Methodius (Nemtsov), metropolitan, bishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk in 1982-2003.

Metropolitan Methodius (Nemtsov)

Methodius (Nemtsov)
(born 1949), Metropolitan of Perm and Kungur, head of the Perm Metropolis, temporary administrator of the Kudymkar diocese, holy archimandrite of the Perm Holy Trinity Stephen and Belogorsk Nikolaevsky monasteries, rector of the Perm Theological Seminary, member of the Interconciliar Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the World Nemtsov Nikolai Fedorovich, was born on February 16, 1949 in the city of Rovenki, Voroshilovgrad region of Ukraine, into the family of an employee. In 1968 he graduated from the Slavic Technical School of Railway Transport.

In 1972 he graduated from the Odessa Theological Seminary and entered the Leningrad Theological Academy.

On January 5, 1974, he was tonsured a monk with the name in honor of Saint Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, and was tonsured by Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod.

On January 7 of the same year, he was ordained as hierodeacon in the St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Epiphany in Leningrad.

On April 24 of the same year, he was ordained hieromonk in the Novgorod Church of the Holy Apostle Philip by Metropolitan Nicodemus. He carried out pastoral obedience in the Assumption Church of the Moscow Novodevichy Convent.

Upon graduating from the Leningrad Theological Academy in 1976, he received a patriarchal scholarship with a candidate of theology degree for the essay “ Missionary Works of Metropolitan Innokenty (Veniaminov) of Moscow and Kolomna, Apostle of America

"was accepted into graduate school at the Moscow Theological Academy. In the same year, he led a youth delegation of representatives of theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church that visited Finland, Bulgaria and Holy Mount Athos. At the same time he was enrolled in the staff of the Department of External Church Relations as a referent.

On April 4, 1977, he was appointed deputy chairman of the DECR and elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

Since September 1979, he served in the Small Cathedral of the Donskoy Monastery and in the Moscow Church of the Deposition of the Lord.

By the decree of His Holiness Patriarch Pimen and the Holy Synod of April 24, 1980, Archimandrite Methodius (Nemtsov) was determined to be the Bishop of Irkutsk and Chita, temporarily governing the Khabarovsk diocese.

On April 27, 1980, he was consecrated Bishop of Irkutsk and Chita, temporarily governing the Khabarovsk diocese. The consecration in the Sergius Refectory Church of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra was performed by: Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Pimen (Izvekov), Archbishops of Volokolamsk Pitirim (Nechaev), Vladimir of Dmitrov (Sabodan), Simon of Ryazan and Kasimov (Novikov), Gleb of Oryol and Bryansk (Smirnov), Bishop of Penza and Saransk Seraphim (Tikhonov).

Since July 16, 1982 - Bishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk.

From 1985 to 1988, Chairman of the Economic Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate.

On July 26, 1985 he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.

In 1987, he was appointed chairman of the Commission for the Restoration and Construction of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow.

In April 1988 he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan.

Metropolitan Methodius (Nemtsov)

On February 1, 1990, he was appointed representative of the MP in the Orthodox-Catholic Commission for the settlement of relations between Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholics in Western Ukraine.
In 2000–2003 - Chairman of the Historical and Legal Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church, Chairman of the Foundation for Prizes in Memory of Metropolitan. Macarius (Bulgakov).

On May 7, 2003, he headed the newly formed Metropolitan District in Kazakhstan with the title “Metropolitan of Astana and Almaty.”

From 2003 to 2010 he was the rector of the Alma-Ata Theological School.

Since July 27, 2009 - member of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On March 5, 2010, he was appointed Metropolitan of Perm and Solikamsk.

On December 24, 2010, he was appointed rector of the Perm Theological Seminary.

On December 27, 2011, he was confirmed as rector (hieroarchimandrite) of the Holy Trinity-Stephen monastery in the city of Perm and the Belogorsky Nikolaevsky monastery in the village of Belaya Gora, Perm region [1].

On March 19, 2014, he was appointed head of the Perm Metropolis with the title “Perm and Kungur” [2].

From March 2014 to October 2021, he temporarily ruled the Solikamsk diocese.

Since April 13, 2021, he has temporarily governed the Kudymkar diocese.

Awards

Church

• Order of Equals book Vladimir 1st degree;
• order of honor book Daniil of Moscow, 2nd degree;
• Order of St. Alexia, Metropolitan Moscow, 2nd degree (March 29, 2009);
• Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, 1st degree (January 17, 2010);
• Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan Moscow, 2nd degree (February 16, 2014 [3]).
• awards of Jerusalem, Czech lands and Slovakia, Serbian Orthodox Churches

Secular

• Order of Friendship;
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class

Methodius (Nemtsov)

Born in 1949 in the city of Rovenki, Voroshilovgrad (now Lugansk) region. Besides him, there was a younger brother in the family; an older sister died during the war. The children were raised by their mother, Anastasia Mikhailovna, who was a deeply religious person. From a very early age, she brought her son to church for services[1]. In 1968 he graduated from the Slavic Technical School of Railway Transport.

In 1972 he graduated from the Odessa Theological Seminary and in the same year entered the Leningrad Theological Academy. On January 5, 1974, Metropolitan Niim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod was tonsured a monk with the name Methodius in honor of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius of Thessalonica. On January 7, in the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Leningrad, the same bishop ordained him to the rank of hierodeacon[1]. On April 24 of the same year, in the Church of the Holy Apostle Philip in Novgorod, Metropolitan Niim (Rotov) ordained him to the rank of hieromonk.

