Background
Spiridon Alekseevich Tarasov was born on April 29, 1929 in Bolshoi Mechetny, Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation.
Spiridon Alekseevich Tarasov was born on April 29, 1929 in Bolshoi Mechetny, Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation.
Spiridon Alekseevich graduated from the Saratov Theological Seminary (1953). He graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy (1969).
Spiridon Alekseevich was a hegumen, rector of the cathedral in Penza (1970-1975), bishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk (1975-1982), archbishop of Irkutsk and Chita (1982-1985), Kursk and Belgorod (1985-1995), Kursk and Rylsky (1994-2004, since 2000 - Metropolitan).
