-year history of this school. Promotion to the Soviet elite, "Beautiful Life", constant trips abroad adjusted that at the same time a romantic and ascetic ideal, which was probably striving for a young Volodya, taking monasticism. None of his official biographies will never get the history of dating with Lydia Mikhailovna Leonovoy - Young and the sympathetic daughter of the chef of the Leningrad Region of the CPSU. For 30 years, they are already associated with the warmest relationships, which, by the way, gave rise to some Western journalists who are poorly dismantled in Orthodox canons, to name the Vladyka Kirill "an exemplary family man." It is said that now at home address Lydia Mikhailovna in Smolensk registered a number of commercial enterprises, one way or another related to the business of Metropolitan himself.
In 29 years, Kirill becomes the bishop of Vyborg, although on the Orthodox canons even the sled of a priest can be obtained only in 30. The next year it is asked to the San Archbishop, in parallel it occupies a lot of all sorts of posts in international religious organizations. What trust party and government should use the young man in the middle of the Brezhnev 70s in order to achieve such heights and almost continuously ride abroad and even in the "Country Countries"! By the period, the first reports in the KGB, signed by the Myjailov pseudonym, who found out the Parliamentary Commission Yakunin - Ponomarev, took the bishop of Kirill, thus perpetuating the name of his parent about. Mikhail.
But here there was a thunder among the clear sky. With mysterious circumstances on the hands of Pope John Paul I (the only time spent just a month and mysteriously died) dies relatively young Metropolitan Nicodemus. The career takeoff of Archbishop Kirill is slightly slowed down, and in 1984 it is transferred to the provincial Smolensk Department. Formally, it takes it so far, although, of course, much more time spends in Moscow and in all sorts of foreign trips.
The administrative revolution, which last year Metropolitan Kirill last year, is directly related to Patriarch's disease Alexy II, this disease was its indispensable condition. In the fall of 2002, the Primate of the ROC, struck by the mysterious rholic, was forced to move away for a long time. For nine months, it collapsed by him as early as the early 1990s, served "System of checks and counterweights" in the highest church management. The mysteriousness of the patriarchal disease will only increase, if we recall that the gradual replacement of important ROC departments of Metropolitan Kirill began just on the eve of this disease.
But a year ago, in January 2003, when the Patriarch had not appeared on people for three months, in addition to Cyril Metropolitans, Sergius (Fomin) and Metthodia (Nemtsov), were referred to his successors. And it was believed that the chances of them are approximately equal. Sergius held a key position of the Patriarchate business manager, and Methodius headed the richest - Voronezh - Dioceve, led a number of church projects in Moscow and was in the presidential administration. It is still unknown for certain, which political and administrative levers used Metropolitan Kirill from January to May, but at the first meeting of the Synod, which was headed by the recovering Patriarch, on May 7, a completely sensational decision was made: to release Metropolitan Methodius from the management of the Voronezh Diocese and from all Posts in Moscow and send to the distant Kazakhstan, and Metropolitan Sergius to appoint Methodius to the place of Metropolitan, in Voronezh, pre-separating from the Voronezh Diocese of its main financial appendage - Lipetsk region. So, overnight, Methodius has lost real chances to become a patriarch, and Sergius was removed from Moscow and deprived of the financial base, which also substantially weakened his position. However, the final course of this personnel Gambit was still ahead: at a meeting of the Synod on December 26, Sergius was freed from the post of the Patriarchate business managers, which the Perennial First Deputy Cyril took.
Only the commercial activity of Metropolitan Kirill shaped his scandalous reputation in the media. The corresponding talents from the hierarch were found in the early 1990s, at the dawn of market reforms in Russia. However, his business was released only by 1994. Through its department, Metropolitan became the founder of the Commercial Bank "Peresvet", the Charitable Foundation "Nika", JSC "International Economic Cooperation" (MES), JSC "Free People's Television" (SNT) and a number of other structures. Nika, which was originally created by Sergius, after the transition under the control of Kirill began to actively trade with cigarettes imported into Russia OSDS MP under the guise of humanitarian aid and therefore released from customs duties. The tobacco business of Metropolitan Kirill reached completely ugly sizes, so it was impossible to avoid the scandal. Only for the 8 months of 1996, Oscs MP was driving about 8 billion duty free cigarettes to Russia (these data were made public by the Commission of the Government of the Russian Federation on international humanitarian and technical assistance issues), which amounted to 10% of the tobacco product market and brought a profit of several hundred million dollars. "Delivered" Kirill, in all likelihood, the reassigned competitors who suddenly entered the market on the white horse of duty-free trade Metropolitan confused all the cards.
