Sergius of Evkarpia (born Sergey Alexeyevich Konovalov, , ; 8 July 1941 in
Leuven
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,
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– 22 January 2003 in
Paris
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,
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) was an
Eastern Orthodox
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archbishop
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of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate
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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
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
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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.
Sources
* Вестник Русского христианского движения. — Париж, 1993. — № 167. — С. 245—246.
* Evêque Gabriel de Coman
Archevêque Serge (Konovalov) Evêque diocésain de 1993 à 2003.// Messager Diocésain, n° 16, juin 2003, pp. 11–13
* Париж прощается с владыкой Сергием // «Русская мысль». Париж. — 2003. — № 4441, 30 января
* ''Крикорьян С. Н.'' Архиепископ Сергий (Коновалов) из личных воспоминаний / Подг. текста, публикация и примечания Д. А. Агеева //
Церковь и время. — 2005. — № 4(33). — С. 235—244.
* ''архимандрит Савва (Тутунов), епископ Корсунский Нестор'
Ходатай о русском единстве — памяти архипастыря русских приходов в Западной Европе//
prichod.ru, 22.01.2013
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1941 births
2003 deaths
Archbishops of Orthodox parishes of Russian tradition in Western Europe
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Belgium
Clergy from Leuven