Bishop of Cherepovets Flavian. What did the university give you? What allowed you to remain Russian in England

Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersky

Bishop Flavian (Maxim Valerievich Mitrofanov) was born on November 17, 1975 in the city of Saratov into an Orthodox family. From childhood he visited the temples of Saratov. From the age of 13, he sang and read in the kliros. After graduating from high school in 1992, he entered the Faculty of History of Saratov State University, where he completed his studies in 1997 with the award of the qualification “Historian, History Teacher.” From September 1994 to August 1996, he was a teacher Law of God in grades 10-11 of the Orthodox gymnasium at the Saratov State University. In 1994 he entered the Saratov Theological Seminary, graduating from the full course in 1997. Deacon. On April 13, 1997, Archbishop Alexander (Timofeev) of Saratov and Volsk, ordained a priest in the Holy Spirit Cathedral, and was appointed a full-time priest of the same cathedral. , "Russian history". In the same year he entered the Moscow Theological Academy in the sector of distance learning. From September 17, 1998 to November 27, 2000 - a full-time priest of the Bishops' Cross Church in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "Satisfy my sorrows". In 1999 he was appointed head of the sector of distance learning and Secretary of the Council of the Saratov Theological Seminary. In 2000 he was appointed by the Archbishop of Saratov and Volsky Alexander (Timofeev) Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Saratov Theological Seminary with the introduction to the Diocesan Council of the Saratov Diocese. Saratov Cathedral. Since May 2, 2001, he has been a full-time cleric of the Saratov Holy Spirit Cathedral. year was appointed chairman of the Diocesan Commission for the canonization of the ascetics of bl agony of the Saratov diocese. In November 2007, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, was placed at the disposal of the administrator of the Sourozh diocese, Bishop Elisha of Bogorodsk (Ganaba). took part in organizing the parish of the Diocese of Sourozh in the city of Kingston upon Hull (included in the Diocese of Sourozh by the decision of the Holy Synod of May 31, 2010) and served in the Intercession Stauropegial Church in Manchester. In 2010, he was appointed chairman of the Department of Religious Education and Youth Work of the Diocese of Sourozh. On November 16-18, 2010, he took part in the work of the IV All-Church Congress of Diocesan Missionaries of the Russian Orthodox Church On April 25, 2011, on Monday of Bright Week, Archbishop Elisei (Ganaba) was elevated to the rank of archpriest In mid-2013 was appointed head of the department for work with the Coordinating Council of Compatriots in the UK. On November 30, 2013, at the Diocesan Assembly of the Sourozh Diocese, he was introduced to the Diocesan Council of the Sourozh Diocese. On March 28, 2014, he took part in organizing the First Youth Forum of the CIS countries in London. On August 14, 2014 admitted to the clergy of the Vologda diocese. On Sunday, August 17, he celebrated the last Liturgy at the Assumption Cathedral. On August 19, 2014, Bishop Ignatius of Vologda and Veliky Ustyug was tonsured a monk with the name Flavian in honor of St. Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople, Confessor (March 2, n./S.) On August 29, 2014, he was appointed Dean of the Cherepovets parish District of the Vologda diocese and rector of the Church of the Nativity in Cherepovets. On August 19, 2014, he was appointed vice-rector for scientific work of the Vologda Theological School. On August 25, 2014, he was appointed chairman of the Department of Religious Education and Catechism of the Vologda Diocese. On October 23, 2014, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was elected bishop Cherepovets and Belozersky. October 25, 2014, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Bishop of Vologda and Kirillov Ignatius (Deputatov) was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. November 11, 2014 in the cross church in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God Pa Archimandrite Flavian was named Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersky at the triarch residence in Chisty Lane of Moscow. On November 23, 2014, he was ordained Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersky.