When the "tobacco scandal" broke out at full capacity, Kirill tried to shift responsibility to the government. In one of the interview, he stated: "People who were engaged in this (that is, Kirill himself and his wards - Archbishop Clement and Archpriest Vladimir Veriga. - A.S.), did not know what to do: burn these cigarettes or send Are they back? We turned to the government, and it made a decision: to recognize this by a humanitarian cargo and provide an opportunity to implement it. " In the government, of course, they were offended at Kirill, because it was he who urged the authorities in the "humanitarian" character of the deadly product, but not on the contrary, which is a lot of documentary evidence. But Metropolitan already realized that he would have to end up with tobacco business, so he did not particularly care about his reputation in tobacco circles.
A new and more promising business has become oil - this time, naturally, not import, but export. Close to Metropolitan Kirill Bishop Victor (Pyankov), now moving in the United States, was part of the board of directors of MES, which in the mid-90s exported several million tons of oil from Russia per year. The annual turnover of the company was about $ 2 billion. Sometimes MES was forced to act under the cover of the Patriarch himself, the signature of which under the petitions to the government on the release of regular hundred thousand tons of export oil from duties, apparently expensive, given the volume of financial flows in this business.
Any business Kirill began with the appeal to the authorities - sometimes signed by the Patriarch, - in which it was said about "commissioned" temples and about some abstract "Renaissance programs", for the financing of which we need tax benefits, in charge of customs duties and t .P. The category of curiosities includes the attempt of Metropolitan to implement the market of marine bioresources - the relevant government structures were allocated in 2000 by the Cyril Firm (JSC "Region") huge quotas for Kamchatka Crab and Shrimps (total volume - more than 4 thousand tons). Profit from this enterprise is estimated at $ 17 million. Crab meat was predominantly in the United States, since half of the firm's shares belonged to American partners. Now, in his interview, Metropolitan Cyril with an ironic grin talks about how his ill-wishers are so mute, that they even tried to accuse him in an attempt to destroy several valuable types of crab. On the breadth of the "commercial interests" of the hierarch testifies to his participation in the automotive joint venture in Kaliningrad, in the plant for the production of cheeses in the Ryazan region, in creating a supermarket on the outskirts of Moscow ... In addition to the cohesive business team, Kirill, in addition to the Archbishop of the Clement and Archbish and Archpriest Vladimir enter And other people: for example, the former GGB General, which personally heads a number of amphibrated commercial structures.
Cyril even tried to create his own influential media, but "Free People's Television", which claimed the 11th Decimeter Canal in Moscow, owing a bunch of money, rushed into the fly and did not appear on the air. The "Orthodox telegentism" works poorly, which produces the program "Word of the Shepherd" on Saturdays and spreads it on video tags.
Meanwhile, in the foreign policy of our church, for which Kirill answers, not all is well. The church policy in Estonia failed, where half of the parishes moved to the Konstantinople Patriarchate, in Ukraine, where the Moscow Patriarchate is clamped by Greek Catholics and Orthodox Selfies, in Abkhazia, which turned out to be between the Georgian and Russian churches in the "Nezozny" situation in the far abroad. The brightest church foreign policy project of last year - the association of the ROC with the Russian Church Abroad - was developed, and in part and implemented by no means Metropolitan Kirill, and Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), who is called Putin's unofficial confessor.
