Metropolitan Eugene (russian: Митрополит Евгений, et, Metropoliit Jevgeni
secular name
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Valery Germanovich Reshetnikov, russian: Валерий Германович Решетников; born October 9, 1957) is a
bishop
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of the
Russian Orthodox Church
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, and primate of the
(since 2018), former rector of
Moscow Theological Academy
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(1995-2018) and Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Holy Synod (1994-2018).
Biography
Early life
Born on October 9, 1957 in
Esil District, Akmola Region
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of the
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
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*1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы)
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He spent his adolescent and youthful years in
Kirov.
After completing eight year of high school he studied at the Kirov builder's college (Кировский строительный техникум). In 1977-1979 he served in the
Soviet Army
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. After demobilization, he worked in the Kirov diocesan administration, while acting as
subdeacon
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of Bishop
Chrysanth (Chepil) of Kirov.
In 1980, he entered the
Moscow Theological Seminary
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History
Beginning
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. He performed the job of subdeacon of the Rector of the Moscow Theological Schools, Bishop
Alexander (Timofeyev).
[ In 1983 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary and entered the ]Moscow Theological Academy
Moscow Theological Academy (russian: Московская духовная академия) is a higher educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church, training clergy, teachers, scholars, and officials.
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. In 1987,he received his doctorate in theology, after defending his thesis "The Pastorhood in the Russian Church in X-XIII centuries" (Russian: "Пастырство в Русской Церкви в X-XIII веках").[
On July 27, 1986, archimandrite Benedict (Knyazev) ]tonsure
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d him a monk
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with the name Eugene in honour of hieromartyr Eugene of Chersonesus. On August 3, he was ordained
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, then on August 28 he was ordained hieromonk
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In March 1988, the day of ]Pascha
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, he was elevated to the rank of hegumen
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. On January 1, 1989 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite
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and was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Moscow Theological Schools for administrative work. On November 16, 1990 was appointed inspector of Moscow Theological Seminary.[
On August 6, 1991 by decree of Patriarch Alexius II he was appointed rector of the Stavropol Theological Seminary.][
On February 28, 1994, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Acting Chairman of the Education Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church with the dismissal of the Rector of the Stavropol Theological Seminary and elected bishop of ]Vereya Vereya (russian: Верея) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast, a town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast
;Rural localities
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, Vicar of the Moscow Diocese.[
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Titular bishop of Vereyа
On April 16, 1994 he was consecrated
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Bishop of Vereyа, vicar of the Moscow diocese
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On July 18, 1998 the Holy Synod approve him as Chairman of the Education Committee.][
On February 25, 2000, Patriarch ]Alexy II
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of Moscow elevated him to the rank of archbishop
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.
Guided by the decisions of the Bishops' Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as definitions of the Holy Synod and the instructions of the Patriarch, he headed the reform of theological schools of Russian Orthodox Church to transform theological seminaries as higher education
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schools, and theological academies as specialized educational institutions for training of scientific and theological personnel and teachers of theological and educational institutions. The process of reforming theological education was worked out in Moscow theological schools, the experience of which was then applied in other religious educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church.[
In 2004-2007 he was member of the dialogue commission between the ]Moscow Patriarchate
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and Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
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.
On March 22, 2011 he became member of then established Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia
On May 5, 2018 at the meeting of the Synod of the he was elected one of the two candidates for the post of Primate of the Estonian Orthodox Church. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
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approved this decision at a meeting on May 14. On May 29, 2018, an Extraordinary Council of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate elected him its Primate. On 3 June 2018, during the divine liturgy
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at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia elevated him to the rank of Metropolitan and awarded the right to wear the second Panagia
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within the Estonian Orthodox Church. On July 14, the Holy Synod dismissed him Chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church and rector of the Moscow Theological Schools.
After becoming , he began to study Estonian language
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and applied for a residence permit in Estonia
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.
In March 2022, he signed a statement concerning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but in a later interview insisted that his interpretation of the document radically differed from that of his co-signatories.
Published works
* Слово на торжественном собрании профессорско-преподавательского состава и учащихся Московских Духовных школ 1 сентября 1996 года // Журнал Московской Патриархии. М., 1996. — № 12. — С. 38-40.
* Приветствие от Учебного комитета при Священном Синоде и МДА бил. конф. СПбДАиС. 25-26 дек. 1996 г.// Христианское чтение. М., 1997. — № 14. — С. 18-19.
* Проблемы, стоящие перед духовными школами: окл. на юбил. конф. СПбДАиС. 25-26 дек. 1996 г.// Христианское чтение. М., 1997. — № 14. — С. 42-46.
* Доклад на Архиерейском Соборе // Журнал Московской Патриархии. М., 1997. — № 6. — С. 28-32.
* Святитель Иннокентий и Троице-Сергиева Лавра // Журнал Московской Патриархии. М., 1997. — № 11. — С. 49-55.
* Взаимодействие Учебного комитета и Отдела религиозного образования и катехизации Московского Патриархата // Рождественские чтения, 6-е. М., 1998. — С. 64-70.
* Образование и культура. К вопросу об историческом опыте // Сборник пленарных докладов VII Международных Рождественских образовательных чтений. — М. : Отдел религиозного образования и катехизации Русской Православной Церкви, 1999. — 288 с. — С. 87-94.
* Актуальные проблемы богословского образования: окл. на Богосл. конф. «Православное богословие на пороге третьего тысячелетия». Москва, 7-9 февр. 2000 г.// Церковь и время. М., 2000. — № 2(11). — С. 222—236.
