Clergy & Leadership

Our Rector

Rector

Priest Daniil Kolesnikov

Rector, Parish of St. Ksenia of St. Petersburg, Austin, TX

Born March 14, 1989 in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo region. Son of Archpriest Vladimir Kolesnikov. Married with three children. Name Day: March 17 (St. Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow). Ordained deacon July 7, 2010 by Bishop Aristarkh of Kemerovo. Graduated Novokuznetsk Orthodox Theological Seminary (2012); ordained priest January 15, 2012. Graduated St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy (2016, Master's degree). Served as rector in Novosibirsk region, then in Sochi diocese before being appointed rector in Austin, TX in 2024. Awards: Nabedrennik (2013), Kamilavka (2016), Memorial Badge of Tsar Nicholas II (2018), Pectoral Cross (Pascha 2021).

Church Hierarchy

Our parish belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), in communion with the Moscow Patriarchate.

His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Born: November 20, 1946. Tonsured: April 3, 1969. Ordained Bishop: March 14, 1976. Name Day: May 24. Enthroned: February 1, 2009.

Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York

First Hierarch of ROCOR, Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York

Born: December 17, 1974. Tonsured: April 4, 2014. Ordained Bishop: June 29, 2014. Name Day: February 16.

Archbishop Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal and Canada

Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, ROCOR

Born: June 2, 1961. Tonsured: 1996. Ordained Bishop: July 7, 1996.

Protopriest John Whiteford

Head of Southern Deanery (Texas & Louisiana), Rector of St. Jonah of Manchuria Parish, Spring, TX

Born: December 27, 1966. Name Day: May 21.