Patriarch Kirill (Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev). Kirill, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (Gundyaev Vladimir Mikhailovich)

Patriarch Alexy II was brutally murdered by Vladimir Gundyaev in his residence on the night of December 5, 2008.

April 17th, 2012

SAVE RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE FROM THE TERRIBLE YOG

“The patriarch was killed, but he is to blame,” MP testifies
Only facts. Patriarch Alexy II was brutally murdered in his residence on the night of December 5th.

4. 09. 2009, Portal-Credo.ru Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev, professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, entered on September 4 in his blog in absentia polemic with the famous Russian actor Stanislav Sadalsky, who claims in his interview to Sobesednik that Patriarch Alexy II died a violent death. And making it clear that the current primate of the ROC MP is somehow involved in this. As the correspondent of Portal-Credo.Ru reports, commenting on Sadalsky's reference to the statement of the protodeacon himself about concealing the true circumstances of the death of the Patriarch, Fr. Andrew writes: "I did not mean the murder of the Patriarch." Of the two initial versions of the death of Alexy II, the protodeacon recognizes the version of a heart attack as partly correct: “As such, a heart attack would not have killed the patriarch. It just happened in the most inconvenient circumstances for help ... ". At the same time, he admits: “It is possible that there was no attack at all. It’s just that an elderly person, at some kind of turn or sudden movement, for a second lost coordination of movements - and fell. But, falling, the back of his head hit the corner of the chair. And this corner interrupted the vein. Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev also reports that on the walls of the room in which the Patriarch was at the time of death, there were “bloody marks from his hands.” The professor testifies that Alexy II himself created the conditions that prevented him from being helped: “It was in the inner chambers of the Patriarch, which he himself locked from the inside at night. The doors are double, the insulation from the rest of the building, where the nuns bustle around, is complete. No one heard the groans of the Patriarch. Even the guards did not have the keys to his chambers. According to the version of Andrei, the doors of the patriarch's chambers were broken only at 8.30, after which they found the body of Alexy II in the bathroom. Explaining the lack of a coherent official version of the death of the Patriarch, the protodeacon lists possible perplexities: “It is clear that the procurators had a lot of questions.” Why was there no panic button in the bathroom? Why was an elderly and seriously ill person with a pacemaker alone? Why didn't the guards have the keys? How could there be not soft and shockproof furniture next to him? Why didn't the housekeeper nun tell the guards right away? It is clear that it was difficult for the Patriarchy to say that the Primate met death in the lavatory. What would be quite normal for common man, is perceived as a scandal when applied to the Patriarch. Yes, and around, and the internal church schismatics would gladly lament about the "death of Arius." In this regard, the version about the death of the Patriarch as a result of an accident, actively disseminated on the day of his death, Fr. Andrew calls "camouflage".
By the way, DDP was. The car of the patriarch and his driver really got into an accident: a KAMAZ classically flew towards them. The driver died. And with the patriarch I had to “sort it out on the spot”, already in the chambers. The body of the driver crushed by KAMAZ, practically without a head and without both legs, was later placed in a coffin for a “funeral”. Otherwise, it is simply impossible to explain its complete and sudden “disappearance”. But where did the body of the patriarch go? Only Kirill Gundyaev knows this. Surely there is something to hide? (RAY). Speaking about the protection of the late Patriarch, Fr. Andrey Kuraev explains: “These are professionals from the FSO. They are simply tactful and did not consider themselves entitled to impose on the Patriarch the standards adopted in their department.” (Yeah: “professionals” are good. The result of their professional activity is right there! (BEAM).
Sadalsky's political argument that Alexy II could have been killed for refusing to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and accept their dioceses as part of the ROC-MP, - the protodeacon refutes by the fact that the position of the patriarchate on this issue has not changed with the advent of Patriarch Kirill. “The death of the Primate of the Church always has a political echo,” Fr. Andrew. – But the death of a Patriarch is not always the result of his policy. "The chambers were covered in blood, and there were even handprints on the walls."
1. There is still no medical report on the death of Patriarch Alexy II. All disputes and everything “maybe this way, but maybe that way” - from the lips of possible killers - is decided by a medical examination. Why is it not carried out? We don't even know the time of death. It's just unheard of!
2. The films of the cameras of external and internal surveillance of the chambers of the patriarch have not yet been made public. Where are they? If the cameras were turned off, then please tell us: who did it and for what purpose?
3. Where is the personal driver of Patriarch Alexy and his nun on duty, who was always with him, day and night? They have been missing since December 5, 2008, and no one still has any information about their whereabouts.
4. Why was Patriarch Alexy II buried with his face covered? In violation of all the rules. If he had “a broken vein at the back of his head, according to Mr. Kuraev’s explanations, then why did they have to cover his face?
5. Why did the appearance of the body in the coffin during the farewell in Peredelkino and during the funeral service in the KhHS differ sharply? There are many photographs and video documents that clearly prove this. In the coffin, during the funeral, a person was completely missing his head and legs.
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Besides: the hands of the patriarch were NOT his hands. And NOT the hands of a person who "died of heart failure." Many who knew Patriarch Alexy II well during his lifetime testify to their “black color”, “swollen and dislocated joints”, “lack of characteristic freckles” and even ... about “uncut, dirty nails”.
6. Why did Kirill Gundyaev behave so strangely and speak wildly about the deceased in a television interview on December 6? Cyril was clearly inadequate - as if drunk, and allowed himself open hate speech against the deceased.
December 22, 2008 archim. Arseniy on the Portal-Credo.ru forum. “I fully share the opinion of Lege and Larisa, I can only add. The fact that the strange death of the patriarch is discussed by everyone so persistently and persistently, and at the same time there are such numerous versions of his death, is not our fault. Blame the patriarchy! There is too much untruth, too many contradictory, completely illogical interpretations by the patriarchy, of events connected with the death of the patriarch. Everything I read in the press and heard in the media completely contradict one another, and this fact itself gave rise to such disputes around the death of the patriarch.
Indeed, the patriarchate is telling a lie, taking advantage of people's religious illiteracy, that "monks are buried with their faces covered." This is not true. The farewell procedure, everywhere and always, involves only a completely open face in order to exclude hoaxes and setups at the funeral. This is the norm of burial accepted all over the world. When parting, people should see who they are burying. I don't think anyone will dispute this fact. As for high government officials (to whom, it goes without saying, the patriarch also belonged), they are buried ONLY with their faces open, in order to exclude all sorts of idle gossip about who was buried. Patriarch Alexy the First (Count Simansky) generally lay with an open face. My friend, was at that time next to the coffin, and saw him well. I myself have been serving the Lord in the Holy Church since the mid-70s! How many of the dead I prayerfully admonished during this time, I didn’t count two thousand or more, only the Lord knows. However, they were all with open faces, and with a clearly defined silhouette of the toes of the legs and face. With their faces covered, only victims of terrible accidents or terrorist attacks are buried. That is, only in the case when the sight of the deceased can frighten or cause shock in bystanders or children by its very appearance.
So, what happened to Ridiger generally borders on something terrible and terrible. Neither the pronounced relief of the toes of the legs, nor the face (which was generally closed), I did not see at the funeral of the patriarch, although I have photos taken at close range. And this is possible only if the appearance of the deceased is distorted beyond recognition. If the best in the world, Russian make-up artists, failed to restore it! For the heads of state, and dozens of bishops, to say goodbye to the deceased, with their face covered, this is not at all comprehensible to the mind! And it is not clear - it is contrary to common sense. If the face of the patriarch was not revealed during the farewell ceremony, then this indicates that he passed away in some terrible way. Which one exactly? Whether it was an accident, or an explosive bullet, or a grenade explosion, I think we will never know about it. Returning to the question of who exactly could organize this, I can only say one thing, hardly any public services are related to this - firstly, Ridiger was a “sibling brother” for them all and supported any of their antics, they just needed him, they would never go to eliminate him, and secondly, they have such wide opportunities and means that they could take him out of life in a natural and subtle way for others. Without noise and scandals. In this case, it is likely that forces with limited options in the choice of means were operating. Either some maniac acted, or a madman, and the people are simply afraid to admit that they failed to ensure the safety of the protected object. It is also possible that the threads stretch into the depths of church intrigues, because it is not for nothing that some of the highest officials of the MP stirred so actively immediately after the death of the patriarch. Sincerely, yours + Arseniy.
December 22, 2008 at the Portal-Credo.ru forum Lege Artis. Until now, there is no official medical conclusion on the causes of death of Patriarch Alexy, signed by a Commission of at least three doctors. It is not reported where and under what circumstances he died. There is not even a date and time of death. It is obvious that the one who impudently rushes now to the patriarchal white doll was interested in the death of the patriarch. All these “falls”, the pre-election PR campaign, the ostentatious “Worships” for the press, the nervousness and chaotic statements of high-ranking patriarchal officials, the search for an enemy, the aggravated conspiracy theory - all testify that there is no smoke without fire. But there is nothing hidden that would not become clear.
During the funeral of the patriarch, there were massive cases of "epilepsy". From the statements on the forums of the Portal Credo Ru:
12. 12. 2008 Victor. In the XXC, the Liturgy was attended by all kinds of heretics, Jews of other faiths and crucifiers of Christ. However, he began serving in this post from a meeting with the New York rabbis, and ended his earthly existence with them.
13. 12. 2008 L. Gumerova. Why be surprised if ecumenism, this heresy of heresies, is their banner? To equalize everyone with a comb: and whoever serves Christ all his life and carries the Cross for Him, and a Jew, and a Buddhist, and anyone else, no matter who comes to their club: to talk about the brotherhood of peoples and drink and eat from the belly. The death of the patriarch, probably, should now reveal a lot, and people will begin to wake up from this dope. Let everything not be in vain, and most importantly: not as they planned!
12. 12. 2008 Svyatoslav. I completely agree. All this heretical episcopate is not pleasing to God. Yes, and the temple itself is all in atheistic symbolism, it is not our temple and not God's. This is the temple of the Antichrist. And also visited there, earlier, on the so-called. the “funeral service” of the atheist Yeltsin by Alexy, and the main Masons of the world. Everything is defiled.
According to media reports. The Zavtra newspaper writes: “According to insider sources, the sudden death of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, perhaps not coincidentally coincided with the publication of the results of a genetic examination to identify the remains of Nicholas II, which was carried out in one of the military medical centers of the Pentagon” .
Allegedly, this is why the information that initially appeared about a certain accident involving a car in which the Patriarch returned to Peredelkino on the evening of December 4 was quickly blocked, asking journalists not to distribute this version, and subsequently officially denied. In the same way, the version of the “severe and prolonged illness” of Alexy II was relegated to the background. As you know, the day before, the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, who had repeatedly expressed distrust of the authenticity of the remains, served the Liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin and a prayer service in the Donskoy Monastery, felt excellent, and his participation in the Russian People's Cathedral was scheduled for December 5.
12. 12. 2008 Alexander. During the funeral of the patriarch, there were massive cases of demon possession and the so-called. "falling". From real grace, a person never becomes ill (see the lives of the saints). The XXS is not only desecrated, but was originally built as a concrete remake, a temple, a mausoleum for the ambitions of the "patriarch" and Luzhkov. The fall of Cyril and the mass episcopal death during the funeral of the "patriarch" are the most discussed topics in church circles. You see how many patriarchs squirm like a snake, this is their sore point.
9. 12. 2008 Vasily. Forum article: “The Patriarchal Locum Tenens Metropolitan Kirill called for laying wreaths at the tomb of the Patriarch, “without raising anyone with conflicts and enmity.” During the funeral, the metropolitan lost consciousness. Kirill was in the altar for about 50 minutes, and after two injections by the doctors, he tried several times to get up again, put on a miter, and tried to go out onto the solea. But he was so stormy that he could not even get up from his chair. He was in a semi-conscious state for about 20 minutes. I say this as a living witness who has been at the altar all this time. Then Archbishop Anastay of Kazan was literally dragged there, who also lost consciousness and was brought to his senses right in the altar on the floor. Only 5-6 bishops: (Vasily Zaporozhsky, 76 years old; Vladimir Kotlyarov, 80 years old; Kornily of Estonia, 80 years old; Pankraty of Solovetsky or Valaamsky and a couple of little-known ones were in the altar - literally firewood. Here Putin and Medvedev had seen enough of how our masters are like sheaves fell off their feet...
Mother Russia, STOP, finally, licking the boots of geeks and bloody tyrants!
HOW MUCH IS IT POSSIBLE?
Weasel Imp -
in the holy
gathered.
But here from Heaven
a sly voice rang out:
"Where are you going,
cursed demon?
I did not create such
more miracles
to sell
holiness
you snorted
and I myself gave you
on the paw
Roll you back
to your lot!
Pretty you're in sales
succeeded
you've fooled the people quite a bit.
It's time for him from demons -
to freedom.
It's time for Russia to stand up
to normal growth.
And you go away, wait
your tail
don't forget:
archangel Michael
you are my sentence
proclaimed."
The driven demon howled
and staggered
rolled up his hoof
and stumbled -
and collapsed like a sack,
without any power...
And the Archangel raised his sword
Michael.
Rough and dirty KGB performance.
The only one who fiercely hated Patriarch Alexy II killed and sat in his place.
BEAM: A brutal, brutal murder whose motive is REVENGE. The only one (it is impossible to use the word "man") who could and passionately wanted to take revenge on the patriarch: Kirill Gundyaev. Revenge for what
1. Does not voluntarily give up his seat (self-disclosure in a TV interview on December 6th);
2. Does not recognize the data of the "expertise" of the "remains" of the Royal Martyrs. And this is a corporate lie of the KGB, in which billions are invested;
3. Requires a report on the Royal shrines of the Kremlin, stolen by Kirill in July-August 2008 and personally sent (taken out) by him abroad. On this, the oligarch Kirill "earned" his next new billions of dollars;
4. Glorifies and sincerely honors the Royal Martyrs: honors their dates, publishes literature, SD, always prayerfully addresses Them. He does not participate in the performances of the special services with their "burial". Under Cyril, even the mention of the Royal Martyrs in the MP was completely STOP. This year, on July 18, at the Divine Service in the St. Sergius Lavra, Mr. K. mentioned only St. Sergius of Radonezh. And I didn't say a WORD about the Feat of the New Martyrs of Russia. What started the fires, smog and mass death Russian people. Doesn't grovel like Cyril before the West. Demands that the West preserve the concept of "sin", "morality and ethics", "Christian commandments". Sincerely loves Russia, the Russian people and cares about the Church. Mr. K. hates all this and is himself a thief, a robber, a mammon's servant, a libertine and a homosexual.

