Izvekov Patriarch Pimen was the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church for many nineteen: on June 3, 1971 to May 3, 1990.Despite the fact that since the death of this famous hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church passed a quarter of a century, and to this day some of the pages of his biography remains unknown to the public and cause an increased interest among Orthodox believers.
family patriarch
future parents of the future patriarch was Michael Karpovich Izvekov and Pelagia Afanasevna Izvekova, née Ivanova.His father was born in the village of Kobylin, located near Kaluga in 1867, and most of his life he worked as a mechanic in a factory Morozov acting in the village Glukhovo.As for the mother of Sergei Izvekova, namely, the name carried in the world the future Patriarch Pimen, it being a deeply religious woman, often make pilgrimages to Russian Orthodox monasteries.Boy Sergei was the last of six children in the family, and at the time of his birth remained alive only by his elder sister Maria, and their parents were about 40 years old.
Childhood
Izvekov Sergey was born in 1910 in Kobylin.The child was baptized in the church of the neighboring village of Glukhovo, which is sometimes mistakenly believe homeland patriarch, and his godmother was his sister.As a child, children with my mother often made pilgrimages to holy places, during which elders met with well-known at that time.Becoming a teenager, Sergei began to travel to the monasteries alone or with friends.As stated in his official biography, when future Patriarch of All Russia Pimen went to the famous St. Diveevsky monastery on a pilgrimage, Blessed Mary living there called the master of the youth and demanded to put his shoes to dry separately.
Education
Sergei Izvekov received his secondary education in Belgorod School.Korolenko.He was considered one of the most diligent student, and in the 13 years he was invited to sing in the choir of the Cathedral of the Epiphany of Belgorod, where he was engaged in a vocal professor Alexander Vorontsov.His success in the art of singing and precentor led to the fact that very soon became head of the youth choir and perform ipodiakonskie duties.He painted pictures and wrote poems on religious and secular themes.
Patriarch Pimen: biography after the adoption of vows
At the time of graduation, Sergei Izvekov had the firm intention of becoming a monk.To this end, in 1925 he arrived in the capital, was tonsured in rassophore, named Plato.Then the young man settled in the Sretensky Monastery, where, however, remained very short.After 2 years in the desert of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, owned by Trinity-Sergius Lavra, his tonsured as a monk under the name of Pimen, and in 1930 was ordained a deacon ordained.
Participation in WWII
During the Soviet period the monks called to serve on a common basis.No exception, and Pimen.Patriarch served in the Red Army from 1932 to 1934.Thus, when he was drafted into the ranks of the army in 1941, he already had some military training.Senior lieutenant Izvekov participated in the fighting and was wounded several times.When in 1943, after his concussion to the hospital, the command of the wrongly found him missing.After treatment Izvekov not returned to the front, so he learned the decree, the clergy are exempt from conscription.However, he was arrested as an alleged covers the dignity of the priest, and in January 1945 he was convicted of his detention in a labor camp for 10 years.
The condemned priest brought on stage in Vorkuta-Pechora camp located beyond the Arctic Circle.There's a handy specialty which had Pimen.Patriarch during military service in the army was qualified as a paramedic, and his superiors appointed sanitation.Fortunately, the conclusion of short-lived, and Sergei Izvekova released under an amnesty for war veterans in September 1945.By this time his health was thoroughly undermined, and on his return to the capital he was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the spine.Thus, until the end of winter 1946 monk Pimen was hospitalized.
biography since 1946
After recovery, in March 1946, Patriarch Pimen, biography which has not yet been fully investigated, was appointed to the clergy Murom Annunciation Cathedral, and a year later he was elevated to the rank of abbot.Keep the memories of people from his inner circle, showing the agony he felt, to hold services because he was forced to wear a corset for the spine of the patient.
In 1954, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has decided to declare the Bishop Pimen Balt.Later he also held important positions, including in the Moscow Patriarchate.
biography after the election of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
At the time of the death of Patriarch Alexei First Metropolitan Pimen was the oldest by consecration permanent member of the Synod.Therefore, pursuant to the canons, it was he who took over as locum tenens of the throne of the Patriarch.Since in 1970 celebrated the 100th anniversary of the "leader of the world proletariat", the Soviet authorities banned the local council in Moscow.In this regard, Pimen, Patriarch of Moscow took the post only May 30, 1971.
His ministry as Primate of the RIC has coincided with a difficult period in the life of the Church, as the Soviet state sought to tight control the activities of religious organizations.In this regard, from the priests were required to take great care that did Pimen.Patriarch knew that the only way to avoid persecution.In particular, he left unanswered "Lenten letter" Solzhenitsyn because he believed that the church should not interfere in matters of public life.However, in cases concerning directly RIC firmly expressed its position.
Eventually he managed to strengthen the authority of the Church.For example, the first of the Moscow Patriarchate a speech at the UN in 1982, made it Pimen.Patriarch had to take part in an important event in the life of the RICs - the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus.
Here's a pretty complex was worldly life primate.
Patriarch Pimen: funeral
In recent years, the life of Sergei Mikhailovich Izvekov seriously ill.Death overtook him May 3, 1990 in Moscow residence.Patriarch Pimen was buried after 3 days near the grave of his predecessor, Alexy First, in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Assumption his beloved Trinity-Sergius Lavra.The farewell ceremony was not as grand as in the case of last farewell to Alexy II in 2008, but also different from the funeral of the ROC, who left this world before him during the Soviet era.
In 2010, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth, a monument to Patriarch Pimen in Noginsk.Sculptor sculptures is a member of the Artists Union of Russia V. Innocent Komochkin.For the manufacture of the monument used solid granite slabs and bronze.
