Viktorin Belyayev
Viktorin Beljajew (actually Vladimir Wassiljewitsch Beljajew ; born June 4, 1903 in Bloschniki ; † March 16, 1990 ) was the Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna and Austria .
Career
Viktorin Belyayev was born in the village Bloschniki in today's Vitebskaya Woblasz . After graduating from the Spiritual Seminary in Vilnius in 1924, he was ordained a priest on April 29, 1928 by the Archbishop of Vilnius Feodosi . He worked in the municipalities of Vilnius , in the village of Olekschitsy, Grodno region , in Grodno , in Tula , in Aleksino and in Ivanovo . He graduated from the Theological Faculty of Warsaw University in 1931 and graduated from the Spiritual Academy in Moscow in 1962 with the title of candidate in theology .
After receiving the monk ordination (with the name Viktorin) on June 1, 1973 and the elevation to Archimandrite , the episcopal ordination took place on June 3, 1973 in the Epiphany Cathedral by the Patriarch Pimen I with the participation of the Metropolitans of Leningrad and Novgorod Nikodim , from Kiev and Galic Filaret , from Krutitsy and Kolomna Serafim , from Tula and Belyov Juwenali , from Kherson and Odessa Sergiy , from Lemberg and Ternopil Nikolaj , the archbishops of Kharkiv and Bohoduchiw Nikodim , from Simferopol and the Crimea Leonti , from Volokolamsk Pitirim and the Bishops of Penza and Saransk Melchizedek , of Dmitrov Volodymyr , of Kalinin and Kašinsk Germogen , of Voronezh and Lipetsk Plato , of Podolsk Serapion and of Saraisk Chrisostom .
He initially worked as Bishop of Perm and Solikamsk until he became Bishop of Vienna and Austria on September 3, 1974. Before his appointment as diocesan bishop of Tula and Belyov on June 11, 1977, he was Bishop of Alexin , the vicar bishop of the diocese of Tula and Belyow. From April 10, 1978 he was bishop of Vilnius and Lithuania and was raised to archbishop on September 9, 1982 .
Awards
- Order of St. Sergius von Radonezh , 2nd class (1983)
- Order of St. Apostle-like Grand Duke Vladimir, 1st class (1988)
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| SURNAME | Belyayev, Viktorin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beljajew, Vladimir Wassiljewitsch; Beljaev, Viktorin (English spelling); Беляев, Владимир Васильевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian Orthodox Bishop of Vienna and Austria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bloschniki |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1990 |