Source - diocesan website http://cherepovets-eparhia.ru/biography/

A surprisingly shameful scandal took place in Cherepovets. Bishop Flavian, by decree No. 182 "On the prohibition of Hierodeacon Herman from the priesthood," ordered him to serve as a janitor in the Resurrection Compound. The reason is that back in 2013, a young man preparing to be tonsured as a monk was caught in Kazan by members of the public movement against pedophilia after he came to a meeting with a teenager with whom he agreed on oral pleasures during correspondence on a social network. The priest had to provide the young man with these without five minutes. First, let us quote the decree of the bishop of Cherepovets Flavian.

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By this decision, you, Hierodeacon Herman, are released from all positions you hold in the Cherepovets diocese and from 12/19/2015 are prohibited from serving during the consideration of your case by the Diocesan Court. The ban was imposed on the basis of a report and materials about a church offense dated December 19, 2015, incl. No. 276. Until the decision of the Diocesan Court, you are imputed to perform daily the obedience of a janitor in the Bishops' Metochion of the Resurrection Cathedral in Cherepovets.

Bishop Flavian

Yes, let's say right away that before he was tonsured and given the church name of Herman, his name was Dmitry.
Recently, Vladyka issued several similar decrees. Demotion to the janitors is Flavian's favorite punishment. But never before has there been talk of an ecclesiastical court. Since this is a very delicate matter, we will tell about it not in our own words, but with quotes taken from the LiveJournal of the famous preacher Andrei Kuraev.
“SOSka of the Cherepovets diocese,” is the title of the preacher. It also has a subtitle: "Here is a short film about how a young Kazan citizen Dima offers a blowjob to a teenager." This is a social media video. It's called "Gold Member #15". The video was filmed in Kazan. Then again the word to Kuraev.

Shooting - New Year's days of 2013 (fireworks are heard), which means that Dima came from Paris to Kazan for the holidays. Checked on his Facebook. Yes, Dima was in Kazan then. True, in the interval from December 26 until the flight back to Paris, I did not post anything. He must have experienced what happened. Then - monastic vows, ordination, and now he is Hierodeacon German Garmonov - secretary of the Cherepovets diocese, warden of the cathedral.
It is interesting, with what eyes did his Eminent mentors and interlocutors look at Dima, that they did not see the "girl"? Without a hat, Dima's recognizable hairstyle at the 15th minute. And after all, no one would have correlated this Kazan video with the Cherepovets monk - if not for the nonsense of Bishop Flavian, who sent my fellow deacons to be janitors. The noise of their broom turned out to be loud and flew up to me ...

Andrey Kuraev

As you can see, not only we noticed the bishop's passion for being demoted to the janitors. And here's another important point. The future monk offered to give a blowjob to a teenager even before the tonsure. Here is his correspondence with the young man in the social network.
- I'm looking for sex or at least light entertainment.
- I'm 14. A virgin.
- Well, that's good. I can do a blowjob.
- What are we going to do?
- What you want. I can suck, it will be nice. If you want something more, just say.
- It does not hurt?
- It's nice. I assure you.

There is nothing more to know about him. He said everything canonically significant to himself. The only remaining excuse is monastic tonsure, like baptism, they say, washes away past exploits. But did he keep the car he bought 20 days before the tonsure? And he does not look like a giant of the spirit, who can turn himself inside out with an effort of will.
In addition, canon law states that if a boy (that is, a child who is not aware of what is being done to him) is "tried in the thighs" by someone, then this boy will never be able to become a priest. The canon does not make reservations "unless he accepts monasticism."

Andrey Kuraev

From the point of view of the criminal code, a hierodeacon is hardly subject to punishment. But by church standards, he was seriously guilty. While the future priest had to pray and fast, he tried to indulge in sexual pleasures. Or maybe he indulged - with other teenagers, who knows?
Noteworthy are the comments on Andrey Kuraev's story: “The noble Dubrov's robbers didn't even lay a finger on a bisexual. In principle, he even almost built them: he demanded to indicate the biblical verse that bisexuality is a sin; demanded not to idle talk, but to get down to business; stated that sex with boys is his own business, accused the robbers of doing everything wrong; pastorally pointed out the sin to the thieves when they called him ... (an obscene term for a homosexual). So under the feminine guise is quite a tough nut to crack.”
The Cherepovets diocese does not comment. And this is understandable. Not only in the regional center, but throughout the country, such scandals do not happen every year. Let's wait for the decision of the church court.

