Leonid Kayurov

He graduated from the acting department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1978, workshop of A. Batalov). Since 1978 - actor of the Moscow Theater. Lenin Komsomol, in 1983-1985 - actor of the Moscow Art Theater. He graduated from the Theological Academy in Sergiev Posad, became a priest. From an interview with the Mayak radio station (March 20, 2003): "One of the reasons is the desire to be yourself. The second reason is the thirst for holiness. And the third reason is the thirst for freedom. Everything that is true and present grows gradually and matures from the inside. And the reason was that in 1983, I was then 26 years old, I was baptized. For me, this act was not accidental. Therefore, my life began to change. I began to take this seriously. "