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Current Hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church
(In order of seniority)



Prokl
His Eminence Prokl
Archbishop of Simbirsk and Melekess
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1998
Date of Consecration: October 18, 1987
Date of Election: 1987
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 5, 1973
Name Day: December 3
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Lev
His Eminence Lev
Archbishop of Novgorod and Starorus'
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1995
Date of Consecration: November 1, 1987
Date of Election: 1987
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 28, 1971
Name Day: March 3
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 

Gavriil
His Eminence Gavriil
Archbishop of Blagoveshchensk and Tyndinsk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 19, 1999
Date of Consecration: July 23, 1988
Date of Election: 1988
Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 15, 1966
Name Day: July 25
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Mark
His Eminence Mark
Archbishop of Khust and Vinogradov
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 19, 1999
Date of Consecration: July 28, 1988
Date of Election: 1988
Name Day: May 8
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

His Eminence Aleksii
Archbishop of Tula and Belev
 
Date of Consecration: December 30, 1988
Date of Consecration: December 1, 1988
Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 7, 1975
Name Day: October 18
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Viktor
His Eminence Viktor
Archbishop of Tver and Kashinsk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1996
Date of Consecration: December 4, 1988
Date of Election: 1988
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 2, 1966
Name Day: March 23
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

Anastasii
His Eminence Anastasii
Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1996
Date of Consecration: December 11, 1988
Date of Election: 1988
Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 5, 1976
Name Day: October 11
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Antonii
His Eminence Antonii
Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk and Enisei
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 19, 1999
Date of Consecration: April 22, 1989
Date of Election: 1989
Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 7, 1971
Name Day: April 27
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 

Georgii
His Eminence Georgii
Archbishop of Lyudinov
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2005
Date of Consecration: April 23, 1989
Date of Election: 1989
Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 2, 1972
Name Day: May 6
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Ionafan
His Eminence Ionafan
Archbishop of Tulchinsk and Bratslav
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 28, 1994
Date of Consecration: April 23, 1989
Date of Election: 1989
Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1976
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Sergii
His Eminence Sergii
Archbishop of Samara and Syzransk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1998
Date of Consecration: May 5, 1989
Date of Election: 1989
Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 23, 1984
Name Day: July 18
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

Dimitrii
His Eminence Dimitrii
Archbishop of Vitebsk and Orshan
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 18, 1999
Date of Consecration: July 23, 1989
Date of Election: 1989
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 30, 1978
Name Day: October 4
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Alexander
His Eminence Aleksandr
Archbishop of Kostroma and Galicia
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 2, 1994
Date of Consecration: September 27, 1989
Date of Election: 1989
Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 21, 1989
Name Day: September 12
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 

Arsenii
His Eminence Arsenii
Archbishop of Istrina,
Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1997
Date of Consecration: October 5, 1989
Date of Election: 1989
Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 30, 1989
Name Day: June 25
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

Vadim
His Eminence Vadim
Archbishop of Irkutsk and Angarsk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2000
Date of Consecration: February 4, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1979
Name Day: April 22
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

His Eminence Varfolomei
Archbishop of Rovena and Ostroga
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 23, 1995
Date of Consecration: February 24, 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 22, 1989
Name Day: July 13
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Stefan
His Eminence Stefan
Archbishop of Pinsk and Luninetsk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2000
Date of Consecration: March 4, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 9, 1978
Name Day: January 9
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 

Filaret
His Eminence Filaret
Archbishop of Penzensk and Kuznets
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 29, 2004
Date of Consecration: March 11, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 29, 1975
Name Day: December 14
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Eminence Aristarkh
Archbishop of Gomel and Zhlobin
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 2000
Date of Consecration: July 29, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: June 1970
Name Day: October 10
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

His Eminence Manuil
Archbishop of Petrozavodsk and Karelia
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2000
Date of Consecration: August 14, 1990
Date of Election: July 20, 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 1, 1976
Name Day: February 4
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

Tikhon
His Eminence Tikhon
Archbishop of Novosibirsk and Berdsk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2000
Date of Consecration: August 19, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 19, 1981
Name Day: August 26
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Nikon
His Eminence Nikon
Archbishop of Ufa and Sterlitamak
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 23, 2001
Date of Consecration: August 26, 1990
Date of Election: July 20, 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1984
Name Day: November 30
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Vikentii
His Eminence Vikentii
Archbishop of Ekaterinburg and Verkhotursk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 19, 1999
Date of Consecration: September 2, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1981
Name Day: November 24
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

His Eminence Dimitrii
Archbishop of Tobolsk and Tyumen
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1999
Date of Consecration: November 4, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 31, 1986
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

Evlogii
His Eminence Evlogii
Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1995
Date of Consecration: November 11, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 15, 1965
Name Day: March 18
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Vasilii
His Eminence Vasilii
Archbishop of Zaporozhsk and Melitopol
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1997
Date of Consecration: December 2, 1990
Date of Election: 1990
Date of Monastic Tonsure: February 13, 1979
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Varsonofii
His Eminence Varsonofii
Archbishop of Saransk and Mordova
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 2001
Date of Consecration: February 8, 1991
Date of Election: 1991
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 30, 1978
Name Day: April 24
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

Elevferii
His Eminence Elevferii
Archbishop of Chimkent and Akmolinsk
 
Date of Elevation of Archbishop: February 29, 2004
Date of Consecration: February 15, 1991
Date of Election: 1991
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 26, 1987
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 

His Eminence Sergii
Archbishop of Ternopol and Kremenetsy
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 28, 1998
Date of Consecration: February 17, 1991
Date of Election: 1991
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

His Eminence Sofronii
Archbishop of Kemerovo and Novokuznetsy
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 1998
Date of Consecration: May 16, 1991
Date of Election: 1991
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 

His Grace Konstantin
Archbishop of Tikhvinsk,
Vicar of the Diocese of Saint Petersburg,
Rector of Saint Petersburg Theological Academy and Seminary
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2003
Date of Consecration: June 16, 1991
Date of Election: 1991
Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 14, 1986
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Eminence Innokentii
Archbishop of Korsun
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2002
Date of Consecration: January 26, 1992
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 15, 1992
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 

His Eminence Pavel
Archbishop of Ryazan and Kasimov
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 2001
Date of Consecration: March 22, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
Name Day : July 12
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

Kirill
His Eminence Kirill
Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America
 
Date of Consecration: June 7, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
Name Day : February 27
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 

His Eminence Nikolai
Archbishop of Belgorod,
Vicar of the Metropolis of Kiev
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: 1999
Date of Consecration: July 16, 1992
Date of Monastic Tonsure: July 14, 1992
Name Day : December 19
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters

His Eminence Feodor
Archbishop of Kamenets-Podol'e and Gorodok
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 29, 2006
Date of Consecration: August 5, 1992
Name Day: August 24
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 

His Eminence Sofronii
Archbishop of Cherkassk and Kanevsk
 
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 23, 2000
Date of Consecration: August 9, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
 
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 




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