Edward Shatov,

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(born on 10 October 1973,

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) is a Russian Catholic priest and a Catholic convert from Russian Orthodoxy.

Biography

Shatov was born in a small village in the

and was baptized as an infant in the

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. In 1995, he graduated from the Faculty of History of the Vladimir Pedagogical University, while still a student he interested in Catholicism. While working at the State Library in Moscow, Shatov went to the church of Saint Louis, where he had frequent contact with the abbot Bernard Le Leannekom, AA. In 1995, after his graduation, Edward converted to Roman Catholicism from Russian Orthodoxy and decided to become an

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Catholic monk. The first year of formation held in

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, in the monastic community, he studied French and Romanian languages. He then left for

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, where there was a novitiate. He studied at the

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, which holds a Bachelor of Theology. After graduation, he continued his studies in

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. On 18 November 2000, Shatov made the eternal vows. On November 16, 2002, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, Monsignor James Joseph O'Brien, ordained brother Edward to the diaconate. On 8 November 2003, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop

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in Roman Catholic Church of Saint Louis. Father Shatov is the director of the Center for Family of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow.

References

External links

Procatholic.ru

Russ.ru

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