Vladyka of Pereslavl. Theodore, Metropolitan of Volgograd and Kamyshin (Cazanov Nikolai Lvovich)

Date of Birth:

August 3, 1977

Ordination date:

June 3, 2018

Date of tonsure:

March 16, 2010

Name date:

January 5 and February 5, St. Theoktistus, Archbishop of Novgorod.

Biography:

Born on August 3, 1977 in Kharkov.

In 1994 he graduated from secondary school No. 4 in Votkinsk (Udmurt Republic).

In 1994-1999 Studied at Izhevsk State Technical University. In 1999, he defended his diploma in the specialty “Device and methods of medical diagnostics” on the topic “Study of radiation patterns of real piezoelectric transducers in a pulsed operating mode.” In 1999-2002 studied in graduate school at the same university with a specialty in “Thermal, electric rocket engines and power plants of aircraft”, at the same time (since the fall of 2001) he was obedient to the temple attendant and altar boy in the Cathedral of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in Izhevsk, worked software engineer at the Voskhod scientific and technical center and at the Gorsvet enterprise.

On June 2, 2002, in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Izhevsk, Archbishop Nikolai of Izhevsk and Udmurtia ordained him to the rank of deacon. He carried the obedience of the cleric of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, and also accompanied the ruling bishop on trips around the diocese. He was appointed responsible for preparation for ordination and the liturgical practice of newly ordained clergy. Released from obedience as a cleric of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on August 22, 2007 in connection with the transition to full-time study at the Moscow Theological Seminary.

On April 6, 2008, the rector of the Moscow Theological Academy, Archbishop Eugene of Vereisky, ordained him to the rank of presbyter. On March 16, 2010, he was tonsured a monk by the same bishop.

He graduated from the seminary in June 2010, having defended his thesis on the topic “Combattimento spiritual” by Lorenzo Scupoli, “Ό Ἀόρατος Πόλεμος” by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain and its translation of St. Feofan the Recluse: a comparative analysis." In June 2012, he graduated from the master's program at the Moscow Theological Academy, defending his master's thesis on the topic “The doctrine of theology in the books of the prophets Hosea and Ezekiel.”

In 2012-2016 studied at the graduate school of the Moscow Theological Academy.

In 2007-2008 served as the literary editor of the MDA student magazine “Vstrecha”, in 2008-2011. - editor-in-chief of the same magazine.

From September 2009 to December 2010 - freelance priest of the Donskoy Stavropegic Monastery in Moscow.

In 2012-2014 served in the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky at military unit No. 68010.

In 2012 and 2013 during the Easter and Christmas period, with the blessing of Archbishop Eugene of Vereisk and Archbishop Mark of Yegorievsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Office for Foreign Institutions, he served in Russian parishes in Denmark. In the summer of 2013, he took care of the Russian children’s camp “Matryoshka” in Leysanne (Switzerland).

From May to December 2014 he served in the church of St. Joseph Volotsky at the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

From December 29, 2014 to June 14, 2018 - rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Mitino, Moscow.

On October 1, 2013, he was appointed acting. head of the secretariat of research projects and special programs of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, from March 20, 2014 - assistant to the chairman of the Publishing Council, June 9, 2014 appointed to the position of acting Deputy Chairman of the Publishing Council, since April 25, 2016 - Deputy Chairman of the Publishing Council. He was a member of the reviewing and expert assessment board of the Publishing Council, and headed the Publishing Council commission for monitoring the distribution of printed, video and audio products in the territory of the diocese of Moscow.

Since September 2015, he has been the author and presenter of the “Gospel of the Day” and “Readings for Lent” programs on radio “Vera”.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 14, 2018 (magazine No. 22), he was elected Bishop of Gorodishchensky, vicar of the Volgograd diocese.

On May 15, 2018, in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, the manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius, was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

On October 14, 2018, on the Feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Transfiguration Cathedral in Uglich, led by Bishop Theodore of Pereslavl and Uglich.

At the end of the Liturgy, the

“Today the Virgin stands in the Church, and from the faces of the saints she invisibly prays to God for us: the angels and the bishops bow down, the apostles and the prophets rejoice: for for our sake the Mother of God prays to the Eternal God.”

