Father Mikhail (Mikhail Viktorovich Ardov), a Russian writer… (михаил · ард · писатель)
Father Mikhail (Mikhail Viktorovich Ardov), a Russian writer, journalist, memoirist, and clergyman, has died at the age of 88. Mikhail Ardov was born in Moscow in 1937.
Consensus
- Mikhail Ardov died at the age of 88.
- He was a writer, publicist, memoirist, and priest.
- He was born in Moscow in 1937.
- His father was writer Viktor Ardov and his mother was actress Nina Ol'shevskaya.
- He was the brother of People's Artist of the USSR Alexei Batalov.
- He graduated from the journalism faculty of Moscow State University in 1960.
- He was baptized in 1964 and ordained a priest in 1980.
- He served as rector of the church of the Holy Royal Martyrs and New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia on Golyokino Cemetery in Moscow.
- He lived in a private nursing home for elderly people from 2020 onwards.
- The date and place of his funeral were to be announced later.
Points of divergence
- He was a protopresbyter of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (RPAЦ) and served as dean of the Moscow Deanery of RPAЦ. — vm
- Until 1993, he was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church; after that, he joined the jurisdiction of the non-canonical Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (RPAЦ). — vesti
- In 1993, he transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), and from 1995 served in RPAЦ, which was administratively and canonically independent of ROCA. He criticized the Russian Orthodox Church for its historical ties with Soviet secret services. — kommersant
- He did not accept the 'Act on Canonical Communion' between ROC and ROCA and opposed the construction of the Christ the Savior Cathedral. — kommersant
Coverage (3 sources)
- Writer and Priest Mikhail Ardov, Brother of Actor Alexey Batalov, Has Died — Вечерняя Москва
- Writer and publicist Mikhail Ardov has died at the age of 88 — Вести
- Writer, journalist, and priest of the Russian Patriarchate of Constantinople Mikhail Ardov has died — Коммерсантъ