Other facts of the criminal activity of Kirill Gundyaev, the head of the mafia structure of the MP.

ORGANIZED CRIME UNDER THE SHAPE OF "CHURCH".
The customer of the persecution of believers in Suzdal and Vladimir is the crime boss V. Gundyaev. It is necessary to investigate egregious cases of violation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in Suzdal and Vladimir, accompanied by gross violation of the fundamental rights and freedoms of law-abiding citizens of Russia on its territory. In the cities of Suzdal and Vladimir, civil servants, employees of law enforcement agencies and the administration of these cities (the head of the Vladimir territorial department of the Federal Property Management Agency V. Gorlanov and others) organized criminal harassment (criminal harassment) and persecution for faith, up to a threat to health and life, - law-abiding citizens, indigenous people of Russia. It looks incredible, but it is from the side of civil servants, employees of the state apparatus, the court and prosecutor's office of the cities of Suzdal and Vladimir, whose professional and official duties include the protection and protection of the rights and freedoms of honest citizens Russian Federation, a planned, organized policy of cruel harassment, persecution, all kinds of humiliation, persecution and physical destruction of people is being carried out.
All this suggests a criminal gang of enemies of Russia and the Russian people (organized crime) operating in one of the central regions of the country.
The long-term litigation for the property and temples of the ROAC has now ended with the illegal seizure and, in fact, the expulsion of believers from their temples, built literally from the ruins by their own hands. These are completely illegal decisions. They must be completely abolished and punished by all those responsible for these criminal acts. They caused irreparable damage to the national, cultural and spiritual heritage of Russia and led to the suffering of thousands of innocent people. We draw the attention of readers to the facts of criminal activity and the personality of citizen Vladimir Gundyaev. In our opinion, it is he who is the main "customer" of all this organized persecution and the head of a criminal gang. Since the beginning of the 90s, citizen Vladimir Gundyaev has been engaged in illegal actions: criminal scams, money-grubbing, usury, theft of state and people's property. As a monk and bishop, he is expressly prohibited from owning property by the Charter of the Church. He made his initial capital by trading in humanitarian bibles sent to the Russian people as a gift from the Vatican. Gundyaev is connected with the entire criminal world of Russia, in particular with the well-known criminal authorities Sergey Mikhailov (nickname "Mikhas", Vladimir Kumarin, nickname "Kum", as well as with the notorious "Jap", Vyacheslav Ivankov) and is their mentor. In July 2008, priceless relics from the royal treasuries of the Kremlin were handed over to him personally; This transmission was witnessed by Patriarch Alexy II. On December 1, 2008, an article by Kommersant newspaper journalist Vasily Lipsky appeared on the Credo Portal, demanding a report on where the shrines are now and why no one has seen them. It goes without saying that Patriarch Alexy asked the same questions to Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk. Three days after this article, on the night of December 5, 2008, Patriarch Alexy was brutally murdered in his residence in Peredelkino. The circumstances of his death are hushed up. There is still no official medical opinion; the Russian people do not even know the time of his death. The funeral service in the XXC was frankly mystified: the body of a non-Patriarch Alexy II was placed in the coffin, which is clearly evidenced by numerous photo and video materials that have spread around the world and caused an unceasing wave of indignation of the world community. In addition, the personal chauffeur of the patriarch and the nun on duty, who were always inseparable from Patriarch Alexy, disappeared. Nobody knows what happened to them. In the summer of 2008, the then Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk traveled abroad, and the royal shrines of the Kremlin, historically unique and the most precious asset of the people, could well have been taken abroad for sale. The fact remains that they were handed over to M. Kirill in the presence of many witnesses, but no one has ever seen them again and no one knows about their specific whereabouts. On October 13, 2006, Metropolitan Valentin of Suzdal and Vladimir was also attacked by a bandit in his own residence in Suzdal along Teremki Street, 2. They beat him on the head, tortured him, rolled him into a carpet, trying to strangle him. Miraculously, he survived, but he had to go through many ordeals associated with his critical state of health. Prior to that, he was repeatedly brought to trial on non-existent trumped-up charges.
On March 9, 2008, the rector of the ROAC parish in the name of the Sovereign Icon was killed Mother of God in Belorechensk Krasnodar Territory, Priest Alexy Gorin, born in 1959. The circumstances of his death do not exclude the ordered nature of this brutal murder. Under circumstances that have not yet been clarified, the former sisters of the Marfo-Marin Convent perished. But the fact is that on August 5, 2009, in the Tver region, Likhoslavsky district, the village of Vladychnya, citizen Natalya Moliboga secretly went to the cemetery where four sisters of the monastery were buried, who ended their life in the village of Vladychnya. Without informing the villagers about this, she dug up the graves of the sisters and took them to the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent in Moscow. The sisters are not glorified and these burials are civil. Residents of the village of Vladychnya who visited the cemetery were shocked by such blasphemy. Patriarch Alexy II categorically objected to disturbing the ashes of the deceased sisters of the monastery. In fact, the exhumation of the remains took place. The question is: why? It is known that Natalia Moliboga also made an attempt on the grave of Father Mitrofan Serebryansky, the former spiritual mentor of the Convent and a personal friend of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanova. The people of Vladimir Gundyaev practically destroyed to the ground, that is, historically completely destroyed, the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent. The legitimate abbess, mother Elizaveta Kryuchkova, was expelled from the Convent. Her lawyer Mikhail Seroukhov was attacked in Moscow on October 26, 2006: beaten and hospitalized with a concussion. The document folder has disappeared. During the trial, the legal adviser of the Patriarchate, K.A. The other two lawyers didn't even know that Dr. academic degree. Blatant threats, utter incompetence on the part of IMO lawyers, made a strange impression. No one could answer the question: why was Mother Elizabeth dismissed from her post? It is quite obvious that criminal structures turned out to be in the Abode. The monastery's millions of funds have been plundered, the children's health resort has been sold. A shopping center and a parking lot are being built on the territory of the Monastery for the personal enrichment of Vladimir Gundyaev.
In June 2009, Gundyaev’s people (citizen Mikhail Donskov, Natalia Moliboga and the wife of the oligarch Vasily Anisimov Ekaterina) gangster attacked the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem and contrary to the will and will of the Holy Martyr, Grand Duchess Elizabeth, contrary to the opinion and prohibitions of the abbess, church employees and believers , defiled her tomb and unlawfully seized part of her relics. This act of vandalism in a holy place caused and continues to cause indignation and strong condemnation of the general public around the world. It is necessary to stop this criminal outrage, the flow of murders and violence against honest and law-abiding citizens of Russia, who are not only illegally deprived of their property, strength and health, but their basic rights are violated: freedom of conscience, freedom of speech and life itself. This completely contradicts not only the articles of the Basic Law, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, or the Criminal Code of Russia, but also the elementary norms and rules of the human community in general. Crimes against the people of Russia must be suppressed by law. Criminals and robbers must be convicted and held accountable. They must bear the punishment due to their wrongful acts. Russia has guarantors of the execution and respect for the laws of the Russian Federation and the rule of law on the territory of the Russian Federation. The Russian people and the world community expect immediate action from them, if at least some power still exists in Russia.
Some information about the activities of Mr. Gundyaev.
In the mid-1990s, a scandal erupted over the publication of the sale of imported cigarettes by M. Kirill, which he received through humanitarian aid Churches. Based on customs documents, the journalists established that the cigarettes were supplied by Philip Morris Products Inc. Cigarettes came from Switzerland, from the city of Basel, Güterstrasse, 133. All references in the customs documents are to a certain agreement on humanitarian assistance of the Russian Orthodox Church dated April 11, 1996. On the same customs documents it was marked: “Producer: RJR Tobacco (USA). Seller: DECR of the Moscow Patriarchate, warehouse address: Moscow, Danilovsky Val, 22, Danilov Monastery. In addition to super profits from the sale of cigarettes, it turned out that through the DECR he heads, Metropolitan Kirill is engaged in the sale of alcohol, the tourism business, precious stones, oil, etc. At the same time, the firms established by M. Kirill disappear after a while, which allows him to make denials, and new ones appear in their place. Lidia Mikhailovna Leonova, the daughter of the cook of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU (who is called the illegal wife, and sometimes the metropolitan's sister), more precisely, a number of commercial enterprises are registered at her home address in Smolensk. Also, according to information received in the media in certain years, Metropolitan Kirill owns real estate in Switzerland, and on his accounts in banks in the United States and Europe there are billions of dollars, and in Russia he (together with his former deputy Metropolitan Clement) established bank Peresvet. Considering that Vladyka’s huge amount of money practically did not benefit the Church, all this information, which had been in the media for many years, created a corresponding reputation for Metropolitan Kirill: the reputation of a person who serves not God, but mammon. At the same time, it should be noted that all of the above activities of Metropolitan Kirill are contrary to church canons. The bishop is a monk, and it is forbidden for a monk to own property. Of course, Russian believers are not Pharisees, and if M. Kirill were the owner, for example, of a private house and a car, and not "factories, newspapers, steamboats", no one would blame him for this. In addition, canonical rules forbid clerics from lending money on interest, and generally receiving interest in any of the existing ways, including through banks.

