Bishop Panteleimon (shatov) on the creation of a Christian family.

Shatov Arkady Viktorovich.

Date of birth: September 18, 1950 Date of consecration: April 15, 1979 Date of tonsure: July 17, 2010 Angel Day: August 9 Country: Russia Biography:

In 1977 he entered the Moscow Theological Seminary and was immediately accepted into the second grade.

On August 26, 1978, Archbishop Vladimir (now Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine) ordained him to the rank of deacon. He switched to the correspondence department of the MDS and was sent first to parish service in Moscow, and then to the Moscow region to the church of the village. Nikolo-Arkhangelskoe.

On April 15, 1979, on the feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna was ordained a presbyter and appointed rector of the Trinity Church in the village. Golochelovo, Moscow region. Transferred in 1984 as the second priest to the Tikhvin Church in Stupino, and in 1987 to the Smolensk Church in the village. Grebnevo.

In November 1990, he was appointed rector of the Church of the Holy Blessed Tsarevich Demetrius at the 1st City Hospital. The St. Demetrius Sisterhood was created at the temple.

In 1992, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', the St. Demetrius School of Sisters of Mercy was opened (founders: the Moscow government and the St. Demetrius Sisterhood), Fr. Arkady.

In 2002, he was appointed chairman of the Commission for Church Social Activities of the Diocesan Council of Moscow. Since 2005, he has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 5, 2010, he was appointed chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 31, 2010 (magazine No. 41), he was elected vicar of the Moscow diocese with the title “Orekhovo-Zuevsky”.

On July 17, 2010, in the house church of the Patriarchal Chambers of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, consecrated in the name of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill was tonsured into the minor schema and named Panteleimon in honor of the holy great martyr and healer.

He was consecrated bishop on August 20, 2010 in the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Monastery. Consecrated on August 21 at the Divine Liturgy in the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Solovetsky Monastery. The services were led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.

From December 2010 to 2011, he cared for parish churches in the North-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow (Trinity Deanery).

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 22, 2011 (magazine No. 14), he was appointed to the Smolensk See while retaining the position of chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27-28, 2011 (journal No. 161), he was included in the Patriarchal Council for Family Issues and Protection of Motherhood (since March 2012 - the Patriarchal Commission).

By the resolution of the Holy Synod of March 12, 2013 (magazine No. 23), he was appointed by His Eminence Orekhovo-Zuevsky, vicar of the Moscow diocese, with release from the administration of the Smolensk diocese.

By order of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill dated March 16, 2013, he was appointed manager of the Eastern Vicariate of Moscow.

Widower, has four married daughters, 19 grandchildren.

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How should a Christian deal with difficulties, how not to forget about others, when he himself has problem after problem? Memorized formulas stop working when deprivation affects you directly.
We asked the head of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry, Bishop Panteleimon (Shatov), ​​to comment on the situation emerging due to economic turmoil and advise how a Christian should perceive what is happening and how not to forget about mercy.

Vladyka, how does the growing economic crisis affect the people you know, your employees, parishioners, acquaintances? What worries people, how do they react to what is happening, and what do you advise them?
- There are people who, when difficulties arise, begin to be afraid, worry, and ask what to do. Some of our benefactors have now greatly reduced their donations. The employees are worried and worried, because if this continues, we will have to close some of our projects. For example, we are already thinking about abandoning the opening of an orphanage for disabled children, although we have been preparing for this event for a long time. We are thinking about what else we will have to cut. Even money for salaries may run out in February. There's a lot to worry about.

But there are people who rejoice in the crisis and say: “Now real life begins!” A heroic life, which will require new decisions from us, will require us to reconsider all our projects, think about where we can save on something, recycle something, where else to look for money for what already exists. Such people say: the time has come when you need to think not only about yourself.
And they are happy! You can hear from them that crises are useful, because if they did not exist, we would very quickly turn into philistines, prosperous, accustomed to comfort, attached to the blessings of this world. And difficult times help us understand that life is temporary and there is no need to become attached to anything earthly. You need to become attached not to security, not to comfort, but to Christ’s poverty, and in this poverty there is beauty and freedom. And when a person loses something materially, he gains freedom.

