Isidor (Minaev), date of birth October 27

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Archimandrite Isidore

(in the world
Igor Vladimirovich Minaev
; October 27, 1961, Orel) - archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church, member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.

Archimandrite Isidore

March 31, 2009 - July 16, 2013
Church:	Russian Orthodox Church
Predecessor:	Tikhon (Zaitsev)
Successor:	Feofan (Lukyanov) (acting)

Birth name:	Igor Vladimirovich Minaev
Birth:	October 27, 1961 (1961-10-27) (59 years old) Orel, Oryol region, RSFSR, USSR
Taking Holy Orders:	June 2, 1992
Acceptance of monasticism:	March 7, 1993

Awards:

Biography

From 1969 to 1977 he studied at the 12th secondary school in the city of Orel. In 1977 he entered the Moscow Theater Arts and Technical School, which he graduated in 1981 with a degree in theatrical lighting engineering (Department of Alexander Abramovich Chertok). From 1981 to 1985 he studied at the Shchukin Higher Theater School in the acting department.

At the age of 24 (1985) he married 18-year-old actress Ksenia Volyntseva. After completing his studies, he received an invitation from four Moscow theaters, but due to difficulties with registration, he was unable to get a job. After graduating from college, he was assigned to the Omsk Academic Drama Theater, where he worked until April 1986. The marriage with Ksenia did not last long[1].

From April 1986 to October 1987, he served in the army (military specialty: BMP commander). After finishing his service, he was sent to reserve officer courses.

Having returned to Moscow after the army at the end of 1987, he began teaching at the acting department at the Shchukin Higher Theater School. He combined teaching with work in various theaters in Moscow under a contract.

From July 1991 to May 2001 - resident of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam stauropegial monastery.

On March 19, 1992, he was tonsured into the ryassophore by the rector of the Valaam Monastery, Abbot Andronik (Trubachev).

On June 2, 1992, he was ordained as hierodeacon by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' in the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow.

On March 7, 1993, he was tonsured into the mantle by the rector of the Valaam Monastery, Archimandrite Pankratiy (Zherdev), with the name Isidore

, in honor of the Monk Isidore of Pelusiot.

On May 25, 1993, he was ordained hieromonk by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' in the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Novospassky Monastery in Moscow.

From 1993 to 2000 he studied at the Moscow Theological Seminary in the correspondence sector.

Signed the “Statement of the Brotherhood of the Valaam Monastery” dated March 26, 1998, containing sharp criticism of ecumenism[2].

From May to July 2001, he served as a keymaster in the Church of St. George the Victorious in the city of Staraya Russa, Novgorod diocese.

On July 4, 2001, he was appointed rector of the Konevsky Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery of the St. Petersburg Diocese (appointed to the position of rector by the Holy Synod on October 6 of the same year).

In May 2003 he was elevated to the rank of abbot.

In November 2005, he took advanced training courses for the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation.

On October 12, 2007, he was assigned to serve in the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem[3].

On April 15, 2008, he was appointed rector of the St. Nicholas Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia (Bulgaria)[4].

On March 31, 2009, he was appointed head of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem[5].

On April 3 of the same year, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' elevated him to the rank of archimandrite in the church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Vyritsa[6].

By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 16, 2013, he was released from the post of head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem and sent to the clergy of the St. Petersburg diocese.[7]

On August 22, 2013, by decree of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg, he was appointed full-time priest of the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

On February 21, 2014, by decree of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg, he was appointed to the position of rector of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ (near the Warsaw Station) in St. Petersburg[8].

Isidore, archimandrite (Minaev Igor Vladimirovich)

Born on October 27, 1961 in Orel.
In 1969-1977 studied at secondary school No. 12 in Orel. In 1977 he entered the Moscow Theater Arts and Technical School (technical school), from which he graduated in 1981 with a degree in theatrical lighting engineering.

In 1981-1985 Studied at the Higher Theater School named after. Shchukin at the acting department. After graduating from college, he was assigned to the Omsk State Academic Drama Theater, where he worked until April 1986. In 1986-1987. served in the army.

Having returned to Moscow after the army at the end of 1987, he began teaching at the department of acting at the Higher Theater School named after. Shchukin. He also worked in various theaters in Moscow.

On March 19, 1992, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, the rector of the Valaam Monastery, Abbot Andronik (Trubachev), was tonsured into the ryassophore.

On June 2, 1992, in the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy ordained him as a hierodeacon.