With Kumarin and Mikhailov.

Vyacheslav Ivankov, the notorious Yaponchik, in the form of a priest (!) "baptizes" his son crime boss at the New York Orthodox Church. Photo from the FBI archive, 1995

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Patriarch Gundyaev is not only a billionaire thief, but also a murderer.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (in the world Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946 in Leningrad.

Father - Mikhail Vasilievich Gundyaev, a priest, died in 1974. Mother - Raisa Vladimirovna Gundyaeva, a teacher of German at school, in last years housewife, died in 1984. Elder brother - Archpriest Nikolai Gundyaev, professor, honorary rector of the Transfiguration Cathedral in St. Petersburg. Grandfather - Priest Vasily Stepanovich Gundyaev, a prisoner of Solovki, for church activities and the struggle against renovationism in the 20s, 30s and 40s. 20th century subjected to imprisonment and exile.

After graduating from the 8th grade of secondary school, Vladimir Gundyaev joined the Leningrad Complex Geological Expedition of the North-Western Geological Administration, where he worked from 1962 to 1965 as a cartographer, combining work with studying at a secondary school.

After graduating from high school in 1965, he entered the Leningrad Theological Seminary, and then the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated with honors in 1970.

As chairman of the DECR, as part of official delegations, he visited all the Local Orthodox Churches, including accompanying them on their trips abroad.

As Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, he officially visited* Local Orthodox Churches: Constantinople (2009, 2014), Alexandria (2010), Antioch (2011), Jerusalem (2012), Serbian (2013) , 2014), Romanian (2017), Bulgarian (2012), Cypriot (2012), Hellenic (2013), Polish (2012).

Inter-Christian Relations and Cooperation

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill took part in the work of inter-Christian organizations. Participated as a delegate in IV (Uppsala, Sweden, 1968), V (Nairobi, Kenya, 1975), VI (Vancouver, Canada, 1983) and VII (Canberra, Australia, 1991) General Assemblies of the WCC and as a guest of honor at the IX General Assembly of the WCC (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2006); at the Salvation Today World Missionary Conference (Bangkok, 1973); he was President of the World Conference "Faith, Science and the Future" (Boston, 1979) and the World Convocation "Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation" (Seoul, 1990); participated in the assemblies of the commission "Faith and order" of the WCC in Accra (Ghana, 1974), in Lima (Peru, 1982), in Budapest (Hungary, 1989). He was the keynote speaker at the World Missionary Conference in San Salvador, Brazil in November 1996.

He was a delegate to the XI General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (Stirling, Scotland, 1986) and the XII General Assembly of the CEC (Prague, 1992), as well as one of the main speakers at the CEC European Assembly "Peace and Justice" (Basel, 6- May 21, 1989).

Participated in the Second European Assembly of the CEC in Graz, Austria (June 23-29, 1997) and the Third in Sibiu, Romania (September 5-9, 2007).

He was a participant in four rounds of bilateral discussions between theologians of the 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 a dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. Since 1980, he has been a member of the International Theological Commission for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue. In this capacity, he took part in four plenary meetings of this commission: (Patmos-Rhodes, Greece, 1980; Munich, Germany, 1982; Crete, 1984; Valaam, Finland, 1988) and in the work of its Coordinating committee.

He was co-chairman of the second round of the Orthodox-Reformed Dialogue (Debrecen II) in 1976 in Leningrad and a member of the Evangelical Kirchentags in Wittenberg (GDR, 1983) in Dortmund (1991) in Hamburg (1995).

Participant of the dialogue with the delegation of the Old Catholic Church in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Rotterdam-Petersburg Commission, Moscow, 1996

As chairman of the DECR, on behalf of the Hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, he took part in contacts with the Churches of the USA, Japan, East Germany, Germany, 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.

Being the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, he held a number of meetings with the heads and representatives of non-Orthodox Churches and Christian organizations.

In August 2012, the signing took place by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Chairman of the Polish Catholic Episcopal Conference.

In February 2016, the first ever meeting of the Primates of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church took place in Cuba, during which His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis signed.

Participation in the Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church

He was a member of the Local Jubilee Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (June 1988, Zagorsk), chairman of its Editorial Committee and author of the draft Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted by the Jubilee Council.

He was a member of the Bishops' Council dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the restoration of the Patriarchate (October 1989) and the extraordinary Bishops' Council on January 30-31, 1990, as well as the Local Council on June 6-10, 1990, the Bishops' 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

He presided over the Bishops' Councils (2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017) and the Local Councils (2009), at the other Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church he was chairman of the Editorial Commission.

As the chairman of the DECR, he made reports on the work of the DECR. At the Jubilee Council in 2000, as chairman of the relevant Synodal Working Group and the Synodal Commission, he presented the Fundamentals of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church.

At the Bishops' Council on October 3-6, 2004, he also delivered a report "On Relations with the Russian Church Abroad and the Old Believers."

Management of the Smolensk-Kaliningrad diocese (1984-2009)

During the stay of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Smolensk-Kaliningrad see, 166 parishes were opened (94 in Smolensk and the region, 72 in Kaliningrad and the region). 52 Orthodox churches have been restored and 71 have been rebuilt.

In 1989, the Smolensk Theological School was opened, which in 1995 was transformed into the Smolensk Theological Seminary.

Since 1998, the Interdiocesan Theological School has been operating, preparing church choir directors, catechists, icon painters and sisters of mercy. Most parishes in the diocese have Sunday schools. There are Orthodox gymnasiums and kindergartens.

Since 1992 the Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture have been taught in public schools in the Smolensk and Kaliningrad regions.

Work as chairman of the DECR (1989-2009)

Represented the Russian Orthodox Church in commissions drafting the USSR Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” of October 1, 1990, the Law of the RSFSR “On Freedom of Religion” of October 25, 1990, and the Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” associations” dated September 26, 1997.

As chairman of the DECR, he took part in many international public and peacekeeping initiatives.

He took part in the development of a church position and peacekeeping actions during the events of August 1991 and October 1993.

He was one of the initiators of the creation of the World Russian People's Council in 1993. He took part and delivered keynote speeches at the Councils (1993-2008). Since his election to the Patriarchal Throne, he has been the Chairman of the VRNS (since 2009).

As chairman of the Commission of the Holy Synod for the revival of religious and moral education and charity, he initiated the creation of synodal departments for religious education, for social service and charity, for interaction 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 Holy Synod on January 30, 1991.

Developed and submitted for approval by the Holy Synod "The concept of interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church and the armed forces" in 1994.

From 1996 to 2000 - supervised the development and presented to the Jubilee Bishops' Council in 2000 "Fundamentals of the social concept of the Russian Orthodox Church."

He took an active part in the normalization of the church situation in Estonia. In this regard, he visited the Antioch and Jerusalem Patriarchates (trips to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel in 1996), and also participated in negotiations with representatives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Zurich (Switzerland) in March and twice in April 1996. , in Thessaloniki, 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); he also repeatedly visited Estonia, where he negotiated with representatives of the government, parliament deputies and with the business community of this country.

He took an active part in peacekeeping actions in Yugoslavia. He repeatedly visited Belgrade during the war, negotiated with the leadership of this country, initiated the creation of an informal international Christian peacekeeping group on Yugoslavia (Vienna, May 1999) and the convening of an international inter-Christian conference on the topic: "Europe after the Kosovo crisis: further actions of the Churches" in Oslo (Norway) in November 1999.

He was the main speaker at the Parliamentary Hearings on "Fundamentals of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church" (Moscow, 2001), and the topics "Religion and Health" (Moscow, 2003), "Improvement of legislation on freedom of conscience and on religious organizations: application practice, problems and solutions” (Moscow, 2004).

He initiated a dialogue with European organizations in Brussels and the creation in 2002 of .

