"Go ahead and don't look back!" Metropolitan of Voronezh and Liskinsky Sergius

Sergius (Fomin)
(born 1949), Metropolitan of Voronezh and Liskinsky, head of the Voronezh Metropolis, temporary administrator of the Rossoshan Diocese, rector of the Voronezh Annunciation Cathedral, holy archimandrite of the Divnogorsk Assumption Monastery, member of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the World Vitaly Pavlovich Fomin, born August 24 1949 in the city of Krasnozavodsk, Zagorsk district, Moscow region, in a working-class family.

In 1970 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary, in 1974 - from the Moscow Theological Academy with a candidate of theology degree; candidate's dissertation on the topic “The Teaching of Saint Athanasius the Great on the consubstantiality of the Son of God with God the Father.”

On August 26, 1973, he was tonsured a monk with the name in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh by the abbot of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Jerome (Zinoviev). On September 21 of the same year he was ordained a hierodeacon, and the next day - a hieromonk, by the rector of Moscow theological schools, Archbishop Vladimir (Sabodan) of Dmitrov.

In 1974–1977, he studied in graduate school at the Moscow Theological Academy and performed obedience at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra accompanying foreign delegations.

In 1977-1978 - assistant at the Department of External Church Relations.

In 1978 he was elevated to the rank of abbot.

In 1978–1982 - Representative of the MP at the Christian Peace Conference in Prague.

In 1981 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

In 1982–1984 was deputy chairman of the DECR.

On January 30, 1983, he was consecrated Bishop of Solnechnogorsk, Vicar of the Moscow Diocese. The ordination was performed by: Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Pimen (Izvekov), Metropolitans of Tallinn and Estonian Alexy (Ridiger), Minsk and Belarusian Filaret (Vakhromeev), Krutitsky and Kolomna Yuvenaly (Poyarkov), Archbishops of Volokolamsk Pitirim (Nechaev), Sverdlovsk and Kurgan Platon ( Udovenko), and Zaraisky Job (Tyvonyuk).

Since December 26, 1984 - representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

On September 9, 1988, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.

Since January 31, 1991, Chairman of the newly formed Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.

From July 17, 1996 to December 26, 2003, he was the Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate, a permanent member of the Holy Synod ex-officio while maintaining management of the Department of Church Charity and Social Service.

On February 19, 1999, he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan.
On May 7, 2003 he was transferred to the Voronezh and Borisoglebsk Department.

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

On March 5, 2010, by resolution of the Holy Synod, he was relieved of his post as Chairman of the Department of Church Charity and Social Service [1].

On December 26, 2013, he was appointed head of the Voronezh Metropolis with the title “Voronezh and Liskinsky” [2]. From the same time until June 3, 2016, he was the temporary manager of the newly formed Borisoglebsk diocese.

On January 3, 2014, he took office as rector of the Voronezh Annunciation Cathedral [3].

On May 30, 2014, he was confirmed as the Holy Archimandrite of the Divnogorsk Assumption Monastery [4].

On August 25, 2021, he was appointed temporary administrator of the Rossoshan diocese [5]

education

In 1970 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary and entered the Moscow Theological Academy.

From 1973 to 1974, he served as head of the office of the Moscow Theological Academy and the Moscow Theological Seminary.

In 1974 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a candidate's degree in theology. Candidate's dissertation on the topic: “The teaching of St. Athanasius the Great about the consubstantiality of the Son of God with God the Father.”

From 1974 to 1977 he studied in graduate school at the Moscow Theological Academy.

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hierarchy

On August 26, 1973, he was tonsured a monk. On September 21 of the same year he was ordained to the rank of hierodeacon, and on September 22, to the rank of hieromonk. In 1978 he was elevated to the rank of abbot. In 1981 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

Since July 16, 1982, rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Geneva.

On December 28, 1982, he was elected Bishop of Solnechnogorsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese. On January 29, 1983, he was named bishop. On January 30, 1983, the episcopal consecration took place.

On September 9, 1988, he was awarded the rank of archbishop. February 19, 1999 - Metropolitan.

