Former Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal Evlogy reposed

Former Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal Evlogy reposed

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On the night of July 23, 2021, at the age of 84, the former Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal Evlogiy (Smirnov) , who had been in retirement since December 2021, reposed in the Lord.

Bishop Evlogy died in the Alekseevskaya hospital in Moscow “after an illness associated with advanced age,” reports the website of the Vladimir diocese.

The funeral service for the Metropolitan will take place in the Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir on Saturday, July 25 at 11:00.

Metropolitan Evlogy (in the world Yuri Vasilyevich Smirnov ) was born on January 13, 1937 in Kemerovo. In his large Christian family there were seven sons and three daughters, for which the bishop’s mother, Natalya Petrovna Smirnova , was awarded the title “Mother Heroine”.

In 1955, after graduating from junior high school, Yuri entered the Moscow Theological Seminary, where, at the beginning of his studies, he began to carry out church obedience to subdeacon Patriarch Alexy I.

In the spring of 1960, Yuri Smirnov was admitted to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, and in the fall of the same year he was drafted into the army, where he served for more than 3 years in Vyborg.

With the blessing of Patriarch Alexy I, on March 15, 1965, Yuri was tonsured a monk with the name Eulogius, in honor of the martyr Eulogius of Palestine . On March 21, 1965, Monk Eulogius was ordained as hierodeacon.

In 1966, the future bishop graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a candidate's degree in theology. As a professorial fellow, he remained at the department of homiletics, and also performed various obediences at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and taught church canonical disciplines at the theological seminary. In 1967 he was ordained a hieromonk.

From 1972 to 1983, hegumen, and later Archimandrite Eulogius, served as the economist of the united economy of the Lavra and the Academy, where he taught Liturgics, Comparative and Pastoral Theology, and since 1978 he headed the department of history of the Balkan Churches with the award of the title of professor of church history.

In May 1983, Archimandrite Eulogius became the first abbot of the revived St. Daniel Monastery. In this monastery, the future ruler restored churches from ruins, created the spiritual and administrative center of the Russian Orthodox Church and resumed the veneration of the holy noble prince Daniel of Moscow .

Since 1986, Archimandrite Evlogy became the first vice-rector of the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary, professor of the department of pastoral theology.

In August 1988, with the blessing of Patriarch Pimen , Archimandrite Evlogy was appointed vicar of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage, leaving the post of vicar of the St. Daniel Monastery.

From November 1990 to December 2021, Bishop Evlogy headed the Vladimir See. For his hard work, he was elevated to archbishop in 1995, and to metropolitan in 2013.

For the totality of his theological, preaching and peacemaking works, Metropolitan Evlogy was awarded many church orders, medals and certificates.

In December 2021, by the decision of the Holy Synod, Bishop Evlogii was retired with gratitude “for his archpastoral care for many years of the Vladimir diocese, which contributed to the comprehensive development of church life - increasing the number of parishes and the number of clergy, opening monasteries and theological schools, conducting a constructive dialogue with local authorities and public associations, as well as for his activities as the head of the Vladimir Metropolis.”

Ratings

Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky)

While abroad he was widely and generously favored by the “powers of this world”; his authority in heterodox circles was exceptional. But all his life he invariably strove for the “simple man,” and the simpler the person was, the freer he felt with him. One noticed in him an innocence that bordered on naivety, an unpretentiousness. He did not notice the taste and quality of food, although he was completely alien to asceticism, his “metropolitan chambers” were more modest than a guardhouse in another church, and his favorite vestments were made of rough, harsh canvas. He loved children and became equal to them in their society. In recent months, when he no longer received almost anyone, the children invariably had access to him.

At the same time, behind his outward simplicity he was educated, inquisitive and liberal. The first allowed radio broadcasts of church services. He said: “ Once upon a time they fought against electricity. But in fact, every power that is useful to man and improves man comes from God

". He knew secular literature very well and followed it. He invariably admired Pushkin, in whom he discovered more and more new treasures, and loved Tolstoy, Melnikov-Pechersky, Leskov.

