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His Grace, the Most Reverend '''Job (Smakouz)''', Bishop of Kashira, [[Vicar]] of the Moscow [[Diocese]], is the Administrator of the Russian Orthodox Church Parishes in Canada that are directly under the canonical authority of the [[Church of Russia]]. {{stub}}
==Life==
On [[August 25]], 1991, Victor, a celibate, was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]]. Then two days later, on [[August 27]], he was ordained a priest. In 1995, Fr. Victor was raised to the dignity of [[archpriest]]. On [[April 17]], 1997, Fr. Victor was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] with the name Job (Iov). On [[June 13]], 1997, Fr. Job was elevated to the dignity of [[archimandrite]].On [[June 22]], 1997, Archim. Job was elected Bishop of Kherson and Tauria, in Ukraine, and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] was on [[August 19]], 1997 in the Refectory church of the Venerable Fathers Antony and Theodosius of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. On [[March 30]], 1999, Bp. Job is currently Administrator was assigned as administrator of the Ukrainian Diocese of Sumy and Akhtyrka, as well as becoming the rector of the Sumy pastoral theological school and chief editor of the Patriarchal newspaper “Orthodox Sumshina”.On [[parishMay 24]]es , 2005, Bp. Job was appointed Bishop of Kashira, Vicar of the Moscow Diocese, and Administrator of the Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Canada. From On [[March 31]], 2009 until early March 2010, he was also the [[Holy Synod]] the Church of Russia appointed Bp. Job acting administrator Administrator of the Parishes of the Patriarchal parishes Moscow Patriarchate in the United States of America USA, during the period after from the return to Russia of the then administrator, Bishop [[Mercurius (Ivanov) of ZaraiskRostov|Mercurius of Zaraysk]], and the arrival of his successor His Eminence Archbishop [[Justinian (Ovchinnikov) of Naro-Fominsk|Justinianof Narofominsk]], Archbishop a position he held until early March 2010. He now continues as the administrator of Naro-Fominskthe Canadian parishes.
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==SourceSources==*[http://www.orthodox-canada.com/the-bishop/ His Grace Job, Bishop of Kashira]*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/alphabetical2.htm ORI: Current Hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church]]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kashira]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kherson]]