RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PERSONALITIES

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 2, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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Aleksandr, Patriarch of Antioch., Syria.
Al.ksiig Petrierols of Moscow and All Russieo
,dntoni_i-n Archbishop of Czochosnlov too Prior of church in Karlovy
Vary (Narlsbad),, Czechoslovakia.. Appointed by the Patriarch
Aloksii and the Holy Synod to the Cathedra of Bishop of Orel
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Antoniifl lero ion h Archi ndrite?) ,, appointed
by Patriarch A1~3i eae t . e $? .y Synod to the Cathedra of
Bishop. of tanislav and Koiomiyaa (Ukraine). Surnames Pelvetski0
Born 1898.
2p asmin, Metropolitan of America.
tii (Photius);, Archbishop of Orel and Bryeusk. Sent by the Petri'
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Geraean.s? Archbishop of Fiatiria (sic).
Hxaarohy-of the Moscow Patriarchate and given the title of
Archbishop of Prague and CseohoEalovakiaa with residence in
Prague.
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nisii? metropolitan of Warsaw-
vfsriio Bishop of Rostov and Taganrog (Rostov oblast)0 Appoint-
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arch and the Rol S Synod to. Paris in order to help the Me
politan By eased) to rule the
Exarohyo pared 8, for the send-
Jag of Pha ia to sa- ae
German, Archbishop of Finland.
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Guriia Arohiinandrite0 Vicar of the Holy Trinity Abbey, Seargsyev (not
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Ioana Patriarchal Txarch of all the Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kiev
and Galicia.
Ioan, Archbishop of Czechoslovakia.
Ioasaf, Bishop of Sinferopol and the Crimean Transferred by Patri-
arch Al Aksii and the Holy Synoei to the Cathedra of Tambov and
Ilichurinsk (Tarlbov Oblast).
Iosif,,.Metrop?litan, Assistant tq Patriarch of Serbia.
Iov, Bishop of Izmail (Ukraine),, Relieved of duty because of illness
by order of Patriarch Aleksii and the Holy Synod, with residence
in a monastery of the Kishinav (Moldavian SSR) Hparchy.
Kallistrat, Patriarch of Georgia.
,yptc.
Khristof'erx, Patriarch of Alexandrian Er
Kornilii& Archbishop of the Eparchy of TIilnoq. Lithuania.
Lukae, Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinske. Transferred by Patriarch
Aleksii and the Holy Synod to the Cetheedra of Bishop of Simfero-
pol and the Cririea~
Makarii, Bishop of Mozhaisk (fioscow Oblast),,
Makarii,.Bishor of Lvov and Tarnopol (Ukraine).
Maksim, Bishop of Liskov (sic). Appointed by Patriarch Al(#ksii and the
Iioly Synod to the Cathedra of Bishop of Izmail (Ukraine) and
Belgrade.
faanuil, )3:ishcp of Chkalov d Buzuluk (Chk&lov Cblast).
Mikhail,, Pr4latea appointed by the Patriarch and the Holy Synod to the
Cathedra of Bishop of Sembor and Brogobich (Ukraine)`:. Surnaxae:
Melnik, F,irn 1903,:
Nestor,, Bishop of MRukachev and Uzhgorod (Ukrsi net
Nestor, Archbishop of. Harbin, Manchurian
fikodim, Patriarch of Rur ania,
Pankratiia Archinandrite. Vicar of the Pochayev (sic) Abbey. Appointed
by Patriarch Aleksii and the Holy Synod to the Cathedra of
Bishop of Kamenets'Podolsk and Proskurov (Ukraine)). Name: Pyotr
Iosifovich Kashperuku Barn 1890.
Serafim., First Priest of the Kazan Church in Kharkov. Appointed by
Patriarch Aleksii and the Holy Synod to the Cathedra of Bishop of
Rostov sad Taganrog. Name: Aleksei Sergeyevich Sharapova Born
1878.
Serafim? Metropolitan of Yraxce.
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Odessa. Confirmed by Patriarch ,.leksiz and the, Holy Synod as
Bishop of Odessa and Kirovgrad.
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Stefan, Metropolitan, Exarchy of Bulgaria.
Stefmn, Archbishop of Kharkov w:d Aogodukhov (Ukraine).
Varfolonei, Archbishop of Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk Oblast) and
Barnaul (Altai).
Varlaen Bishop of Vinnitsa. and Bratslav (Ukraine)., Transferred by
the Patriarch and the Holy Synod to the Cathedra of Bishop of
Volin and Rovno (Ukraine) o
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