On May 7, 2003, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk[1]. On December 26, 2013, the Holy Synod separated the Rossoshanskaya and Borisoglebsk dioceses from the Voronezh diocese, the title of Metropolitan Sergius was changed to “Voronezh and Liskinsky”, all three dioceses became part of the newly formed Voronezh Metropolis, the head of which was Metropolitan Sergius[2].

Metropolitan Sergius Fomin Vitaly Pavlovich

Orthodox clergyman. Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan of Voronezh and Liskinsky. Head of the Voronezh Metropolitanate. Previously, he was a member of the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation.

Vitaly Fomin was born on August 24, 1949 in the city of Krasnozavodsk, Moscow region. He grew up in a believing family. From the age of ten, they began to send him alone to Sergiev Posad on weekends for church services. In the sixth grade, having already decided to become a priest, he joined the pioneers, then became a Komsomol member. In 1967, he graduated from school and intended to leave the Komsomol and enter a theological seminary, but he encountered difficulties caused to him by the authorities. As a result, he was still able to enter the Moscow Theological Seminary, and in 1970 - the Moscow Theological Academy.

On August 26, 1973, the abbot of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Archimandrite Jerome, tonsured Fomin into monasticism with the name Sergius. Later, on September 21, he was ordained to the rank of hierodeacon, and on September 22 - to the rank of hieromonk. Acted as head of the office of the Moscow Theological Academy and the Moscow Theological Seminary.

In 1974, Sergius graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a candidate of theology degree and in the same year entered the All-Church graduate school and doctoral studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius. He performed obedience in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra to accompany foreign delegations. In 1977, he became a referent for the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

In 1978, on the occasion of Easter, Patriarch Pimen elevated Sergius to the rank of hegumen. Became a representative of the Moscow Patriarchate at the Christian Peace Conference in Prague. He took part in the work of the Fifth All-Christian Peace Congress, at which he was elected a member of the conference continuation committee. Then he became a member of the International Secretariat and Deputy Secretary General.

In 1981, Sergius was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. From April to May 1982, he led the headquarters for the preparation and holding of the World Conference “Religious Leaders for Saving the Sacred Gift of Life from a Nuclear Catastrophe.” On July 16, the Holy Synod appointed him deputy chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate with the dismissal of the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Christian Peace Conference. At the same time, he became rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Geneva, where this representative office was located.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on December 28, 1982, Sergius was elected Bishop of Solnechnogorsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese. In the White Hall of the Patriarchal Residence on January 29, 1983, he was named bishop, and two days later his episcopal consecration took place.

Bishop Sergius took part in the VI General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, which took place from July 24 to August 10. In December 1984, he was relieved of his post as deputy chairman of the Department for External Church Relations and appointed representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

Sergius was elevated to the rank of archbishop on September 9, 1988. Participated in the XXV International Old Catholic Congress that took place from August 27 to 31, 1990 in Geneva. In January 1991, he was appointed chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, which was created at the same time. In the same year, he was relieved of his post as representative of the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches.

By the decision of the Holy Synod on July 17, 1996, the archbishop was appointed Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate while retaining control of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service. In February 1997, on the first day of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was elected its secretary.

By order of the President of the Russian Federation on May 14, 1997, Sergius was included in the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation. On February 19, 1999, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' awarded the archbishop the rank of metropolitan by his decree.

On May 7, 2003, by decision of the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Sergius was appointed Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk. In December, he was relieved of his post as Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate. Expelled from the Council for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation on September 2, 2004.

In March 2010, Sergius was relieved of his post as chairman of the Department of Church Charity and Social Service with an expression of gratitude for his work in organizing the Department and for leading its activities for almost twenty years.

The Holy Synod on December 26, 2013 separated the Rossoshanskaya and Borisoglebsk dioceses from the Voronezh diocese, and Sergius’ title was changed to “Voronezh and Liskinsky”. All three dioceses became part of the newly formed Voronezh Metropolitanate, the head of which was the Metropolitan.

