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'''Archimandrite Luke''' (secular name '''Mark Murianka''') is a [[archimanditearchimandrite]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], current [[abbot]] of [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] and rector of [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] in Jordanville, New York.
==Life==
As a novice he was given obediences in the garden by Fr. Hermogen, in the bookbindery, and later in the icon studio with the resident iconographer Archimandrite [[Cyprian (Pyzhov)|Cyprian]], his first spiritual father. Fr. Luke attributes his monastic formation to Fr. Hermogen with a gratitude prevailing to this day. This current monastery abbot, seminary rector and dean, has received Synodal and administrative appointments once carried out by notable predecessors, of blessed repose Metropolitan Laurus, the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad Metropolitan Hilarion, and the previous dean of Holy Trinity Seminary Evgenii Iosifovich Klar. Currently teaching [[Patrology]], he also writes articles on theology and literature. Most notable however is Fr. Luke’s increased involvement in English language publishing in the Monastery’s St. Job of Pochaev Press.
21 may 2008 he was elected abbot [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]]. Since 6 september 2008 he is rector of [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary]] in Jordanville.
== Writings ==
* "«Мадам Бовари» Флобера и святоотеческое учение о грехе", Новый журнал, 2003, № 231.
* [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/7253.htm Report by Archimandrite Luke (Murianka) on the First Meeting of the Negotiating Committees of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate], July 2/15, 2004
* "Миссия Русской Православной Церкви Заграницей", report on 4 all diaspora sobor.
[[Category:Monastics]]