The miraculous appearance of the Mother of God occurred in the middle of the 10th century in Constantinople, in the Blachernae Church, where the robe of the Mother of God, Her head covering (maforium) and part of the belt, transferred from Palestine in the 5th century, were kept. On Sunday, October 1, during the all-night vigil, when the church was overflowing with worshipers, Saint Andrew, the Fool for Christ's sake (October 2), at four o'clock in the morning, raising his eyes to heaven, saw our Most Holy Lady Theotokos walking through the air, illuminated heavenly light and surrounded by Angels and a host of saints. The Holy Baptist of the Lord John and the Holy Apostle John the Theologian accompanied the Queen of Heaven. Kneeling, the Blessed Virgin began to pray with tears for Christians and remained in prayer for a long time, then, approaching the Throne, she continued Her prayer, having finished which, She took off the veil from Her head and spread it over the people praying in the temple, protecting them from enemies visible and invisible. The Most Holy Lady shone with heavenly glory, and the cover in Her hands shone “more than the rays of the sun.” Saint Andrew contemplated the wondrous vision with trepidation and asked his disciple, Blessed Epiphanius, who was standing next to him: “Do you see, brother, the Queen and Lady praying for the whole world?” Epiphanius replied: “I see, holy father, and I am horrified.” The Most Blessed Mother of God asked the Lord Jesus Christ to accept the prayers of all people calling on His Most Holy Name and resorting to Her intercession. “O Heavenly King,” the All-Immaculate Queen standing with the Angels said in prayer in the air, “receive every person who prays to You and calls on My Name for help, so that he may not depart from My Face empty-handed and unheard.” Saints Andrew and Epiphanius, honored to contemplate the praying Mother of God, “looked for a long time at the veil spread over the people and at the glory of the Lord shining like lightning; as long as the Most Holy Theotokos was there, apparently there was a veil; after Her departure, it also became invisible, but, taking it with Her, She left the grace that was there.” In the Blachernae Church the memory of the wondrous appearance of the Mother of God has been preserved. In the 14th century, the Russian pilgrim clerk Alexander saw in the church an icon of the Most Holy Theotokos praying for peace, painted as Saint Andrew contemplated Her. But the Greek Church does not know this holiday.

The Russian Prologue of the 12th century contains a record of the establishment of a special holiday in honor of this event: “Behold, when I heard, I thought; what a terrible and merciful vision, and more than our hope and intercession, that there should be without celebration... we wished that Thy Holy Protection, the Most Blessed, would not remain without celebration.” In the festive service of the Intercession of the Mother of God, the Russian Church sings: “With the rank of the Angel, Lady, with the honest and glorious prophets, with the supreme apostles and with the holy martyrs and with the bishops, pray to God for us sinners, the feast of Your Intercession in the Russian land is glorified.” It should be added that Saint Andrew, who contemplated the wondrous vision, was a Slav, who in his youth was captured and sold into slavery in Constantinople to the local resident Theognostus. In Russia, churches in honor of the Intercession of the Mother of God appeared in the 12th century. World-famous for its architectural merits, the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl was built in 1165 by Saint Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky. Through the concerns of this holy prince, the Feast of the Intercession of the Mother of God was established in the Russian Church around 1164. In Novgorod in the 12th century there was a monastery of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the so-called Zvorinsky monastery); In Moscow, Tsar Ivan the Terrible built the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God near the Church of the Holy Trinity (known as St. Basil's Cathedral).

On the Feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, we ask the Queen of Heaven for protection and help: “Remember us in Your prayers, Lady Virgin Mary, may we not perish for the multiplication of our sins, protect us from all evil and cruel misfortunes; We trust in You and, honoring the holiday of Your Protection, we magnify You.”

On December 26, 2015, at the end of the all-night vigil in the Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, in the Throne Hall of the cathedral church, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' led the rite of naming Archimandrite Theodore (Casanova), a cleric of the Yaroslavl diocese, as Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich. At the naming, Archimandrite Theodore addressed the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the hierarchs who served His Holiness with a protege.

Your Holiness, Most Holy Lord and Father! All-honorable archpastors!

On this sacred and great day for me, I stand before you as before the face of God with fear and trembling. Divine providence elects me to the sacred service of the holy Mother Church with the rank of bishop. This is a terrible and responsible service. But remembering that “from the Lord a man’s feet are made straight” (Ps. 36:23), I believe that Christ the Savior will not only not give me a cross beyond my strength, but He Himself will help me to apply labor to labor, to be ready to “lay down my soul.” for the sheep” (see John 10:11).