I couldn't stand flattery. He was alien to the lust for power, but by nature he was powerful.

In conversations he liked to remember his seminary times and his poor youth, to talk about his young meetings with the most prominent later church hierarchs of his generation, about the State Duma and about his work in the Kholm region. He did not refuse a glass of vodka, but he preferred rowan, which he called “the priest’s drink” and “drozdovka” - because blackbirds peck at rowan and because the stern Metropolitan Filaret (Drozdov) could not stand alcohol. According to Russian custom, he loved gifts, but he gave them generously himself, and he lovingly composed Easter and New Year’s parcels for Russian tuberculosis patients himself. He was unusually kind, disinterested, widely generous, attentive to his interlocutor, loved to make peace, and especially to marry. Even though he was busy with complex, heavy and extensive administrative work, he was always and invariably filled with “spiritual joy.”

Publications[ | ]

Articles

• Vietnamese guests at the Moscow Theological Academy // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1967. - No. 11. - P. 56-57.
• Patronal feast day and annual act in Moscow theological schools // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1967. - No. 12. - P. 21-22.
• Blessed path in the hope of resurrection // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1970. - No. 6. - P. 12-56. (co-author)
• Six months since the death of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1970. - No. 12. - P. 9-10.
• Church festival in honor of St. Nicholas Equal to the Apostles at the Moscow Theological Academy // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1971. - No. 4. - P. 24-25
• First anniversary of the death of Patriarch Alexy // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1971. - No. 5. - P. 6-7.
• “Wisdom created a home for itself” // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1971. - No. 10. - P. 36.
• Iveron Icon of the Mother of God // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1972. - No. 5. - P. 28-32.
• Fraternal prayer // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1972. - No. 7. - P. 18-20.
• Eternal memory of the deceased [Theodorit (Vorobiev), archimandrite, Trinity-Sergius Lavra] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. - No. 3. - P. 29-30.
• Temple of God // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. - No. 10. - P. 75-78.
• On the day of memory of St. Sergius // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. - No. 10. - P. 38-39.
• The life and apostolic works of Metropolitan Innocent (Veniaminov) (1797-1879) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1975. - No. 3. - P. 58-65.
• Word on the Epiphany // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1976. - No. 1. - P. 39.
• Fundamentals of spiritual life according to the teachings of the Gospel of Christ // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1976. - No. 10. - P. 72-77.
• On the day of memory of St. Nikon of Radonezh // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1976. - No. 11. - P. 31-32
• Apostolic ministry of monks of the Orthodox Church // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1978. - No. 5. - P. 66-70.
• The service of Orthodox monks to the world // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1978. - No. 6. - P. 68-71.
• The Great Angelic Image in Orthodox Monasticism // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1979. - No. 8. - P. 23-27.
• Eternal memory of the deceased [Seraphim (Shinkarev), archimandrite, Trinity-Sergius Lavra] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1980. - No. 5. - P. 27-28.
• “His memory forever and ever” (10th anniversary of the death of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1980. - No. 6. - P. 12-14.
• Temple of Moscow Theological Schools (history and recent restoration) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1981. - No. 6. - P. 22-24.
• The Cathedral of Radonezh Saints is the patronal feast of the Sergius Lavra // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1981. - No. 10. - P. 17-19.
• The teaching of the holy fathers on the Christian feat of life // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1982. - No. 7. - P. 75-78.
• The triumph of Easter // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. - No. 5. - P. 31-33.
• Heavenly patron of Moscow Rus' // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. - No. 10. - P. 5-8.
• The Righteous Light of Life // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. - No. 11. - P. 31-33.
• Visit of His Holiness Patriarch Pimen to the Danilov Monastery // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1984. - No. 1. - P. 18-19.
