On 25 October 1980, Nakonechny was tonsured into monasticism with the name Cyril in honor of
Cyril of Beloozero. The event occurred at the
Dormition Cathedral in the city of
Vladimir, and was presided by Archimandrite . On 15 March 1998, at the
Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow, he was ordained Bishop of the Mother of God, vicar of the Tula diocese. Ordination made: Moscow and All Rus
Alexis II, Metropolitan of Krutitskii and Kolomensky
Juvenal (Poyarkov), Archbishop of Solnechnogorskiy , Archbishop of Alma-Ata and Semipalatinsk , Archbishop Tver and Kashinsky , Archbishop Istrinskiy , Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal
Eulogius (Smirnov), Bishops of Bronnitsky , Bishop of Vologda and Veliky Ustyug , Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsky , Bishop of Krasnogorsk
Sabbas (Volkov). On 6 October 2001, the Holy Synod transformed the Tula Theological School into a formal Orthodox seminary, and appointed Bishop Cyril as its rector. On 7 October 2002, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed to be the bishop of
Yaroslavl and Rostov. As a result of his new appointment, the Holy Synod dismissed him from the post of rector of the Tula Theological Seminary on 26 December 2002. On 27 July 2011, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Archbishop of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk. On 5 October 2011 he was appointed rector of the Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary. On 6 October 2011, he was appointed head of the newly formed Yekaterinburg Metropolitanate. On October 8, at the Dormition Cathedral of the
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. From 28 December 2011 to 18 March 2012 and from 29 May 2013 to 25 January 2014, he was temporarily in charge the Kamensk diocese. In March 2015 there was controversy after Cyril (Nakonechny) decided to remove a priest by the name of Vladimir Zaitsev from ministry. Zaitsev, an Orthodox priest in Yekaterinburg had been displaying the
Flag of Novorossiya at his church as well as actively fundraising and recruiting for the separatist
Luhansk People's Republic. After meeting with the diocesan council, Cyril decided to remove Zaitsev from public ministry and sent him to the monastery at
Ganina Yama. Zaitsev's removal caused immediate backlash, with many from his parish and the diocese angrily writing to Cyril demanding that the priest be reinstated. In early April 2015 Zaitsev was reinstalled as pastor of his church, having stayed at Ganina Yama for less than two weeks. On 22 October 2015, he was relieved of his duties as the rector of the Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary. On 8 December 2020, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed Metropolitan of
Kazan and Tatarstan, the head of the Tatarstan Metropolitanate with his release from the management of the Yekaterinburg diocese. On 13 April 2021, the Holy Synod approved Metropolitan Cyril as the Archimandrite of the Kazan Mother of God Monastery. ==References==