Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov), who was in retirement, passed away to the Lord

Russian Orthodox Church

Born on May 27, 1929 in Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan, in the family of a deacon.

After graduating from the Dzhambyl Statistical College in 1948, he entered the Moscow Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1952.

Since August 1952, he served as a psalm-reader at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Almaty.

On May 22, 1953, he was ordained to the rank of deacon, and on May 24, to the rank of priest.

In 1953 he entered the correspondence sector, in September 1954 he was transferred to the in-patient department of the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated in 1958 with a candidate of theology degree. In 1959-62. taught liturgics at the LDS, then - at the LDS and LDA the Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament.

In February 1962, he was tonsured a monk and appointed deputy head of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem.

In 1962 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

In October 1962, as an observer from the Moscow Patriarchate, he attended the meetings of the Second Vatican Council in Rome.

On November 29, 1962, he was appointed representative of the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in Geneva with the rank of bishop.

On December 30, 1962, he was consecrated Bishop of Zvenigorod, vicar of the Moscow diocese.

On March 30, 1964 he was appointed to the Voronezh and Lipetsk Sees, on February 15, 1965 - to the Podolsk Sees with the post of permanent representative of the Patriarch of Moscow to the Patriarch of Antioch in Damascus.

On November 19, 1966 he was appointed Bishop of Kirov and Slobodsk, on October 7, 1967 - Bishop of Berlin and Central Europe, Patriarchal Exarch in Central Europe.

On October 20, 1967, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.

Since the end of 1970 - manager of the Rostov and Novocherkassk diocese, from May 31, 1973 - Irkutsk and Chita, from April 17, 1975 - Vladimir and Suzdal, from April 24, 1980 - Krasnodar and Kuban, from May 12, 1987 - Pskov and Porkhov.

On February 25, 1992 he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan.

On February 23, 1993, he was again appointed to the Rostov department.

On December 27, 1995, he was appointed administrator of the St. Petersburg and Ladoga diocese and a permanent member of the Holy Synod.

Since 2002 - honorary member of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 12, 2013 (magazine No. 16), he was appointed head of the St. Petersburg Metropolis.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 19, 2014 (journal No. was retired. The Synod determined the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra to be its place of residence. The Synod also decided to grant His Eminence the position of honorary rector of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in St. Petersburg with the receipt of the corresponding content.

He reposed in the Lord on January 19, 2022. The funeral service took place on January 21 in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The bishop was buried in the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Lavra.

events

• III General Assembly of the WCC (November 19, 1961)
• Mass of Pope John XXIII (17 June 1963)
• II All-Christian Peace Congress (28 June 1964)
• Church and Society (conference) (July 12, 1966)
• IV General Assembly of the WCC (4 July 1968)
• The Challenges of Christians in the Face of Human Rights and Disarmament (Discussion) (July 23, 1975)
• V General Assembly of the WCC (November 23, 1975)
• Special Session of the World Peace Council, 1979 (2 February 1979)
• Meeting of representatives of the Churches of the Soviet Union and Japan. September 1981. (4 September 1981)
• VI General Assembly of the WCC (24 July 1983)
• IV Peace Conference of Representatives of the Christian Churches of Japan and the Soviet Union (November 11, 1985)
• VII plenary meeting of the Mixed Commission on Orthodox-Old Catholic Dialogue (October 12, 1987)
• Consultation of Orthodox theological schools, St. Petersburg, 1999 (January 20, 1999)
• XIII theological interview between representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (September 20, 2005)
• Metropolitan Nikodim: heritage and modernity (conference) (September 4, 2008)
• Local Council 2009 (January 27, 2009)

sources

• I accept and nothing contrary to the verb. In honor of the 45th anniversary of the consecration of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga as bishop. - St. Petersburg, 2007.
• Saint Petersburg.
  300 + 300 biographies. Biographical Dictionary / St. Petersburg. 300 + 300 biographies. Biographical Glossary / Comp. G. Gopienko. — In Russian. and English language.. - M.: Markgraf, 2004. - P. 53. - 320 p. — 5000 copies. — ISBN 5-85952-032-8.
• Page of Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga on the official website of the diocese
• Vladimir (Kotlyarov): Russian Orthodoxy Database
• Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Vladimir: “And serve faithfully...”