• Restoration work has begun in the Danilov Monastery // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1984. - No. 1. - P. 19.
• Christmas greetings from His Holiness Patriarch Pimen: in the Moscow St. Daniel Monastery // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1984. - No. 3. - P. 11-12.
• Celebrating the memory of the Holy Prince of Moscow Daniel // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1984. - No. 5. - P. 13-14
• On the church and public service of Orthodox monasticism // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1984. - No. 11. - P. 70-77.
• Feast in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in the Danilov Monastery // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1985. - No. 11. - P. 47.
• Great sign of Divine love (on Great Friday) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1986. - No. 3. - P. 36-38.
• Introduction to the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1986. - No. 11. - P. 40-42.
• Fundamentals of Orthodox monasticism // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1987. - No. 9. - P. 74-75
• Spiritual support of the Church // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1988. - No. 6. - P. 36-37.
• Revival of Optina Hermitage // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1989. - No. 2. - P. 21-22.
• The first patronal feast in Optina // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1989. - No. 7. - P. 19-20.
• Unfading Lamp: [Anniversary of the discovery of the relics of St. Ambrose of Optina] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1990. - No. 3. - P. 19-20.
• Joyful days in Optina // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1990. - No. 7. - P. 40-41.
• Moscow Patriarchate, Administrator of the Vladimir Diocese // Suzdal pilgrim. 1991. - No. 3, February. Suzdal. — P. 3-4
• The world needs hermits // Monuments of the Fatherland. Monastic story. Almanac. - No. 2-3, Moscow: Russian Book, 1992. - P. 178-183.
• Revival of the Solovetsky Monastery // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1992. - No. 5. - P. 11
• Appeal of His Eminence Evlogy, Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal, to the former children of the Russian Orthodox Church who are in schism - in the so-called “Church Abroad” // Appeal. 1993. August 14
• Eldership and Russian religious life // The Path of Orthodoxy. M., 1994. - No. 3. - P. 24-33
• Closing remarks // Unity of the Church: Theological Conference. November 15 - 16, 1994 - M.: Publishing House of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute, 1996. - 288 p. — ISBN 5-7429-0017-1. - pp. 278-280
• Word for the Nativity of Christ (miracle of Divine humility) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. - No. 1. - P. 61-62.
• The last kiss // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. - No. 8. - P. 44-45.
• The blessed anniversary of the saint (history of the Fatherland: faces and faces) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1997. - No. 11. - P. 55-58.
• Festive address to the entire Orthodox flock of the Vladimir land on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the Maximov Icon of the Mother of God // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1999. - No. 6. - P. 44-46.
• Service as salvation // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2001. - No. 1. - P. 94-95.
• Light of the Moscow monastery // “Sunday School”, newspaper. 2002. - No. 33. - P. 4.
• St. Irenaeus of Lyons on the economy of salvation // “Non-Evening Light.” — No. 2, Vladimir, 2002.
• The spiritual heritage of the Optina elders // Church and Time: scientific-theological and church-social journal: Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. 2002 - No. 4 (21) - P. 129-137
• Preface // Sudogodsky deanery: history of parishes and churches. - ed. 2nd, add. — Vladimir; Sudogda; 2015. - 132 p. ill. ISBN 978-5-8311-0888-0, page 3
• Speech by the first governor of the Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage, Archimandrite Evlogii (Smirnov), at the Moscow House of Architects on October 21, 1988 // optina.ru, November 17, 2017
• Report of Metropolitan Evlogii of Vladimir and Suzdal. Contribution of the Vladimir diocese to the activities of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917-1918. // sobor33.ru, 12/11/2017

Books

• Orthodox monasticism in service to the Church and the world: Diss. ...Master of Divinity. Typescript. - Zagorsk: Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, 1977.
• It was a miracle of God: The story of the revival of the Danilov Monastery. - M., 1998 It was a miracle of God: The history of the revival of the Danilov Monastery. - M.: Danilovsky blagovestnik, 2000. - 331, [1] p. — ISBN 5-89101-079-8.
• It was a miracle of God: the story of the revival of the Danilov Monastery. - Vladimir: Transit-ICS, 2013. - 228, [3] p. — ISBN 978-5-8311-0787-6.

