Background
Nemtsov Nicolay was born on February 16, 1949 in Rovenki, Ukraine.
bishop metropolitan church figure
Nemtsov Nicolay was born on February 16, 1949 in Rovenki, Ukraine.
He graduated from the College of railway transport in Slavyansk, Donetsk region (1968), Odessa Theological Seminary (1972), Leningrad Theological Academy (1976).
In 1974 he became a monk. Bishop of Irkutsk and Chita (1980-1982). Archbishop (since 1985), Metropolitan (since 1988) of Voronezh and Lipetsk (1982-2003). Editor-in-chief of the journal "Historical Bulletin" (Voronezh, 1999-2003). Since May 2003, Metropolitan of Astana and Alma-ATA, head of the Metropolitan district in Kazakhstan.
There was a rise in Church life in the Voronezh diocese when Mefody came. Several times increased the number of temples opened monasteries (including Alekseevskiy Akatov, Spaso-preobrazhenski Tolshevsky), restored the Voronezh Theological Seminary, resumed publication of the "Voronezh diocesan Bulletin". In 1999-2003 he headed the Foundation for the memory of Metropolitan Makariy (Bulgakov), established by the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Academy of Sciences and the government of Moscow. Chairman of the Historical and Legal Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church (2000-2003). One of the initiators of the day of Slavic writing and culture in Voronezh and the opening of the monument to St. Mitrophan (May 2003).