On March 7, 1993, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy, the rector of the Valaam Monastery, Archimandrite Pankratiy (Zherdev), was tonsured into a mantle with the name Isidore in honor of the Venerable Isidore of Pelusiot.

On May 25, 1993, in the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral of the Novospassky Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy ordained him as a hieromonk.

In 1993-2000 studied at the correspondence sector of the Moscow Theological Seminary.

From May to July 2001, he served as a keymaster in the Church of St. St. George the Victorious in the city of Staraya Rusa, Novgorod diocese.

On July 4, 2001, he was appointed rector of the Konevsky Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery of the St. Petersburg Diocese.

In May 2003 he was elevated to the rank of abbot.

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy, in November 2005, he took advanced training courses for the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Academy of Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 12, 2007 (magazine No. 99), he was appointed a member of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of April 15, 2008 (journal No. 16), he was appointed rector of the Nikolaevsky metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia (Bulgaria).

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 31, 2009 (magazine No. 26), he was appointed head of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem.

On April 3, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 16, 2013 (journal No. 93), he was relieved of the post of head of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem and sent to the disposal of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga.

On August 22, 2013, Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg appointed him as a full-time priest of the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

On February 21, 2014, Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg appointed him to the position of rector of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ (near the Warsaw Station) in St. Petersburg.

1985 - Higher Theater School named after. Shchukin.

2000 - Moscow Theological Seminary (in absentia).

2005 — advanced training courses for the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Academy of Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation.

2011 - Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov III Art.

Notes

[www.mega-stars.ru/presenters/strizh_kseniya.php Life story of Strizh Kseniya]
[www.ortho-hetero.ru/doc-aecum/83 Statement by the brethren of the Valaam Monastery, 1998]
[www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/307292.html Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church dated October 12, 2007], Journal No. 99
[www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/392118.html A new rector of the St. Nicholas Metochion of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia has been appointed]
[www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/601217.html Hegumen Isidore (Minaev) was appointed head of the Russian spiritual mission in Jerusalem]
[www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/604169.html His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Kazan Church in Vyritsa]
[www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/3103216.html The final meeting of the spring-summer session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took place]
[www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/610162.html Russian Orthodox Church. Official website of the Moscow Patriarchate].
[www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1658586.html Patriarchal congratulations to the head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Isidore (Minaev) on his 50th birthday]
[rusdm.ru/?item=633 The Head of the Russian Spiritual Mission, Archimandrite Isidore, turned fifty years old]

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Excerpt characterizing Isidore (Minaev)