He carried out pastoral obedience in the Assumption Church of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow. In the same year, he was enrolled in the staff of the Department of External Church Relations as a referent.

In 1976, he graduated from the Leningrad Theological Academy with a candidate of theology degree for the essay “Missionary Works of Metropolitan Innokenty (Veniaminov) of Moscow and Kolomna, Apostle of America” and was accepted into graduate school at the Moscow Theological Academy.

In 1976-1977 he visited Finland, Bulgaria and Mount Athos as part of delegations of the Moscow Patriarchate. On April 4, 1977, he was appointed deputy chairman of the DECR and elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Since September 1979, he served in the Small Cathedral of the Donskoy Monastery and in the Moscow Church of the Deposition of the Lord.

Bishopric

On April 27, 1980, in the Sergius refectory church of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, he was consecrated Bishop of Irkutsk and Chita, temporarily governing the Khabarovsk diocese. The consecration was performed by: Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Pimen, Archbishops of Volokolamsk Pitirim (Nechaev), Vladimir of Dmitrov (Sabodan), Simon of Ryazan and Kasimov (Novikov), Gleb of Oryol and Bryansk (Smirnov), Bishop of Penza and Saransk Seraphim (Tikhonov). In the early 1980s, he was a member of the Irkutsk Regional Peace Committee.

On July 16, 1982, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Bishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk. The diocese at that time united the Voronezh and Lipetsk regions.

On June 18, 1985, he was appointed chairman of the economic administration of the Moscow Patriarchate and elevated to the rank of archbishop. According to the testimony of Bishop Alypiy (Pogrebnyak), when he was the chairman of the economic administration, he visited his diocese infrequently: “He will only fly on Easter, on Trinity and back on the same day”[2].

On April 1, 1988, he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan. On July 4, 1988, for his active participation in the preparation and conduct of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus', he was awarded a personal panagia. On October 20, 1988, he was relieved of his position as chairman of the economic department.

In 1998, he was appointed chairman of the fund for prizes in memory of Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov) of Moscow and Kolomna. From March 17, 2001 to February 7, 2004 - member of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation. In September 2001, he was included in the Russian Pobeda Organizing Committee.

On May 7, 2003, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Metropolitan of Astana and Almaty and head of the newly formed Kazakhstan Metropolitan District. At the same time, he was dismissed from the post of head of the historical and legal commission of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as head of the Makarievsky Foundation[3].

This decision of the Synod was regarded by some observers as its defeat in the struggle for the patriarchal throne that unfolded after October 2002 due to the illness of Patriarch Alexy II[4].

On March 5, 2010, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Metropolitan of Perm and Solikamsk[5].

On December 27, 2011, he was confirmed as rector (hieroarchimandrite) of the Holy Trinity Stefanov Monastery in the city of Perm and the Belogorsky Nikolaevsky Monastery in the village of Belaya Gora, Perm Territory[6].

On March 19, 2014, the Holy Synod appointed the head of the newly formed Perm Metropolis with the title Metropolitan of Perm and Kungur and temporary administrator of the Solikamsk diocese[7].

Holy Hieromartyrs Paul and Gregory, pray to God for us!

On January 11, the Holy Church celebrates the memory of the holy martyrs Paul and Gregory, who shone in the land of Perm. On July 7, 2021, a significant event took place in our diocese; the relics of the saints were solemnly revealed in the Ascension Church in the city of Perm. From this joyful event, all believers had the opportunity in their prayers to ask for intercession not only before the images of their fellow countrymen, but also before their holy relics. For many years the Perm land was deprived of the revealed relics of saints. For almost 100 years they were hidden from people’s faces, underground, but the time has come, the Lord had mercy on us and opened these great shrines for us.

BRIEF LIVES OF THE SAINTS.

Hieromartyr Pavel was born on February 5, 1891 into a family of burghers of the city of Kungur, Pavel Andreevich and Maria Nikolaevna Anoshkin. In 1912, he graduated from the Perm Theological Seminary, first class. On August 19 of the same year, Bishop Palladius (Dobronravov) of Perm and Solikamsk was ordained a priest of the Church of the Intercession in the village of Verkh-Sarsy, Krasnoufimsky district, Perm province and appointed head and teacher of the law of the Verkh-Sarsinsk parochial school and teacher of the law of the Sarsinsk factory and Verkh-Sarsinsk zemstvo schools, chairman of the Verkh-Sarsinsky parish trusteeship and chairman of the Vonifatievsky temperance society.

On March 25, 1913, Father Pavel was awarded the nabedrennik “for outstanding pastoral activity” and the next day he was transferred to the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Mokino, Okhansky district (now the Nytvensky district of the Perm Territory) and appointed head and teacher of the law at the Mokino parochial school, teacher of the law in schools in Lower and Upper Talitsa and in the village of Kosheli, and since 1914 - as a teacher of law at the two-class Mokinsky School.