Awards of Metropolitan Sergius

Awards of Metropolitan Sergius

Church:

Order of the Holy Cross, 1st class (Jerusalem Orthodox Church). Order of Cyril and Methodius II and III degrees (Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia) Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir III degree (1982) Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree (1987) Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow I degree (1999) Order of St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, II degree (2003) Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, II degree (“In consideration of your diligent service and in connection with the 25th anniversary of your episcopal consecration”; January 30, 2008) Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov II degrees (“In consideration of your diligent service” and in connection with the 65th anniversary; August 24, 2014) Medal of St. Epiphanius the Wise, 1st degree (October 14, 2018) Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, 2nd degree (2019) - in consideration of the zealous archpastoral labors and in connection with the 70th anniversary of his birth

State and departmental:

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (September 25, 1999) - for a great contribution to the revival of spirituality and strengthening of civil peace Order of Alexander Nevsky (October 28, 2021) - for a great contribution to the development of spiritual and cultural ties, active educational activities Order Friendship (December 9, 2004) - for merits in the development of spiritual and cultural traditions, strengthening friendship between peoples Medal “In Memory of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow” Medal “For Merit in Conducting the All-Russian Population Census” Medal “For Strengthening the Penitentiary System” II degrees (Ministry of Justice of Russia) Medal “200 years of the Ministry of Defense” Medal “100 years of the Air Force” Medal “80 years of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia” (2016) Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (January 3, 2001) - for great contribution to the spiritual and moral revival of Russia, strengthening of civil peace and in connection with the 2000th anniversary of Christianity

Publications of Metropolitan Sergius

Publications of Metropolitan Sergius

articles on the 70th anniversary of the General Bishop Dr. Jan Mihalko // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. - 1983. - No. 3. - P. 62-63. Speech at the naming of Bishop of Solnechnogorsk // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. 1983. No. 4. p. 10; Second General Assembly of the Latin American KMK // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. No. 4. pp. 39-41. “Providing assistance to victims of natural disasters and emergency situations is the duty of religious organizations.” [Report at the international seminar on November 13-14, 1996 in Moscow. The seminar was organized by the Department of Social Service and Charity, WCC and UN] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1997. No. 1. p. 50-55; Welcoming speech to the participants of the 7th Annual Theological Conference // Annual Theological Conference of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute. M., 1997. p. 5. Archbishop Seraphim (Rodionov) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1998. No. 5. pp. 47-49. “I had one desire in my life - to serve the Church...” (anniversary of Metropolitan Sergius of Solnechnogorsk) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1999. No. 10. pp. 34-36. Social service is the duty of the Church, the duty of the state, the calling of man // “Historical Bulletin”. M., 2000. No. 5-6(09-10). pp. 115-120. Evidence of spiritual unity / literary adaptation: Kiryanova O. // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2000. No. 7. pp. 75-76. Trip of the pilgrim delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to Holy Mount Athos / interview - answers: Sergius, Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2005. No. 12. pp. 42-45.

books Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk Sergius: “For a heart that has mercy on pain...”. Scientific research. Reports. Sermons. Interview. Publisher: Voronezh, 2004; Metropolitan Sergius of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk: “I live in service to the Church.” Messages and sermons, reports and speeches, interviews. Publisher: Voronezh, 2009; Metropolitan of Voronezh and Liskinsky Sergius: “Do not submit to the spirit of the times.” Interview. Publisher: Voronezh, 2014

interview “The Church must be united, but this unity should not mean a unity of views and opinions...” [Conversation between Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk and Archpriest Ioann Sviridov] // Church and Public Bulletin: Special Supplement to “Russian Thought”. 1996. No. 3; “Our faith and hope must be active”: (Interview with the Administrator of the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. No. 9. p. 9-10; “The meaning of clergy is to make a person’s life easier”: Conversation with a correspondent of the magazine “Church and Time” // “Church and Time”. M., 1999. No. 2(09). pp. 21-33; Trip of the pilgrim delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to Holy Mount Athos [interview] / interview - answers: Sergius, Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisogleb // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2005. No. 12. pp. 42-45. “I live in service to the Church...” // “Pastor” Magazine: January 2008, p. 33 We need daily work on oneself // “Russian Monk” Magazine, September 2008, p. 45

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church positions

From 1974 to 1977 he performed obedience in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra to accompany foreign delegations.

