Sergius (Konovalov)

Sergius of Evkarpia (born Sergey Alexeyevich Konovalov, Russian: Сергей Алексеевич Коновалов, French: Serge Konovaloff; July 8, 1941 in Leuven, Belgium – January 22, 2003 in Paris, France) was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 1993 to 2003.

Serge Konovalov
Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe
Installed27 June 1993
Term ended22 January 2003
PredecessorGeorge (Wagner)
SuccessorGabriel of Comane
Orders
ConsecrationJune 27, 1993
Personal details
BornJuly 8, 1941
Leuven, Belgium
DiedJanuary 22, 2003
Paris, France

Biography

He studied Germanic languages at the University of Louvain. 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 protodeacon 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 June 27, 1993. He died in Paris on January 22, 2003.

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