Born on January 14, 1945 in Moscow, baptized in infancy. Father, Anisimov Ivan Ilyich, belonged to a priestly family that came from the Oryol province.
After graduating from school, he served in the Armed Forces.
In 1977 he graduated from the Moscow All-Union law school majoring in jurisprudence. Worked as a consultant at the Inyurkollegium, as an instructor at the Moscow Regional Committee of the Trade Union of Education Workers, high school and scientific institutions; art inspector at the Art Fund of the RSFSR; Deputy Head of the Mechanization Department of the Mostransstroy Trust. Was married.
In 1987, he was accepted into the service of the housekeeper of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, and took part in the preparation of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'.
He was engaged in missionary activities in the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese and beyond. In his activities he emphasized the revival of the Orthodox way of life through the community life of parishes and groups. At the competition of missionary projects within the framework of the XV Christmas educational readings, the Synodal Missionary Department awarded a diploma to the program “Orthodox Community as a Mission for the Introduction of the Orthodox Way of Life in Russia.”
In 1995-2002 taught the subject “Missiology” at the catechist courses of the Alexander Nevsky Brotherhood in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1995, at the invitation of the government and the Lutheran Church of Lower Saxony (Germany), he was on an official business trip to Hannover to study the education system and interaction between the Church and the state in the social sphere. In 1996 he performed in State Duma of the Russian Federation at parliamentary hearings on the topic “Education and national security Russia." In 2001, at the request of the head of Ivanovo, he gave a course of lectures “The Orthodox way of life. Fundamentals of Orthodoxy" for the staff of the city administration of Ivanovo. He taught at Ivanovo State University, in particular, he taught his own course “Phenomenology of Religion” at the Faculty of History. In 2007-2008 taught at the Ivanovo Institute for Advanced Training of Teachers to prepare them to teach the course “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture.” For 8 years he was the chairman of the organizing committee for the “Christmas Gift” and “Bright Holiday” holidays, the purpose of which was to attract musical and art schools and schools, secondary schools to Orthodox values. He took part in the 6th Golden Knight Film Festival as a jury member.
In 2002, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, he was included in the working group of the Socio-political Expert Council for the development of the Educational Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In May 2006, at the invitation of the directorate of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Warsaw, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Year of Russian Culture in Poland in Lodz.
In 2007, he became a member of the commission for canonization of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese. In 2008, at the invitation of the Chairman of the Synodal Missionary Department, Archbishop of Belgorod and Stary Oskol Ioann, participated in a workshop on developing the concept teaching aid and methodology for teaching the subject “Missiology”.
By decree of Bishop Joseph of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Kineshma dated October 15, 2008, he was assigned to the staff with the right to transfer to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. In December 2008, he was appointed builder of the restored Feodorovsky monastery.
By the determination of the Holy Synod of May 27, 2009 (magazine No. 45), he was appointed abbot of the Feodorovsky Monastery in the city of Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region.
He was the confessor of the St. Elizabeth's Department of the Sisters of Charity of the Nizhny Novgorod Medical College; spiritual trustee, lecturer-consultant of the department of international political communications of the faculty international relations Nizhny Novgorod state university them. Lobachevsky.
Bishop of Gorodetsky and Vetluzhsky Augustine
Date of birth: January 14, 1945
Date of ordination: April 8, 2012
Date of tonsure: September 5, 1993
Country: Russia
Born on January 14, 1945 in Moscow, baptized in infancy. Father, Anisimov Ivan Ilyich, belonged to a priestly family that came from the Oryol province.
After graduating from school, he served in the Armed Forces.
In 1977 he graduated from the Moscow All-Union Law Institute with a degree in jurisprudence. He worked as a consultant at the Inyurkollegium, as an instructor at the Moscow Regional Committee of the Trade Union of Education Workers, Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions; art inspector at the Art Fund of the RSFSR; Deputy Head of the Mechanization Department of the Mostransstroy Trust. Was married.
In 1987, he was accepted into the service of the housekeeper of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, and took part in the preparation of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'.
In 1990, in the city of Ivanovo, Archbishop Ambrose of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Kineshma ordained him a deacon (May 22) and a presbyter (August 2).
From April 1993 to May 2007 he served in Preobrazhenskoe cathedral Ivanovo. He taught dogmatic theology, church law, basic theology, apologetics and missiology at the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Theological Seminary, as well as basic theology at the Ivanovo Orthodox Theological Institute.
On September 5, 1993, Archbishop Ambrose of Ivanovo-Voznesensk tonsured him as a monk with the name Augustine in honor of Blessed Augustine, bishop. Ipponian.