In 1977, he became a referent for the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. On July 16, 1982, he was appointed deputy chairman of the DECR with the release of the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Christian Peace Conference.

On December 26, 1984, he was relieved of his post as deputy chairman of the DECR and appointed representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

On January 31, 1991, he was appointed chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service. In the same year, no later than March 25, he was released from the post of representative of the Moscow Patriarchate to the WCC[3].

On July 17, 1996, he was appointed Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate. On December 26, 2003, he was released from the post of Business Manager[4].

On March 5, 2010, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was relieved of the post of Chairman of the Department of Church Charity and Social Service[5].

ecumenism

From March 26 to March 30, 1979 in Prague, he took part in the consultation of the World Mission and Evangelization commission on the topic “Christian witness today in the socialist countries of Europe”[6].

Member of the Sixth[7] and Seventh General Assemblies of the World Council of Churches (1983, 1991), the World Christian Conference “Life and Peace” (Uppsala, 1983), the World Conference on “Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation” (Seoul, 1990 year).

Participant in prayer in Assisi (1986).

Orthodox-Old Catholic dialogue

Participant in the Orthodox-Old Catholic dialogue. Participated in the XXV International Old Catholic Congress (Geneva, August 27 - 31, 1990).

worldology

Participant in the Soviet “struggle for peace”. Deputy General Secretary of the Christian Peace Conference, representative of the Russian Orthodox Church at the KMK in Prague from 1978 to 1982.

On June 22-27, 1978, he participated in the work of the Fifth All-Christian Peace Congress in Prague, at which he was elected a member of the Committee for the Continuation of the Work of the Christian Peace Conference. Then elected as a member of the International Secretariat and Deputy Secretary General.

From April to May 1982, he led the headquarters for the preparation and holding of the conference “Religious leaders for saving the sacred gift of life from a nuclear disaster.”

He took part in the Karlovy Vary-V conference that took place from October 5 to October 8, 1982[8].

events

• V All-Christian Peace Congress (June 22, 1978)
• Consultation “Christian Witness Today in the Socialist Countries of Europe” (March 26, 1979)
• Karlovy Vary-V (October 5, 1982)
• VI General Assembly of the WCC (24 July 1983)
• Ecumenical Prayer 1984 (February 8, 1984)
• Consultation of National Councils of Churches (20 October 1986)
• Prayer in Assisi (27 October 1986)
• Commission Consultation on Interchurch Relief, Refugee Relief and World Service (November 19, 1986)
• Justice, Peace and Creation Integrity (conference) (March 15, 1990)
• XXV International Old Catholic Congress (27 August 1990)
• VII General Assembly of the WCC (February 7, 1991)
• IV meeting of the commission on relations between the Church of England and the Russian Orthodox Church (April 30, 1993)
• Mission of the Church and Modern Orthodox Missionary (Conference) (October 9, 1996)
• XIV International Christmas educational readings (January 30, 2006)
• Orthodox Rus' - for the Day of National Unity 2006 (exhibition) (November 1, 2006)
• Local Council 2009 (January 27, 2009)

pathological speech

slogans

Conquer the hateful strife of this world

• Our society needs consolidation more than ever, and the Church has been preaching unification for many centuries, overcoming
  , in the words of St. Sergius of Radonezh,
  the hateful discord of this age
  [11].

stamps

paradigm
The principles of social service unite all peoples, all faiths, since they do not contradict any moral and cultural paradigm

... The field of social service is so wide that there is a place here for Christians, Muslims, and anyone else. The main thing is that there are ideals that unite images, one of which is the image of the Martyr Elizabeth[12].

pathological vocabulary

Outside politics, Diaconical, Paradigm, Chauvinism

Excerpt characterizing Sergius (Fomin)