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From childhood he visited the temples of Saratov. From the age of 13 he sang and read in the kliros.

After graduating from high school in 1992, he entered the Faculty of History of the Saratov State University, where he completed his studies in 1997 with the award of the qualification "Historian, History Teacher".

From September 1994 to August 1996 he was a teacher of the Law of God in grades 10-11 of the Orthodox gymnasium at the Saratov State University.

On April 13, 1997, the Archbishop of Saratov and Volsky Alexander (Timofeev) was ordained to the rank of priest in the Holy Spirit Cathedral, and was appointed a full-time priest of the same cathedral.

Since December 1, 2007 - a full-time clergyman of the Assumption Cathedral of the Sourozh diocese.

In 2009, he took part in organizing the parish of the Diocese of Sourozh in the city of Kingston upon Hull (included in the Diocese of Sourozh by the decision of the Holy Synod of May 31, 2010) and served in the Intercession Stauropegial Church in Manchester.

In 2010, he was appointed chairman of the Department of Religious Education and Youth Work of the Diocese of Sourozh.

On November 16-18, 2010, he took part in the work of the IV All-Church Congress of Diocesan Missionaries of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On April 25, 2011, on Monday of Bright Week, Archbishop Elisey (Ganaba) was elevated to the rank of archpriest.

In mid-2013, he was appointed head of the department for work with the Coordinating Council of Compatriots in the UK.

On November 30, 2013, at the Diocesan Assembly of the Sourozh Diocese, he was introduced to the Diocesan Council of the Sourozh Diocese.

On March 28, 2014, he took part in the organization of the First Youth Forum of the CIS countries in London.

On August 14, 2014, he was admitted to the clergy of the Vologda diocese. On Sunday, August 17, he celebrated the last liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral.

On August 19, 2014, Bishop Ignatius of Vologda and Veliky Ustyug was tonsured a monk with the name Flavian in honor of the saint

Date of Birth: November 17, 1975 The country: Russia Biography:

In 1994-1997 studied at the Saratov Theological Seminary.

From September 1994 to August 1996 - teacher of the "Law of God" in the 10th-11th grades of the Orthodox gymnasium at the Saratov State University.

On December 31, 1995, in the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Saratov, he was ordained a deacon by Archbishop Alexander (Timofeev) of Saratov and Volsky.

On April 13, 1997, in the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Saratov, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Alexander (Timofeev) and appointed as a full-time priest of the same cathedral.

From September 17, 1998 to November 27, 2000 - full-time priest of the Bishops' Cross Church in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "Assuage my sorrows." From September 27, 2000 to May 2, 2001 - full-time cleric of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Saratov. Since May 2, 2001, he has been a full-time cleric of the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Saratov.

In 1997, he entered the sector of distance learning, from which he graduated in 2002 with the award of the degree of Candidate of Theology for his dissertation on the topic “The Genre of Christmas Story in Russian Literature of the 19th Century.”

Since 1997, he has been a lecturer at the Saratov Theological Seminary in the disciplines: "General Church History", "History of the Russian Church", "History of Russia".

In 1999, he was appointed head of the distance learning sector and secretary of the council of the Saratov Theological Seminary. In 2000-2001 - Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Saratov Theological Seminary.

Since 2000 he has been a member of the diocesan council, in 2004 he was appointed chairman of the diocesan commission for the canonization of ascetics of piety. In August 2007 he was enrolled for the staff of the Saratov diocese.

While in Saratov, he regularly wrote articles for the diocesan newspaper. He compiled the text of the service and akathist to St. Innokenty, Bishop of Penza and Saratov, as well as the texts of troparia and prayers to the new martyrs of the Saratov diocese.