Looking at the past years of my life, I remember with gratitude the abundant and rich mercies that the all-generous Lord poured out on me. I would like to express my gratitude to teachers and mentors, both spiritual and secular. A special place in my life is occupied by Archbishop Micah (Kharkharov), from whose hands I received monastic tonsure and the grace of the priesthood. The Lord vouchsafed me to be his cell attendant and personal secretary in the last years of his life. Bishop Micah taught me his instructions both in word and deed: from his actions I learned how to “humble yourself under the mighty hand of God” (see 1 Pet. 5:6), how to love your neighbor and be forgiving of his weaknesses, as necessary work and pray. Remembering the bright image of my spiritual father, I can only quote the words of St. Macarius the Great: “I am not a monk, but I have seen monks” (Memorable tales about the asceticism of the holy and blessed fathers).

I cannot help but express words of sincere appreciation and gratitude to His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Yaroslavl and Rostov, whose life example taught me to care for the flock of Christ and see the needs of every person, to care for the glory of God and the well-being of the Holy Church, to be everything for everyone, “to save at least least some" (1 Cor. 9:22).

Being a bishop has never been easy. The modern world challenges the Church and all humanity, confusing the concepts of good and evil. The bishop, more than anyone else, must pay unflagging attention to what is entrusted to him. I have to guard the purity of faith and preserve the unity of the Church, protect it from disorder and false teachings, testifying about the Savior to those who have not yet found Him. I must take care of the construction of new and restoration of destroyed churches, and return the shrines taken from the Church during the years of persecution. I realize that in my activities I should establish interaction with secular authorities, actively involve young people in the mission of the Church, develop social work and educational activities.

Now I prayerfully turn to the help of the host of saints of the land of Yaroslavl, so that at the archpastoral service ahead of me, the grace of Christ “will not be in vain in me” (1 Cor. 15:10). I entrust myself entirely into the hands of Providence, so that God’s good and perfect will may be done to me.

Most Holy Lord and gracious father! Venerable archpastors! Filially, I ask you to pray for me, a sinner, so that our Lord Jesus Christ will strengthen and instruct me “the right to rule the word of His Truth.”

The clergy and believers of the Pereslavl land are joyful from such news and such words, directed to our souls - this is the return of the centuries-old dignity of the Pereslavl Diocese, mentioned already in the eleventh century. This dignity was lost in the twenties of the last century due to the insane violence of godless revolutionaries who destroyed the Church of Christ.

A witness to this was the Hieromartyr Eugene (Elkhovsky), who served in our parish of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, who left in his warm lines about how the Hieromartyr Bishop Damian (Resurrection) was appointed to the Pereslavl See.

... Only since the famine of 1918 has the episcopal see been restored here, abolished more than a hundred years ago. Thanks be to God! Pereslavl was very happy with the appointment of Bishop Damian here.

For his friendly look, truthful, kind and fearless soul, courtesy, accessibility and affection, ability to serve and preach the word - and he was representative in his camp - he was soon loved here. But he was not lucky enough to live here. The first time he was arrested and put in Vladimir prison for more than a year, allegedly suspected of politics, based on sermons delivered in church. Touching pictures of stories came from Vladimir at that time, how he was often accompanied along the city streets in prison guards by Red Army soldiers under rifles. Another time he was exiled for two years to the city of Tejen in Turkestan, thanks to pressure from the “living church.” In total, he was listed as Bishop of Pereslavl for nine years. Now, at the beginning of summer, unfortunately for the Pereslavl people, he was recalled to a new place of service in the city of Poltava in the rank of archbishop. His farewell was very sensitive: many cried at farewell to him and at the speeches of the clergy; He also cried a lot when he left. Among the first, as a colleague at the cathedral, I then had to say a farewell word to him, before the prayer service, at his last Liturgy. The temple was full of worshipers; Almost all the clergy came, as never before. And since very many people liked this word of mine at that time (dozens of listeners later came up to me and thanked me for the truth expressed in it) and since it, thus, is, as it were, an exponent of the mood of many, I am placing it here in full. So, I start transmitting it:

“Your Eminence, Your Eminence Vladyka, our dearly beloved archpastor!