* Новая концепция учебной деятельности Русской Православной Церкви // Исторический вестник. М., 2000. — № 7(11). — С. 65-73.
* Религия и наука: Путь к знанию // Сборник пленарных докладов VIII Международных Рождественских образовательных чтений. — М. : Отдел религиозного образования и катехизации Русской Православной Церкви, 2000. — 280 с. — С. 123—129.
* О состоянии и перспективах духовного образования: Доклад на Архиерейском соборе Русской православной церкви (Москва, 13-16 августа 2000 г.) // Вестник высшей школы. 2000. — № 8
* Некоторые проблемы истории и современного состояния образования в России // Журнал Московской Патриархии. М., 2000. — № 12. — С. 45-50.
* Возрождение классического образования // Сборник пленарных докладов IX Международных Рождественских образовательных чтений. — М. : Отдел религиозного образования и катехизации Русской Православной Церкви, 2001. — 304 с. — С. 104—110
* Церковная российская система образования: концептуальные основы взаимоотношений // Сборник пленарных докладов Х Международных Рождественских образовательных чтений. — М. : Отдел религиозного образования и катехизации Русской Православной Церкви, 2002. — 352 с. — С. 74-88
* Вступительное слово // Практика тюремного служения: Материалы семинара, Московская Духовная Академия, 18 — 19 сентября 2001 года / Учебный Комитет Русской Православной Церкви, Московская духовная академия, Общество милосердия в тюрьмах «Вера, Надежда, Любовь» во имя Святителя Николая Чудотворца. — Сергиев Посад : . и. 2002. — С. 3—5
* Интеграция богословского образования Русской Православной Церкви в систему российского образования // Сборник пленарных докладов ХI Международных Рождественских образовательных чтений / ред. архим. Иоанн (Экономцев), сост., ред. В. Л. Шленов, сост., ред. Л. Г. Петрушина. — М.: Отдел религиозного образования и катехизации Русской Православной Церкви, 2003. — 384 с. — С. 84—92.
* Проблемы высшего богословского образования в России. Интервью швейцарскому журналу «Glaube in der 2. Welt» («Вера во втором мире») // Богословский вестник. 2003. — № 3. — С. 224—236
* Богословское образование в России: история, современность, перспективы: юбилейный сборник. — М. : Учебный Комитет Русской Православной Церкви: Московская Духовная Академия, 2004. — 132 с. —
* Академическая реформа // Богословский вестник. 2004. — № 4 — С. 344—353
* Проповедь перед чином прощения // Богословский вестник. 2004. — № 4 — С. 373—378
* Актуальные проблемы богословского образования // Православное богословие на пороге третьего тысячелетия: материалы / Богословская конференция Русской Православной Церкви. Москва, 7 — 9 февраля 2000 г. — М.: Синодальная Богословская комиссия, 2005. — 462 с. — С. 186—198.
* Проповедь в день выпуска // Богословский вестник. 2005. — № 5-6 — С. 413—417
* Таинство Покаяния: богословские аспекты // Православное учение о Церковных Таинствах: V Международная богословская конференция Русской православной церкви (Москва, 13-16 ноября 2007 г.). — Т. 3 : Брак. Покаяние. Елеосвящение. Таинства и тайнодействия. — М. : Синодальная библейско-богословская комиссия, 2009. — С. 167—176
* Труды святителя Иннокентия Московского по развитию духовного просвещения и образования в Русской Америке и на Дальнем Востоке // По стопам графа Н. Н. Муравьева-Амурского и святителя Иннокентия (Вениаминова) — возродим родной край: материалы научно-практической конференции. Хабаровск, 10 июня 2008 года. — Хабаровск : Хабаровская духовная семинария, 2009. — С. 163—177
* Академические юбилеи // Богословский вестник. 2010. — № 11-12. — С. 23—35
* В поисках начала: к 70-летнему юбилею возрождения Московской духовной академии // Богословский вестник. 2013. — № 13 — С. 21-24
* Доклад на торжественном акте, посвященном 200-летию перевода Московской духовной академии в Троице-Сергиеву Лавру // Гуманитарные науки в теологическом пространстве: Взаимодействие духовного и светского образования в России на примере Московской духовной академии с начала XIX в. по настоящее время : Сборник статей в честь 200-летнего юбилея пребывания Московской духовной академии в Троице-Сергиевой Лавре. — Сергиев Посад : Московская духовная академия и семинария, 2015. — С. 37-51
* Проповедь о монашеском призвании в современном мире // Богословский вестник. — Сергиев Посад: Московская духовная академия и семинария. — 2016. — № 20-21. — С. 363—367
* Московская Духовная Академия в 1917—1918 учебном году: На пути к мученичеству // Богословский вестник. — Сергиев Посад : Московская духовная академия и семинария. 2017. — № 26-27. — С. 21-41
* Основные значения термина «богословие» (θεολογία) и их роль в высшем богословском образовании // Теология и образование: 2018: ежегодник Научно-образовательной теологической ассоциации / Общецерковная аспирантура и докторантура им. свв. Кирилла и Мефодия, Национальный исследовательский ядерный университет «МИФИ»; ред. митр. Иларион. — М. : Издательский дом «Познание», 2018. — С. 50-60
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Евгений, архиепископ Верейский, викарий Московской епархии (Решетников Валерий Германович)
Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church
1957 births
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Estonia
Living people
People from Akmola Region