Hieromartyr Gregory was born on November 18, 1891 in the Vyatka province into the family of the peasant Prokopiy Smirnov. In 1911, Gregory graduated from a second-grade school at the Kazan Church in the village of Old Toryal in the Urzhum district of the Vyatka province, and in 1913 additional courses at the Mitinsk school in the Vyatka district and in the same year he was appointed a psalm-reader in the Kazan church in the village of Gorokhova, Oryol district. In 1916, he moved to serve in the Perm diocese, and on January 15, 1917, Bishop Andronik (Nikolsky) of Perm ordained him a deacon at the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Mokino, Okhansky district.

Priest Pavel Anoshkin and Deacon Grigory Smirnov suffered martyrdom in the winter of 1918 during the occupation of the village by the Red Army soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division of the Putilov Regiment. During the service, the clergy were dragged out of the church by their hair, then, after beatings, they were driven out into the street “in their underwear” and walked through the village, barefoot in the snow. Then the martyrs were tied by the hair with ropes to the tails of horses and dragged along the street. The village residents witnessed this terrible massacre. Then the martyrs were dragged along the road to Shiroky Log, located one kilometer from the village of Mokino. In Shirokoye Log they tried to cut off Father Pavel’s head, but the perpetrators of the massacre missed a little and split the priest’s skull. After this, the clergy were shot and bayoneted. Then, already dead, they were dragged to the Berezovka River and abandoned there. The parishioners of St. Nicholas Church buried the martyrs in the church fence.

In 2001, the dilapidated wooden church building was dismantled. But the villagers surrounded the temple area with a fence, and placed a worship cross in place of the altar. In the summer of 2014, with the blessing of Metropolitan Methodius of Perm and Kungur, employees of the Perm Metropolis, collecting information about Perm saints, learned in Mokino about a burial in the church fence. On September 29, 2021, the grave was opened and the remains of two people were raised. One of the buried was in green priestly vestments. The other person buried was in a deacon's vestment, also green. The remains showed signs of violent death. Over the next few months, their identification was carried out. On February 10, 2021, the remains were examined by a member of the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints, Kirill Kaleda, who arrived in Perm. And 2 months later, a blessing was received from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill “to consider the remains found in the village of Mokino, Perm Territory, as the holy relics of the holy martyrs Priest Pavel Anoshkin and Deacon Grigory Smirnov.” The holy martyrs showed us a great example of courage, perseverance, deep and firm faith.

In the preface to the book about the new martyrs, “The Light-Bearing Gift of the Perm Land,” His Eminence Methodius, Metropolitan of Perm and Kungur, said: “Now with spiritual joy we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Perm hieromartyrs Priest Paul (Anoshkin) and Deacon Gregory (Smirnov). Both of them suffered a cruel death from atheists on December 29, 1918. Until that time, they served together in the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Mokino, Okhansky district, Perm province. These were young people, the same age, in 1918 each of them turned 27 years old. But the most important thing that united them was loyalty to Christ “even to the death of blood”

From eyewitness accounts that have reached us, it is known that the Red Army seized Priest Paul and Deacon Gregory during a service. In the bitter cold they were led barefoot through the village, beaten, then hacked to death with sabers and left to die in the snow. They courageously endured all the tortures and remained faithful to God until death, for which they received the crown of life, became close to Christ and were marked by Him with special grace and mercy.

Now, a hundred years after their martyrdom, the Lord has given us to find their honorable remains. He showed us the relics of the saints in order to revive our faith and give us a source of grace-filled help that exceeds all laws and orders of nature.

Let us carefully and reverently preserve the memory of our Perm new martyrs, who gave their lives as a testimony to their faith and devotion to Christ. Let us resort to their holy relics, asking for prayerful intercession and protection. And with great boldness and love we will cry out: “Holy Hieromartyrs Paul and Gregory, pray to God for us!” Amen!"

Day of the martyrdom of the saints - December 29, 1918 (January 11 n.st.)

Troparion, tone 5:

Your honest suffering / for the Holy Orthodox Faith / calls all people to spiritual joy, / Hieromartyrs Paul and Gregory, / for you have sanctified the land of Perm with your blood, / teach more perfect love, / to lay down your soul for Christ our God, // by the Light of the Resurrection, who has renewed the world .

Kontakion, tone 3:

To the good shepherd Paul / and to the zealous service of the zealot Gregory, / who enlightened your flock with words, / who dearly loved the shrines of the Church of Christ, / and for the sake of faith, accepted martyrdom, / now you enlighten the land of Perm with grace, / and you are its shrine, / preaching immortality with your relics, // and healing, more often than not, for everyone who flows in with faith.

Magnification:

We magnify you, / Hieromartyrs Paul and Gregory, / who have stained the land of Perm with your blood, / and who have shown an image of love for Christ.

“Since May 7, a “conspiracy of absence”, usual for turning points, has been established in church circles. Even those responsible and officials who were on the spot answered the NEWSPAPER that they would not comment on anything, since they were “immediately leaving on business.” “Only members of the Synod can comment, but they are no longer there either.” Even the composition of those present at the Synod turned out to be a secret. Thus, a number of GAZETA sources confidently confirmed only that Metropolitans Kirill and Sergius were at the Synod. But the presence of the “disgraced” Methodius could no longer be confirmed.
Meetings of the Synod are chaired by the Patriarch, without the press, advisers or assistants. This is the most closed meeting of the highest hierarchs of the Russian Church. His agenda is not made public, his decisions are not commented on. The meeting of the Synod on May 7 was no exception, although the provisions it adopted determine the fate of the Church for the coming decades.

