Fr. Filipp Mayzerov (39) and Fr. Alipij Medvedev (30)

Filipp Mayzerov was born in 1965 in Murmansk in an unbelief family, studied in Medical College. Since 16 years he begun to attend an Orthodox Church in the native city. He was persecuted and dismissed from the College. In 1986 he entered in the Cave Monastery near Pskov. In 1989 he was ordinated in priesthood (hieromonk). In 1995-1999 he was Abbot of St. Trifon Monastery in Pechenga (Transpolar Russia). There he red a lot of theologians books and feel himself a catholic. He appealed to Roman Catholic metropolitan in Lithuania to join Catholic Church. The metropolitan sent him to Russia. Russian Roman Catholic Metropolitan und Nuncio refused him owning to political reason and fear from Moscow Patriarchate. Nuncio John Bukovsky advised him to leave Russia and search Byzantine bishop abroad. In December 1999 he with his confrere from Monastery Fr. Alipij went to Poland and they were accepted in Catholic Church by Metropolitan Jan Martyniak of Byzantine Ukraine tradition. Then they studied in Catholic theology in Przemysl theological Institute in 2000-2002. In 2003-2004 they learned Italian and studied in St. Anselm University in Rome. In July 2004 Metropolitan Jan Martyniak sent them to Russia to live among their nationals.

In November 2004 they came to Sargatskoye, Omsk region, Siberia according to the invitation of Fr. Sergey Golovanov, that time acting Exarch of Russian Greek Catholic Church, to found the first Greek Catholic Monastery in Russia.

Fr. Filipp translates Slavonic service book into Russian for evangelization of the new generation of Russians.

Fr. Alipij is the professional iconpainter. Here are the samples of his painting:

Fr. Filipp and Alipiy are designers too. You can see a new iconostasis in the chapel in Sargatskoye, which designed by the Fathers. The task was to make the cheapest iconostasis. The iconostasis has copies (reproductions on paper) of the icons of Fr. Alipij.

On the other pictures you can see vestment, desighned by the Fathers according to Russian medieval archetypes for their community. Fashioners in Sargatskoye made complects of all colors of liturgical vestment as per order and design by Fathers.

You can order icons or vestments and help to the Siberian hieromonk community.

You can also order a service (Liturgy) and indicate an intention (for ex.: "for the health of someone" , "for the departed someone", "for successfull surgery", "for healing from disease" etc). You can transfer the donation for this purpose.

Cоntact address of the Community is fr.filip@rambler.ru and golovanovcv@mail.ru

You can write in Russian, English, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian or French.

IF TRANSFERING IN USD:

Corresponding bank: JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York,
SWIFT code: CHASUS33
Bank of Beneficiary: Bank of Moscow,
SWIFT code: MOSWRUMM
Acc.: 42301840100700306238
Beneficiary: Golovanova Irina Borisovna

IF TRANSFERING IN EURO

Corresponding bank
DRESDNER BANK AG, Frankfurt/Main
SWIFT: DRESDEFF
Bank of beneficiary:
Bank of Moscow, Russia,
SWIFT: MOSWRUMM
Account №: 42301978000700036907
Beneficiary: Golovanov Sergey Vladimirovich

Для пожертвований в рублях:

филиал "Омский" ОАО "Альфа-Банк"
ИНН 7728168971
БИК 045297814
Кор./счет 30101810300000000814
счет № 47422810100080000202
Назначение платежа:
счет до востребования № 834
Голованову Сергею Владимировичу

либо

Банк получателя: Омский филиал ОАО "Банк Москвы" г. Омск
к/с 30101810900000000819,
БИК 045209819
ИНН 7702000406
Получатель:Голованова Ирина Борисовна
Личный счет клиента: 42301810800700025616