With Metropolitan, Kirill had a fundamental rethinking role of OVDS in church life. Previously it was believed that this department should only deal with bonds with abroad. According to the same Metropolitan, "External Communications" is generally all the contacts of the ROC with the outside world: political, economic, cultural. When some forces made the initiative of the creation of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Cyril began an irreconcilable struggle against this idea. Following the tradition, as long as Metropolitan, Nicodemus (Rota) and resting on Catholic experience, Kirill believes that the power of the secular and power of church must have about the same weight in society and respect each other's interests. The ideological substantiation of this theory of "new symphony of the authorities" is a doctrine "Orthodox at birth" developed by Kirill, to the number of which supposedly belongs to 85 - 90% of the country's population. The essence of the theory is that a person may not go to church, not to believe in God, to be unprecedented, but since he is Russian or even because he was born in the "Orthodox cultural environment", he is "Orthodox for birth", that is, regardless of His beliefs, but only by some genetically demographic reasons "assigned" to the ROC. Of this, essentially materialistic, the doctrine flows one far-reaching conclusion. I will give him to the editors of Kirill himself: "We must generally forget this term, the term:" Multiconductic Country ". Russia is an Orthodox country with national and religious minorities. " The Constitution is resting!
The teaching of Metropolitan Cyril is the theory of "priesthood above the kingdom" present on the materialist language, which Patriarch Nikon Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich preached. And if Kirill is destined to become a patriarch, then the current acting duties of the king will also have to hear a lot of interesting things: and that the Constitution is a fiction; and that the Russian state was created by the ROC, the head of which should be his co-guard; And that the church is fully economically independent of the state, and therefore can be particularly and not considered with the "Tsarist Will". This is the political ideal of Metropolitan Cyril. It seems that this ideal is aimed at strengthening the Russian state, but it turns out that his goal is a new redistribution of power (and resources behind it).
Does all these are modern Russia?
Alexander Soldatov, Ogoniok.com
On the website of the ROC "Zamazali" photo with the clock of Patriarch Kirill, but their reflection remains
After the statement by Patriarch Kirill about the mounted photos, where he allegedly painted the Breguet watches for $ 30,000, the bloggers were found on the ROC website, where there are no hours on the Patriarch's hand, but they are reflected in the lacquered table, writes "Gazeta.Ru".
"What a disgrace. This is the campaign against the patriarch, "said Alexey Navalny blogger on Wednesday, laying out a reference to the site" Patriarchia.ru "with a photo.
Approximately an hour after the start of the discussion on the Internet from the ROC website was removed the opportunity to see the increased version of the photo, but Gazeta.Ru remained its screenshot.
As explained on the ROC website, the photo was made on July 3, 2009 during a meeting of Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov.
Also on Wednesday, bloggers drew attention to the photo of the State Agency RIA Novosti from the February meeting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with representatives of religious denominations. In this photo, the Patriarch sits next to Putin, and on the hand of the Primate the Watch Breguet.
Last week, Patriarch Kirill in a conversation with a TV journalist Vladimir Solovyov called "collage" the resonant photos, where the Patriarch had an expensive watches of Breguet on the right hand. Patriarch explained that in the patriarchal robe for the service in which he in the photo is "impossible to wear a clock."
At the same time, the Patriarch explained that Breguet for $ 30 thousand he really has, but they lie among the boxes with gifts to Patriarch, and he never put them. The charter of the ROC added that he carries the clock that he was presented by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev - "Russians, inexpensive".
The scandal around the watches of the Patriarch broke out last year in Ukraine, where the Patriarch came with a visit. Local journalists made photos of the Patriarch with the Breguet clock. And on one of the photographs that Kirill called the "collage", the charter of the ROC in the patriarch of the robe carefully considers his wrist, on which the clock is visible.
zvezda.ru, 04.04.2012
The church was explained about the "anti-vocal clock" on the wrist of the Patriarch Kirill: this is "a mustache mistake"
The press service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill, made an official statement about the photos of Holiness with expensive clock on hand. The fact that in the photo posted on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate, the clock will disappear, then appear, the RPC called "error".