Footnotes

1. St. Petersburg Diocesan Gazette
   . — 1996. — № 16
2. see Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. - 2004. - No. 8.
3. Metropolitan (retired) (Kotlyarov Vladimir Savvich) // Patriarchia.ru - 2022. - April 16
4. How has the composition of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church changed? // Orthodoxy and peace
5. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 26, 2004 No. 680 “On awarding the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, II degree, to Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov BC)”
6. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 26, 1999 No. 672 “On awarding the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, III degree, to Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov BC)”
7. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2012 No. 1724 “On awarding the Order of Alexander Nevsky to Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga (Kotlyarov V.S.)”
8. Awarding the clergy and staff of the St. Petersburg diocese with the anniversary medal “In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg”
9. Order of the President of the Russian Federation of January 13, 2001 No. 13-rp
10. Portal Credo.ru
11. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy presented high church awards to a number of bishops.
12. Meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
13. Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg was awarded the Order of the Holy Confessor Nicholas of Alma-Ata
14. On the day of his 87th birthday, Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov) was awarded the gold medal of St. Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
15. Metropolitan Vladimir Kotlyarov. No comments
16. Metropolitan Vladimir was awarded the Order of St. Anna in St. Petersburg
17. Knights of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd degree
18. Metropolitan Hilarion took part in the anniversary evening dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the clergy choir of the St. Petersburg Metropolis
19. Complete list of those awarded the badges of St. Tatiana
20. Metropolitan Vladimir was awarded the Order of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky
21. Metropolitan Vladimir was awarded the medal “FOR WORK AND FATHERLAND”
22. Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Vladimir
23. The ceremony of awarding the Order of Alexander Nevsky took place in St. Petersburg

Images

• Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church at the VI General Assembly of the WCC
• Archbishop Vladimir at the congress of the Christian Democratic Union
• Church and Society (conference)
• Church and Society (conference).
• International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations for Disarmament
• II All-Christian Peace Congress
• Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov)
• Meeting of the Presidium of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Nairobi
• Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch Bartholomew and Metropolitan Vladimir look at the map of Kronstadt
• Second Pan-Orthodox Conference
• Orthodox observers at Vatican II
• Putin presents an award to Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov), 2001
• Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the episcopate
• Vladimir (Kotlyarov) and Vasily (Doroshkevich)

awards

Putin presents an award to Metropolitan Vladimir, 2001
Russian State Awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (May 26, 2004) - for great personal contribution to the development of spiritual and cultural traditions, strengthening peace and harmony between peoples
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• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (May 26, 1999) - for great contribution to the revival of Russian spirituality and strengthening of civil peace
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• Order of Alexander Nevsky (December 30, 2012) - for a high spiritual and moral position and great personal contribution to the implementation of social, educational and missionary activities
  [7]
• Medal “In Memory of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow” (1997)
• Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg" (2003)[8]
• Medal "For Merit in Conducting the All-Russian Population Census" (2004)

Encouragements from the President of Russia

• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (January 13, 2001) - for his great contribution to the spiritual and moral revival of Russia, the strengthening of civil peace and in connection with the 2000th anniversary of Christianity
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Departmental awards

• Medal “For Merit in Conducting the All-Russian Agricultural Census of 2006” (Rosstat, 2007)[10]

Awards from constituent entities of the Russian Federation

• Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (2009)
• Insignia of the Leningrad Region “For contribution to the development of the Leningrad Region” (2002)
• Certificate of the Governor of St. Petersburg

Foreign state awards

• Commander of the National Order of the Cedar (Lebanon, 1967)

Awards of the Russian Orthodox Church

• Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, 1st degree (1967)
• Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, II degree
• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st degree (1987)
• Order of St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1st degree (2004)
• Order of St. Andrei Rublev, 1st degree (2002)
• Two Orders of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, II degree
• Order of St. Innocent, 2nd class
• Order of St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', II degree (2008)[11]
• Gold medal of the St. Petersburg diocese of the Apostle Peter
• Order of St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1st degree (2012)[12]
• Order of the Holy Confessor Nicholas, Metropolitan of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan (2013)[13]
• Gold Medal of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian May 27, 2016, St. Petersburg Theological Academy)[14]

Awards of other Orthodox Churches

• Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
• Order and Cross of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark (Patriarchate of Alexandria)
• Order and medal on the ribbon “Sign” (Diocese of the Lebanese Mountains)
• Order and Cross (Patriarchate of Antioch)

Honorary degrees

• Honorary member of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy (2002)
• Honorary Doctor of the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University (2002)
• Honorary Doctor of the St. Petersburg State Medical Academy named after I. I. Mechnikov

Other awards

• Laureate of the “Person of the Year 2006” award (from the Russian Biographical Institute)[15]
• Laureate of the International Prize of St. Andrew the First-Called “For Faith and Fidelity”
• Two medals, including one gold, of the Soviet Peace Committee
• Imperial Order of St. Anna, 1st degree (2009, Russian Imperial House)[16]
• Imperial Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd degree (12 July 2013, Russian Imperial House)[17]
• The highest honorary badge of the clergy choir of the St. Petersburg Metropolis (November 1, 2011)[18]
• “Tatyana’s Cross” is the highest degree of the Badge of Honor of St. Tatiana (January 25, 2012, Interuniversity Association “POKROV”)[19]
• Order of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky, 1st degree, from the Academy of Security, Defense and Law and Order [20].
• The highest Russian Public Award is the sign of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky - the medal “For Labor and the Fatherland”[21].
• Silver-gold badge for the works and fatherland of Alexander Nevsky from the Presidium of the Club of Knights of the Order of Alexander Nevsky[22].
• Church and public order of St. Alexander Nevsky[23].