Bishop Paisiy (Yurkov): Shchigrov Diocese

Shchigrovskaya diocese is one of the young ones, which was separated from the Kursk diocese in order to include it in the Kursk metropolis. The date of its creation is July 26, 2012. But on July 25, 2014 Bishop Paisiy was elected bishop of Shchigrovsky and Manturovsky by decision of the Holy Synod. This priest in the world was once called Dmitry Viktorovich Yurkov. In general, the city of Shchigry (Kursk region) since 1779 is included in the List of historical cities of Russia. This small town is located 62 km from the city of Kursk on the river Shchigor. It is administratively bordered by eight regions, its population totals 15768 people.

Vladyka Paisii: The Kursk Metropolis

Dmitry was born in 1970 on October 22 in Bryansk. He was baptized in infancy. Three years after his birth, he moved with his parents to Moscow. At first he received a secondary education at Moscow School No. 106, then he studied at Vocational School No. 129, and then, as it should, he served two years in the army.

At the end of winter in February 1992, he entered a novice in the St. Nicholas Verkhoturye Monastery. After a short time, on April 24, 1992, the archbishop of Ekaterinburg Melchizedek and the abbot of the Nikolaev monastery Tikhon blessed him for tonsure in monks named Paissy in honor of the Reverend Father Paisius Velichkovsky. Five days later, he was ordained a hierodeacon, a month later - in a hieromonk.

In March 1993, Father Paissy Yurkov moved to the Novospassky Staropigialny Monastery in Moscow. From this period he begins to nurse the staff and patients of the Cancer Research Institute. Herzen.

Study and dedication

In 1993-1997, he studied in absentia at the Moscow Theological Seminary. In the spring of 1998, Bishop Orekhovo-Zuevsky and governor of the Novospassky Monastery Alexis was tonsured in his robes with a name in honor of St. Nicholas the Great. Paisius of the Caves.

In 2002-2005 he studied at the correspondence department of the Moscow Theological Academy. In the summer of 2007, Archbishop Alexy elevates him to the rank of hegumen. Then there was work on a diploma on the activities of Grand Duke SA Romanov.

In 2011, Paisiy's father becomes dean of the Novospassky Monastery, and also teaches theology and pastoral disciplines in the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy.

Shigry: Kursk area

In the summer of 2014, he becomes bishop of Shchigrovsky and Manturovsky. At the Patriarchal residence of the Danilov Monastery, the order of the cadet was headed by Patriarch Kirill himself. On August 24, 2014, priest Paisii arrived to his cathedral in Shchigry, accompanied by Metropolitan Zinovy of Metropolitan Zinovy and Kursk Herman. Shchigrovskaya diocese greeted its ruler cordially, and he with great pleasure took up his favorite business.

In 2016, Vladika Paisiy was 45 years old, twenty of whom were associated with the Novospassky Monastery. And then he was waiting for the Diocese of Shchigrov, in which he still serves.

Bright Easter Day

From the communication with him you will learn that his most favorite and joyful holiday is Easter. They prepare for it and come to it consciously. It lasts a whole week and includes solemn divine services, beautiful chants, processions. The Trinity is also a wonderful holiday, with his words, when everything around is elegant and beautiful, maybe only fuss is less than at Easter. At the same time, he says that in the large churches of Moscow you will not find that fascinating silence, for this you must go only to the village. And he is always pleased to sanctify Easter cakes on the eve of Easter, because a lot of people come and, most importantly, children, and from this the soul rejoices and rejoices, and this despite the fact that in Easter it is necessary to be in the service at two Liturgies. Therefore, it takes only two hours to sleep, but the Lord gives him strength. After all, the most important thing, the Lord announced to the people in the Passover that now and for ever and ever there is no death, but eternal and blessed life.

In a good way, one can envy the fact that the Diocese of Shchigrov has such a kind and wise confessor and mentor who understands the importance for the layman of his faithful priestly ministry.

Atheistic times and the search for the meaning of life

Love of God did not immediately come to him, and, unfortunately, he was not taken to church as a child. He was brought up in the spirit of the then accepted atheism, was a komsorg. But the meaning of life he always sought - and at 14 and 16 years. This question became particularly interesting to him. At first, thoughts took him to politics and government, contributions, conferences and congresses, but no one understood where this leads to. In 1986, he decided to leave the Komsomol, he had to endure a small repression. But perestroika began, and this saved him from troubles that might follow.

And then he went into the army and served in Vladimir, where turning it for him was reading a book by an American professor about clinical death. The people who survived it saw tunnels and a luminous being. Believers considered him a God, unbelievers - the supreme mind. Then he began to think about the age-old question: "Is there a God?"

Grandmothers are harmful temple keepers

Having been dismissed on one of the days, he decided to go to the Vladimir church. And immediately fell into the service and under the close attention of grandmothers, who were often rude and jealous. They, unfortunately, could discourage any desire to visit the church in the future. But this is not just happening, because in order to become a true believer, one must work hard and read spiritual books. Such things should be pushed, not embittered and not lead to resentment that you are so greeted from the threshold.

These grandmothers then did not like that he came in uniform and passed the candle with his left hand. They immediately called him the Antichrist. In general, the entire situation of the soldier was greatly discouraged. The next time he decided to go to a small church in a cemetery, he came and hid in a corner, then he saw that some grandmother was coming to him again, from which he felt uneasy. But she turned to him joyfully and affably and even presented an icon - it was the fold of the Holy Trinity and the Symbol of Faith. It was 1989, then it was impossible to get either the Gospel or the icons. Since that time he has always been with him. That's how the Lord at first humiliated him, and then consoled him. In this cemetery temple he began to walk quietly, and this same road eventually led him to the fact that he enlarged the fighting priestly ranks of our Orthodox Church.