interview

• Interview with the newspaper “Rus Derzhavnaya” // Unity of the Church: Theological Conference. November 15 - 16, 1994 - M.: Publishing House of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute, 1996. - 288 p. — ISBN 5-7429-0017-1 — pp. 5-6
• Rus' breathes Orthodoxy // prizyv.ru, October 10, 2002
• Ekaterina Borisova “Education is, essentially, a matter of giving birth to a child” // Vladimirskie Vedomosti, September 25, 2010
• Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal Evlogy: Love for God and people knows no loneliness // pravmir.ru, December 8, 2011
• “The opening of each monastery was preceded by a miracle” // monasterium.ru, January 11, 2017
• Metropolitan Evlogy: “Everyone is alive with God, even those who died” (VIDEO) // TV and radio, January 17, 2017
• The first Liturgy began with a memorial service for the deceased Optina elders // monasterium.ru, July 9, 2018

Proceedings

• About Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk and his creations
  , M., 1898.
• “Speech in the State Duma on the issue of discussing the estimates of the Holy Synod,” Prib.
  to "CV" , 1910, No. 10, 456-460.
• “The Word Spoken Before the Burial of Stolypin”, Approx.
  to "CV" , 1911, No. 38, 1561.
• “Teaching during the ceremony of laying the foundation of the temple in the city of Kholm”, Approx.
  to "CV" , 1913, No. 28, 1301.
• To the Galician-Volyn people and their clergy (Appeal)
  , Pg., 1914.
• Good word to the soldiers
  , Zhitomir, 1914.
• “Message to the Galician-Russian people and their clergy”, Prib.
  to "CV" , 1915, No. 2, 30.
• The path of my life: Memoirs of Metropolitan Eulogius (Georgievsky), told from his stories by T. Manukhina
  , IMCA-Press, 1947; Paris, 1954; M., 1994:

ecumenism

He participated in the Geneva World Christian Congress of 1920, which prepared the creation of the ecumenical movement “Faith and Church Order.”

Member of the Lambeth Anglican Conference in London, 1932. President of the Orthodox Anglican Commonwealth of St. Albania, etc. Sergius. During the 1936 Commonwealth Conference in Paris, the temple of St. Alexander Nevsky for Anglican worship.

Participant in the conference of the Faith and Church Organization movement (Edinburgh, 1937).

• Archbishop Herman (Strinopoulos) and Metropolitan. Eulogius (Georgievsky) at the Lambeth Conference (London, 1932).
• Metropolitan Evlogy (Georgievsky), John Mott and mother Maria (Skobtsova). 1930s.
• Conference of the ecumenical movement “Faith and Church Order.” Edinburgh, 1937. In the photo: Fr. Sergius Bulgakov, archbishop. German (Strinopoulos), Metropolitan. Eulogius (Georgievsky).
• Congress of the "Orthodox Cause". France, Boissy-l'Ayerie, 1937. In the photo: Met. Evlogy (Georgievsky), mother Maria (Skobtsova), Lev Zander, Fr. Vasily Zenkovsky, Fr. Sergius Bulgakov, Boris Vysheslavtsev, Georgy Fedotov and others.

Awards[ | ]

• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh I (January 13, 2012)[28], II and III degrees.
• Order of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, II and III degrees.
• Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow I (January 13, 2017)[29] and II degree.
• Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, II degree.
• Order of the Holy Cross and Holy Sepulcher of all three degrees of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church.
• Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, III degree of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
• orders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Belarusian Exarchate, commemorative medals and certificates.
• Honorary citizen of the city of Vladimir (December 22, 2006)[2].
• Order of Honor of Kuzbass (January 13, 2017)[30]
• Honorary citizen of the Vladimir region (January 25, 2017)[3].

Literature[ | ]

• Archimandrite Eulogius - abbot of the Moscow Danilov Monastery // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. - No. 8. - P. 26.
• The naming and consecration of Archimandrite Evlogiy (Smirnov) as Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1991. - No. 10. - P. 27-29.
• Eulogius // Orthodox Encyclopedia. - M.: Church-Scientific, 2008. - T. XVII: “Evangelical Church of the Czech Brothers - Egypt.” — P. 169-170. — 752 p. — 39,000 copies. — ISBN 978-5-89572-030-1.