All Rostov's cards were broken, and up to 800 tons of rubles were written on him. He was about to write 800 thousand rubles on one card, but while he was being served champagne, he changed his mind and wrote the usual jackpot again, twenty rubles. “Leave it,” said Dolokhov, although he did not seem to look at Rostov, “you’ll get even sooner.” I give to others, but I beat you. Or are you afraid of me? - he repeated. Rostov obeyed, left the written 800 and placed the seven of hearts with a torn off corner, which he picked up from the ground. He remembered her well afterwards. He placed the seven of hearts, writing 800 above it with a broken piece of chalk, in round, straight numbers; drank the served glass of warmed champagne, smiled at Dolokhov’s words, and with bated breath, waiting for the seven, began to look at Dolokhov’s hands holding the deck. Winning or losing this seven of hearts meant a lot for Rostov. On Sunday last week, Count Ilya Andreich gave his son 2,000 rubles, and he, who never liked to talk about financial difficulties, told him that this money was the last one until May, and that is why he asked his son to be more economical this time. Nikolai said that this was too much for him, and that he gave his word of honor not to take any more money until spring. Now 1,200 rubles of this money remained. Therefore, the seven of hearts meant not only a loss of 1,600 rubles, but also the need to change this word. With a sinking heart, he looked at Dolokhov’s hands and thought: “Well, quickly, give me this card, and I’ll take my cap, go home to dinner with Denisov, Natasha and Sonya, and I’ll certainly never have a card in my hands.” At that moment, his home life, jokes with Petya, conversations with Sonya, duets with Natasha, a picket with his father, and even a calm bed in the Cook's house, presented themselves to him with such strength, clarity and charm, as if all this were long past, lost and priceless happiness. He could not allow that a stupid accident, forcing the seven to lie first on the right than on the left, could deprive him of all this newly understood, newly illuminated happiness and plunge him into the abyss of an as yet unexperienced and uncertain misfortune. This could not be, but he still waited with bated breath for the movement of Dolokhov’s hands. These broad-boned, reddish hands with hair visible from under the shirt, put down a deck of cards, and took hold of the glass and pipe being served. - So you're not afraid to play with me? - Dolokhov repeated, and, as if in order to tell a funny story, he put down the cards, leaned back in his chair and slowly began to tell with a smile: - Yes, gentlemen, I was told that there was a rumor in Moscow that I was a card sharper, so I advise you to be careful with me. - Well, swords! - said Rostov. - Oh, Moscow aunties! - said Dolokhov and took up the cards with a smile. - Aaah! – Rostov almost shouted, raising both hands to his hair. The seven he needed was already at the top, the first card in the deck. He lost more than he could pay. “However, don’t get too carried away,” said Dolokhov, glancing briefly at Rostov and continuing to throw. After an hour and a half, most of the players were already jokingly looking at their own game. The whole game focused on Rostov alone. Instead of one thousand six hundred rubles, a long column of numbers was written down behind him, which he had counted up to the tenth thousand, but which now, as he vaguely assumed, had already risen to fifteen thousand. In fact, the entry already exceeded twenty thousand rubles. Dolokhov no longer listened or told stories; he followed every movement of Rostov’s hands and occasionally glanced briefly at his note behind him. He decided to continue the game until this entry increased to forty-three thousand. He chose this number because forty-three was the sum of his years added up with Sonya's years. Rostov, leaning his head on both hands, sat in front of a table covered with writings, covered in wine, and littered with cards. One painful impression did not leave him: these broad-boned, reddish hands with hair visible from under his shirt, these hands that he loved and hated, held him in their power. “Six hundred rubles, ace, corner, nine... it’s impossible to win back!... And how fun it would be at home... Jack on n... it can’t be!... And why is he doing this to me?...” Rostov thought and recalled. Sometimes he would play a big card; but Dolokhov refused to beat her, and he himself nominated the jackpot. Nicholas submitted to him, and then prayed to God, as he prayed on the battlefield on the Amsteten Bridge; then he wished that the card that would be the first to fall into his hand from a pile of curved cards under the table would save him; either he calculated how many laces there were on his jacket and with the same number of points he tried to bet a card on the entire loss, then he looked around at the other players for help, then he peered into Dolokhov’s now cold face and tried to understand what was going on inside him. “After all, he knows what this loss means to me. He can't want my death, can he? After all, he was my friend. After all, I loved him... But it’s not his fault either; What should he do when he is lucky? And it’s not my fault, he