Sergius of Evkarpia (born Sergey Alexeyevich Konovalov, russian: Сергей Алексеевич Коновалов, french: Serge Konovaloff; 8 July 1941 in

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– 22 January 2003 in

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) was an

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of the

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who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 1993 to 2003.

Biography

He studied Germanic languages at the

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. Serge had a brother, Alexander Konovaloff, who currently lives in Belgium. He was married fathered three children, and was ordained a deacon in 1968 by Archbishop George (Tarassov) of Syracuse in Brussels and was elevated to the rank of

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in 1976. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1980 by bishop George (Wagner) of Evdokia and was elevated to archpriest in 1985. Following the death of his wife, by whom he had three children, he became a monk in 1990. In the same year he was elected to be the successor of the late Archbishop George (Wagner) as head of the exarchate. He was consecrated bishop in Paris on 27 June 1993. He died in Paris on 22 January 2003.

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Ходатай о русском единстве — памяти архипастыря русских приходов в Западной Европе
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