"Employees of the press service of the press service when working with a photo archive posted on the site, a ridiculous error was made," the press service said in a statement of NEWSru.com. A genuine photo is currently returned to his place. Site server cache memory is cleaned from the processed photo, reported in the press service. However, another photo with which the clock has been removed still remains on the site.
Photo on the ROC website, which shows the reflection of the watches on the hand of the Patriarch, and no hours themselves, the 24-year-old inexperienced employee, the girl "secular, not a nun", spoke on the ether of the "Russian News Service" Deputy Head of the Patriarchate Press Service. "A man showed a stupid, nothing justified initiative, not agreed with the leadership. It is clear that this is a misunderstanding. We do not want to hide anything, we have nothing to be ashamed," the press service stressed.
"We value our employees, and even when they admit mistakes, we strive to correct them first, explain to the person," the representative of the Patriarchate said "RSN". At the same time, the press service statements say that "the guilty will be strictly punished."
Journalists meanwhile asked not to punish the Bild editor of the Patriarchate site, believing that his guilt was not in what had happened. As SLON.RU reminds if you believe in believing, every evil is like vampires is not reflected in the mirror, so the reverse situation is very logical - it turns out, the clock at the Patriarch in the picture "Anti-Vampire".
Indirectly commented on the situation and Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, I did not fail to hint that the scandal around the Patriarch's watches, apparently, excessively break. "I have never been interested in what a watch he has, moreover, I don't really remember, what I have a clock on your hand, you need to see. I'm not interested in this side of life," said Chaplin with Slon.ru.
The head of the press service of the Patriarch of Archpriest Vladimir Vigilansky was more dramatically on the eve. "I believe that it is indecent, it is aimed at considering the items of a personal toilet or gifts, or other things that another person wears," he said in a conversation with the radio station "Kommersant FM". - Regardless, Patriarch is it, or a journalist, or what Any public figure. I believe that it is indecent. There is some personal territory of a person, to climb into which is considered to be completely complete. Therefore, I, of course, I will not comment. "
"Miracle" with a clock
On the eve of the blogosphere, a rapid discussion of the mysterious phenomenon was launched, which was not different bloggers, as a "miracle." Carefully visiting the photographs laid out on the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate, where the head of the ROC is captured with the Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov, the bloggers found that there is no clock on the hand of the patriarch, but their reflection is available on a shiny table surface.
What the clock bears a clergyman, it is not easy for this snapshot, but they are not too similar to those "small, neat" watches with the coat of arms donated by Dmitry Medvedev. Recall, the sixth day, Vladimir Soloviev journalist published an excerpt from his interview with Cyril, in which the Patriarch was particularly due to the long-standing scandal with Breguet clock, photographed Ukrainian journalists.
"When we wear a robe for service, the clock cannot be put on, it is impossible to wear a clock. And I looked at this photo and suddenly I understood - and this is a collage!," Said Patriarch Solovyov. - Yes, I wear a clock. Here this watch gave me Dmitry Anatolyevich. These are our Russian clocks, inexpensive watches with the coat of arms are small, neat clock. "
"One of the basic principles of our work is a fundamental refusal to use photo editing programs to change the type of images. Photo processing is always concerned only with color and other technical indicators. On what basis in this situation there was a gross violation of our internal ethics - the question that will understand Very carefully, the perpetrators will be strictly punished, "the Patriarch press service is noted in today's statement.
The press service brought apologies to all users of the site for "approved technical protrusion." The scale of the oversight is really impressive. The fact is that from the Moscow Patriarchate website initially removed not only the original photo with a clock, but also a number of other pictures, on which the Patriarch was captured with a clock, notes the Ukrainian portal "Main".
For example, at a meeting with the former US ambassador, Kirill put on the same watches, and at a meeting with the Ambassador of Turkey, and during Randevo with the Minister of Defense. True, now on the site of the Patriarchate, these photographs are again present in the list of illustrations to the corresponding news (meeting with the US Ambassador, the Turkish Ambassador, the Minister of Defense).
NEWSru.com, April 5, 2012
Apartment response Patriarch Kirill
Representatives of Vladimir Gundyaev, the owner of the apartment in the famous Moscow "House on the Embankment", made the arrest of the neighbor's apartment from below.