told himself. I didn't do anything wrong. Have I killed anyone, insulted anyone, or wished harm? Why such a terrible misfortune? And when did it start? Just recently I approached this table with the thought of winning a hundred rubles, buying my mother this box for her name day and going home. I was so happy, so free, cheerful! And I didn’t understand then how happy I was! When did this end, and when did this new, terrible state begin? What marked this change? I still sat in this place, at this table, and still chose and pushed out cards, and looked at these big-boned, dexterous hands. When did this happen, and what happened? I am healthy, strong and still the same, and still in the same place. No, it can't be! It’s true that all this will not end in anything.” He was red and covered in sweat, despite the fact that the room was not hot. And his face was scary and pitiful, especially due to his powerless desire to appear calm. The record reached the fateful number of forty-three thousand. Rostov prepared a card, which was supposed to be an angle from the three thousand rubles that had just been given to him, when Dolokhov, knocking the deck, put it aside and, taking the chalk, quickly began, in his clear, strong handwriting, breaking the chalk, to summarize Rostov’s note. - Dinner, time for dinner! Here come the gypsies! - Indeed, with their gypsy accent, some black men and women were already coming in from the cold and saying something. Nikolai understood that it was all over; but he said in an indifferent voice: “What, you won’t do it yet?” And I have a nice card prepared. “It was as if he was most interested in the fun of the game itself.” “It’s over, I’m lost! he thought. Now there’s a bullet in the forehead - only one thing remains,” and at the same time he said in a cheerful voice: “Well, one more card.” “Okay,” answered Dolokhov, having finished the summary, “good!” “It’s 21 rubles,” he said, pointing to the number 21, which equaled exactly 43 thousand, and taking the deck, he prepared to throw. Rostov obediently turned the corner and, instead of the prepared 6,000, carefully wrote 21. “It doesn’t matter to me,” he said, “I’m only interested in knowing whether you’ll kill or give me this ten.” Dolokhov began throwing seriously. Oh, how Rostov at that moment hated these hands, reddish with short fingers and with hair visible from under his shirt, which had him in their power... Ten was given. “You have 43 thousand behind you, Count,” said Dolokhov and stood up from the table, stretching. “But you get tired of sitting for so long,” he said. “Yes, I’m tired too,” said Rostov. Dolokhov, as if reminding him that it was indecent for him to joke, interrupted him: When will you order the money, Count? Rostov flushed and called Dolokhov into another room. “I can’t suddenly pay everything, you’ll take the bill,” he said. “Listen, Rostov,” said Dolokhov, smiling clearly and looking into Nikolai’s eyes, “you know the saying: “Happy in love, unhappy in cards.” Your cousin is in love with you. I know. "ABOUT! it’s terrible to feel so in the power of this man,” thought Rostov. Rostov understood what blow he would deal to his father and mother by announcing this loss; he understood what happiness it would be to get rid of all this, and he understood that Dolokhov knew that he could save him from this shame and grief, and now he still wanted to play with him, like a cat with a mouse. “Your cousin...” Dolokhov wanted to say; but Nikolai interrupted him. “My cousin has nothing to do with it, and there is nothing to talk about her!” - he shouted furiously. - So when can I get it? – asked Dolokhov. “Tomorrow,” said Rostov, and left the room. It was not difficult to say “tomorrow” and maintain a tone of decency; but to come home alone, to see your sisters, brother, mother, father, to confess and ask for money to which you have no right after your word of honor was given. We weren't sleeping at home yet. The youth of the Rostov house, having returned from the theater, having had dinner, sat at the clavichord. As soon as Nikolai entered the hall, he was overwhelmed by that loving, poetic atmosphere that reigned in their house that winter and which now, after Dolokhov’s proposal and Iogel’s ball, seemed to thicken even more, like the air before a thunderstorm, over Sonya and Natasha. Sonya and Natasha, in the blue dresses they wore at the theater, pretty and knowing it, happy, smiling, stood at the clavichord. Vera and Shinshin were playing chess in the living room. The old countess, waiting for her son and husband, was playing solitaire with an old noblewoman who lived in their house. Denisov, with shining eyes and tousled hair, sat with his leg thrown back at the clavichord, clapping them with his short fingers, striking chords, and rolling his eyes, in his small, hoarse, but faithful voice, sang the poem he had composed, “The Sorceress,” to which he was trying to find music. Sorceress, tell me what force draws me to the abandoned strings; What fire did you plant in your heart, what delight spread through your fingers! He sang in a passionate voice, shining at the frightened and happy Natasha with his agate, black eyes. - Wonderful! Great! – Natasha shouted. “Another verse,” she said, not noticing Nikolai.