Expressing our inspiring feelings of joy and wishes regarding your elevation in the archpastoral service, may the Lord God give you the strength of mental and physical strength to serve for many more years for the good and glory of the Holy Church, we at the same time cannot help but express our other the feeling that controls us at a given time. This feeling of sadness and sorrow that you are leaving us, that now you have to say the last word “forgive”, so that you and I can part ways in peace with each other for the rest of our lives... Master! It's hard for us to put up with this!

Look, our dear father, a lot of us have gathered, both the pastors of the church and our flock! What prompted us? Our love for you!

I remember the first years of your entry into the local Pereslavl department. Then I was not yet your colleague here at the cathedral. But then God brought me to have frequent communication with you, when, remember, many parishes and entire streets, almost the entire city, invited you to serve in churches and when the parishioners of those churches took holy icons to their homes, I remember, from the cathedral, from the monasteries, from us - from Nikola, from Prince Andrei, and from other churches in which you served that day. That’s when, Vladyka, the love of the people of Pereslavl for you began! When you lived with us, it grew in us: now the Pereslavl residents see you off with great regret, with tears...

They say that love begets love. This happened to us too. During all these years of being with us, how many will say, I ask, that he was humiliated, offended or punished by you? With your friendly words, responsiveness of soul, accessibility and closeness to us, over the years, living among us, you have attracted and increased the number of the believing flock - your admirers.

Through your diligent service and almost every time, with a simple and understandable word of edification for everyone in this holy temple and wherever you had to serve, you were able to once again warm up both love and zeal for God’s temple in the hearts of many that had cooled during these years. I most of all consider the large gathering of believers in the temple of God, here, at least in the cathedral, to be the fruit of your labors and pastoral instructions.

Yes, our dear archpastor and loving father, justice demands that I tell you that it was not for nothing that your life passed among us. By your example of steadfastness in the faith, by your firm confession of the One Holy and Apostolic Church and, finally, by your suffering that befell you, you strengthened many weak, wavering in spirit, and with your kind and loving heart you brought the hearts of many closer to yourself.

At any time, it happened that we went to you, as to our own father, without fear, easily and freely, and each of us met you with a warm welcome and lively participation. With your affection and kindness you did not spare even small children... There is one, well-known, expensive painting depicting the Savior’s blessing of children - it is often depicted on the walls of churches. And this picture often came to my mind when I served with you, when I saw how almost the same children surrounded you on all sides in the altar. They would not come to you with such joy, affection, with such a childishly open soul, if they did not feel and see in your heart the warmth, affection, and kindness that warms the soul. And this is how you lived with all of us all the time in peace, love and harmony. And I think that I will not be wrong if I say that you could not do conscious harm to anyone: it could not coexist in your kind heart, just as clear and muddy water cannot flow from the same source.

Please accept, our dear archpastor and good father, the sincere assurance that we all send you away from us with love and uncontrollable sorrow. Know that your life, your service was fruitful for us! You do not leave a dark trace between us and a reproach to your memory. With you, no one felt cramped and with your transition it will not become more spacious and freer, as is often the case. All of us, believers, feel loss and deprivation in you, as in our kind, loving father and archpastor.

And now the last word, Master: forgive us for what we sinned against you and, perhaps, when we insulted you. There, far away, on a side alien to us, do not forget us in your holy prayers before God...

Forgive and bless forever the faithful Pereslavl flock who loves you and is devoted to you!”

I’ll also add to my story about Bishop Damian, which I just remembered.

He was arrested for the third time, being listed as the Bishop of Pereslavl, but only under house arrest, which he had in Moscow for six months. This time he was escorted out of the city of Alexandrov, where he temporarily moved to live for the convenience of managing the entire Vladimir diocese, which was entrusted to him. Instead of exile somewhere far away, at his request, he was allowed (in honorable exile) to live in Moscow, without the right to travel anywhere to the Vladimir province. And before he left Pereslavl for Alexandrov, I want to tell you what else was connected with the name of Bishop Damian.

At one time, five or six people, cathedral choristers, got drunk. The money in their pockets has long been drunk, but the intoxication in their foggy heads is still fermenting. "Guys! Let’s go to the bishop to ask for money for vodka,” one suggests. “Let’s go, let’s go, of course!” - they answer him. And now they enter the enclosure of the cathedral, where Damian lived in the gatehouse. They see the bishop sitting near the apartment, walking. With honor, the revelers came up for the blessing and sat down next to him, first addressing him as “You.” In response to the request of drunken visitors, the bishop gave them two rubles for vodka. One of them immediately ran to buy it, and the rest sat freely and chatted with the bishop about all sorts of things. Here they have already become close to each other. And they tell him this: “That’s what you are, bishop! Don't leave us for Alexandrov. You don't feel bad with us, you won't find anything better anywhere. It’s so good here, but life there will be worse.” At this time a man came running with vodka. “Here you are, bishop, sit here for now, and we’ll drink to your health over there behind the church by the wall; Then we’ll sing you songs, and you listen to us!”

And after this they drank and sang. The bishop at this time continued to sit in his place and listened...

As we see from these lines, a truly heavy cross is placed on the ruling bishop if he faithfully observes this field. Let us commemorate with warmth the Most Reverend Vladyka Theodore, Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich, at every Divine service and deep prayer, entrusting our souls to his care.

Through the prayers of the Holy Martyrs Fathers Damian and Eugene, Lord, help us all to be faithful flocks of Christ

Bishop Theodore(in the world Nikolai Lvovich Kazanov; July 10, Yaroslavl, Russia) - bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich.

Biography

Born on July 10, 1973 in the city of Yaroslavl in a family of employees.

In 1988, he graduated from 8 classes of secondary educational school No. 33 in Yaroslavl and entered the Yaroslavl Technical School of Railway Transport with a degree in Automation - Telemechanics.

In 1992, after graduating from technical school, he entered the Yaroslavl Polytechnic Institute, which in 1996 was transformed into the Yaroslavl State Technical University. In 1997 he graduated from Yaroslavl State Technical University with a degree in Automobiles and Automotive Industry.

On June 30, 2000, in the house church of the diocesan administration in the name of Innocent of Moscow, Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov Mikhei (Kharkharov) was tonsured into a mantle with the name Theodore in honor of the Most Rev. Theodore of Smolensk.

On July 2, 2000, in the Kazan convent of Yaroslavl, Archbishop Mikhei (Kharkharov) of Yaroslavl ordained him to the rank of hierodeacon, on July 16, in the Kazan convent of Yaroslavl, to the rank of hieromonk, after which he served in the parishes and monasteries of the Yaroslavl diocese.

From 2002 - personal secretary and cell attendant of Archbishop Micah of Yaroslavl until his death in 2005.

In 2006-2010 he studied at the correspondence sector of the Moscow Theological Seminary.

In the fall of 2006, he was appointed acting vicar of the Adrianov Assumption Monastery. He served in this position until March 2007.

On March 16, 2007, on the occasion of Holy Easter, he was elevated to the rank of abbot.

On October 23, 2007, he was appointed chairman of the department for interaction with medical institutions of the Yaroslavl diocese.

On October 22, 2010, he was appointed without dismissal from his positions. O. vicar of the newly opened Kirillo-Afanasievsky monastery in Yaroslavl.

On December 14, 2010, the department headed by Abbot Theodore was entrusted with social work and charity, and therefore received the name: “Department for Charity, Social Service and Interaction with Medical Institutions.”

On December 24 of the same year, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed to the position of abbot of the Kirillo-Athanasievsky Monastery in Yaroslavl.

On May 28, 2011, without dismissal from his positions, he was appointed rector of the Iliinsky Church in Yaroslavl, and on July 26 - rector of the bishop's courtyard of the Church of Lazarus the Four-Day in Yaroslavl.

On October 22, 2011, in accordance with the petition, he was released from the post of dean of the parishes of the Nekrasovsky district.

On May 5, 2012, without dismissal from his positions, he was appointed rector of the hospital church of Blessed Matrona of Moscow at Clinical Hospital No. 5 in the city of Yaroslavl.

In 2014, he entered the correspondence education sector of the Moscow Theological Academy and the theological faculty of Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University. K. D. Ushinsky for distance learning.

Bishopric

On December 24, 2015, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was elected for ordination as Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich.

On December 25 of the same year, in the Church of All Saints, in the Russian Land, the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in the Danilov Monastery, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius (Sudakov) was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

On December 26, 2015, in the Throne Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, Archimandrite Theodore was named Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich.

On December 27, 2015, the consecration of Archimandrite Theodore as Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich took place, which was performed by: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius (Sudakov), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl and Rostov Panteleimon (Dolganov), Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Cyrus illus ( Nakonechny), Bishop of Dmitrov Theophylact (Moiseev), Bishop of Rybinsk and Danilovsky Veniamin (Likhomanov), Bishop of Resurrection Savva (Mikheev).

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Excerpt characterizing Theodore (Casanova)

On August 31, Saturday, in the Rostov house everything seemed to be turned upside down. All the doors were opened, all the furniture was taken out or rearranged, mirrors, paintings were removed. There were chests in the rooms, hay, wrapping paper and ropes lying around. The men and servants carrying out things walked with heavy steps along the parquet floor. Men's carts were crowded in the yard, some already topped and hitched, some still empty.
The voices and footsteps of the huge servants and the men who arrived with carts sounded, calling to each other, in the yard and in the house. The Count went somewhere in the morning. The Countess, who had a headache from the bustle and noise, lay in the new sofa with vinegar bandages on her head. Petya was not at home (he went to see a comrade with whom he intended to transfer from the militia to the active army). Sonya was present in the hall during the installation of crystal and porcelain. Natasha was sitting in her ruined room on the floor, between scattered dresses, ribbons, scarves, and, motionless looking at the floor, holding in her hands an old ball gown, the same (already old in fashion) dress that she wore for the first time at the St. Petersburg ball.
Natasha was ashamed to do nothing in the house, while everyone was so busy, and several times in the morning she tried to get down to business; but her soul was not inclined to this matter; but she could not and did not know how to do anything not with all her heart, not with all her strength. She stood over Sonya while laying out the china, wanted to help, but immediately gave up and went to her room to pack her things. At first she was amused by the fact that she was distributing her dresses and ribbons to the maids, but then, when the rest still had to be put to bed, she found it boring.
- Dunyasha, will you put me to bed, my dear? Yes? Yes?
And when Dunyasha willingly promised to do everything for her, Natasha sat down on the floor, took the old ball gown in her hands and thought not at all about what should occupy her now. Natasha was brought out of her reverie by the talk of the girls in the neighboring maid's room and the sounds of their hasty steps from the maid's room to the back porch. Natasha stood up and looked out the window. A huge train of wounded stopped in the street.
Girls, footmen, housekeeper, nanny, cook, coachmen, postilions, kitchen boys stood at the gate, looking at the wounded.
Natasha, throwing a white handkerchief over her hair and holding the ends with both hands, went out into the street.
The former housekeeper, the old woman Mavra Kuzminishna, separated herself from the crowd standing at the gate, and, going up to a cart on which there was a matting wagon, talked to a young pale officer lying in this cart. Natasha moved a few steps and timidly stopped, continuing to hold her handkerchief and listening to what the housekeeper was saying.
- Well, then you don’t have anyone in Moscow? – said Mavra Kuzminishna. - You would be more comfortable somewhere in the apartment... If only you could come to us. The gentlemen are leaving.
“I don’t know if they’ll allow it,” the officer said in a weak voice. “There’s the chief... ask,” and he pointed to the fat major, who was walking back down the street along a row of carts.
Natasha looked into the face of the wounded officer with frightened eyes and immediately went to meet the major.
– Can the wounded stay in our house? – she asked.
The major put his hand to the visor with a smile.
- Whom do you want, mamzel? He said, narrowing his eyes and smiling.
Natasha calmly repeated her question, and her face and whole manner, despite the fact that she continued to hold her handkerchief by the ends, were so serious that the major stopped smiling and, at first thinking, as if asking himself to what extent this was possible, answered her in the affirmative.
“Oh, yes, why, it’s possible,” he said.
Natasha slightly bowed her head and quickly walked back to Mavra Kuzminishna, who was standing over the officer and talking to him with pitiful sympathy.
- It’s possible, he said, it’s possible! – Natasha said in a whisper.
An officer in a wagon turned into the Rostovs' yard, and dozens of carts with the wounded began, at the invitation of city residents, to turn into the courtyards and drive up to the entrances of the houses on Povarskaya Street. Natasha apparently benefited from these relationships with new people, outside the usual conditions of life. She, together with Mavra Kuzminishna, tried to bring as many wounded as possible into her yard.
“We still need to report to dad,” said Mavra Kuzminishna.
- Nothing, nothing, doesn’t it matter! For one day we will move to the living room. We can give them all our half.
- Well, you, young lady, will come up with it! Yes, even to the outbuilding, to the bachelor, to the nanny, and then you need to ask.
- Well, I'll ask.
Natasha ran into the house and tiptoed through the half-open door of the sofa, from which there was a smell of vinegar and Hoffmann's drops.
-Are you sleeping, mom?
- Oh, what a dream! - said the countess, who had just dozed off, waking up.
“Mom, darling,” said Natasha, kneeling in front of her mother and putting her face close to hers. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I never will, I woke you up.” Mavra Kuzminishna sent me, they brought the wounded here, officers, if you please? And they have nowhere to go; I know that you will allow...” she said quickly, without taking a breath.
- Which officers? Who did they bring? “I don’t understand anything,” said the Countess.
Natasha laughed, the Countess also smiled faintly.
– I knew that you would allow... so I’ll say so. - And Natasha, kissing her mother, got up and went to the door.
In the hall she met her father, who had returned home with bad news.
- We've finished it! – the count said with involuntary annoyance. – And the club is closed, and the police come out.
- Dad, is it okay that I invited the wounded into the house? – Natasha told him.
“Of course, nothing,” the count said absently. “That’s not the point, but now I ask you not to worry about trifles, but to help pack and go, go, go tomorrow...” And the count conveyed the same order to the butler and the people. During dinner, Petya returned and told him his news.
He said that today the people were dismantling weapons in the Kremlin, that although Rostopchin’s poster said that he would shout the cry in two days, but that an order had probably been made that tomorrow all the people would go to the Three Mountains with weapons, and what was there there will be a big battle.
The countess looked with timid horror at the cheerful, heated face of her son while he said this. She knew that if she said the word that she was asking Petya not to go to this battle (she knew that he was rejoicing at this upcoming battle), then he would say something about men, about honor, about the fatherland - something like that senseless, masculine, stubborn, which cannot be objected to, and the matter will be ruined, and therefore, hoping to arrange it so that she could leave before that and take Petya with her as a protector and patron, she did not say anything to Petya, and after dinner she called the count and with tears she begged him to take her away as soon as possible, that same night, if possible. With a feminine, involuntary cunning of love, she, who had hitherto shown complete fearlessness, said that she would die of fear if they did not leave that night. She, without pretending, was now afraid of everything.