In 1995 he was elevated to the rank of abbot.
In 2001 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary.
He was engaged in missionary activities in the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese and beyond. In his activities he emphasized the revival of the Orthodox way of life through the community life of parishes and groups. At the competition of missionary projects within the framework of the XV Christmas educational readings, the Synodal Missionary Department awarded a diploma to the program “Orthodox Community as a Mission for the Introduction of the Orthodox Way of Life in Russia.”
In 1995-2002 taught the subject “Missiology” at the catechist courses of the Alexander Nevsky Brotherhood in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1995, at the invitation of the government and the Lutheran Church of Lower Saxony (Germany), he was on an official business trip to Hannover to study the education system and interaction between the Church and the state in the social sphere. In 1996, he spoke in the State Duma of the Russian Federation at parliamentary hearings on the topic “Education and National Security of Russia.” In 2001, at the request of the head of Ivanovo, he gave a course of lectures “The Orthodox way of life. Fundamentals of Orthodoxy" for the staff of the city administration of Ivanovo. He taught at Ivanovo State University, in particular, he taught his own course “Phenomenology of Religion” at the Faculty of History. In 2007-2008 taught at the Ivanovo Institute for Advanced Training of Teachers to prepare them to teach the course “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture.” For 8 years he was the chairman of the organizing committee for the “Christmas Gift” and “Bright Holiday” holidays, the purpose of which was to attract students from music and art schools and colleges, secondary schools to Orthodox values. He took part in the 6th Golden Knight Film Festival as a jury member.
In 2002, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, he was included in the working group of the Socio-Political Expert Council for the development of the Educational Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In May 2006, at the invitation of the directorate of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Warsaw, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Year of Russian Culture in Poland in Lodz.
In 2007, he became a member of the commission for canonization of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese. In 2008, at the invitation of the Chairman of the Synodal Missionary Department, Archbishop of Belgorod and Stary Oskol Ioann, he participated in a workshop on developing the concept of a textbook and methodology for teaching the subject “Missiology”.
By decree of Bishop Joseph of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Kineshma dated October 15, 2008, he was assigned to the staff with the right to transfer to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. In December 2008, he was appointed builder of the restored Feodorovsky Monastery.
By the determination of the Holy Synod of May 27, 2009 (magazine No. 45), he was appointed abbot of the Feodorovsky Monastery in the city of Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region.
He was the confessor of the St. Elizabeth's Department of the Sisters of Charity of the Nizhny Novgorod Medical College; spiritual trustee, lecturer-consultant of the Department of International Political Communications, Faculty of International Relations, Nizhny Novgorod State University. Lobachevsky.Full member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.
By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 15, 2012 (magazine No. 7), he was elected Bishop of Gorodets and Vetluga.
Named on March 29, 2012. Consecrated during the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on April 8. The services were led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.
Education:
1977 - Moscow All-Union Law Institute.
2001 - Moscow Theological Seminary.
Diocese:
Gorodets diocese
(Ruling Bishop)
Augustin (Anisimov), Bishop of Gorodetsky and Vetluzhsky (born 1945) - Russian church and public figure, missionary, theologian, lawyer, art critic. Builder, restorer and abbot of the Feodorovsky Gorodets Monastery in the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. Since 2012, bishop of the newly formed Gorodets diocese. Permanent member of the Izborsk Club.
In the world Anatoly Ivanovich Anisimov, born on January 14, 1945 in Moscow. The father belonged to a priestly family that came from the Oryol province.
Came to the Church around 1972-1973. Even then he took the path of a preacher, despite the difficulties he tried to talk to people about God and help them come to the Church.
In 1977 he graduated from the Moscow All-Union Law Institute with a degree in jurisprudence. He worked as a consultant at the Inyurkollegium, as an instructor at the Moscow Regional Committee of the Trade Union of Education Workers, Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions; art inspector at the Art Fund of the RSFSR; Deputy Head of the Mechanization Department of the Mostransstroy Trust. Was married.
In 1987, he was accepted into the service of the housekeeper of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, and took part in the preparation of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'.
On May 22, 1990, he was ordained deacon in Ivanovo by Archbishop Ambrose of Ivanovo and Kineshma. On August 2 of the same year he was ordained a priest by the same Reverend. On November 19, 1991, he was appointed rector of the Kazan Church in the city of Ivanovo. From April 1993 to May 2007 he served in the Ivanovo Transfiguration Cathedral. He taught dogmatic theology, church law, basic theology, apologetics and missiology at the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Theological Seminary, as well as basic theology at the Ivanovo Orthodox Theological Institute.
