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His Grace Bishop '''Anatolius (Aksyonov) of Kostanai and Petropavlovsk''' is the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Eparchy of Kostanai]], which is one of the constituent [[diocese|dioceses]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox Church's]] [[Metropolia of Kazakhstan]].

==Life==
Bishop Anatolius was born Vladimir Aleksandrovich Aksyonov (Владимир Александрович Аксёнов) on [[November 22]], 1958 in Pereslavl-Zalessky, USSR. In 1981, he entered the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Seminary]] and, in 1985, the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Academy]], graduating in 1989. In the meantime he was [[tonsure]]d in June 1987 and subsequently [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[deacon]]ate and [[priest]]hood. In 1990, Fr. Anatolius was elevated to the rank of [[hegumen]] and in 1995 to the rank of [[archimandrite]].

On [[February 15]], 1998 Fr. Anatolius was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Pereslavl-Zalessky and made an [[Auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] of the Eparchy of Yaroslavl.

In December 1998, he was transferred to the Russian Far East and in October 2000 made auxiliary Bishop of Yalutorovsk of the Eparchy of Tobolsk.

On [[October 6]], 2010 the [[Holy Synod]] of the Russian Orthodox Church elected Bishop Anatolius as the first ruling bishop of the new Eparchy of Kostanai.

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==External link==
*[http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/58404.html Bishop Anatoliy of Kostanai and Petropavlovsk] (Moscow Patriarchate)

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Monastics]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Kazakhstan]]