THEODOR (in the world Nikolai Lvovich Kazanov) - Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich from December 2015 to December 2018.

Born on July 10, 1973 in Yaroslavl in a family of employees. Baptized in adolescence. In 1988, he graduated from 8 classes of secondary educational school No. 33 in Yaroslavl and entered the Yaroslavl Technical School of Railway Transport. In 1997 he graduated from Yaroslavl State Technical University.

In 1998-2000 Studied at the Yaroslavl Theological School. On June 30, 2000, Archbishop Mikhei (Kharkharov) of Yaroslavl and Rostov tonsured him into a mantle with the name Theodore in honor of St. Theodore of Smolensk, Yaroslavl miracle worker. On July 2, 2000, Archbishop Micah of Yaroslavl ordained him to the rank of deacon.

From 2002, personal secretary and cell attendant of Archbishop Micah of Yaroslavl until his death in 2005.

In 2007 he was elevated to the rank of abbot.

On October 22, 2010, he was appointed acting without dismissal. vicar of the newly opened Kirillo-Afanasievsky monastery in Yaroslavl. On December 24, 2010, he was appointed to the position of abbot of the Kirillo-Athanasievsky Monastery in Yaroslavl.

In 2014 he entered the Moscow Theological Academy.

The first abbot of the revived Cyril Athanasievsky Monastery. Under his leadership, a lot of work was carried out on the arrangement and restoration of the newly opened monastery, the restoration of worship in the Afanasievsky and Spaso-Proboinsky churches, and the improvement of the territory. The celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands in 2012 and the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Yaroslavl Athanasievsky Monastery in 2015 were solemnly celebrated.

On December 24, 2015, he was elected Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich. On December 25, 2015, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. He was ordained bishop on December 26, 2015. He was consecrated on December 27 at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Yasenevo, Moscow.

On December 28, 2018, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Bishop of Volgograd and Kamyshin, head of the Volgograd Metropolis.

On January 3, 2019, Bishop Theodore (Cazanov) was elevated to the rank of metropolitan. The rite of erection during the divine liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin was performed by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.