Download or read book Compilation of Works by Bp. Alexander Mileant written by Bp. Alexander Mileant and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Bishop Alexander is well known for his missionary leaflets. /// From 1985 to 2005 Bishop Alexander published a total of 763 brochures: /// 300 in Russian, 192 in English, 168 in Spanish and 103 in Portuguese. /// Biography of His Grace Bishop Alexander (Alexander Vasilievich Mileant), Bishop of the Diocese of Buenos Aries & South America /// Bishop Alexander was born in Odessa on July 22, 1938. He was baptized with the name Alexander, in honor of Saint Alexander Nevsky. His father was reported as missing in action during WWII in 1941, and subsequently his family fled to the West at the advance of the Red Army. The family first went to Prague, then Rome, ending up as refugees in Buenos Aires, Argentina. /// Young Alexander attended primary school in Buenos Aires, studied for 7 years at the school of electrical engineering, and later attended the University of Buenos Aires. /// From the age of nine, he served in the altar, first for Archbishop Panteleimon (Rudyk), and then for Archbishop Afanassy (Martos). He became close to Vladyka Afanassy, who instructed him in theology for over three years. Vladyka Afanassy had a large library of theological works, and the young Alexander learned modern and patristic Greek in order to read the Holy Fathers in their own language. /// In 1963, Alexander entered Holy Trinity Seminary in Jordanville, N.Y. He graduate from the Seminary in 1967 with a Bachelor of Theology degree. One year before his graduation, he was ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Averky (Taushev), and during Great Lent in 1967 was ordained to the priesthood by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky). /// After his graduation and ordination, he was assigned as priest of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Church in Los Angeles, California, where he served as rector for 31 years. Services in the parish were served in both Slavonic and English; the parish was also home to a thriving church school of 110 students. Between 1971 and 1985, Father Alexander led several youth pilgrimages to the Holy Land and holy sites in Greece. /// While serving at Holy Protection Parish, Father Alexander continued his education, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree, and later a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University, and an Engineer's Degree in Telecommunications and Coding (as applied to spacecraft). In this field, Father Alexander worked for NASA; his work there also allowed him to specialize in computer science, which helped him greatly in producing missionary leaflets. /// Until 1998, he produced over 200 missionary leaflets in Russian, English, and Spanish, covering wide topics on the Orthodox Faith and Christian living, commentaries on the Holy Scriptures, explanations of prayers, Church services and feasts, lives of the saints and their teachings, and defense of the Orthodox faith against modern sectarianism and cults. From 1990, a large amount of his missionary literature was sent to the former Soviet Union, and other countries where there was a need. All of this material is available on his website, where anyone with Internet access can download and print them. /// During Great Lent in 1995, Father Alexander was tonsured a stavrophor monk at Holy Trinity Monastery, with the name Alexander, in honor of the New Hieromartyr Alexander, Archbishop of Kharkov, who died in a Soviet prison. He was later elevated to Archimandrite. /// Archimandrite Alexander was consecrated to the episcopate as Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina and South America on 15/28 May 1998 in the Synodal Cathedral, by Archbishop Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco and Western America, Archbishop (now Metropolitan) Lavr (Skurla) of Syracuse and Holy Trinity, Bishop Agafangel of Simferopol and Crimea, Bishop Mitrofan (Znosko) of Boston, and Bishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan. /// M. Woerl, May 2002 /// Sources: "Bishop Alexander (Mileant): A Short Biography" /// from Bishop Alexander, "Novy Arkhipastyr Yuzhnoi Amerike", Pravoslavnaya Rus /// No. 1607, 15/28 May 1998 p. 1 /// Bishop Alexander (Mileant) (1938–2005) /// Biography /// Alexander (Mileant) , Bishop of Buenos Aires and South America (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia). /// In the world, Mileant Alexander Vasilievich, was born July 22, 1938 in Odessa (According to some reports - in a noble family.). It was named in honor of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky. /// During World War II, his father went missing at the front, and his family, fleeing the Bolsheviks, fled to the West in 1944. The family lived in Prague, in Rome, and finally in 1948 ended up in Argentina, in Buenos Aires, where young Alexander graduated from the elementary and then 7-year-old electrical school. In several firms he worked as a draftsman of electric cars. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. /// From the age of 8, Alexander served the Buenos Aires archpastors of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Archbishop Panteleimon, and then Archbishop Athanasius, who brought him closer to himself and systematically taught him theological sciences for more than three years. Vladyka Athanasius had a large theological library. Wanting to read the lives of the saints in the original, Alexander first studied the New Greek, and then the ancient Greek language. /// He lived in Argentina until 1963, when he went to the USA to study at Holy Trinity Theological Seminary in Jordanville. He graduated from seminary with a bachelor of theology in 1967. /// In 1966 he was ordained deacon by the Archbishop of Syracuse Averky. By Lent of 1967, Metropolitan Filaret ordained him priests and sent him to the Pokrovsky Parish in Los Angeles, where Father Alexander reigned for 31 years. /// In 1971-1985, Father Alexander led several youth pilgrimages to the holy places of Greece and the Holy Land. Feeding his parish, Father Alexander continued his scientific and technical education, receiving in 1978 a bachelor's degree in electronics from the University of California, then a master's degree in the same specialty, and finally in 1983 an engineering degree from the University of Southern California in communication with spaceships and encoding. In the same specialty, he worked as an engineer in a NASA branch. /// Secular work enabled Father Alexander to specialize in computers, which in turn helped him from the 1980s to publish numerous missionary leaflets, which were very popular both in Russia and abroad. From 1985 to 2005, he printed 763 brochures, 300 of which were in Russian, 192 in English, 168 in Spanish and 103 in Portuguese. He created an extensive missionary and educational website: http://fatheralexander.org/, as well as a site for distance learning of seminar subjects “Holy Trinity Orthodox School”: http://www.holytrinitymission.org/. He did all this with his personal money. /// In 1995, being in the dignity of archpriest, he received monastic tonsure at Holy Trinity Monastery, receiving the name of Alexander in honor of the holy martyr Alexander, archbishop of Kharkov. He was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. /// On May 28, 1998, he was consecrated at the Synodal Cathedral in New York as Bishop of Buenos Aires and South America. /// In his diocese, Vladyka was in short visits. The last years of his life was seriously ill with cancer and lived in California, USA. He traveled to San Francisco to the relics of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco for healing. /// He died on September 12, 2005 at 23:46 in La Canada, California, USA. On September 13, a memorial service was performed at Holy Trinity Church in Oxnard, California. He was buried in Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville. /// One of the disciples and parishioners of Bishop, A.V. Shmelev, recalled him: /// “He was fluent in many languages, and although we, as children, only vaguely imagined his scientific work, everyone knew that he was a talented scientist ... I remember that Fr. Alexander always kept meekness and good natured, despite the fact that children sometimes brought him, like other teachers, to extreme stress ... In the church of Fr. Alexander served excellently. His sermons were always well composed, with a pronounced thought that was not lost in the stream of words ... Bishop Alexander always recalled without fail all the parishioners. ”