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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 introducing 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 at the Department of International Political Communications, Faculty of International Relations, Nizhny Novgorod State University. Lobachevsky.Full member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.

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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 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 its program “Orthodox community as a mission for introducing 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.

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BISHOP AUGUSTINE: RUSSIA MUST GIVE MANKIND A NEW MODEL OF THE WORLD

Russia must offer all the peoples of the world a different model of “human life” in response to the dominant model of capitalism today, he said Bishop of Gorodets and Vetluzh Augustine (Anisimov) January 24, during the XXV International Christmas Readings at Moscow State University in the section “1917 and the Russian Way”, RIA Novosti reports.

“Today, when there is no longer such a powerful state and world force as the Soviet Union was, as a defender of weak peoples, as a champion of socialist justice, as a socialist model of an alternative to capitalism, transnational capitalist corporations and the transnational banking system, - today humanity is faced with a phenomenal question: either accept this paradigm and model of life for all peoples of the planet - I mean the current dominance of the Americans - or develop and accept another model,” noted bishop in his speech.

According to Augustine, the Soviet Union proved the viability of its model in the Great Patriotic War. But at the same time, he noted that after Stalin, Soviet rulers were no longer capable of managing the huge state machine of the Soviet state.

Bishop Augustine described the “Soviet” itself as

“not a national, not a religious or class concept. Political will and the system creates a new type of personality: everyone works for the power of the state, and the state returns to the members of society everything necessary for the formation of the Soviet type of personality and the Soviet way of people's life: everything is free, everything is honest, everything is responsible. The Soviet Union is a huge family headed by the father.”

The bishop put Stalin on a par with such outstanding historical figures in Russian history as Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Alexander Nevsky. But he noted that Stalin had a different scale of responsibility. The whole world looked at Soviet Russia to understand everything the creative power of humanity, which was revealed by the Soviet project. And this project was able to unite

“into one Union, into one idea, into one worldview, one ideology and one goal, dozens of ethnic groups, nations, peoples, personalities, and gave birth to a new phenomenon - with 15 national republics, with the most powerful legislative, scientific, educational, health, economic and economic base protected by the Armed Forces, unique state security system based on the new Constitution."

At the same time, Russia needs “historical fidelity to Orthodoxy,” Augustine added at the end.

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in the photo: ep. Gorodetsky Augustin is a player of the Gorodets diocese team. In 2014, Vladyka distinguished himself in a match with the team of the St. Petersburg Metropolitanate, scoring a goal from the penalty spot.

It is worth noting that before his ordination, Vladyka worked as an instructor in the Moscow regional committee of the trade union of educators, higher education and scientific institutions and spoke for the youth team of the Spartak club (Moscow). And in 1995, already in the rank of abbot, at the invitation of the government and the Lutheran Church of Lower Saxony (Germany), he was on an official business trip to the city of Hanover in order 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.”

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'.

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 introducing 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 at the Department of International Political Communications, Faculty of International Relations, Nizhny Novgorod State University. Lobachevsky.

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 with 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 introducing 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 of 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 of Russia; in Ukraine - in Crimea, Sevastopol, Kyiv; in other former Soviet republics; in Europe and the Middle East. In the educational environment, he passed 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.

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