On September 5, 1993, he was tonsured a monk with the name in honor of Blessed Augustine, Bishop. Ipponian. The tonsure was performed by Archbishop of Ivanovo and Kineshma Ambrose (Shchurov). In 1995 he was elevated to the rank of abbot. He was engaged in missionary activities in the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese and beyond. In his activities he emphasized the revival of the Orthodox way of life through the community life of parishes and groups. At the competition of missionary projects within the framework of the XV Christmas educational readings, the Synodal Missionary Department awarded a diploma to the program “Orthodox Community as a Mission for the Introduction of the Orthodox Way of Life in Russia.” At one time he cared for Moscow Orthodox-oriented schools and associations of the Slavic Fund of Russia.
In 1995 I studied the types educational institutions in Germany.
In 2001 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary.
In 2007, he became a member of the commission for canonization of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese. In 2008, at the invitation of the Chairman of the Synodal Missionary Department, Archbishop of Belgorod and Stary Oskol Ioann, he participated in a seminar on developing the concept of a textbook and methodology for teaching the subject “Missiology”.
On October 15, 2008, he was assigned to the staff with the right to transfer to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. In December of the same year, he was appointed builder of the restored Feodorovsky Monastery in the city of Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region. On May 27, 2009, he was appointed abbot of the Feodorovsky Monastery.
As a missionary, by 2010 he had gained extensive experience speaking to a variety of spiritual, educational, scientific and political audiences. Been to different parts Russia; in Ukraine - in Crimea, Sevastopol, Kyiv; in other former Soviet republics; in Europe and the Middle East. In an educational environment, I attended audiences from preschool education to academies and universities. He spoke in ministries. Been in various circumstances in the army; in prisons, zones, women's colonies; confessed to those sentenced to death.
On March 15, 2012, he was elected bishop of the newly established Gorodets diocese. On March 18, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior. On March 29, 2012, he was named, and on April 8 of the same year, he was consecrated Bishop of Gorodets and Vetluga. The ordination in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow was led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus').
Bibliography
Notes of a missionary, N. Novgorod: Publishing house. Yu. A. Nikolaev, 2003.
Articles and interviews
Date of birth: January 14, 1945 Country: Russia Biography:Born on January 14, 1945 in Moscow, baptized in infancy. Father, Anisimov Ivan Ilyich, belonged to a priestly family that came from the Oryol province.
After graduating from school, he served in the Armed Forces.
In 1977 he graduated from the All-Union Legal Correspondence Institute with a degree in jurisprudence. He worked as a consultant at the Inyurkollegium, as an instructor at the Moscow Regional Committee of the Trade Union of Education Workers, Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions; art inspector at the Art Fund of the RSFSR; Deputy Head of the Mechanization Department of the Mostransstroy Trust.
In 1987, he was accepted into the service of an economist and took part in preparing the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'.
He was engaged in missionary work in and outside of it. In his activities he emphasized the revival of the Orthodox way of life through the community life of parishes and groups. At the competition of missionary projects within the framework of the XV Christmas educational readings, the Synodal Missionary Department awarded a diploma to the program “Orthodox Community as a Mission for the Introduction of the Orthodox Way of Life in Russia.”
In 1995-2002 taught the subject “Missiology” at the catechist courses of the Alexander Nevsky Brotherhood in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1995, at the invitation of the government and the Lutheran Church of Lower Saxony (Germany), he was on an official business trip to Hannover to study the education system and interaction between the Church and the state in the social sphere. In 1996, he spoke in the State Duma of the Russian Federation at parliamentary hearings on the topic “Education and National Security of Russia.” In 2001, at the request of the head of Ivanovo, he gave a course of lectures “The Orthodox way of life. Fundamentals of Orthodoxy" for the staff of the city administration of Ivanovo. He taught at Ivanovo State University, in particular, he taught his own course “Phenomenology of Religion” at the Faculty of History. In 2007-2008 taught at the Ivanovo Institute for Advanced Training of Teachers to prepare them to teach the course “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture.” For 8 years he was the chairman of the organizing committee for the “Christmas Gift” and “Bright Holiday” holidays, the purpose of which was to attract students from music and art schools and colleges, secondary schools to Orthodox values. He took part in the 6th Golden Knight Film Festival as a jury member.
In 2002, with his blessing, he was included in the working group of the Socio-Political Expert Council for the development of the Educational Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In May 2006, at the invitation of the directorate of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Warsaw, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Year of Russian Culture in Poland in Lodz.