As chairman of the DECR, he visited Estonia (repeatedly), Switzerland (repeatedly), France (repeatedly), Spain (repeatedly), Italy (repeatedly), Belgium (repeatedly), Holland (repeatedly), Germany (repeatedly), Israel (repeatedly), Finland (multiple times), Ukraine (multiple times), Japan (multiple times), Canada (multiple times), China (multiple times), Hungary (multiple times), Moldova (multiple times), Norway (multiple times), Lebanon and Syria (multiple times), Serbia (multiple times) ), USA (multiple times), Turkey (multiple times), Brazil (multiple times), Australia (1991), Austria (multiple times), Latvia (1992), Chile (1992), Bulgaria (1994, 1998, 2005 1996, 2004, 2007), 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), Kampuchea (2001), Thailand (2001), Ireland (2001), Iraq (2002), Liechtenstein (2002), Philippines (2002), special regions of the PRC - Hong Kong (2001, 2002), Macau (2002), South Africa (2003, 2008), Malaysia (2003), Indonesia (2003), Singapore (2003), UAE (2004), Poland (2004), Netherlands (2004), Dominican Republic(2004), Yemen (2005), North Korea (2006), India (2006), Romania (2007), Turkmenistan (2008), Costa Rica (2008), Venezuela (2008), Colombia (2008), Ecuador (2008), Angola (2008), Namibia (2008). visited Hungary, Mongolia, Slovenia, Iran, Iraq and Yemen with official visits at the invitation of the governments of these countries.

Patriarchal ministry. Administration of the Russian Orthodox Church

In 2009, a reform of the central organs of church administration was undertaken. The activities were fundamentally reorganized, the scope of activities of the Department for External Church Relations was clarified, new synodal departments were created, the functions of the Russian Orthodox Church were separated, and analytical work was carried out to formulate the necessary changes in the structure under Holy Synod and in general in the system of spiritual education. Activity activated.

In 2012, the formation of metropolitanates continues, the increase in the number of bishops and dioceses. The implementation of the instructions of the Council of Bishops in 2011 is monitored. On the basis of the documents adopted in 2011 on social, missionary, youth work, religious, educational and catechetical service in the Russian Orthodox Church, a detailed database of documents was developed, as well as partially provisions regulating special training ministers in these areas. There is a spread of transformations from the central apparatus of the Church to the level of dioceses. The subject "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" is included in the curriculum of secondary schools in all regions of Russia.

In 2013, the course towards the formation of new dioceses and metropolises continued. Implementation in progress decisions taken and provisions in the field of social, missionary and catechetical activities. A system of training diocesan, deanery and parish specialists in the field of mission, religious education and catechesis, youth and social work is being formed at theological educational institutions. Three stauropegial monasteries were opened. Documents on church and public issues were adopted: "The position of the Church in connection with the development of technologies for recording and processing personal data" and "On the baptism of babies born with the help of a "surrogate mother"".

In 2014, special attention was paid to the issues of church administration. The process of creating new dioceses and metropolises continued, and a stauropegial monastery was formed. Much attention was paid to the creation and strengthening of parish communities, the development of parish life, and the involvement of the laity in active and responsible participation in diocesan and parish activities. The course towards the development of church volunteering in the social and other spheres of society was continued, the principles and directions of work with migrants were determined. Documents were adopted: "The concept of the Russian Orthodox Church on the establishment of sobriety and the prevention of alcoholism", "Principles and directions of work with migrants".

In 2015, the following documents were adopted: “On the participation of the faithful in the Eucharist”, “The rite of the wedding of spouses who live in many years”, “On the Christian burial of the dead”, “The concept of the Russian Orthodox Church for the spiritual guidance and support of the Cossacks”, “Methodological recommendations on the participation Russian Orthodox Church in environmental protection activities. A stauropegial monastery was formed. Much attention was paid to the development of spiritual education, documents were adopted: “Regulations on the distribution of graduates of spiritual educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church”, “Regulations on Educational Courses for Monastics of the Russian Orthodox Church”, “Regulations on the Diocesan Council for Theological Education in the Russian Orthodox Church”.

In 2015, the areas of responsibility of three synodal institutions (Synodal departments for prison ministry, for church charity and social service, for interaction with the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies) were also clarified for the implementation of church care for the resocialization of persons released from places of deprivation of liberty, as well as on the social adaptation of juvenile delinquents.

2016 was marked by a large number of foreign visits of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: to the countries of Latin America, incl. to Cuba, where he met with Pope Francis, as well as to the UK and France. Meetings were held with the first persons of states, public figures, with believing compatriots living abroad. For the first time in history, the Primate of the Russian Church visited Antarctica.

In 2016, much attention was paid to the issues of spiritual education at all levels (from Sunday schools and teaching the Fundamentals of Orthodox culture in secondary schools to advanced training courses for clergy and theological education), a number of documents were adopted, in particular, the “Regulations on advanced training courses for clergy of the Russian Orthodox Churches". The Moscow and St. Petersburg Theological Academies have received state accreditation. The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation approved the composition of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission on Theology. A dissertation council on theology has been created within the system of the Ministry of Education and Science. This was an important step in establishing theology as a scientific specialty.

In 2016, an active dialogue continued with the state, secular society, non-Orthodox and representatives of other religions. At the suggestion of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin established the Society of Russian Literature, headed by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. The signing by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of an appeal to ban abortion caused a great resonance in society.

During the Patriarchal service formed:

— Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church (2009)

— Organs of the church executive power:

• Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (2011)
• Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society (2009)
• Synodal Information Department (2009)
• Financial and Economic Department (2009)
• Synodal Committee for Interaction with the Cossacks (2010)
• Synodal Department for Prison Ministry (2010)
• Patriarchal Council for Culture (2010)
• Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism (2012), transformed from the Synodal Commission for Monasteries (2010)
• Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society and the Media through the merger of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society and the Synodal Information Department (2015)

— All-church collegiate bodies:

• Patriarchal Commission on Family Issues, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood (2013), former names - Patriarchal Commission on Family Issues and Motherhood Protection (2012), Patriarchal Council on Family Issues and Motherhood Protection (2011)
• Patriarchal Commission on Issues physical culture and sports (2015)

– General Church postgraduate and doctoral studies named after saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius (2009)

– Interdepartmental Coordinating Group for Teaching Theology in Universities (2012)

- Church-Public Council under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for the perpetuation of the memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church (2013), former name - Church-Public Council for the perpetuation of the memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (2012)

— Expert Council on Church Art, Architecture and Restoration (2016), established instead of the abolished All-Church Commission on Church Art, Architecture and Restoration (2015)

— Church-Public Council under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for the Development of Russian Church Singing (2016).

As the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, in 2009-2017. paid an official visit to the following countries: Azerbaijan (2009, 2010), Armenia (2010, 2011), Belarus (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015), Bulgaria (2012 Brazil (2016), Greece (2013, 2016) Egypt (2010), Israel (2012), Jordan (2012), Kazakhstan (2010, 2012 .), Cyprus (2012), China (2013), Cuba (2016), Lebanon (2011), Moldova (2011, 2013), Palestinian Authority (2012), Paraguay (2016), Poland (2012), Romania (2017), Syria (2011), Serbia (2013, 2014), Turkey (2009, 2014), Ukraine ( 2009, 2010 - 3 times, 2011 - 5 times, 2012, 2013), Montenegro (2013), Switzerland (2016), Estonia (2013), Japan (2012 G.).

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill made 221 trips to 116 dioceses*.

During the service of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill formed:

• 60 metropolias of the Russian Orthodox Church*;
• 144 dioceses*;
• vicariates in the Moscow diocese (2011);
• Central Asian metropolitan district (2011);
• Patriarchal deanery of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Thailand (2016);
• Patriarchal deanery of the parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Armenia (2016).

The number of dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church has increased from 159 (at the beginning of 2009) to 303*.

At the beginning of 2009, there were 200 bishops in the Russian Orthodox Church, at the beginning of 2018 - 378*.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill headed 176 episcopal consecrations, including: in 2009 - 5; in 2010 - 9; in 2011 - 31; in 2012 - 41; in 2013 - 22; in 2014 - 18; in 2015 - 22; in 2016 - 13; in 2017 - 14; in 2018 — 1*.

Awards

Awards of the Russian Orthodox Church

Church-wide awards

• 1973 - Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir (II degree)
• 1986 - Order St. Sergius Radonezh (II degree)
• 1996 - Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (I degree)
• 2001 - Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna (II degree)
• 2004 - Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (I degree)
• 2006 - Order of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (II degree)

Orders of Self-Governing and Autonomous Churches of the Russian Orthodox Church

• 2006 - Order of St. Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves (I degree) (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
• 2006 - Order "Blessed Voivode Stefan the Great and Saint" (II degree) (Orthodox Church of Moldova)
• 2009 - Order of Hieromartyr Isidore Yuryevsky (I degree) (Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate)
• 2009 - Order in honor of the 450th anniversary of the bringing to the land of Volyn Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
• 2011 - Order of St. Theodosius of Chernigov (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)

Awards of the Local Orthodox Churches

• 2007 - Order of St. Savva the Sanctified (II degree) (Alexandria Orthodox Church)
• 2009 - St. Innocent Gold Medal (Orthodox Church in America)
• 2010 - Commemorative medal of the St. Vladimir Theological Seminary (Orthodox Church in America)
• 2010 - Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (Alexandrian Orthodox Church)
• 2011 - Order of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (I degree) (Antioch Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Order of the Holy Tsar Boris (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Golden Order of the Apostle Barnabas (Cypriot Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Order of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (I degree) (Polish Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Order of the Life-Giving Sepulcher "Grand Cross of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher" (Jerusalem Orthodox Church)

Awards from other religious organizations and Christian denominations

• 2006 - Order of St. Gregory of Parumalsky (Malankara Church, India)
• 2010 - Order of St. Gregory the Illuminator (Armenian Apostolic Church)
• 2011 - Order "Sheikh-ul-Islam" (Office of Muslims of the Caucasus)
• 2012 - Order for services to the Ummah, I degree (Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus)

State awards of the Russian Federation

• 1988 - Order of Friendship of Peoples
• 1995 - Order of Friendship
• 1996 - Anniversary medal "300 years of the Russian Navy"
• 1997 - Medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
• 2001 - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (III degree)
• 2006 - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (II degree)
• 2011 - Order of Alexander Nevsky
• 2016 - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (I degree)

State awards of foreign countries

• 2010 - Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic)
• 2010 - Order "Sharaf" (Republic of Azerbaijan)
• 2011 - Order of the Republic ("Ordinul Republicii") (Republic of Moldova)
• 2011 - Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia)
• 2012 - Order of Friendship of Peoples (Republic of Belarus)
• 2012 - Order of the Star of Bethlehem (Palestinian National Authority)
• 2013 - Grand Cross of the Order of Honor (Hellenic Republic)
• 2013 - Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (Ukraine)
• 2016 - Order of Jose Marti (Republic of Cuba)
• 2017 - Order of Friendship ("Dostyk") I degree (Kazakhstan)

