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In 1982, Fr. Anthony was assigned, until 1985, to the patriarchal representation church in Tokyo, Japan as the deputy [[archpriest]]. He return to Moscow to serve as the rural dean of the [[St. Daniel Monastery (Moscow)|Danilov Monastery]] where he served from November 1986 to April 1989. While attached to Danilov Monastery, Fr. Anthony was raised, on [[March 25]], 1987, to the dignity of [[archimandrite]].
After his election to the episcopate in 1989, Archim. Anthony was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Vilnius and Lithuania at the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Danilov Monastery on [[April 22]], 1989. On [[January 25]], 1990, Bp. Anthony was assigned to the Tobolsk Diocese. Then on [[July 20]], 1990, he was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as [[bishop]] of the Krasnoyarsk and Yenisei [[diocese]]. On [[February 19]], 1999 he was raised to the dignity of [[archbishop]]. Later, during the period of [[July 17]], 1999 to [[December 29]], 1999, Abp. Anthony was assigned the additional duty as administer of the Diocese of Abakan and Kizil.
Abp. Anthony has been the recipient of many church and secular awards, in addition to his membership in the Petrovskaya Academy of Science and Art and the Russian Geographical Society.
