The jurisdiction of His Excellency Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI in Russia
The jurisdiction of His Excellency Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI in Russia
ST. PIUS V ORATORY WARDEN,
ENTERPRENER
CATHOLIC PRIEST, HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, PROFESSOR, DOCTOR
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.
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.
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.
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.
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