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was also awarded a number of other federal, departmental and regional state awards; has more than 120 awards from Russian and foreign public organizations; is an honorary citizen of the cities of Smolensk, Kaliningrad, Neman (Kaliningrad region), Murom (Vladimir region), Smolensk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo regions, the Republic of Mordovia and other regions and settlements of the Russian Federation.

since 2010 - Honorary Doctor of Yerevan State University;

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (2009-), former Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad,Head of the World Russian People's Council

Born November 20, 1946 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), in the family of a priest. grandfather - Vasily Gundyaev- by profession a railway mechanic, one of the active fighters against renovationism in the Nizhny Novgorod region under the leadership of Metropolitan Sergius (Stargorodsky, later Patriarch), was arrested in 1922, served time in Solovki; after returning from prison, in the mid-1950s he became a priest. Father, archpriest Mikhail Vasilievich Gundyaev- in the 30s he was repressed, in the 40s he was the leading engineer of one of the military factories of the besieged Leningrad, in 1947 he was ordained a priest, he served in the Leningrad diocese. Brother, archpriest Nikolai Mikhailovich Gundyaev, since 1977 rector of the Transfiguration Cathedral of St. Petersburg, professor of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Sister - Elena, an Orthodox teacher. At school, due to religious beliefs, he did not join the pioneers and the Komsomol; became the hero of an anti-religious publication in the city newspaper. In 1961 he left his parental home (since 1959 the family lived in Krasnoe Selo near Leningrad) and went to work in the cartographic bureau of the Leningrad Integrated Geological Expedition. In parallel, he studied at an evening school, which he graduated in 1964. In 1965-67, with the blessing of the Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod Nikodim (Rotova) studied at the Leningrad Theological Seminary (LDS). In 1967-69 he studied at the Leningrad Theological Academy (LDA), from which he graduated with honors. June 1, 1970 received the degree of candidate of theology for the essay "Formation and Development church hierarchy and the teaching of the Orthodox Church about its grace-filled character. "As a student in March-April 1968, he participated in the 3rd All-Christian Peace Congress (VMK) in Prague; in July 1968 - in the IV Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Uppsala. Was participated in the annual meetings of the Central Committee of the WCC as a young adviser, was vice-chairman of the youth commission of the Christian Peace Congress (KMK).

On April 3, 1969, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod Nikodim (Rotov) was tonsured a monk, on April 7, 1969 he was ordained a hierodeacon, on June 1, 1969 - a hieromonk. August 30, 1970 - personal secretary of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), ​​chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR). On September 12, 1971, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite, then appointed representative of the Moscow Patriarchate to the All-Union Church in Geneva, rector of the parish of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. In 1971 he represented theological schools of the ROC at the General Assembly of the World Orthodox Youth Organization SINDESMOS (at this assembly the theological schools of the ROC became members of SINDESMOS) and was elected a member of its executive committee. In 1972, he accompanied Patriarch Pimen on his trip to the countries of the Middle East, as well as to Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece and Romania. December 26, 1974 appointed rector rum LDA and S with the dismissal of the representative of the MP at the All-Union Central Church. On June 7, 1975 - Chairman of the Diocesan Council of the Leningrad Diocese. Since December 1975 - Member of the Central Committee and the Executive Committee of the All-Union Central Committee. On September 9, 1976, he was appointed permanent representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in the plenary commission of the WCC.

In November 1975, at the ecumenical assembly in Nairobi, he condemned the letter of Fr. Gleb Yakunin about the persecution of believers in the USSR and denied the facts of violation of the rights of believers. In December 1975 he was elected a member of the Central and Executive Committees of the All-Russian Central Church.

On March 3, 1976, at a meeting of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Bishop of Vyborg, Vicar of the Leningrad Diocese. At the same time, he was included in the Commission of the Holy Synod on Christian unity and inter-church relations. Hirotonisan March 14, 1976. On April 27-28, 1976, as part of a delegation of the Moscow Patriarchate, he participated in negotiations and interviews with representatives of Pax Christi Internationalis. Exarch of Western Europe (according to a report dated November 4, 1976 by Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), ​​Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, about the need to appoint a deputy for him in connection with the fifth heart attack - with the proposal of the candidacy of Kirill). On November 21-28, 1976, he participated in the First Pre-Council Pan-Orthodox meeting in Geneva. From January 22 to January 31, 1977, he headed a delegation from the Leningrad and Novgorod diocese at the anniversary of the Patriarchal communities in Finland. From July 19 to July 26, 1977, at the head of a delegation from the theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church, he attended the IX General Assembly of Sindesmos in Chambesy.

On September 2, 1977, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop. From October 12 to October 19, 1977, together with Patr. Pimen was on an official visit to Patras. Demetrius I (Patriarchate of Constantinople). From November 23 to December 4, 1977, he visited Italy at the head of a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church. On December 23-25, 1977, with a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church headed by Patriarch Pimen, he participated in the enthronement of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II. On June 22-27, 1978, he was present with a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Fifth All-Christian Peace Congress in Prague. On October 6-20, 1978, he participated in negotiations with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church. On October 12, 1978, he was relieved of his post as Deputy Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe and appointed manager of the patriarchal parishes in Finland (he served them until 1984). From March 27 to March 29, 1979 participated in the Consultation "The Responsibility of the Churches of the USSR and the USA for Disarmament". As part of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, at the invitation of the French Episcopal Conference, he visited France. On November 16, 1979, he was appointed a member of the Commission of the Holy Synod on Christian unity. From January 28 to January 31, 1980, he attended a meeting of representatives of Churches from socialist countries Europe and leading figures of the All-Russian Church. On May 29, 1980, he participated from the Russian Orthodox Church at the first meeting of the Mixed Orthodox-Roman-Catholic Commission on about. Patmos and Rhodes. August 14-22, 1980 - participant of the 32nd meeting of the Center. committee of the WCC in Geneva. August 22-25 - Member of the delegation of representatives of the Churches in the USSR and the USA (Geneva). On November 25-27, 1980, as part of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, he participated in the celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the founding of the Bulgarian state in Bulgaria. From November 30 to December 12 of the same year headed a pilgrimage group of representatives and students of the LDA during a trip to the Holy Land. On December 23, 1980, he was appointed a member of the Commission for organizing the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia d 1988. From August 16 to 26, 1981 - a participant in the 33rd meeting of the Central Committee of the All-Russian Central Committee in Dresden. From August 31 to September 6, 1981, together with the Patriarch Pimen visited Finland. October 30-November 3, 1981 at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) took part in meetings of the Committee for the preparation of the VI Assembly of the WCC. November 5-7, 1981 participated in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the National Council of Churches in USA. November 23-27 in Amsterdam (Netherlands) from Christians of the USSR was a member of the hearing group on nuclear disarmament. January 3-16, 1982 in Lima (Peru) participated in the meeting of the Commission of the WCC "Faith and Church Order". In the same year (July 19-28) took part in the 34th meeting of the Central Committee of the WCC in Geneva. From September 28 to October 4, 1982 he was in Finland, and from October 25 to November 1 - in Japan. From July 24 to August 10, 1983 - a participant in the VI Assembly of the WCC in Vancouver (Canada), at which he was elected to the new composition of the Central Committee of the WCC. On November 26-27 of the same year, as part of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, he participated in the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia. From 20 to 29 February 1984 took part in the meeting Institute of the Executive Committee of the WCC in Geneva. From May 31 to June 7, from the Russian Orthodox Church, he participated in a meeting of the Mixed Theological Commission between the Roman Catholic Church and the Local Orthodox Churches, held on Fr. Crete. July 9-18, 1984 - participant in the meeting of the Central Committee of the WCC in Geneva. As part of the Soviet public delegation, he participated in international conference scientists and religious figures from 19 to 23 November 1974 in Italy.

On December 26, 1984, he was appointed Archbishop of Smolensk and Vyazemsky. The transfer to Smolensk was a demotion for Archbishop Kirill and testified to the disgrace of the state supervisory authorities ( "... Various rumors circulate about the reasons why he fell out of favor. Some attribute this to his reformist activity in the sphere of worship: he not only practiced the use of the Russian language in worship, but also served vespers in the evening, and not in the morning, as this is still accepted in the Russian Orthodox Church. Another reason for the removal of Vladyka Kirill from " northern capital"Russia is called his refusal to vote against the resolution of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, which condemned the introduction Soviet troops to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, he didn’t vote “for” either, he just “abstained”, which, by the way, was also almost a feat in those days.- Natalia Babasyan. Star of Metropolitan Kirill // "Russian Journal", 04/01/1999). Kirill himself believes that he fell victim to the closed resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU on the fight against religiosity, adopted on the eve of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia, for excessive activity as rector of the Theological Academy : during his rectorship, access to LDA and C was opened for graduates of secular universities, and in 1978 a regency department was created, which women could also enter.

From June 2 to June 9, 1985, as part of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was at the VI All-Christian Peace Congress in Prague.

On November 30, 1988, Archbishop Kirill was entrusted with the development of the Regulations on Theological Schools - a new type of Orthodox 2-year educational institutions that train clergy and are designed to facilitate the solution of the personnel problem.

By the definition of the Holy Synod of April 10-11, 1989, the archbishop's title of Cyril was changed: instead of "Smolensky and Vyazemsky" - "Smolensky and Kaliningrad". From November 14, 1989 - Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and a permanent member of the Holy Synod. This appointment actually testified to the removal of "state disgrace" from him. On February 20, 1990, after the liquidation of foreign Exarchates, Archbishop Kirill was entrusted with the temporary administration of the parishes of the Korsun (until 1993) and The Hague-Netherlands (until 1991) dioceses.

In 1990 he was a member of the Commission of the Holy Synod for the preparation of the Local Council. March 20, 1990 appointed chairman of the Commission of the Holy Synod for the revival of religious and moral education and charity. May 8, 1990 became a member of the Synodal Biblical Commission. July 16, 1990 appointed member of the Commission of the Holy Synod to promote efforts to overcome the consequences of the Chernobyl accident. On October 27, 1990, he was appointed chairman of the Synodal Commission for the preparation of amendments to the Charter on the management of the ROC. On July 20, 1990, he was the administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in Finland. On February 25, 1991, he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan.