“No, mom, I’ll lie here on the floor,” Natasha said angrily, went to the window and opened it. The adjutant’s groan from the open window was heard more clearly. She stuck her head out into the damp air of the night, and the countess saw how her thin shoulders shook with sobs and beat against the frame. Natasha knew that it was not Prince Andrei who was moaning. She knew that Prince Andrei was lying in the same connection where they were, in another hut across the hallway; but this terrible incessant groan made her sob. The Countess exchanged glances with Sonya. “Lie down, my dear, lie down, my friend,” said the countess, lightly touching Natasha’s shoulder with her hand. - Well, go to bed. “Oh, yes... I’ll go to bed now,” said Natasha, hastily undressing and tearing off the strings of her skirts. Having taken off her dress and put on a jacket, she tucked her legs in, sat down on the bed prepared on the floor and, throwing her short thin braid over her shoulder, began to braid it. Thin, long, familiar fingers quickly, deftly took apart, braided, and tied the braid. Natasha's head turned with a habitual gesture, first in one direction, then in the other, but her eyes, feverishly open, looked straight and motionless. When the night suit was finished, Natasha quietly sank down onto the sheet laid on the hay on the edge of the door. “Natasha, lie down in the middle,” said Sonya. “No, I’m here,” Natasha said. “Go to bed,” she added with annoyance. And she buried her face in the pillow. The Countess, m me Schoss and Sonya hastily undressed and lay down. One lamp remained in the room. But in the yard it was getting brighter from the fire of Malye Mytishchi, two miles away, and the drunken cries of the people were buzzing in the tavern, which Mamon’s Cossacks had smashed, on the crossroads, on the street, and the incessant groan of the adjutant was heard. Natasha listened for a long time to the internal and external sounds coming to her, and did not move. She heard first the prayer and sighs of her mother, the cracking of her bed under her, the familiar whistling snoring of m me Schoss, the quiet breathing of Sonya. Then the Countess called out to Natasha. Natasha did not answer her. “He seems to be sleeping, mom,” Sonya answered quietly. The Countess, after being silent for a while, called out again, but no one answered her. Soon after this, Natasha heard her mother's even breathing. Natasha did not move, despite the fact that her small bare foot, having escaped from under the blanket, was chilly on the bare floor. As if celebrating victory over everyone, a cricket screamed in the crack. The rooster crowed far away, and loved ones responded. The screams died down in the tavern, only the same adjutant's stand could be heard. Natasha stood up. - Sonya? are you sleeping? Mother? – she whispered. No one answered. Natasha slowly and carefully stood up, crossed herself and stepped carefully with her narrow and flexible bare foot onto the dirty, cold floor. The floorboard creaked. She, quickly moving her feet, ran a few steps like a kitten and grabbed the cold door bracket. It seemed to her that something heavy, striking evenly, was knocking on all the walls of the hut: it was her heart, frozen with fear, with horror and love, beating, bursting. She opened the door, crossed the threshold and stepped onto the damp, cold ground of the hallway. The gripping cold refreshed her. She felt the sleeping man with her bare foot, stepped over him and opened the door to the hut where Prince Andrei lay. It was dark in this hut. In the back corner of the bed, on which something was lying, there was a tallow candle on a bench that had burned out like a large mushroom. Natasha, in the morning, when they told her about the wound and the presence of Prince Andrei, decided that she should see him. She did not know what it was for, but she knew that the meeting would be painful, and she was even more convinced that it was necessary. All day she lived only in the hope that at night she would see him. But now, when this moment came, the horror of what she would see came over her. How was he mutilated? What was left of him? Was he like that incessant groan of the adjutant? Yes, he was like that. He was in her imagination the personification of this terrible groan. When she saw an obscure mass in the corner and mistook his raised knees under the blanket for his shoulders, she imagined some kind of terrible body and stopped in horror. But an irresistible force pulled her forward. She carefully took one step, then another, and found herself in the middle of a small, cluttered hut. In the hut, under the icons, another person was lying on the benches (it was Timokhin), and two more people were lying on the floor (these were the doctor and the valet). The valet stood up and whispered something. Timokhin, suffering from pain in his wounded leg, did not sleep and looked with all his eyes at the strange appearance of a girl in a poor shirt, jacket and eternal cap. The sleepy and frightened words of the valet; “What do you need, why?” - they only forced Natasha to quickly approach what was lying in the corner. No matter how scary or unlike a human this body was, she had to see it. She passed the valet: the burnt mushroom of the candle fell off, and she clearly saw Prince Andrei lying with his arms outstretched on the blanket, just as she had always seen him. He was the same as always; but the inflamed color of his face, his sparkling eyes, fixed enthusiastically on her, and especially the tender child’s neck protruding from the folded collar of his shirt, gave him a special, innocent, childish appearance, which, however, she had never seen in Prince Andrei. She walked up to him and with a quick, flexible, youthful movement knelt down. He smiled and extended his hand to her. For Prince Andrei, seven days have passed since he woke up at the dressing station of the Borodino field. All this time he was in almost constant unconsciousness. The fever and inflammation of the intestines, which were damaged, in the opinion of the doctor traveling with the wounded man, should have carried him away. But on the seventh day he happily ate a slice of bread with tea, and the doctor noticed that the general fever had decreased. Prince Andrei regained consciousness in the morning. The first night after leaving Moscow it was quite warm, and Prince Andrei was left to spend the night in a carriage; but in Mytishchi the wounded man himself demanded to be carried out and to be given tea. The pain caused to him by being carried into the hut made Prince Andrei moan loudly and lose consciousness again. When they laid him on a camp bed, he lay for a long time with his eyes closed without moving. Then he opened them and quietly whispered: “What should I have for tea?” This memory for the small details of life amazed the doctor. He felt the pulse and, to his surprise and displeasure, noticed that the pulse was better. To his displeasure, the doctor noticed this because, from his experience, he was convinced that Prince Andrei could not live and that if he did not die now, he would only die with great suffering some time later. With Prince Andrei they were carrying the major of his regiment, Timokhin, who had joined them in Moscow with a red nose and was wounded in the leg in the same Battle of Borodino. With them rode a doctor, the prince's valet, his coachman and two orderlies. Prince Andrey was given tea. He drank greedily, looking ahead at the door with feverish eyes, as if trying to understand and remember something. - I don’t want anymore. Is Timokhin here? - he asked. Timokhin crawled towards him along the bench.

“Methods of spiritual development have existed for many centuries, you just need to find them and use them, which is what you and I will do.”