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In January 1987 he entered the [[Monastery]] of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he was [[tonsure]]d as a [[monk]] on [[June 19]], [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] on [[June 21]] and ordained a [[presbyter|priest]] on [[August 19]] of the same year. Until 1991 he served as a [[parish]] [[priest]] in Lithuania, including two years as dean of Annunciation [[Cathedral]] in Kaunas.
In 1989 he graduated by correspondence from the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Seminary]] and in 1991 from the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary||Moscow Theological Academy]], with the degree of Master of Theology.
From 1991 to 1993 he taught Homiletics, Dogmatic Theology, [[New Testament]] Studies and Byzantine Greek at the Moscow Theological Academy, [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]], and St John the Theologian's Orthodox University.