In May 1992, the American ROCOR priest Fr. Viktor Potapov in his pamphlet "God Is Surrendered to Silence" for the first time publicly accused Cyril of direct cooperation in Soviet time with the KGB and named his operational pseudonym - "Mikhailov" ( "At a meeting of students of Moscow State University, the head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill(aka agent "Mikhailov") stated that the fact of the meeting of the clergy with representatives of the KGB was "morally indifferent" (Bulletin "Straight Way", N 1-2, 1992)").

In early 1993, with the sanction of Patriarch Alexy II, Metropolitan Kirill joined the International Preparatory Committee for the Convocation of the World Russian Council in Moscow (initiated by the "World Russian Congress" Igor Kolchenko, RAU Corporation Alexey Podberezkin, "Roman newspaper" Valeria Ganicheva, as well as the magazines "Our contemporary" and "Moscow"). Becoming one of the five co-chairs of the Preparatory Committee, he held May 26-28, 1993 in St. Danilov Monastery I World Russian Council.

In February 1995 he led the II World Russian Council. Shortly before this, the President Boris Yeltsin in the course of communicating with Cyril in an informal setting, he promised him to return to the Church the lands confiscated from her after the revolution, and then (under pressure Anatoly Chubais) took back the promise. At the Council, Cyril made a thinly veiled criticism of the authorities for immoral and anti-national policies. The establishment of the "World Russian Council" was declared as a "permanent supra-party forum" under the auspices of the Church, four co-chairs of the Council were elected (Metropolitan Kirill, I. Kolchenko, V. Ganichev, Natalia Narochnitskaya). Under the influence of radicals ( Mikhail Astafiev, Ksenia Myalo, N. Narochnitskaya, I. Kolchenko) The Council adopted a number of purely political, rather radical anti-Western declarations, the adoption of which the church hierarchs headed by Cyril did not interfere with. World Russian Council in early December 1995 did not allow the adoption of any sharp political statements. The organization was renamed the World Russian People's Council, the head of which was unanimously elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, and one of his deputies - Metropolitan Kirill.

Since August 2, 1995 - Member of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation. In 1996 - Member of the Joint Commission of the Constantinople and Moscow Patriarchates on the "Estonian Question". a general church view on issues of church-state relations and problems modern society in general. In 1996 he became a member of the board of directors of the church bank "Peresvet".

In September 1996, the Moscow News newspaper (N34) published a report that the DECR, headed by Metropolitan Kirill, in 1994-96. organized in 1994-96 the importation of excisable goods (primarily cigarettes) bypassing customs duties, under the guise of humanitarian aid, in the amount 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, Moskovsky Komsomolets, a journalist Sergey Bychkov). It is believed that the unspoken initiator of these accusations was the then managing director of the MP, Archbishop of Solnechnogorsk Sergiy (Fomin). To investigate these reports, an intra-church commission headed by Archbishop Sergius was created. However, the position of Metropolitan Kirill, who denied the deliberate importation of cigarettes into the country and said that the church could not refuse the gift imposed on it, was supported by the 1997 ROC Bishops' Council.

Actively participated in the preparation of the law "On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations", approved by President Yeltsin on September 26, 1997. In March 2001, he proposed transferring part of the income tax of Russians to the budget of religious organizations, including the Russian Orthodox Church.

In May 2001, a journalist from Moskovsky Komsomolets Sergey Bychkov published an article "The Metropolitan from the Snuffbox", in which he repeated the previous accusations against Metropolitan Kirill regarding the import of tobacco, and also publicly identified Kirill with the WCC figure "agent Mikhailov", mentioned in previously published materials of the Supreme Council Commission ("Yakunin-Ponomarev Commission" ) about the connections of the KGB and the Russian Orthodox Church in the Soviet era.

On December 6, 2008, at an emergency meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, in connection with the death of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Kirill was elected Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne by secret ballot. On January 27, 2009, the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church elected Metropolitan Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia .

A supporter of the active intervention of the Church in social life and in politics, including its influence on power from the position "The Priesthood Above the Kingdom".

Since 1995, on Saturdays, he hosted the TV show "The Shepherd's Word" on ORT.

Hobby - mountain skiing. Lives in the official residence of the DECR in Serebryany Bor (Moscow). In 2002, he bought a penthouse in the House on the Embankment overlooking the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (the apartment was registered to Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev, "about what there is a corresponding entry in the cadastral register"(The New Times. No. 50 of December 15, 2008). appeared in the media "information about the Metropolitan's purchase of a villa in Switzerland."(ibid.).

In August 1993, he was awarded the international Lovi Peace Prize, awarded to him by the Loviisa Peace Forum Public Committee, headed by Mrs. Tellervo Koivisto, wife of the President of Finland (this prize is awarded every three years to a peacemaker who has made a particularly significant contribution). Awarded church orders of St. equal to ap. book. Vladimir II degree, st. Sergius of Radonezh I and II degree, St. blgv. book. Daniel of Moscow, 1st class, St. Innocent, Mr. Moscow and Kolomna, II degree, St. Alexis of Moscow II degree, orders of many Local Orthodox Churches; other church awards: a commemorative panagia (1977), a nominal panagia (1988). Has state awards: the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1988, on the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia), the Order of Friendship (1996), "For Merit to the Fatherland" III degree, medals "50 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "300 years of the Russian fleet", "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"; awarded the public order of St. George I degree (1998, from the Russian Chamber of Personality).

Sources:
The official biography of Cyril on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church "Patriarchia.ru"; database "Prosopographer - a descriptor of persons" materials by N. Mitrokhin in the database "Labyrinth"

Sergei Bychkov (2001):
In 1992, the Council of Bishops formed its own commission, headed by the Bishop of Kostroma and Galich Alexander. While the priest Gleb Yakunin and Lev Ponomarev, then deputies of the Supreme Council, understood nicknames and tasks, Vladyka Gundyaev ( nickname - agent Mikhailov) showed remarkable ingenuity and began to buy archival documents. Having concentrated a powerful base of compromising evidence, including on the patriarch, for the past 10 years he has been deftly manipulating documents, shutting up overly zealous bishops. When the patriarch tries to reason with him, all of a sudden, some papers get into the media that stain the reputation of His Holiness. Unfortunately, the work of the deputy commission ended in nothing. And the synodal did not start work at all.
Sergei Bychkov. Metropolitan from a snuffbox. After all, there’s no way without Gundyaev! // Moskovsky Komsomolets, 05/25/2001 - http://www.mk.ru/blogs/idmk/2001/05/25/mk-daily/34819/ (=http:// www.compromat.net/page_10804.htm

Mention of "agent Mikhailov" in the materials of the Yakunin-Ponomarev commission:

1973
January
l. 32. Agents of the KGB organs "Magistr" and "Mikhailov". These agents had a beneficial effect on the work of the Council and presented materials of operational interest on the situation in the WCC and characterizing data on individual figures.
[...]
Deputy head of the 4th department of the 5th Directorate of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Lieutenant Colonel Fitsev.
NB:
the same materials mention "Mikhailov" the Baptist:
Undercover names of agents from among the Baptist leadership: "Mikhailov", "Abramov", "Fedorov", "Nevsky", "Kesarev".

Mentions (albeit without a name)- According to Fr. Yakova Krotova- Kirill Gundyaev in the memoirs of Fr. Augustina Nikitina:
[Priest Father Vitaly Borovoy about the denunciation against him in 1974]:
"Ah, so this is an archpriest such and such, our secretary in Geneva made a fuss and denounced me! After all, he was in this conversation. And, as always, got it all mixed up(S. 170). [...]
“O. Vitaly [Borovoy] recovered from the shocks, his health deteriorated noticeably. Nevertheless, he “sat out” in the DECR four chairmen and only under the fifth, in 1997, he became a freelance consultant of the DECR. [...] And the Genevan archpriest -the secretary, who laid down the priest protopresbyter, still flickers through the "box" and teaches us pariotism from the screen... Did they write about such people at the beginning of the 20th century?
Hush, hush, gentlemen!
Mr. Iskariotov,
Patriot of patriots
Heading over here!"
(S. 171-172).

Mention of the KGB agent "Mikhailov" in the "Private definition" of the commission of the Supreme Council:
The Commission draws the attention of the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church to the unconstitutional use by the Central Committee of the CPSU and the bodies of the KGB of the USSR of a number of church bodies for their own purposes by recruiting and sending KGB agents to them. So, through the Department of External Church Relations, agents, designated by the nicknames "Svyatoslav", "Adamant", "Mikhailov", "Topaz", "Nesterovich", "Kuznetsov", "Ognev", "Esaulenko" and others. The nature of the assignments they carry out testifies to the inseparability of this Department from the state, to its transformation into a hidden center of KGB agents among believers.

On January 27, the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church at the third plenary session elected the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The new Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church is the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne, Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad.

Let us remind you that the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church gathered on January 25 to discuss candidates for the Patriarchal Throne at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which was attended by 198 delegates from 202 bishops of the Russian Church (four bishops – Archbishop Alipy of Chicago and Detroit (ROCOR), Bishop Daniel of Iria ( ROCOR), Metropolitan Nikodim of Kharkov and Bogodukhov and Bishop Panteleimon of Kirovograd and Novomirgorod were absent from the Council).
During the counting of votes, one ballot was declared invalid. Following the meeting, the Council of Bishops proposed to the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church the candidacies of the three bishops who received the largest number of votes: Kirill (Gundyaev), Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne; Kliment (Kapalin), Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk, manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate; Filaret (Vakhromeev), Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus. Metropolitan Kirill won 97 votes, Metropolitan Kliment - 32 votes, Metropolitan Filaret - 16 votes.

On January 27, the Local Council gathered in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior to elect the 16th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. At 12 o'clock the first plenary session of the Council began, at which the Presidium of the Local Council was elected, greetings to the Council were announced, and the Patriarchal Locum Tenens delivered a report. At the meeting, a message of congratulations from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was read out.

At the second plenary session, which began at 15:30, the agenda, program and regulations of the meetings of the Local Council were approved, the working bodies of the Local Council were elected, and the procedure for electing the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia was approved. At the meeting, one of the three candidates, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slutsk withdrew his candidacy for the election of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, calling to vote for Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad. Metropolitan Kirill, in response, said that he bows his head to Metropolitan Filaret, whom he deeply reveres, and recalls with deep satisfaction the two decades during which they worked together as part of the Holy Synod under the leadership of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy. After Metropolitan Filaret withdrew his candidacy, Bishop Feodosii (Bilchenko) of Polotsk and Glubokoe proposed to elect the Patriarch by lot. However, his proposal did not find support from other bishops. The Council did not approve other candidates for participation in the voting. As a result, the participants in the Local Council elected a new Primate from two candidates by secret ballot.

