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In 1993, he describes the beginning of his [[missionary]] work on the streets.<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_793.html]</ref>
He was [[tonsure]]d a [[reader]] on [[December 19]], 1994 by Bishop [[Rostislav (Devyatov) of Tomsk|Rostislav of Magadan and Chukotka]], beginning a series of great changes. Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on [[January 22]], 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; on [[May 13]], Bishop [[Eugene (Reshetnikov) of Vereya|Eugene of Vereya]] ordained him as [[deacon]]. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on [[June 14]], 1995, with his first child (of three) being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Academy]], and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, Moscow, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Yasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school), and was noted for his strictness in compliance with the [[Typikon]] and canons, which caused some conflict between himself and Archimandrite [[Boris (Dobrev) of Agatoniysky|Boris Dobrev]], rector of the metochion at the time.
Rdr Daniel was married to Iulia Mikhailovna Brykina on [[January 22]], 1995, by Fr [[Dionisy Pozdnyaev]]<ref>'''Pravmir'''. [http://www.pravmir.com/article_790.html]</ref>; on [[May 13]], Bishop [[Eugene (Reshetnikov) of Vereya|Eugene of Vereya]] ordained him as [[deacon]]. Dcn Daniel graduated from Moscow Theological Seminary at the top of the class on [[June 14]], 1995, with his first child (of three) being born later that year. He subsequently enrolled in the correspondence course of the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological Academy]], and was assigned to the Bulgarian [[metochion]] church of the Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God in Gonchary, Moscow, where he taught the Law of God senior classes of the [[Yasenevo Orthodox Classical Gymnasium]] (high school), and was noted for his strictness in compliance with the [[Typikon]] and canons, which caused some conflict between himself and Archimandrite [[Boris (Dobrev) of Agathonikeia|Boris (Dobrev)]], rector of the metochion at the time. From August 1996, the Patriarch blessed him to hold missionary Biblical conversations in the Kriutitsy Patriarchal Metochion with people who had suffered from the influence of sects and, later, occult activities. He began work at the Rehabilitation Centre of St [[John of Kronstadt]], under the direction of Hmk hieromonk [[Anatoly Anatolius (BerestoyBerestov)]].
In 1999, Dcn Daniel published his first book, entitled ''The Chronicle of the Beginning'', which was published by [[Sretensky Monastery]] and dedicated to the patristic doctrine of creation. On [[May 24]], 2000, he was awarded a letter of commendation for teaching by the Department of Religious Education and Catechesis; in June of that year, the council of the Moscow Theological Academy approved his thesis, ''Anthropology and Analysis of the Seventh Day Adventists and the Watchtower Society'', and Dcn Daniel graduated. In the same year, ''Hexaemeron Against Evolution'', edited by Dcn Daniel, was published.