Twenty million rubles; It is such an amount, by decision of the Moscow courts, should pay an ex-minister of health of the Russian Federation, a cardiologist and priest Yuri Shevchenko, compensation for the housing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril in the "House on the Embankment" (Moscow, Street Serafimovich, 2). 15 million rubles; So much, in the opinion of the judicial authorities, the apartment owned by Shevchenko in the "House on the Embankment" (the market value of the living space in the famous building hesitates in the area of \u200b\u200b50 million rubles). The arrest of housing belonging to the Shevchenko family - a measure aimed at providing claims.
The communal history associated with the Patriarchal inequality began in 2010. Lidia Leonov, prescribed in the apartment Vladimir Gundyaev, accused Yuri Shevchenko - a neighbor from below - that the construction dust from repair, which was in the apartment of the doctor, damaged the property of the Primate. In the claims, according to Rosbalt agency, it was: "Transportation of items from the apartment and back - 376 thousand rubles, the apartment repairs - 7.3 million rubles, rental of similar living spaces for the time of repair - 2.1 million rubles, spoiled furniture and interior items - 2.6 million rubles, the whole cleaning of 970 books - 6.3 million rubles, the cleaning of property -151 thousand rubles. " Vladimir Gundyayev himself neither in conflict, nor in attempts to settle participation did not accept.
And no claims of Patriarch Kirill also did not give, - emphasizes the chief editor of the independent network resource portal-Credo.ru Alexander Soldatov. - The plaintiff is a certain Mrs. Lidia Leonov, which is recently the press as sister Patriarch. But we do not know reliably, to what degree of relationship she is with him. We only know that it is registered in this apartment, and Vladimir Gundyaev, he, and Patriarch Kirill, is the sole owner of the housing. This data is in open access, in the cadastral statements of various kinds: he bought this apartment for about 7-8 years ago.
Vladimir Publicist Vladimir Golyashev in his blog leads links to the official biography of the Patriarch: He has a sister, but her name is Elena, hurts on spiritual Niva - directly directly in Orthodox gymnasium. Lydia's sister in existing materials does not mean.
Lydia Leonova first surfaced in the late 90s - when it turned out that several commercial structures were registered on it in Smolensk, where the current Patriarch of Cyril was the diocesan bishop. These structures, in particular, were engaged in both the notorious tobacco business, they controlled there some trade in tobacco, investments of various kinds were engaged. There is a reason to assume that Lydia Leonov, which the future Patriarch brought with him to Smolensk, from Leningrad, is his some financial agent, at least and a closely close person, since they live in the same apartment.
History This has become known because the lawyers of Mr. Shevchenko - the former Minister of Health of Russia, who is also a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate for several years - attracted the attention of the press after two ships, district and Moscow City Court, have accepted completely inadequate decisions. In the absence of Mrs. Leonov, any power of attorney from the owner of this apartment - and this is despite the fact that Leonovov's lawyer did not have adequate documents to submit their interests - these absurd decisions were taken to recover 20 million rubles from Mr. Shevchenko. At the same time, I note that the apartment of Patriarch Kirill, where Leonov lives, is a floor higher than Shevchenko's apartment. And the claim is that when Shevchenko repaired his apartment, dust flew not down, and up and applied such a huge damage to the property of the Patriarch. In fact, in church circles it is suggested that this apartment simply began to be scrupted for two such important people - there are only 144 square meters. m., so they decided to make it two-level. For what it is necessary at any cost to evict those who stay smoothly under the patriarch Kirill Mr. Shevchenko.
But since Yuri Shevchenko is also a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, could it be somehow resolving the question in the direction of the church subordination, without the involvement of the world court?
That is, deprive him of Sana, send to the monastery? Some radical and disciplinary measures?
No, why. Somehow like this: "Here is an apartment in another place, let's agree."
No, in another place the apartment is not interested. This apartment has a view of the Kremlin and the Church of Christ the Savior. Therefore, the patriarch will not leave there.