Is there some general “recipe” for how to survive yourself and at the same time not forget about your neighbor, not to forget when it’s not easy for yourself and, it would seem, you don’t care about other people’s troubles?
- There is a wonderful recipe - it is, however, quite long - this is the Gospel.
It seems to me that a crisis is a time of revealing the evil that is always present in the world, but somehow does not concern us. In Africa, people die of hunger, in Ukraine they die in civil war, in hospitals in Moscow a huge number of people suffer from cancer, poor mothers do not have money to cure their sick children, some kind of disaster happens all the time. Evil in the world is inescapable, it’s just that we often live in conditions where we find ourselves not involved in suffering. But this is a false feeling. Evil is simply hidden. And it is present in the world not only in the form of suffering, but in the form of our passions, sins, lack of love...
Therefore, a crisis is the identification of what is always there in the world, but often does not directly concern us. And when it does, we begin to look at life more realistically, we are not deluded by illusions, we awaken from the slumber into which some of our dreams plunge us.
And in such difficult moments it becomes clear what a person is like. Here comes a crowd in the subway, it would seem that the people are all the same, but if some trouble happens, they are immediately divided into cowards, scoundrels on the one hand, and heroes on the other.
Our whole life, all of human history is a crisis that has dragged on for tens or hundreds of thousands of years! This is the reality we live in, and difficult circumstances remind us of it.
Therefore, the “recipe” is to follow the commandments of Christ: the commandments about love, about prayer, the beatitudes; those commandments that Saint John the Baptist gave when he baptized people in the Jordan River: if you have two clothes, share with someone who has none, do the same with food.
Unfortunately, in favorable conditions we forget about this. But in a crisis, when there are more people in need around us, some people, on the contrary, begin to experience a spiritual upsurge: they strive to find those in need and help them. And they perceive this time as a time of achievement, of special spiritual joy, because there are many more people around whom they can take care of than in prosperous times. Someone needs spiritual support, someone needs material support, someone needs work: you can try to create new jobs, you can become a volunteer, which are always needed.

In recent years, the church social ministry has come a long way; it managed to withstand the previous crisis - 2008. What are you preparing for and what are you counting on now?
- More than 1,200 people are under our constant care - the care of the Mercy service. These are the people we care about every day: orphans, the disabled, the elderly, the seriously ill, the homeless. They are assisted by about 600 of our employees and about 1,500 volunteers. In addition, we receive about 100 one-time requests for help every day. Our budget has been cut by one third in recent months (not to mention the price increases). Some of our donors have reduced their donations, and we fear that things will only get worse. Therefore the situation is difficult. In a similar situation in 2008, we encouraged people to donate one percent of their income to charitable causes. And now we hope for our “Friends of Charity”, we hope that they will attract new friends. And December 2014 showed that this hope is not unfounded: if we usually collect an average of 3 million rubles a month, no more, then in December they donated 7 million to us - and this is a record. So we hope that more people will come forward to help.
And besides, for us, the crisis is a reason to tighten our belts, save more, make more informed decisions when organizing social assistance, and use the organizational resources that we have in reserve.
But our main hope, of course, is in God. God will not abandon us. We believe this and pray. And this is our main hope.

Orthodox service "Mercy"

The largest association of church social projects to help those in need. The service has lost a significant part of its funding and is in dire need of your regular help!
Organization details:
Recipient: ROO "Mercy"
Bank: Sberbank of Russia OJSC
TIN 7706409126
Gearbox 770601001
account 40703810238110001411
c/s 30101810400000000225
BIC 044525225
In the “Purpose of payment” column, please indicate: “Donation to the site mercy.ru.”
You can find out about other ways to donate and the opportunity to help as a volunteer on the website www.miloserdie.ru

Mercy in crisis: what is important to know

Private donors come to the fore

World practice is such that private donations are more or less independent of crises. Many private donors - the so-called. private donors give more often and even more than usual at this time, realizing that it is difficult for everyone, and who will help if not them. In Russia, the concept of charity is predominantly different: the main budget of most foundations is made up of money from corporate donors, i.e. companies. And in a crisis, they are the ones who suffer. 5,000 people donating 100 rubles a month can easily make a budget for the fund, but for this it needs to do a lot of serious work to attract and retain regular private donors.

