Archbishop Kyrill ( Russian : Архиепископ Кирилл , secular name Boris Mikhailovich Dmitriyev or Dmitrieff , Russian : Борис Михайлович Дмитриев ; born 24 November 1954), is the ruling bishop of the Western American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).
6-761: Kyrill may refer to: Kyrill (Dmitrieff) (born 1954), ruling bishop of the Western American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Kyrill (Yonchev) (1945–2007), archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America Kyrill (storm) , a European windstorm in January 2007 See also [ edit ] Kyril Kirill (disambiguation) Kiril Topics referred to by
12-532: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kyrill (Dmitrieff) He was born on November 24, 1954, in San Francisco, California , to ethnic Russian immigrant parents. At the age of 18, he was tonsured reader by Archbishop Anthony (Medvedev) . In 1976 he graduated from University with a degree in theology. He then attended Saint Vladimir's Seminary , where he received his master's degree. In 1981 he
18-509: The Joy of all Who Sorrow Cathedral in San Francisco and was elevated to the rank of hegumen . June 7, 1992, he was consecrated bishop of Seattle, Vicar of the Western American Diocese. After the repose of Archbishop Anthony in 2000, he was appointed ruling hierarch of the Western American Diocese. In December 2003 he was elevated to the rank of archbishop . In May 2004 he participated in
24-649: The first official delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to Russia, which opened the process of reconciliation with the Moscow Patriarchate . On May 19, 2006, by the decision of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, in connection with the retirement of Bishop Ambrose (Cantacuzène) , he was appointed a member of the Commission for Negotiations with
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36-704: Was tonsured a monk and ordained a hierodeacon and then a hieromonk by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) . The same year he was appointed to the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem as a teacher of Russian and English at the Bethany School. In 1982 he was transferred to the Western American diocese . In 1987, he was appointed rector of the Ss Cyrill and Methodius Russian Church school at
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