As a rule, the division of a diocese is an ordinary organizational event. The division of one of the central Orthodox dioceses into two with the expulsion of its head is an event that requires explanation.

Metropolitan Methodius, according to most observers, is one of the main opponents of Metropolitan Kirill in the upcoming struggle for succession to the patriarchate. “In essence, Cyril has now won a victory over Methodius, backing it up with the division of the diocese and a number of personnel changes,” summed up one of the sources in a conversation with GAZETA’s special correspondent.

The diocese of Metropolitan Methodius is divided by the decision of the Synod into Voronezh-Borisoglebsk and Lipetsk-Eletskaya. In Voronezh, Metropolitan Sergius of Solnechnogorsk was appointed a permanent member of the Synod, who retained his duties as manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate. Metropolitan Sergius, according to GAZETA sources, is “a neutral figure in the transition period of the diocese.”

“Everything is fine with us” Unlike Metropolitan Sergius, who retained his posts, Metropolitan Methodius was sent to Kazakhstan without retaining all his previous positions. He even lost his chairmanship of the Makaryevsky Foundation and the Church Legal Commission, although his supporters are convinced that “it was not only the Synod who appointed him to this post, and therefore he is not competent to remove him.”

The Voronezh diocesan administration also refused to comment to GAZETE, assuring that “everything is fine with us.” However, the planned local “direct line” with the metropolitan will no longer take place, as the press service of the diocese made it clear. The question remains unanswered as to which of the clergy will lead the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture in Voronezh scheduled for May 24, where both the Patriarch and the President are invited.

Metropolitan districts in the west and east The metropolitan district, which Metropolitan Methodius should lead in Astana, does not yet exist. According to the NEWSPAPER, there is still no definition of what a metropolitan district is and what its differences are from other church structures. GAZETA's sources shared their views that in the near future such work will most likely be carried out by DECR forces.

The DECR NEWSPAPER only offered to read the press release of the Synod. Metropolitan Kirill's deputy, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, explained that metropolitan districts exist in the Romanian and Greek Churches. He emphasized that the provision on metropolitan districts will likely be connected with the Patriarch’s proposal to create the same structure in Europe from all the Orthodox dioceses existing there.

One way or another, representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church refused to comment on the decision of the Synod and the exile of Methodius for the NEWSPAPER at all levels. Apart from the proposal to consider the event as “the appointment to a worthy chair of an active person who has vital energy that far exceeds the boundaries of a provincial diocese, knows how to build relationships with the authorities, with Muslims, and will raise the huge Russian community in Kazakhstan.” However, reasoning further, the NEWSPAPER source doubted the very fact of the existence of “real Islam” in Kazakhstan, as well as “the Russian community itself.”

A number of appointments made by the Synod, however, indicate that Metropolitan Kirill managed to win a difficult party and promote his creatures to important positions. Thus, the Synod transferred Bishop Feofan of Magadan, the former deputy of Metropolitan Kirill (while he was still just an archimandrite) for financial matters, to the empty Stavropol and Vladikavkaz Sees.

The Church Legal Commission, which is engaged in the examination of state acts regarding the Church, was also proposed to be headed by Archpriest Vladislav Tsypin from the DECR. The post of representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in the European Union has also become vacant - she is still awaiting her appointment. According to GAZETA's sources, the attention that the DECR pays to the affairs of the European Union and relations with Christian organizations in Europe indicates that this area is “a strategic priority for Metropolitan Kirill.”

REFERENCE

Metropolitan Methodius was born in 1949 in the Lugansk region, graduated from Odessa Seminary and Leningrad Academy. In 1974, Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) tonsured Methodius into monasticism, but from his arsenal he inherited only “active economics.” He headed the Irkutsk and then Voronezh-Lipetsk departments for 21 years. Since 1980 - bishop, since 1988 - metropolitan. Over the years, he was co-chairman of the Russian Children's Fund, chairman of the commission for the restoration of the Danilovsky Monastery, and a representative of the MP in the Orthodox-Catholic commission for normalizing the situation in Western Ukraine.

In 1996, the nuns of the St. Tikhon's Transfiguration Monastery, for the first time in the modern history of the Russian Orthodox Church, won a victory over the ruling bishop: Methodius wanted to impose an abbess on the monastery, the nuns were indignant and left for the Vladimir diocese.

Metropolitan Methodius is practically the only bishop who was openly denounced by an authoritative Orthodox hierarch, Archbishop Chrysostom of Vilna and Lithuania (also a “Nicodimite”) of being “a KGB officer, an atheist, a vicious person, imposed by the KGB men. The Synod was against such a bishop, but we had to take on such a sin.”

Metropolitan Kirill comes from a priest's family, was born in 1946 in Leningrad, and graduated from the Theological Seminary and Academy here. From his youth he was an employee and personal secretary of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov). He always called himself a “Nicodemusite.” Participated in the work of the World Council of Churches since 1968. Being the rector of the Leningrad Theological Academy and Seminary since 1974, he introduced the admission of graduates of secular universities. In 1975, at the ecumenical assembly in Nairobi, he denied the facts of persecution of believers in the USSR. Bishop - since 1976, head of the Smolensk department - since 1984, chairman of the DECR - since 1989, metropolitan - since 1991. Member of the Commission for the preparation of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'. The only Orthodox figure who has been hosting a weekly program on TV for 8 years.