In November 2007, the chairman sent to the disposal of the manager.

Since December 1, 2007, he has been a full-time cleric of the Dormition Cathedral in London. In 2009, he took part in organizing the parish in Kingston upon Hull. In 2010, he was appointed co-chairman of the Department of Religious Education and Youth Work of the Diocese of Sourozh, in 2013 - Head of the Department for Work with the Coordinating Council of Compatriots in the UK. Since November 30, 2013 - Member of the Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Sourozh.

In 2011, he was elevated to the rank of archpriest.

On August 19, 2014, in the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery in Vologda, he was tonsured into the mantle with the name Flavian in honor of St. Flavian of Constantinople.

On August 19, 2014, he was appointed dean of the parishes of the Cherepovets district of the Vologda diocese, rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the city of Cherepovets, Vologda region, vice-rector for scientific work of the Vologda Theological School; On August 25, he was appointed chairman of the department of religious education and catechesis of the Vologda diocese.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 23, 2014 () he was elected Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersk.

On October 25, 2014, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite by Bishop Ignatius of Vologda and Kirillov.

Education:

1997 - Saratov State University.

1997 - Saratov Theological Seminary.

2002 — Moscow Theological Academy (in absentia; Candidate of Theology).

Place of work: Bilateral Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Syriac Jacobite Church (Co-Chairman) Diocese: Cherepovets Diocese (Ruling Bishop)

Deacon Andrei Kuraev suspected Cherepovets Hierodeacon German (Dmitry Garmonov) of pedophilia. The well-known theologian wrote about this in his blog in LiveJournal.

As evidence, Kuraev cites a video filmed in Kazan by the so-called pedophile hunters - “pay back the pedophile”. From the video it follows that a group of young people "caught live bait" on the Internet of possible pedophiles. On such a "date", allegedly appointed by a 14-year-old teenager, a certain young man named Dmitry came. On camera, he admits that he is bisexual, but says that "I'm not a pedophile." The video is from January 2013.

“Without a hat, Dima’s recognizable hairstyle at the 15th minute,” writes Andrey Kuraev, referring to Dmitry Garmonov, a minister of the Cherepovets diocese.

It also follows from the publication that the young man graduated from the Kazan Seminary, then studied in France. At the time of shooting, "Dima came from Paris to Kazan for the holidays."

“On June 22, 2015, he buys a Renault for himself (or a bishop for him), on July 12 he takes the monastic vows, immediately he is ordained a deacon, and already on August 15 - “For Divine Liturgy Vladyka Flavian of Hierodeacon Herman (Garmonov) with the right to wear a double orarion” . (…)
By that time, this deacon had been serving as a deacon for a whole month (!) already. According to the regulation on awards of the ROC, "Awarding is made by decree of the diocesan bishop no earlier than five years after the consecration of the recipient." But I got a double orarion after 19 years of service, ”writes Andrey Kuraev.

This post appeared in his LiveJournal on the morning of December 19th. Later, on the official website of the Cherepovets diocese, a Decree was published, from which it follows that Hierodeacon Herman was brought to the Diocesan Court and removed from all positions:

“By this ruling, you, Hierodeacon German (Dmitry Vladimirovich Garmonov), are relieved of all your positions in the Cherepovets diocese and from December 19, 2015, you are prohibited from serving during the consideration of your case by the Diocesan Court.
The ban was imposed on the basis of a report and materials about a church offense dated December 19, 2015, incl. No. 276.
Until the decision of the Diocesan Court, you are imputed to daily fulfill the obedience of a janitor in the Bishops' Metochion of the Resurrection Cathedral in Cherepovets.

The decree was signed by Bishop Flavian of Cherepovets and Belozersk.

As NewsVo was informed in the Cherepovets diocese, this decree is connected with Kuraev's publications. But they declined to comment further.

The diocese will not give any comments on Kuraev's comments, because this is a private opinion. As for the identity of our employee, he will be subject to a church trial. And until the decision of the court, we do not give any comments.