You can help with professional skills

Volunteers are always in demand! There are different categories of volunteers. “Hands and feet volunteers” for beneficiaries go to hospitals to visit their wards, go to orphanages, nursing homes, clean, entertain, etc. “Hands and feet volunteers” for the foundation help deliver documentation and organize events. Volunteer fundraisers are looking for money for the fund. And trial volunteers help the foundation with their professional knowledge and skills: these are IT specialists, lawyers, designers, those who print products for the foundation for free, shoot promotional videos, etc.

Fraudsters become more active during a crisis
In a crisis, there is more crime in all areas; charity does not stand out much here. For example, the resource dobro.mail.ru (“Do not help professional beggars”, “How to recognize a fake foundation”), miloserdie.ru (article by Vladimir Berkhin “How to recognize fraudsters in charity: instructions for citizens”) writes about how to recognize scammers ").

Pay attention to those who find it more difficult to raise money
An adult patient or a person whose operation is one in a long series, someone for whom it is not a matter of life and death, or someone who needs lifelong drug therapy, is not helped as readily as children who need a one-time operation.
It is very difficult for systemic projects to survive - those that are aimed at helping a whole group of people, at qualitatively changing the situation. These projects are incomprehensible. For example, few people will give money for psychological seminars for parents of children with osteogenesis imperfecta. Meanwhile, for a child, this is a choice between a wheelchair and a normal lifestyle. The donor always has the right to choose! But if you want to help, it’s useful to have all the information.

Date of birth: September 18, 1950 Country: Russia Biography:

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 31, 2010 () vicar of the Moscow diocese with the title “Orekhovo-Zuevsky”.

July 17, 2010 in the house church of the Patriarchal Apartments, consecrated in the name of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful, by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill into the small schema and named Panteleimon in honor of the holy great martyr and healer.

Consecrated bishop on August 20, 2010 at the Transfiguration Cathedral. August 21 at the Divine Liturgy in the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Solovetsky Monastery. The services were led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.

From December 2010 to 2011, parish churches in the North-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow (Trinity Deanery).

- Member of the Russian Orthodox Church.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 22, 2011 (), he was appointed to retain the position of chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27-28, 2011 () he was included in the composition of ( - Patriarchal Commission).

By a resolution of the Holy Synod of March 12, 2013 (), he was appointed by His Grace Orekhovo-Zuevsky, vicar of the Moscow diocese, with exemption from the administration of the Smolensk diocese.

By order of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill dated March 16, 2013, he was appointed manager of the city of Moscow.

On April 2, 2018, he was appointed chairman of the Commission for Hospital Ministry under the Diocesan Council of Moscow.

Widower, has four married daughters, 20 grandchildren.

Place of work: Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service (Chairman) Diocese: Moscow diocese (urban) (Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus') Scientific works, publications:

Archimandrite Panteleimon (Shatov) at the naming of Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky, vicar of the Moscow diocese.

Awards:

Church:

• 1995 - Order of St. blgv. book Daniel of Moscow III century;
• 2003 - Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh III century;
• 2005 - Order of St. Innocent of Moscow II century;
• 2010 - Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov III century;
• 2015 - Rev. Seraphim of Sarov, II century;
• 2019 - St. Luke of Crimea III Art.

Secular:

• 2015 - medal of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia “For the Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation”;
• 2015 - Order of Honor of Kuzbass (Kemerovo region).

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Panteleimon, Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky, Vicar of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' (Shatov Arkady Viktorovich)

In 1968-1970 he served in the army

Married in 1971

Received baptism in 1974

In 2002, he was appointed chairman of the Commission for Church Social Activities under the Diocesan Council of Moscow. Since 2005, he has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital of St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 5, 2010, he was appointed chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 31, 2010 (magazine No. 41), he was elected vicar of the Moscow diocese with the title of Orekhovo-Zuevsky

On July 17, 2010, in the house church of the Patriarchal Chambers of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, consecrated in the name of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful, he was tonsured into the minor schema by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and named Panteleimon in honor of the holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon.

