Alexander Golitzin (bishop)

This article is about the Eastern Orthodox Archbishop. For other members of the Golitsyn family named Alexander, see Alexander Golitsyn.

His Eminence 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	(1948-05-27) May 27, 1948 (age 76) [1] Burbank, California
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

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

• Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class

Bibliography

• 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.
• 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

• House of Golitsyn

References

1. "Archbishop Alexander [Golitzin] honored at the North American Patristics Society". oca.org. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
2. "Александр Юрьевич Голицын". 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
3. "The Holy Synod: The Most Reverend Alexander". www.oca.org.
4. "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.
5. "Игумен Александр (Голицын )". zarubezhje.narod.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 11 April 2025.

External links

• Orthodox Wiki page

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Kyrill (Yonchev)	Archbishop of the Bulgarian Diocese 2012 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Dmitri (Royster)	Archbishop of the South 2016 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent