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August 14, 1997 he was tonsured a monk named by Bishop Ionafan of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and the Kuril Islands with the name Feofan in honor of St. [[Theophanes the Confessor]], Bishop of [[Nicea.]]

He was, first, a member of the Church of St. Innocent of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk from 1995 where he sang in the choir before serving at the [[Resurrection]] [[Cathedral]] in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. On [[August 14]], 1997, Alexei was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] by Bishop Ionafan of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and the Kuril Islands with the name Theophanes (Feofan ) in honor of St. [[Theophanes the Confessor]], Bishop of [[Nicea]]. On [[August 17]], 1997, Mnk. Feofan was [[ordination|ordained]] a hierodeacon by Bishop Ionafan, who then, ordained Dcn. Feofan a [[hieromonk]] on [[August 19]].

During On [[August 17]], 1997 and 1998, FrMnk. Feofan was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priesthierodeacon]] at the Resurrection Cathedral in Yuzhno-Sakhalinskby Bishop Ionafan, while serving as director of the cathedral choir and editor of the diocesan newspaper. In 1998who then, Frordained Dcn. Feofan returned to study at the Smolensk Seminary. During this period he was assigned to the Smolensk Cathedral. In 2000, Fr. Feofan was assigned as a priest to the Diocese of Abakan and Kyzyl in central Siberia[[hieromonk]] on [[August 19]].

In September 2000During 1997 and 1998, with the blessing of Fr. Feofan was a [[Metropolitanpriest]] [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) at the Resurrection Cathedral in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, while serving as director of Moscow|Kyrill (Gundyayev)]] the cathedral choir and editor of Smolensk and Kaliningradthe diocesan newspaper. In 1998, Fr. Feofan was assigned returned to serve as pastor to Russian-speaking citizens who were residing in study at the Republic of Korea. On [[May 16Smolensk Theological Seminary]], 2001, . During this period he was awarded a [[pectoral cross]] at assigned to the request of MetrSmolensk Cathedral. Kyrill. On [[May 6]], 2006In 2000, Fr. Feofan was named an Honorary Citizen assigned as a priest to the Diocese of SeoulAbakan and Kyzyl in central Siberia.

In September 2000, with the blessing of [[Metropolitan]] [[Kyrill I (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Kyrill (Gundyayev)]] of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Fr. Feofan was assigned to serve as pastor to Russian-speaking citizens who were residing in the Republic of Korea. On [[May 16]], 2001, he was awarded a [[pectoral cross]] at the request of Metr. Kyrill. On [[May 6]], 2006, Fr. Feofan was named an Honorary Citizen of Seoul.  On [[June 6]], 2006, Fr. Feofan was elevated to the rank of [[igumen]] by Metr. Kyrill.  In April 2011, he was given, as an awarded, the right to wear a [[Clergy awards|palitza]].  On [[October 6]], 2011, Fr. Feofan was elected by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Russia [[bishop]] of the newly established Diocese of Kyzyl and Tyva Kyzylsk in central Siberia. October 30th, 2011 at the Assumption Church in Troitse-Lykovo he was consecrated to the rank of Bishop of Kyzyl and Tyva. Consecration was performed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Metropolitan of Korea [[Ambrose (Zografos)]] (Constantinople Orthodox Church), Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna [[Juvenal (Poyarkov)]], Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovia [[Varsonofy (Sudakov)]], Archbishop of Istra [[Arseny (Yepifanov)]], Archbishop of Abakan and Khakassia [[Jonathan (Tsvetkov)]], Archbishop of Yegorevsk [[Mark (Golovkov)]], Bishop of Solnechnogorsk [[Sergius (Chashin)]], Bishop of Voskresensk [[Sawa (Mikheev)]].