essays

• Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk Sergius: “For a heart that has mercy on pain...” Scientific research. Reports. Sermons. Interview. Publisher: Voronezh, 2004;
• Metropolitan Sergius of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk: “I live in service to the Church.” Messages and sermons, reports and speeches, interviews. Publisher: Voronezh, 2009;
• Metropolitan of Voronezh and Liskinsky Sergius: “Do not submit to the spirit of the times.” Interview. Publisher: Voronezh, 2014

articles

• To the 70th anniversary of the General Bishop Dr. Jan Mihalko // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. - 1983. - No. 3. - P. 62-63.
• Speech at the naming of Bishop of Solnechnogorsk // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. 1983. No. 4. p. 10;
• Second General Assembly of the Latin American KMK // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. No. 4. pp. 39-41.
• “Providing assistance to victims of natural disasters and emergency situations is the duty of religious organizations.” [Report at the international seminar on November 13-14, 1996 in Moscow. The seminar was organized by the Department of Social Service and Charity, WCC and UN] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1997. No. 1. p. 50-55;
• Welcoming speech to the participants of the 7th Annual Theological Conference // Annual Theological Conference of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute. M., 1997. p. 5.
• Archbishop Seraphim (Rodionov) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1998. No. 5. pp. 47-49.
• “I had one desire in my life - to serve the Church...” (anniversary of Metropolitan Sergius of Solnechnogorsk) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1999. No. 10. pp. 34-36.
• Social service is the duty of the Church, the duty of the state, the calling of man // “Historical Bulletin”. M., 2000. No. 5-6(09-10). pp. 115-120.
• Evidence of spiritual unity / literary adaptation: Kiryanova O. // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2000. No. 7. pp. 75-76.
• Trip of the pilgrim delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to Holy Mount Athos / interview - answers: Sergius, Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2005. No. 12. pp. 42-45.

interview

• “The Church must be united, but this unity should not mean a unity of views and opinions...” [Conversation between Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk and Archpriest Ioann Sviridov] // Church and Public Bulletin: Special Supplement to “Russian Thought”. 1996. No. 3;
• “Our faith and hope must be active”: (Interview with the Administrator of the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. No. 9. p. 9-10;
• “The meaning of clergy is to make a person’s life easier”: Conversation with a correspondent of the magazine “Church and Time” // Church and Time. 1999. No. 2(09). pp. 21-33;
• Trip of the pilgrim delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to Holy Mount Athos [interview] / interview - answers: Sergius, Metropolitan of Voronezh and Borisogleb // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2005. No. 12. pp. 42-45.
• “I live by serving the Church...” // Shepherd Magazine: January 2008, p. 33
• We need daily work on ourselves // Russian Monk Magazine, September 2008, p. 45.