Since 1996, Metropolitan Kirill has been periodically accused by a number of media outlets of the fact that, thanks to him, the Church derives untold profits from the trade in cigarettes, alcohol, gas and oil.

Since the mid-90s, Kirill has headed the World Russian Council, and since the late 90s he has been engaged in Orthodox education. Over the past year, he organized an inter-deputy moral lobbying group in the Duma and achieved support for his initiatives in the presidential administration. Supporter of the terms “traditional confession” and “ethnic Orthodox”. Inspirer of theology courses in universities and “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” in schools.

The Department of External Church Relations, which he heads, is the only analytical structure in the Church. The DECR prepared most of the church documents, including the “Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church,” which stipulates the right of believers to peaceful protest. »

Nemtsov Gundyaev Poyarkov Nechaev Smirnov

How can we, brothers and sisters, explain such an interesting spiritual circumstance that the real aggressive preachers of the Antichrist (the number of his name*) were the Supreme CASTE OF HIGH PRIESTS, led by Patriarch Alexy II (Ridiger), a real “spiritual child” of the PERMANENT Judeo-Mason MEMBER OF THE SS** (Holy Synod) Metropolitan Nikodim Rotov, who died, as we remember, at the feet of the Pope? We will definitely answer this question, but first we will list the most active of them.

Vladimir Kotlyarov, according to some sources Bronstein Zoriy Markovich (05/27/1929), Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga PERMANENT MEMBER of the “SS” - a purebred Jew, a Jew, known for his ecumenical activities and the recent scandal in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, when he was after the service From the pulpit he began to publicly preach about the sweetness of prayerful union with Roman Catholics. Then the congregation became agitated and shouts were heard: “Judas! Get out of the pulpit! They almost beat him up and the scandal spilled over into the press.

Yuvenaly Poyarkov (09/22/1935) Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna. Former agent of influence of the KGB of the USSR "ADAMANT", a seasoned Jewish ecumenist, PERMANENT MEMBER of the "SS". Master of Socialist Religion 666.

Filaret Vakhromeyev, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, PERMANENT MEMBER of the “SS”, former agent of influence of the KGB of the USSR, nickname “OSTROVSKY”, seasoned Jewish ecumenist, master of religion 666 (see materials on ecumenism). Active preacher of the Antichrist (TIN number).

Kirill Gundyaev (11/20/1946) – Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Chairman of the DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL CHURCH RELATIONS, PERMANENT MEMBER of the “SS”, Jewish ecumenist, spiritual child of the Jewish Mason Nikodim Rotov. Former KGB agent of the USSR, nickname "MIKHAILOV". Spiritual sodomite, master of the universal world religion 666. An ardent enemy of Russia and the Orthodox Church

Sergius Fomin (08/24/1949), Metropolitan of Solnechnogorsk. Manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, PERMANENT MEMBER of the “SS”, seasoned Jewish ecumenist, active preacher of the Antichrist (number of the name). Former (?) agent of the KGB of the USSR. Master of Universal Religion 666. Ethnic Jew.

Pitirim Nechaev (01/08/1926), Metropolitan of Volokalamsk and Yuryev, vicar of the Moscow diocese. Former (?) agent of influence of the KGB of the USSR, nickname “ABBAT”, master of the universal religion 666 - ecumenism. An enemy of Russia and the Orthodox Church.

Methodius Nemtsov (02/16/1949) - Metropolitan of Voronezh and Lipetsk, an active preacher of the Antichrist (Number INN), about whom Archbishop Chrysostom of Vilna and Lithuania once said: “...In our Church there are real KGB men who have made a dizzying career; for example, Metropolitan Methodius of Voronezh (agent “Paul”). He is a KGB officer, an atheist, a vicious person, imposed by the KGB. The Synod was unanimously against such a bishop - but we had to take upon ourselves such a sin; and then - what a rise he has! He became a metropolitan, for almost ten years he managed church money, millions, and was the chairman of the Economic Administration! And he never loved independent, honest priests, did not protect them, but only persecuted them” (“Russian Thought” April 24, 1992, p. 8).

Evlogiy Smirnov (01/13/1937) Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal (archbishop without a flock and clergy *), a Jew, an aggressive preacher of the Antichrist (number of the name), imposed penalties on the faithful flock and clergy of his diocese (several thousand people) for refusing to accept the Antichrist into number of his name. Ethnic Jew.

All these Kotlyarovs, Fomins, Poyarkovs, Nemtsovs, Gundyaevs, Smirnovs are all the same Pinkhus, Yankels, Rosenfelds, Goldmans, Armands, Abramovichs, Rosenblums, Paynesons, Diamonds, Zalmans, Fani, Buni, Meers, Reuben, Burks, Gobermans and other Jewish revolutionary evil spirits that have infiltrated the Orthodox Clergy for its destruction.

We will continue the list to publicize these wolves in sheep's clothing after a little spiritual commentary. As we see from the documents of the ZhMP, the listed persons are directly related to the universal world religion 666 - socialist ecumenism and to the so-called SPECIAL SERVICES (SS) of a far from Christian profile of activity. So, why do the masters of the universal socialist religion 666 - ecumenism, so actively and aggressively preach the safety and necessity of accepting the number of the name of the Antichrist?