In 2007, he became a member of the commission for canonization of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese. In 2008, at the invitation of the Chairman of the Synodal Missionary Department, he participated in a workshop on developing the concept of a textbook and methodology for teaching the subject “Missiology”.
By decree of October 15, 2008, he was assigned to the state with the right to transfer to. In December 2008, he was appointed builder of the restored Feodorovsky Monastery.
By the determination of the Holy Synod of May 27, 2009 () he was appointed abbot of the Feodorovsky Monastery in the city of Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region.
He was the confessor of the St. Elizabeth's Department of the Sisters of Charity of the Nizhny Novgorod Medical College; spiritual trustee, lecturer-consultant of the Department of International Political Communications, Faculty of International Relations, Nizhny Novgorod State University. Lobachevsky.
Born on January 14, 1945 in Moscow, baptized in infancy. Father, Anisimov Ivan Ilyich, belonged to a priestly family that came from the Oryol province.
After graduating from school, he served in the Armed Forces.
In 1977 he graduated from the Moscow All-Union Law Institute with a degree in jurisprudence. He worked as a consultant at the Inyurkollegium, as an instructor at the Moscow Regional Committee of the Trade Union of Education Workers, Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions; art inspector at the Art Fund of the RSFSR; Deputy Head of the Mechanization Department of the Mostransstroy Trust. Was married.
In 1987, he was accepted into the service of the housekeeper of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, and took part in the preparation of the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'.
In 1990, in the city of Ivanovo, Archbishop Ambrose of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Kineshma ordained him a deacon (May 22) and a presbyter (August 2).
From April 1993 to May 2007 he served in the Transfiguration Cathedral in Ivanovo. He taught dogmatic theology, church law, basic theology, apologetics and missiology at the Ivanovo-Voznesensk Theological Seminary, as well as basic theology at the Ivanovo Orthodox Theological Institute.
On September 5, 1993, Archbishop Ambrose of Ivanovo-Voznesensk tonsured him as a monk with the name Augustine in honor of Blessed Augustine, bishop. Ipponian.
In 1995 he was elevated to the rank of abbot.
In 2001 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary.
He was engaged in missionary activities in the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese and beyond. In his activities he emphasized the revival of the Orthodox way of life through the community life of parishes and groups. At the competition of missionary projects within the framework of the XV Christmas educational readings, the Synodal Missionary Department awarded a diploma to the program “Orthodox Community as a Mission for the Introduction of the Orthodox Way of Life in Russia.”
In 1995-2002 taught the subject “Missiology” at the catechist courses of the Alexander Nevsky Brotherhood in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1995, at the invitation of the government and the Lutheran Church of Lower Saxony (Germany), he was on an official business trip to Hannover to study the education system and interaction between the Church and the state in the social sphere. In 1996, he spoke in the State Duma of the Russian Federation at parliamentary hearings on the topic “Education and National Security of Russia.” In 2001, at the request of the head of Ivanovo, he gave a course of lectures “The Orthodox way of life. Fundamentals of Orthodoxy" for the staff of the city administration of Ivanovo. He taught at Ivanovo State University, in particular, he taught his own course “Phenomenology of Religion” at the Faculty of History. In 2007-2008 taught at the Ivanovo Institute for Advanced Training of Teachers to prepare them to teach the course “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture.” For 8 years he was the chairman of the organizing committee for the “Christmas Gift” and “Bright Holiday” holidays, the purpose of which was to attract students from music and art schools and colleges, secondary schools to Orthodox values. He took part in the 6th Golden Knight Film Festival as a jury member.
In 2002, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, he was included in the working group of the Socio-Political Expert Council for the development of the Educational Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In May 2006, at the invitation of the directorate of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Warsaw, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Year of Russian Culture in Poland in Lodz.
In 2007, he became a member of the commission for canonization of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk diocese. In 2008, at the invitation of the Chairman of the Synodal Missionary Department, Archbishop of Belgorod and Stary Oskol Ioann, he participated in a workshop on developing the concept of a textbook and methodology for teaching the subject “Missiology”.
By decree of Bishop Joseph of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Kineshma dated October 15, 2008, he was assigned to the staff with the right to transfer to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. In December 2008, he was appointed builder of the restored Feodorovsky Monastery.
By the determination of the Holy Synod of May 27, 2009 (magazine No. 45), he was appointed abbot of the Feodorovsky Monastery in the city of Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region.
He was the confessor of the St. Elizabeth's Department of the Sisters of Charity of the Nizhny Novgorod Medical College; spiritual trustee, lecturer-consultant of the Department of International Political Communications, Faculty of International Relations, Nizhny Novgorod State University. Lobachevsky.Full member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.