Awards

Church:

• Order of St. equal to book Vladimir III degree (December 1982)
• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree (1987)
• Order of St. blgv. book Daniil of Moscow, 1st degree (1999)
• Order of St. Makaria, Met. Moscow, II degree (2003)
• Order of St. equal to book Vladimir II degree (February 25, 2008) [6]
• Order of the Holy Cross, 1st class (Jerusalem Orthodox Church)
• Order of St. equal to app. Cyril and Methodius 2nd and 3rd degree (Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia)
• Order of St. Innocent II degree (American Orthodox Church)
• Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov II degree (August 24, 2014) [7]

Secular:

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th degree.
• Order of Friendship (2005)
• medals from a number of departments and public organizations.
• Medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia “For the Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation” (2013) [8]

sources

• Biography of His Eminence Sergius, Metropolitan of Voronezh and Liskinsky // Voronezh Metropolis. – Date of access: 12.64.2019.

Footnotes

1. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of May 7, 2003. Magazine No. 23 // Patriarchy.Ru
2. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 25-26, 2013 // Patriarchia.Ru.
3. Definitions of the Holy Synod 1991.03.25: appoint Archpriest to the vacant position of representative of the Moscow Patriarchate to the WCC in Geneva. G. Goncharov with his release from the post of representative of the Moscow Patriarchate at the KMK in Prague // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. 1991. No. 6. P. 10.
4. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 26, 2003: Russian Orthodox Church
5. JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of March 5, 2010 // Patriarchy.ru
6. Ecumenical Chronicle // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. 1979. No. 5. p. 65.
7. Gill, David. Gathered for Life, Official Report: VI Assembly World Council of Churches, Vancouver, 24 July-10 August 1983. - Geneva: WCC, 1983. - P. 58.
8. Meeting “Karlovy Vary-V”: communiqué // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. 1983. 1. pp. 56-57.
9. https://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/10943
10. https://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/21386
11. Metropolitan Sergius (Fomin). Statement (2002) // Church Bulletin. 2002.11.10.
12. Sergius (Fomin), Metropolitan.
    X St. Elizabeth's readings took place in St. Petersburg // Patriarchia.ru. – 2007. – November 8. – Access date: 10/27/2017.

Notes

1. [mospat.ru/archive/1997/05/sobor_10/ BISHOP COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, FEBRUARY 18-23, 1997: Russian Orthodox Church]
2. [mospat.ru/archive/1999/03/nr903021/ Patriarchal awards: Russian Orthodox Church]
3. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/2025397.html Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of May 7, 2003. Journal No. 23]. // Patriarchia.Ru
4. [mospat.ru/archive/page/synod/2003-2/254.html Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 26, 2003: Russian Orthodox Church]
5. [www.pravoslavie.ru/news/47427.htm Celebrations took place in Sofia on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria / OrthoChristian.Com Ru]
6. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/3478892.html Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 25-26, 2013]. // Patriarchia.Ru
7. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/357949.html Patriarchal congratulations to Metropolitan Sergius of Voronezh on the 25th anniversary of his episcopal consecration / Patriarch / Patriarchia.ru]
8. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/3703609.html Patriarchal congratulations to Metropolitan Sergius of Voronezh on his 65th birthday]. // Patriarchia.Ru
9. [archive.is/20120906175348/www.pravoteka.ru/pst/1056/527647.html Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated September 25, 1999 No. 1284 “On awarding the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, to Metropolitan Sergius (V. P. Fomina .)"]
10. [a[archive.is/20120907141501/www.pravoteka.ru/pst/1069/534141.html Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 9, 2004 No. 1518 “On awarding the Order of Friendship to Metropolitan Sergius (V.P. Fomin)”]li >
11. [w[www.vob-eparhia.ru/index.php?d=11597&city=+%C2%CE%D0%CE%CD%C5%C6%D1%CA%C0%DF+%C5%CF%C0%D0 %D5%C8%DF+%95+%C2%CE%D0%CE%CD%C5%C6 The head of the Voronezh Metropolitanate was awarded the medal “80 years of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation”]li>
12. [a[archive.is/20120907035324/www.pravoteka.ru/pst/843/421422.html Order of the President of the Russian Federation of January 13, 2001 No. 13-rp “On encouragement”]li>