George of Evdokias (born Georg Wagner; March 10, 1930 in

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, Germany – April 6, 1993 in Paris) was an

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who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 1981 to 1993, under the jurisdiction of the

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. Having studied theology at the

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(where he later served as a professor), he was ordained in 1955 into the

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for service in that city. He became a monk, and

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. In October 1971 he was consecrated as

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of Evdokias (titular see), and appointed assistant bishop to Archbishop George Tarassov. In May 1981, he was elected to be the successor of Archbishop George as head of the exarchate, and was granted the title of Archbishop. Рainful illness that occurred during the summer of 1992, a varicose vein, did not allow him to resume the courses of his last academic year. Bishop George who was no longer able to stand, went through the most difficult tests for the bishop, the theologian and the liturgist, for he could no longer celebrate the liturgy. Overcoming the pain, of which he never complained, he had to preside over the Eucharistic liturgy in the cathedral on the feast of the Holy Encounter on February 15, 1993. He died April 6, 1993.

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* Archbishops of Orthodox parishes of Russian tradition in Western Europe Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Protestantism 1930 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Eastern Orthodox archbishops Eastern Orthodox Christians from Germany German expatriates in France {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub