Alexander Golitzin (bishop)
Alexander The Most Reverend | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of the Bulgarian Diocese and of the South | |
| Archdiocese | Bulgarian Diocese Diocese of the South |
| Elected | 5 May, 2012 (Bulgarian Diocese) 30 March, 2016 (The South) |
| Predecessor | Kyrill (Yonchev) Dmitri (Royster) |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 27, 1948[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary Oxford University |
Archbishop Alexander of Toledo, born Alexander Golitzin (b. 27 May 1948) is the current Archbishop of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese and Dallas and the South of the Orthodox Church in America.
Biography
[edit]Alexander Yuryevich Golitzin was born in Burbank, California on 27 May, 1948. Through his father he is a member of the Golitsyn family.[2] He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkely in English and received a Master of Divinity from Saint Vladimir's Seminary.[3] He attended Oxford university in 1973, and two years in Mount Athos, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1980. He was ordained into the deaconate in July 1982, into the priesthood in 1984, and tonsured as a monk in 1986. In 1989, he taught at Marquette University in the Department of Theology, specializing in Jewish and Christian mysticism, until April 2022.[1][3]
In 2011, he was elected as the Bishop of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese and consecrated on May 5, 2012, succeeding Archbishop Kyrill Yonchev who died in 2007. On 30 March 2016, he was elected as the Bishop of Dallas and the South, succeeding Dmitri (Royster), who had died in 2011. He is the second Archbishop of both dioceses. He was elevated to the rank of Archbishop in Spring of 2017.[3]
On 22 July 2013, he was awarded the Order of Saint Vladimir in the second class.[4]
Honors and awards
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Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class
Bibliography
[edit]- Alexander Golitzin (1995). The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain. South Canaan: Saint Tikhon Seminary Press. ISBN 978-1878997487.
- Alexander Golitzin (1996). New Light From the Holy Mountain. South Canaan: Saint Tikhon Seminary Press.
- Michael Prokurat, Michael D. Peterson, Alexander Golitzin (1996). The Historical Dictionary of the Orthodox Church. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810830813.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - St. Symeon the New Theologian (1995–1997). St Symeon the New Theologian on the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses. Translated by Alexander Golitzin. Crestwood: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 978-0881411423.
- Alexander Golitzin (1998). Mistagogia: Experiența lui Dumnezeu în Ortodoxie (in Romanian). Sibiu. ISBN 973-9344-07-0.[5]
- Andrei A. Orlov, ed. (2020). Jewish Roots of Eastern Christian Mysticism: Studies in Honor of Alexander Golitzin. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004429529.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Archbishop Alexander [Golitzin] honored at the North American Patristics Society". oca.org. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Александр Юрьевич Голицын". 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "The Holy Synod: The Most Reverend Alexander". www.oca.org.
- ^ "Состоялась встреча Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла с Блаженнейшим Митрополитом всей Америки и Канады Тихоном". patriarchia.ru (in Russian). 22 July 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Игумен Александр (Голицын )". zarubezhje.narod.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 11 April 2025.