I, in fact, not about him, but about Mr. Shevchenko.
But Mr. Shevchenko has a more difficult situation. The priesthood of Yuri Shevchenko is not such a simple, like the rest of the clerics. The fact is that he was advised to become a priest late Alexy II. Mr Shevchenko graduated from the Tashkent seminary, living in Moscow, and ordained was in Kiev as part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Therefore, Shevchenko seems to be directly subordinate to Cyril cleric.
And now what happens to him?
Since the court ordered Shevchenko to free one of the two apartments, which in this house belong to him, plus another compensation, it may soon follow some enforcement proceedings, during which it is forcibly evaluated. It should be noted that in his absence and in the absence of relatives once in his apartment was already laughed by local authorities and law enforcement agencies, which is a gross violation of the law. But the court did not take into account. And as a result of this invasion, the fact of the repair was recorded, which was considered in court.
We add that in common lawyers, the document with which they are going to go to the Supreme Court indicate that the Patriarch cannot have such property. In particular, the document says: "The owner of the apartment V. M. Gundyaev, who is not attracted to participate in the case, being the Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and at the same time a monk, according to the charter of Vasily the Great, in accordance with the 6th rule of the two-time cathedral and the charter of the ROC Do not have the right to own any property. "
It is believed that all the property of the bishop belongs to the church. Any bishop, including the Patriarch, dying, can not bind this property to some particular individuals. It all acts into a general-worker treasury. Such canonical law. Therefore, the very fact of the presence of such an apartment in the Patriarch is contrary to the canonical rules. But once again notice - not the Patriarch participates in the case formally, but Mrs. Leonova, whose status is not fully understood.
About the option with my sister was talked above. Are there more or less official explanations, who has to monk Kirill Lidia Leonov? In addition to the communal neighbor, naturally.
Official historiography is silent about Mrs. Leonova. Therefore, it is not impaired by us: so we could even refer to a kind of official document. There are unofficial historiography that originates from the publication of the German magazine "Stern" in about 1993-1994, where Metropolitan Cyril is described as a "approximate family man." And it is even claimed that he has children. Further, our portal with a link to different sources - in particular, in Sergey Bychkov, from the Moscow Komsomol Center, which conducted various investigations relating to the life of the future Patriarch, - several years wrote that this Mrs. Leonov is a daughter of a kind of official from the Leningrad Committee of the Party. With her, the future Patriarch met in the early 70s, when he was a student of the Leningrad Spiritual Academy. And so supposedly from the same time she accompanies him everywhere - and in Smolensk lived, and now in Moscow. Therefore, the word "sister" may be worth understanding in the spiritual sense, and not in physiological.
Vladimir Gundyaev is the first person at the post of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, who possesses this kind of property? Or predecessors of Cyril in the post also differed something like that?
Some predecessors differed, although Kirill's property exceeds, probably, the property of any other patriarch for the entire post-revolutionary Russian history. For example, the Patriarch of Alexy I had no personal real estate. He lived at the dacha in Peredelkin or in Odessa, or in a pure alley in the general-workers, where he was simply provided with accommodation. Patriarch Alexy II has already had some personal real estate - for example, an apartment in the residential complex "Golden Keys" in the Matveyevskoye area. In the 70s, at the request of the Council for Religious Affairs, the highest hierarchs were allocated apartments in a cooperative house near the subway "South-West". But there was a cooperative form of ownership. Perhaps these apartments were privatized. There still lives, for example, Metropolitan Juvenali - who once described in his official journal, as on a staircase near his apartment, some criminals were attacked with a knife with a knife.
Alexia II had property in Switzerland. YouTube even hangs a small film about how he visits his cottage, its foreign residence. But it seems that Patriarch Kirill is so much more property. It is said that he has a house in Switzerland, in Spain, and somewhere else. All this is quite difficult to investigate. Part of the property is framed on other persons. But this apartment is in the house on the embankment - in one of the most expensive buildings in Moscow - officially on Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaeva. So, we can talk about her. It, of course, in terms of the cost significantly surpasses the apartment that belonged to Alexy II. Kirill is not a source of this tradition, but it reached the maximum heights of the compassion.
