The jurisdiction of His Excellency Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI in Russia
Father Alexander Kryssov
Father Alexander Kryssov
Father Alexander Kryssov
CATHOLIC PRIEST, HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, PROFESSOR, DOCTOR
Mr. Aleksey Zharkov
Father Alexander Kryssov
Father Alexander Kryssov
ST. PIUS V ORATORY WARDEN,
ENTERPRENER
Fr. A. Kryssov - CV
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Secular Background
Born: June 26, 1966 in Fryazino, Moscow Region, USSR (now Russian Federation) in the family of Soviet scientist-engineers (microelectronics) – Father George (Ph.D.) and Mother Helen. RIP.
1973 – 1983 – Studied and graduated from the local school.
1984 – 1989 – Studied and graduated from the Historical Department of the Moscow University with diploma magna cum laude (Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Studies and History Education). Diploma thesis: Russian Financial System Reformation 1530’s.
1989 – 1992 – Worked as a teacher of History and Law in College in Moscow Region.
1992 – 1997 – Studied and graduated from the Historical Department of University of Paris [France] specialized in Church History.
1994 - Graduated from the special course “The Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church” under the guidance of Patrick de Laubier (professor at the University of Geneva) - Geneva, Switzerland.
1996 – 2003 – Worked as President of Russian Philosophical and Historical Society (which he established together with his brother Dmitriy Kryssov who was responsible for the publishing house “Stella Aeterna”).
2004 – up to present – official expert/consultant for Catholic Church History of the Patriarchate of Moscow [Russian Orthodox Church].
2012 – received the doctorate degree (in History) after the defense of the doctorate thesis in Moscow University: “Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val and the Tradition of Conservatism in the Catholic Church from 1914–1930”.
2014 – Received the doctorate degree in Church History [Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. in History)] by the U.S. Academic Credentialing Commission in Chicago, IL, USA.
Author of about 250 scientific [historical] and encyclopedic articles published in more than 5.000.000 copies.
Religious Background
1984 – Became Catholic.
1989 – Became an altar server in the only Catholic Church in Moscow (St. Louis) under the only Catholic priest in Moscow at that time: Fr. Stanislaus Mazeika.
1999 – Founded the Oratory of St. Pius V [still a layman] in Moscow and became the coordinator for the traditionalist Mission there.
2004 – Became a seminarian in Mater Dei Seminary under Bishop Mark Pivarunas, CMRI.
2008 – October 7 was ordained to the priesthood in Mt. St. Michael, Spokane, Washington, USA by Bishop M. Pivarunas. He was then assigned as permanent pastor for the Russian Mission.
2016 – Delegated by Bishop M. Pivarunas as visiting professor for Church History in Mater Dei Seminary, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
2018 – up to present – takes care of the Philippine and Malaysian Missions.
2005, 2007, 2008, 2016,2017, 2019 - participant as Seminarian and then as a Priest of National Fatima Conference at Mount St. Michael in Spokane.
Mr. Aleksey Zharkov - CV.
Secular Background
Born: August 29, 1969 in Moscow, USSR (now Russian Federation) in a family of professional medics. Belongs to both citizenships of Russian Federation and Lithuania. Russian by Father Arkady Zharkov - Lithuanian by Mother Alla Brakas, R.I.P.
1977 – 1986 – Studied at Moscow school with specialization in foreign language.
1989 – 1994 – Studied and graduated from Mechanical Department of the Moscow State University, diploma with honors in Fluid Mechanics.
1994 – 1996 – Postgraduate study in the same department with Ph.D degree by thesis "Nonlinear Stability of Flows in the Solar Wind Plasma" (2005).
1997 – 2004 – Worked as a Senior Lecturer in Moscow Food Industry University and then in Moscow State Technology University.
2004 – 2010 – Worked as a Program Developer and System Analyst in Telecommunication Companies with participation in Federal Projects of the Russian Presidential Administration.
2010 – 2018 – Worked as a Business Process Analyst in Top 5 Russian Insurance Companies.
2018 – up to present - Managing Director of Lithuanian Start Up Company specialized in High-tech, Vilnius.
Religious Background
1986 – Baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church.
1996 – 1997 Parishioner of Greek-Catholic Parish in Moscow.
1998 – Transferred to the Catholic Church with traditional Latin Right.
1999 - 2010 - Parishioner and then an altar Server of St. Pius V Oratory.
2010 – up to present - a Warden and the server of the same Oratory.
2008, 2016 - participant of National Fatima Conference at Mount St. Michael in Spokane.