Active Metropolitan

The Voronezh-Lipetsk diocese has been headed by Metropolitan Methodius (Nemtsov) for almost 20 years. He is one of the youngest, most famous and scandalous pastors of the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Chrysostom of Vilna and Lithuania said in one of his interviews: “In our Church there are real KGB officers who have made a dizzying career; for example, Metropolitan Methodius of Voronezh. He is a KGB officer, an atheist, a vicious person, imposed by the KGB. The Synod was unanimously against such a bishop, but we had to take on such a sin...” (N. Mitrokhina, S. Timofeeva. Bishops and dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church. - M.: Panorama LLC, 1997).

In 1988, Metropolitan Methodius was forced to resign from his post as chairman of the economic administration of the Patriarchate. Some observers associated this with changes in the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the activation of its new intellectual center - the Department for External Church Relations, headed by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad. It was then that, to put it mildly, cold relations arose between the two rulers.

In the mid-90s, Metropolitan Methodius again intensified his Moscow activities and began to gradually regain his former influence in the capital's circles. Perhaps a significant role in this was played by the monstrous anti-Cyril publications in Moskovsky Komsomolets, which were openly associated in church circles with the name of Metropolitan Methodius.

It got to the point of absurdity: on one page appeared the title of Sergei Bychkov’s article “Metropolitan Kirill pulls the feathers out of his own tail” and Alexander Kolpakov’s blissful story about the wonderful and amazing Metropolitan Methodius with his photograph. When NG noted this fact in an article by Maxim Shevchenko, an amazing article by Bychkov appeared in MK. It stated that there was no Shevchenko, and that this was the pseudonym of Andrei Loginov, who then headed the Department for Interaction with Religious Organizations under the President of the Russian Federation. Loginov himself was called an “Azerbaijani spy.”

This was the reaction to the obvious surprise of “NGR” by the leadership of “MK”, who is in close friendship with Metropolitan Methodius. In this regard, it can be remembered that the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets” Pavel Gusev presented the Voronezh Metropolitan with a 600th Mercedes for his half-century anniversary.

Recently, the Voronezh Metropolitan was included in the Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations under the President of the Russian Federation. He also heads the historical commission of the Russian Orthodox Church, one of whose tasks is to develop a concept of church-state relations. This clearly echoes the activities of the DECR.

In 2000, the real sensation was that on November 17 at the President Hotel, at a round table dedicated to the problems of church-state relations, the list of participants from the Church was headed not by the head of the DECR, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, but by Metropolitan Methodius. And in February of this year, the APN website wrote that, according to its information, the head of the Voronezh-Lipetsk diocese in the coming months will achieve the removal of Metropolitan Kirill from the post of head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) and will himself become the head of the DECR.

According to the website, “Mefodiy is conducting an extensive political and image campaign, relying on the support of a number of economic structures of the territory under his jurisdiction, in particular the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK), which “uses the authority and lobbying resource of the Russian Orthodox Church to solve its pressing problems, in particular the struggle with its own major shareholder - FIG Interros.

For the metropolitan, who is considered the leader of the conservative wing of the Russian Orthodox Church, “political and image campaigns” are not anything unusual. NGR has already written about the scandal that erupted in March of this year, a few days before the elections to the Voronezh Regional Duma. Let us recall that the regional election commission accused the local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of illegal campaigning for candidates. There were distribution of leaflets in churches and even hanging of a propaganda poster in one of the churches.

The activities of Metropolitan Methodius have long been accompanied by scandals. Thus, the story of the dispersal of the nuns of St. Tikhon’s Monastery in Zadonsk received wide publicity, including in the Orthodox press. The Voronezh diocese of the MP decided to remove Archimandrite Peter from its spiritual leadership. Some of the nuns of the monastery took the side of the archimandrite and asked the diocesan bishop to restore justice. In response, the diocese sent 44 priests and an armed group from the special security service of the diocese to Zadonsk. The guards forced the nuns onto buses, despite the fact that there were very elderly women among them, and took them to all parts of the Lipetsk region. From the point of view of the diocese, the following happened: “The clergy of the diocese, deeply outraged by the behavior of the confessor ... Archimandrite Peter and a number of nuns consisting of 62 clergy, immediately went to the monastery to understand what had happened on the spot.” Feeling “an unhealthy, explosive decision to temporarily remove them (a number of nuns. - Ed.) from the monastery, for which transport and monetary benefits were provided...”

The relationship between the diocese and the press is not easy. Recently, the Voronezh-Lipetsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church filed a statement of claim with the Leninsky District Court of Voronezh against the newspaper “AiF” - Chernozemye “for the protection of honor, business reputation and compensation for moral damage,” signed by the secretary of the Voronezh diocesan administration, Archpriest Evgeny Livshuk.