What does the flock think about it? Wealth wealth, but "House on the Embankment" is a few atpacing.
Probably, no one is secret that among the flock, the ordinary clergy Cyrill causes different painful emotions. As for the last 3 years, collective or private letters of protest appeared, and there is something else. Even before the election of the Patriarch, in 2008-2009, a lot was said that Kirill is too worldly, too politicizing that he does not fit with a traditional benevolent way of the Russian Patriarch. If you remember, during this campaign of Clement and Cyril, two main candidates, were opposed to the "Prayer and Manager" principle. Supporters of Cyril emphasized that it has unique administrative abilities, including can produce money, invest. It is such a Patriarch that needs church in this period of such wild state capitalism.
For worst independence of the church?
Perhaps yes, to be more or less on equal trading with power. Because the climate, being an incomplete and prayer, would have forced to mechanically and stupidly fulfill all the orders of power. And Kirill, who has some kind of power, including financial, may require more respectful attitude to himself that the church perceived as a kind of equal subject in political life, in the economic, etc. Indeed, most of the flocks and clergy of the Moscow Patriarchate Cyril is not perceived as a traditional patriarch, he causes a lot of negative emotions, and criticism is inside the church. But there is too tough vertical structure. It provides very few opportunities for effective criticism. There are no Cathedral institutions such as church parliament, where they could be fractions, criticism, something else. There are no control and auditing bodies. There is no normal operation of the Church Court. All this deaf discontent cannot acquire some organized forms. Therefore, so far it remains somewhat depressed and manifests. When with time, maybe the instruments of some competitive struggle will appear inside the church - then it all turns out. But while all this is in such a crushed state.
And even information about such an act of compassion is not able to change the situation, disrupt the equilibrium of this kind?
I would not talk about equilibrium. This is still such a forced depression. The energy of a very large protest strength will be copied in Moscow Patriarchate. With the slightest weakening of political cracks and guarantors, which provide the unity of the Moscow Patriarchate, all this power will splash out - in very, maybe, bright. At least in Moscow, most clerics knew that the Patriarch had this apartment that he had a number of expensive real estate objects. Someone confuses and causes a deaf ropot, and someone, on the contrary, sees the proof that Cyril is a truly effective manager, which can turn out the property, to manage it: "If he did for himself, then the church it can dope. " Take a program for the construction of 200 new temples in Moscow. After all, Moscow clerics claim to, thanks to these temples, take some new places, to gain a new flock. So, there is some intersection of the interests of the Patriarch itself and part of the Moscow clergy.
However, with the departure of Yuri Luzhkov, they began to speak much less about this program.
No further as the day before yesterday, a meeting of the Board of Trustees took place. In fact, the program took on Mr. Resin, the nearest assistant Luzhkov. We can say that through Vladimir Resin there was some broadcast of the situation that was with Luzhkov, in the current realities. Resin, being officially Judah, became an assistant patriarch on the construction of new temples. And he acts with his inherent pressure, by force in order to receive all new and new sections for this construction. True, this year construction will be launched only in 11 sites, which can be considered, of course, by some defeat of Cyril. However, Resin guarantees that it will continue to urge new sites, seek their allocation ...
But it's not about this now. And about the fact that among the Moscow clergy there is such a layer, which hopes to replenish their income after these temples appear - and therefore supports the efforts of the Patriarch aimed at this. But the provincial clergy, mainly complains. From everywhere we hear moans. Collective letters come to the editors that the rural clergy is taxed with some exorbitant church taxes that do not have, by the way, legal status: just unofficial defeats in the black box office, the tax crime, in essence. However, the bishops mercilely dismissed those who do not fulfill these financial requirements. Amounts increased at times compared to what they paid to Patriarch Kirill. Therefore, the position of Kirill inside the church is phoned. He keeps while there is his alliance with Vladimir Putin. Putin is a guarantor of Cyril's immunity and his property. It happens that with Putin - of course, Cyril will not be able to keep
