- Archimandrite Cyril
The Archimandrite Cyril, formerly Ivan Dmitriyevich Pavlov ("Иван Дмитриевич Павлов"), is
Archimandrite of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius inSergiyev Posad , and an elder of theRussian Orthodox Church .After the end of World War II (where he served during the battle of
Battle of Stalingrad ), Pavlov attended theMoscow Theological Academy and Seminary , and in 1956 entered the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, taking the monastic name "Cyril" after the saint. Today, he is considered an elder of theRussian Orthodox Church , having beenConfessor to the current Patriarch and his two predecessors, and at age 88 continues to give sermons. [http://www.pravmir.ru/article_990.html] Confined to a wheelchair following a crippling stroke in 2003, he currently resides inPeredelkino . [http://eng.sedmitza.ru/index.html?sid=65&did=1259]The Two Pavlovs
Ivan Pavlov has often been confused with
Yakov Pavlov , a war hero of Stalingrad, possibly due to similarities in their biographies. Yakov Pavlov was earned the title ofHero of the Soviet Union for his capture and defense of an apartment building that came to be known as "Pavlov's House ".External links
* [http://www.vor.ru/English/Christian_Message/program.phtml?act=37 "Visiting Archimandrite Cyril"] - from [http://www.vor.ru/ The Voice of Russia]
* [http://eng.sedmitza.ru/index.html?sid=78&did=208 "The Fashionable Elders"] - from [http://eng.sedmitza.ru/index.html?sid=1 The Orthodox Encyclopaedia]
* [http://www.russdom.ru/2005/200503i/20050306.html "Russia Stands on the Sergeants Pavlovs"] - from [http://www.russdom.ru The Russian House]
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