In September 2000, AiF-Chernozemye published an article by Mikhail Zherebyatyev and Svetlana Kosova, “Faith and Business,” in which accusations were brought against the diocese of receiving illegal income from the labor of prisoners in one of the region’s correctional institutions. The statement of claim claims that the article contains “obviously far-fetched, slanderous fabrications addressed to the Russian Orthodox Church, the Voronezh-Lipetsk diocese, its large flock and the leadership of the institution OZH-118/2.” The diocese will be satisfied with 1 million rubles as monetary compensation for moral damage. The management of the ITK itself did not make any claims against the newspaper, but sent a letter to the court denying the existence of workshops and the production of religious objects for the diocese. However, journalist Mikhail Zherebyatyev does not intend to retreat and states that he has evidence of the existence of “Orthodox workshops” in the colony, and he intends to present it to the court.

In principle, the diocesan administration has long had complaints specifically against “AiF”-Chernozemye,” and on the official website of the diocese, in the “Analytics” section, there is even an article “Response to “Arguments and Facts.”

Not everything is simple with church educational work. Last August, the Voronezh Region Law “On the Protection of the Family, Motherhood, Paternity and Childhood” came into force. Article 17 of the law is called “Religious Security of the Family.” It regulates the access of religious organizations to secular educational institutions. “The activities of religious organizations in state and municipal educational institutions of all levels” (including preschool institutions) are declared possible only if there is an agreement between the educational institutions and the religious organization and “in agreement with the relevant local government bodies.”

Agreements on the teaching of “religious disciplines” within an educational institution are concluded after an application from parents, their surrogates, or the children themselves over 14 years of age.

These provisions of the Voronezh regional law diverge from the norms enshrined in Article 5, Paragraph 4 of the 1997 Federal Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations,” which only states the possibility of “teaching children religion outside the framework of the educational program.”

Educational and methodological seminars are regularly held in the region for teachers and teachers of educational institutions at various levels. At these seminars, the activities of which are questionable from a legal point of view, teachers are instructed on how to fight sects and bring the faith to children.

Steps in this direction have been taken for a long time. In 1995, the first agreement was signed between the regional educational authorities of the Central Black Earth Region and the Voronezh Diocese, within the framework of which new educational programs are being developed, various experiments in schools, and retraining of history and culture teachers.

“You should not confuse spiritual and moral education and religious education,” says Metropolitan Methodius on this occasion, arguing that all events carried out jointly with the Church do not contradict the law on freedom of conscience and are aimed primarily at studying Russian history and culture.

The level of social service of the Church in Voronezh is illustrated by the following story told by the Teacher's Newspaper. In 2000, the chairman of one of the women's councils of Vilyuchinsk (Kamchatka region), having learned about the existence of an Orthodox camp under the patronage of the Voronezh-Lipetsk diocese, called the diocese with a request to accept a group of children of military retirees for a vacation. She was assured that there would be no problems. In this case, everything was done without concluding an agreement, since the word of an Orthodox priest should be stronger than any documents.

After 10 days, the camp management asked the guests to leave, the children were not given bed linen, the dishes were taken away, and they stopped feeding them. Kamchatka children ate scraps from the table of Voronezh Orthodox pupils. Fortunately, the Union of Reserve Officers found out about this. The children were placed in the Voronezh maritime school, and local businessmen took care of their food.

This is not an isolated case. Not long ago, the children of sailors from Severodvinsk, who were vacationing near Voronezh, found themselves in a similar situation. The vouchers here are sold at commercial prices, and the money for the guys was not transferred on time.

Russian Orthodox Church

Born on February 16, 1949 in the city of Rovenki, Voroshilovgrad region. Ukraine in the family of an employee. In 1968 he graduated from the Slavic Technical School of Railway Transport.

In 1972 he graduated from the Odessa Theological Seminary and entered the Leningrad Theological Academy.

On January 5, 1974 he was tonsured a monk, on January 7 he was ordained a hierodeacon, and on April 24 he was ordained a hieromonk. He carried out pastoral obedience in the Assumption Church of the Moscow Novodevichy Convent.

In 1976 he graduated from the Leningrad Academy of Arts with a candidate's degree in theology, and was accepted into graduate school at the Moscow Theological Academy. Since 1976, he performed obedience in the DECR.

On April 4, 1977, he was appointed deputy chairman of the DECR and elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

Since September 1979, he served in the Small Cathedral of the Donskoy Monastery and in the Moscow Church of the Deposition of the Lord.

On April 27, 1980, in the Sergius Refectory Church of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, he was consecrated Bishop of Irkutsk and Chita.

Since July 16, 1982 - Bishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk. In 1985 he was appointed chairman of the Economic Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate.

On July 26, 1985 he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.

In 1987, he was appointed chairman of the Commission for the Restoration and Construction of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow.

In April 1988 he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan.

On February 1, 1990, he was appointed representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Orthodox-Catholic Commission for the settlement of relations between Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholics in Western Ukraine. In 2000-2003 - Chairman of the Historical and Legal Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church, Chairman of the Foundation for Prizes in Memory of Metropolitan. Macarius (Bulgakov).

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 7, 2003, he headed the newly formed Metropolitan District in Kazakhstan with the title of Astana and Alma-Ata.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 5, 2010 (magazine No. 5), he was released from the management of the Astana and Alma-Ata diocese and appointed manager of the Perm diocese.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 24, 2010 (journal No. 141), he was appointed rector of the Perm Theological Seminary.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27-28, 2011 (magazine No. 169), he was confirmed as rector (hieroarchimandrite) of the Holy Trinity-Stephanov Monastery in the city of Perm and the Belogorsky Nikolaevsky Monastery in the village of Belaya Gora, Perm Territory.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 19, 2014 (magazine No. 9), he was awarded the title “Perm and Kungur” and appointed head of the Perm Metropolis.