At 5:30 p.m., the third plenary session began, at which voting took place, after which the counting of votes began. At 10 p.m., members of the counting commission came out to the participants of the Council, and the chairman of the commission, Metropolitan of Krasnodar and Kuban Isidor, announced the results of the vote. According to the protocol, 702 delegates of the Council took part in the secret ballot. The number of ballots after the vote is 700, of which 677 are valid and 23 are invalid. Of the 677 votes, 508 Soborians voted for Metropolitan Kirill, and 169 voted for Metropolitan Kliment. When asked by Metropolitan Vladimir of Kyiv whether Metropolitan Kirill accepts his election as Primate of the Church, Vladyka Kirill replied: “I accept my election as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, I thank you and in no way contrary to the verb,” and bowed

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (in the world Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946 in Leningrad.

Father - Mikhail Vasilievich Gundyaev, priest, died in 1974. Mother - Raisa Vladimirovna Gundyaeva, German language teacher at school, in recent years a housewife, died in 1984. Elder brother - Archpriest Nikolai Gundyaev, professor, rector of the Transfiguration Cathedral in the city. St. Petersburg. Grandfather - Priest Vasily Stepanovich Gundyaev, a prisoner of Solovki, for church activities and the struggle against renovationism in the 20s, 30s and 40s. 20th century subjected to imprisonment and exile.

After graduating from the 8th grade of secondary school, Vladimir Gundyaev joined the Leningrad Complex Geological Expedition of the North-Western Geological Administration, where he worked from 1962 to 1965 as a cartographer, combining work with studying at a secondary school.

After graduating from high school in 1965, he entered the Leningrad Theological Seminary, and then the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated with honors in 1970.

As chairman of the DECR, as part of official delegations, he visited all the Local Orthodox Churches, including accompanying them on their trips abroad.

As Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, he officially visited the Local Orthodox Churches: Constantinople (2009), Alexandria (2010), Antioch (2011), Jerusalem (2012), Bulgarian (2012), Cypriot (2012) d.), Polish (2012), Hellas (2013).

Inter-Christian Relations and Cooperation

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill took part in the work of inter-Christian organizations. Participated as a delegate in IV (Uppsala, Sweden, 1968), V (Nairobi, Kenya, 1975), VI (Vancouver, Canada, 1983) and VII (Canberra, Australia, 1991) General Assemblies of the WCC and as a guest of honor at the IX General Assembly of the WCC (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2006); at the Salvation Today World Missionary Conference (Bangkok, 1973); he was President of the World Conference "Faith, Science and the Future" (Boston, 1979) and the World Convocation "Peace, Justice and Integrity of Creation" (Seoul, 1990); participated in the assemblies of the commission "Faith and order" of the WCC in Accra (Ghana, 1974), in Lima (Peru, 1982), in Budapest (Hungary, 1989). He was the keynote speaker at the World Missionary Conference in San Salvador, Brazil in November 1996.

He was a delegate to the XI General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (Stirling, Scotland, 1986) and the XII General Assembly of the CEC (Prague, 1992), as well as one of the main speakers at the CEC European Assembly "Peace and Justice" (Basel, 6- May 21, 1989).

Participated in the Second European Assembly of the CEC in Graz, Austria (June 23-29, 1997) and the Third in Sibiu, Romania (September 5-9, 2007).

He was a participant in four rounds of bilateral discussions between theologians of the 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 a dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. Since 1980, he has been a member of the International Theological Commission for Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue. In this capacity, he took part in four plenary meetings of this commission: (Patmos-Rhodes, Greece, 1980; Munich, Germany, 1982; Crete, 1984; Valaam, Finland, 1988) and in the work of its Coordinating committee.

He was co-chairman of the second round of the Orthodox-Reformed Dialogue (Debrecen II) in 1976 in Leningrad and a member of the Evangelical Kirchentags in Wittenberg (GDR, 1983) in Dortmund (1991) in Hamburg (1995).

Participant of the dialogue with the delegation of the Old Catholic Church in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Rotterdam-Petersburg Commission, Moscow, 1996

As chairman of the DECR, on behalf of the Hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, he took part in contacts with the Churches of the USA, Japan, East Germany, Germany, 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.

Being the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, he held a number of meetings with the heads and representatives of non-Orthodox Churches and Christian organizations.

In 2012, the signing took place by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Chairman of the Polish Catholic Episcopal Conference.

Participation in the Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church

He was a member of the Local Jubilee Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (June 1988, Zagorsk), chairman of its Editorial Committee and author of the draft Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted by the Jubilee Council.

He was a member of the Bishops' Council dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the restoration of the Patriarchate (October 1989) and the extraordinary Bishops' Council on January 30-31, 1990, as well as the Local Council on June 6-10, 1990, the Bishops' 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

He presided over the Bishops' Councils (2009, 2011, 2013) and the Local Councils (2009), at the other Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church he was chairman of the Editorial Commission.

As the chairman of the DECR, he made reports on the work of the DECR. At the Jubilee Council in 2000, as chairman of the relevant Synodal Working Group and the Synodal Commission, he presented the Fundamentals of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church.

At the Bishops' Council on October 3-6, 2004, he also delivered a report "On Relations with the Russian Church Abroad and the Old Believers."

Management of the Smolensk-Kaliningrad diocese (1984-2009)

During the stay of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill at the Smolensk-Kaliningrad see, 166 parishes were opened (94 in Smolensk and the region, 72 in Kaliningrad and the region). 52 Orthodox churches have been restored and 71 have been rebuilt.

In 1989, the Smolensk Theological School was opened, which in 1995 was transformed into the Smolensk Theological Seminary.

Since 1998, the Interdiocesan Theological School has been operating, preparing church choir directors, catechists, icon painters and sisters of mercy. Most parishes in the diocese have Sunday schools. There are Orthodox gymnasiums and kindergartens.

Since 1992 the Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture have been taught in public schools in the Smolensk and Kaliningrad regions.

Work as chairman of the DECR (1989-2009)

Represented the Russian Orthodox Church in commissions drafting the USSR Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” of October 1, 1990, the Law of the RSFSR “On Freedom of Religion” of October 25, 1990, and the Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” associations” dated September 26, 1997.

As chairman of the DECR, he took part in many international public and peacekeeping initiatives.

He took part in the development of a church position and peacekeeping actions during the events of August 1991 and October 1993.

He was one of the initiators of the creation of the World Russian People's Council in 1993. He took part and delivered keynote speeches at the Councils (1993-2008). Since his election to the Patriarchal Throne, he has been the Chairman of the VRNS (since 2009).

As chairman of the Commission of the Holy Synod for the revival of religious and moral education and charity, he initiated the creation of synodal departments for religious education, for social service and charity, for interaction 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 Holy Synod on January 30, 1991.

Developed and submitted for approval by the Holy Synod "The concept of interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church and the armed forces" in 1994.

From 1996 to 2000 - supervised the development and presented to the Jubilee Bishops' Council in 2000 "Fundamentals of the social concept of the Russian Orthodox Church."

He took an active part in the normalization of the church situation in Estonia. In this regard, he visited the Antioch and Jerusalem Patriarchates (trips to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel in 1996), and also participated in negotiations with representatives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Zurich (Switzerland) in March and twice in April 1996. , in Thessaloniki, 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); he also repeatedly visited Estonia, where he negotiated with representatives of the government, parliament deputies and with the business community of this country.

He took an active part in peacekeeping actions in Yugoslavia. He repeatedly visited Belgrade during the war, negotiated with the leadership of this country, initiated the creation of an informal international Christian peacekeeping group on Yugoslavia (Vienna, May 1999) and the convening of an international inter-Christian conference on the topic: "Europe after the Kosovo crisis: further actions of the Churches" in Oslo (Norway) in November 1999.

He was the main speaker at the Parliamentary Hearings on "Fundamentals of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church" (Moscow, 2001), and the topics "Religion and Health" (Moscow, 2003), "Improvement of legislation on freedom of conscience and on religious organizations: application practice, problems and solutions” (Moscow, 2004).

He initiated a dialogue with European organizations in Brussels and the creation in 2002 of .

As chairman of the DECR, he visited Estonia (repeatedly), Switzerland (repeatedly), France (repeatedly), Spain (repeatedly), Italy (repeatedly), Belgium (repeatedly), Holland (repeatedly), Germany (repeatedly), Israel (repeatedly), Finland (multiple times), Ukraine (multiple times), Japan (multiple times), Canada (multiple times), China (multiple times), Hungary (multiple times), Moldova (multiple times), Norway (multiple times), Lebanon and Syria (multiple times), Serbia (multiple times) ), USA (multiple times), Turkey (multiple times), Brazil (multiple times), Australia (1991), Austria (multiple times), Latvia (1992), Chile (1992), Bulgaria (1994, 1998, 2005 1996, 2004, 2007), 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), Kampuchea (2001), Thailand (2001), Ireland (2001), Iraq (2002), Liechtenstein (2002), Philippines (2002), special regions of the PRC - Hong Kong (2001, 2002), Macau (2002), South Africa (2003, 2008), Malaysia (2003), Indonesia (2003), Singapore (2003), UAE (2004), Poland (2004), Netherlands (2004), Dominican Republic (2004), Yemen (2005), North Korea (2006), India (2006), Romania (2007), Turkmenistan (2008), Costa Rica (2008), Venezuela (2008), Colombia (2008), Ecuador (2008), Angola (2008), Namibia (2008). He visited Hungary, Mongolia, Slovenia, Iran, Iraq and Yemen on official visits at the invitation of the governments of these countries.

Patriarchal ministry. Administration of the Russian Orthodox Church

In 2009, a reform of the central organs of church administration was undertaken. The activities were fundamentally reorganized, the scope of the Department for External Church Relations was clarified, new synodal departments were created, the functions of the Russian Orthodox Church were separated, and analytical work was carried out to formulate the necessary changes in the structure of the Holy Synod and in general in the system of spiritual education. Activity activated.

In 2012-2013 the formation of metropolises continues, the increase in the number of bishops and dioceses. The implementation of the instructions of the Bishops' Councils of 2011 and 2013 is being monitored. Based on the adopted documents on social, missionary, youth work, religious, educational and catechetical service in the Russian Orthodox Church, a detailed database of documents was developed, as well as partially provisions regulating the special training of ministers in these areas. There is a spread of transformations from the central apparatus of the Church to the level of dioceses. The subject "Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture" is included in the curriculum of secondary schools in all regions of Russia.