July 18, 2010 at the small entrance of the Divine Liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius.

On August 20, 2010, Archimandrite Panteleimon was named bishop. August 21 at the Divine Liturgy on the day of remembrance of Saints Zosima, Savvaty and Herman of Solovetsky.

By order of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, which was announced at the Diocesan Assembly of Moscow on December 22, 2010, Bishop Panteleimon was entrusted with the care of parish churches in the territory of the North-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow (Trinity Deanery).

Since March 22, 2011, member of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 22, 2011 (journal No. 14), he was appointed to the Smolensk and Vyazemsk departments while retaining the position of chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 5-6, 2011 (journal No. 127), he was confirmed as rector (hieroarchimandrite) of the Transfiguration Avraamiev Monastery in Smolensk.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27-28, 2011 (journal No. 161), he was included in the Patriarchal Council for Family Issues and Motherhood Protection as deputy chairman.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 12, 2013 (magazine No. 23), he was released from the management of the Smolensk diocese due to an increase in the volume of work as chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service. The Holy Synod decreed for him to be Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky, vicar of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

By order of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill dated March 16, 2013, he was appointed manager Eastern Vicariate of Moscow.

Member:

• Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church;
• Government Commission on Citizens' Health (under the leadership of D. A. Medvedev);
• Council under the Government of the Russian Federation on issues of trusteeship in the social sphere (under the leadership of O. Yu. Golodets);
• Public Council of the Moscow City Health Department.

Widower, four married daughters, 20 grandchildren.

Born on September 18, 1950 in Moscow. In 1968-1970 he served in the army. In 1971 he got married. In 1974 he was baptized. In 1977 he entered the second class of the Moscow Theological Seminary. On August 26, 1978, Archbishop Vladimir (Sabodan) of Dmitrov ordained him to the rank of deacon. Transferred to the correspondence department of the Moscow Theological Seminary. He served at a parish in Moscow, and then in a church in the village of Nikolo-Arkhangelskoye, Moscow region.

On April 15, 1979, Metropolitan Juvenaly (Poyarkov) of Krutitsky and Kolomna was ordained priest and appointed rector of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in the village of Golochelovo, Moscow region.

In 1984, he was transferred as the second priest to the Tikhvin Church in the city of Stupino, and in 1987 to the Smolensk Church in the village of Grebnevo.

In 1988 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy in absentia.

In 1990 he was widowed.

In November 1990, he was appointed rector of the Church of the Holy Blessed Tsarevich Demetrius at the 1st City Hospital. The St. Demetrius Sisterhood operates at the church. In 1992, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', the St. Demetrius School of Sisters of Mercy was opened at the church, Father Arkady became its confessor.

In 2002, Arkady Shatov was appointed chairman of the Commission for Church Social Activities under the Diocesan Council of Moscow. Since 2005, he has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital of St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow. By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 5, 2010, he was appointed chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on May 31, 2010, he was elected Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky, Vicar of the Moscow Diocese. The ordination, according to the decision of the Synod, was to take place after Archpriest Arkady was tonsured into monasticism and elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

On July 17, 2010, in the house church of the Patriarchal Chambers of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, consecrated in the name of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful, Archpriest Arkady was tonsured into the minor schema by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and named Panteleimon in honor of the holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, the next day at the Divine Liturgy elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Initially, the episcopal consecration was scheduled for August 10, but “ due to the difficult environmental situation in Moscow"was postponed. Later it was announced that the consecration would take place on August 21 at the Solovetsky Monastery.

On August 20, 2010, during an all-night vigil, Archimandrite Panteleimon was named Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky, vicar of the Moscow diocese. On August 21, on the day of remembrance of Saints Zosima, Savvaty and Herman of Solovetsky, during the divine liturgy in the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Solovetsky Monastery, Archimandrite Panteleimon was consecrated Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky, vicar of the Moscow diocese. The episcopal consecration was performed by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' and his concelebrant bishops.

Family

Widower, has 4 married daughters and 11 grandchildren.

Awards

• Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree (1995).