(Igor Anatolyevich Babakov)
Biography:
Born on 27 September 1977 in the city of Zarafshan, Navoi region of the Uzbek SSR, into a family of office workers.
Attended secondary school in 1986–1992,
then entered the Navoi Industrial College, after which, from 1996, he worked as an instrumentation and control fitter in the central instrumentation laboratory.
In 2000 he was accepted as an altar server at the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Samarkand.
In 2001 he married Viktoria Vitalyevna Minkova and was wedded in church.
In 2003 he entered the Tashkent Theological Seminary.
In 2006 he was appointed rector of Saint Alexius Cathedral
in Samarkand.
In 2008 he graduated from the Tashkent Theological Seminary with the qualification:
“Specialist in Orthodox Theology”.
Ordained:
to the diaconate — 25 February 2004
to the priesthood — 4 December 2004
At present — rector of Saint Alexius Cathedral
in Samarkand.