During the Patriarchal service formed:

— Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church (2009)

— Organs of the church executive power:

• Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (2011)
• Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society (2009)
• Synodal Information Department (2009)
• Financial and Economic Department (2009)
• Synodal Committee for Interaction with the Cossacks (2010)
• Synodal Department for Prison Ministry (2010)
• Patriarchal Council for Culture (2010)
• Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism (2012), transformed from the Synodal Commission for Monasteries (2010)

— All-church collegiate bodies:

• Patriarchal Commission for Family and Motherhood Protection (2012), formerly Patriarchal Council for Family and Motherhood Protection (2011)

– Church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-the-Apostles (2009)

– Interdepartmental Coordinating Group for Teaching Theology in Universities (2012)

- Church-Public Council under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for the perpetuation of the memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church (2013), former name - Church-Public Council for the perpetuation of the memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (2012)

As 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 d) 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 trips to 67 dioceses, 156 trips to 26 stauropegial monasteries, in 21 of them repeatedly. He visited 7 courtyards of stavropegic monasteries. Made 432 visits to 105 churches in Moscow (data as of January 31, 2014).

During the service of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill formed:

• 46 metropolias of the Russian Orthodox Church;
• 113 dioceses, including 95 dioceses in Russia*;
• Central Asian metropolitan district (2011);
• vicariates in the Moscow diocese (2011).

The number of dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church increased from 159 at the beginning of 2009 to 273 at the beginning of 2014 (from 69 to 164 in Russia).

At the beginning of 2009 there were 200 bishops in the Russian Orthodox Church, at the beginning of 2014 there were 312*.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill headed 109 episcopal consecrations, including: in 2009 - 5; in 2010 - 9; in 2011 - 31; in 2012 - 41; in 2013 - 22; in 2014 - 1*.

Also, over the 5 years of his Patriarchal service, he performed 144 ordinations to the deacon and presbyter (18 to the deacon and 126 to the presbyter)*.

Awards

Awards of the Russian Orthodox Church

Church-wide awards

• 1973 - Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir (II degree)
• 1986 - Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (II degree)
• 1996 - Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (I degree)
• 2001 - Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna (II degree)
• 2004 - Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (I degree)
• 2006 - Order of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (II degree)

Orders of Self-Governing and Autonomous Churches of the Russian Orthodox Church

• 2006 - Order of St. Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves (I degree) (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
• 2006 - Order "Blessed Voivode Stefan the Great and Saint" (II degree) (Orthodox Church of Moldova)
• 2009 - Order of Hieromartyr Isidore Yuryevsky (I degree) (Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate)
• 2009 - Order in honor of the 450th anniversary of the bringing to the land of Volyn Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
• 2011 - Order of St. Theodosius of Chernigov (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)

Awards of the Local Orthodox Churches

• 2007 - Order of St. Savva the Sanctified (II degree) (Alexandria Orthodox Church)
• 2009 - St. Innocent Gold Medal (Orthodox Church in America)
• 2010 - Commemorative medal of the St. Vladimir Theological Seminary (Orthodox Church in America)
• 2010 - Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark (Alexandrian Orthodox Church)
• 2011 - Order of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (I degree) (Antioch Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Order of the Holy Tsar Boris (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Golden Order of the Apostle Barnabas (Cypriot Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Order of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (I degree) (Polish Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Order of the Life-Giving Sepulcher "Grand Cross of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher" (Jerusalem Orthodox Church)

Awards from other religious organizations and Christian denominations

• 2006 - Order of St. Gregory of Parumalsky (Malankara Church, India)
• 2010 - Order of St. Gregory the Illuminator (Armenian Apostolic Church)
• 2011 - Order "Sheikh-ul-Islam" (Office of Muslims of the Caucasus)
• 2012 - Order for services to the Ummah, I degree (Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus)

State awards of the Russian Federation

• 1988 - Order of Friendship of Peoples
• 1995 - Order of Friendship
• 1996 - Anniversary medal "300 years of the Russian Navy"
• 1997 - Medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
• 2001 - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (III degree)
• 2006 - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (II degree)
• 2011 - Order of Alexander Nevsky

State awards of foreign countries

• 2009 - Order of Friendship of Peoples (Republic of Belarus)
• 2010 - Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic)
• 2010 - Order "Sharaf" (Republic of Azerbaijan)
• 2011 - Order of the Republic ("OrdinulRepublicii") (Republic of Moldova)
• 2011 - Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia)
• 2012 - Order of the Star of Bethlehem (Palestinian National Authority)

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was also awarded a number of other federal, departmental and regional state awards; has more than 120 awards from Russian and foreign public organizations; is an honorary citizen of the cities of Smolensk, Kaliningrad, Neman (Kaliningrad region), Murom (Vladimir region), Smolensk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo regions, the Republic of Mordovia and other regions and settlements of the Russian Federation.

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His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: It is impossible to stop wars in a world of dislike [Patriarch: Interview]

"Religious Education in the Postmodern Era". Speech by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, at the XV Christmas Readings [Documents]

Actually, there are a lot of links on the net on this topic, who just didn’t write about it, from deacon Kuraev to Stas Sadalsky:
http://blagin-anton.livejournal.com/46223.html
http://wap.nationalizm.forum24.ru/?1-8-0-00000049-000-0-0-1251218670
http://irizz.livejournal.com/117597.html
http://i-hate-the-snow.livejournal.com/46649.html
http://www.luchmir.com/Declarations/2Slovo09.htm
http://forum.dpni.org/archive/index.php/t-36574.html?s=
http://3rm.info/index.php?newsid=1294

This is almost a recognition for future generations, isn't it?

I was interested in the words of A. Nevzorov in his interview on Echo this week:

O. Bychkova – In history modern Russia All murders are mysterious. Because 20 years have passed since Listyev was killed and nothing is still clear.

A. Nevzorov – Yes, everything is clear there. There, simply, no one will stir up that pile, because in fact both the customers and the performers have all been dead for a long time. And there is, for example, the death of Ridiger, Alexy II, where even a criminal case was not initiated. Where was it released on such soft brakes, moreover, I will tell you as an anatomist that in order to crush the posterior ear vein with a blow to the toilet bowl or some hard surface, in a small room, you need to hit this hard surface 15 times, and each time do it with increasing force. Because it is very well protected, and it has, anatomists know, such unpleasant slipperiness. And there was not even a criminal case. And no investigative experiments and nothing at all.

And here's more about it:

About how the High Priest of Putin's Reich, Patriarch Kirill, made his billions of dollars in tobacco and alcohol speculation and oil (exempted from taxes and excises) in the dashing 90s, how he, the head of the bandit empire of the Russian Orthodox Church, eliminated and liquidated his competitors, many have already written. Yes, yes, in those very dashing 90s, about which he once put it this way:

"The fact that a huge role in correcting this curvature of our history(dashing 90s) you personally played, Vladimir Vladimirovich. I would like to thank you. You once said that you work like a slave in a galley - with the only difference being that the slave did not have such a return, and you have a very high return.

All patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, including the current one, are KGB officers:

During the criminal tobacco war of the 90s, the winner of which was the future Patriarch, and then the godfather of the shadow business of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Gundyaev, many people were killed, including Zhirinovsky's assistant Gennady Dzen, a bandit from Smolensk, the head of Roskontraktpostavka, and another his assistant, Alexander Frantskevich. Zhirik himself also took part in this war. In those years, the thieves "Tobacco" was assigned to Gundyaev, but now he is more often called another klikuha - Lyzhneg, because he loves to ride skiing in the soulless geyropa country of the evergreen doormen of Switzerland, where he has his own villa, to which he flies on his own plane.

Materials from the archives of the KGB, studied in 1992 by a parliamentary commission headed by the dissident priest Fr. Gleb Yakunin, revealed that most of the church hierarchy was connected to the secret police.

Kirill Gundyaev, 62, was codenamed Mikhailov, while Filaret was identified as agent Ostrovsky. It is suspected that Clement worked for the KGB under the pseudonym "Topaz".

Metropolitan Philaret, who was appointed Metropolitan of Minsk in 1978, was head of the Department for External Church Relations in the 1980s. In 1989, this powerful structure was headed by Metropolitan Kirill.

In addition to a villa in Switzerland, Tobacco Ski-Patriarch has palaces in Peredelkino, in the Danilov Monastery, in Gelendzhik, next to Putin's palace, and a penthouse with a terrace in the House on the Embankment - overlooking the Cathedral of Christ the Savior:

And the former right hand of his Eminence - Bishop Victor (in the world - Pyankov) now, having stolen, lives in the sinful States as a private person. Surely indulges in fasting and prayers, and, as Zhvanetsky said, "he regrets terribly."

Read more in Novaya Gazeta, as well as or see for yourself:

Since then, the Gundyaev Palace near Gelendzhik, for which the reserved forest was cut down from red and other unique trees, has long been built. Here is how the chief priest of Russian morality lives:

Cyril's residence, which occupied the entire territory from the sea to the highway, not only “gnawed off” half a kilometer of the public coastline and road, but also blocked the last opportunity for people to safely access the forest and the cemetery. Now they need to make a detour no longer a kilometer, but three kilometers (!), One of which is along the highway.

The Road of Death was named because people die on it.
And all so that someone could stick their belly out and no one could see it.

When a native of Gebni, Reverend Comrade. Gundyaev, who replaced Alexy II, who was killed by him, the area of ​​​​the residence increased 10 times (!), Moreover, 12.7 hectares of the State Forest Fund, covered with relic Pitsunda pine, were transferred for construction, cutting down and complete fencing of the church, which were built up, cut down or fenced the law PROHIBITES IN PRINCIPLE.

about how community long years tried to fight against all these lawlessness, read, there are a lot of details, links, photographs and documents.

The patriarch still loves not only to teach the people about life (well, for example: “ It is very important to learn Christian asceticism... Asceticism is the ability to regulate one's consumption... It is the victory of man over lust, over passions, over instinct. And it is important that both the rich and the poor have this quality.”), but also to fray “for” corruption and stigmatize corrupt officials:

Austerity is a good thing, especially when your fortune is 4 times the fortune of Rottenberg Sr. and 8 times the fortune of Rottenberg Jr., and this is without taking into account the cost of the almost billion-dollar palace in Gelendzhik.

Such an ascetic kodla ...

P.S. As the famous philosopher Boris Paramonov writes, what Patriarch Gundyaev has in common with the unspiritual geyropy is not only that he skis there like pastor Slag. As it turns out, the patriarch himself - that:
“One could talk about similar scandals in the Russian Orthodox Church. But here Deacon Kuraev has already told a lot. Except to remember that Metropolitan of Leningrad Nikodim (Rotov) was a homosexual, which everyone knew, even my church-going mother-in-law. He had the current patriarch, as they say in church language, "night cell attendant" or, as Wikipedia says, "performed the obedience of a personal secretary."