From March 2014 to October 2021 - temporary administrator of the Solikamsk diocese. By the decision of the Holy Synod of April 13, 2021 (journal No. 7), the temporary administration of the Kudymkar diocese was entrusted.

Metropolitan Sergius of Voronezh: “Voronezh has lost Methodius as a talented hierarch and person”

A joint press conference of Metropolitan Sergius (Fomin), appointed by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC MP) to the Voronezh-Borisoglebsk department, and the governor of the Voronezh region, Vladimir Kulakov, took place on May 30 in the oval hall of the Voronezh regional administration, reports Blagovest-info "

The meeting with journalists began half an hour later than the appointed time - it was preceded by an audience of Metropolitan Sergius with the head of the region. According to the new Voronezh Metropolitan, before the meeting with the governor, he was “worried about how the new archpastor would be received by the regional leadership.” “But after talking with the governor, I calmed down: the administration deeply understands the problems of the region,” the Metropolitan told reporters.

Giving an assessment of the state of the diocese entrusted to him, the bishop said: “This is my first time in Voronezh. Everything here was safe and exemplary, so there was no need to come with an inspection.” According to Metropolitan Sergius, “Moscow’s reaction” to the past holiday of the Days of Slavic Literature and Culture in Voronezh, one of the organizers of which was Metropolitan Methodius, was “positive.”

The Voronezh bishop commented on the latest May personnel decisions of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church MP as follows: “Each Russian region should have an independent diocese. This decision was made by the leadership of the Moscow Patriarchate.” The division of the Voronezh-Lipetsk diocese was “delayed” due to the strong influence of “the authority of Bishop Methodius,” who “looked after the two regions and coped with it,” noted Metropolitan Sergius. The manager of the Russian Orthodox Church MP commented on the transfer of his predecessor to Kazakhstan: “Voronezh has lost Methodius as a talented hierarch and person.” At the same time, the former Voronezh archpastor will have to “calm down and support the Russian-speaking population of Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev is trying to stop the outflow of Russians from the republic, but this is not working locally,” says Metropolitan Sergius.

According to him, the appointment to Voronezh turned out to be a “surprise” for him. “Although I take part in personnel changes by virtue of my position, this reshuffle - in order to avoid misunderstandings - was kept secret. Therefore, I learned about the decision an hour and a half before the Synod meeting. The Patriarch personally inquired about my reaction. I replied: “Your Holiness, as a novice of the Church I accept any appointment.” Metropolitan Sergius also noted that the President of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev “decided everything in a conversation with Putin.”

The new head of the Voronezh diocese further said that he sees his task as “not making churches empty” in order to counter the spread of drunkenness and drug addiction in society. The Metropolitan considers the combination of the duties of the manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, the chairman of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service with the duties of a diocesan bishop to be “a difficult issue to fulfill”: Moscow, Fr. In relations with the press, the Metropolitan expressed his readiness for comments and constructive discussion of any topics except political ones.

As journalists note, the Voronezh diocese under Metropolitan Methodius was often criticized by both local and federal media for its “closedness.” Journalists have repeatedly complained about the inability to obtain reliable and timely official information either from the Voronezh diocese or from Metropolitan Methodius himself.

In the story:

June 19, 2003, 13:20 THOUGHTS: Mikhail Sitnikov. DELICATE “SPECIAL OPERATION”. Why is the Russian press so animatedly discussing the issue of the “heir” of Patriarch Alexy? June 19, 2003, 13:04 Metropolitan Sergius (Fomin) does not intend to stop the process of building the cathedral in Voronezh June 18, 2003, 12:00 The new Metropolitan of Voronezh met with students of the local theological seminary June 17, 2003, 18:19 MEDIA MONITORING: A fussy decision. On the consequences of the May personnel changes in the hierarchical environment June 17, 2003, 13:32 The former head of the Voronezh Cathedral testifies to the work of Metropolitan Methodius (Nemtsov) in the KGB

Published: 06/03/2003 at 12:37

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Notes

1. ↑ 12
   Russian line / Library of periodicals / To the anniversary of the archpastor
2. Schemabishop Alypiy: “For atheist activists, our temple was just a hut under straw, but for me it was a Heavenly Palace” | Orthodoxy in Ukraine :: Internet media of the UOC
3. Meeting of the Holy Synod on May 7, 2003: Russian Orthodox Church (archive)
4. Pukhov A.
   Games of Metropolitans // NG Religions. — 05/12/2003
5. JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of March 5, 2010 / Official documents / Patriarchy.ru
6. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod from December 27-28, 2011. Journal No. 169. Patriarchia.ru.
7. The Perm Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church was formed. Patriarchia.Ru.
8. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 4, 2015 No. 171 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation”
9. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 21, 2002 No. 1019 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation”
10. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 7, 1999 No. 319 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation”
11. On September 7, the State Awards ceremony took place at the House of Friendship (inaccessible link)
12. On the eve of Independence Day, Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a Decree on awarding state awards
13. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church performed the great consecration of the Assumption Cathedral in Astana
14. Patriarchal congratulations to Metropolitan Methodius of Perm on his 65th birthday