Sergius Chashin
Sergius Chashin | |
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Metropolitan and of Singapore and South-East Asia | |
Diocese of Singapore | |
Appointed | 28 December 2018 |
Predecessor | Office established |
Successor | Incumbent |
Orders | |
Ordination | 7 April 1993 (deacon) by Bishop Benjamin (Pushkar) of Vladivostok and Primorye |
Rank | Metropolitan |
Personal details | |
Born | Nikolay Nikolayevich Chashin June 19, 1974 |
Nationality | Russian |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Metropolitan and Exarch Sergius
Biography
Early life
In 1991 he graduated from the secondary school of the village of Narovchat in the Penza Oblast.[5]
Deacon, priest and vicar bishop of Vladivistok diocese
On March 16, 1993, Bishop Benjamin (Pushkar) of Vladivostok and Primorye tonsured him a monk and named him Sergius in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The same Bishop ordained him a deacon on April 7, 1993.[5]
Since August 9, 1993, he was appointed Secretary of the
On September 1, 1995 he was appointed also Vice-rector of the Vladivostok theological college[5]
On February 17, 1996, Bishop Benjamin (Pushkar) of Vladivostok and Primorye ordained Segius (Chashin) to the
On April 2, 1997 he was appointed rector of the Assumption Church in Vladivostok.[5]
In 2000 he was elevated to the rank of hegumen. In May 2005 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.[5]
On December 26, 2006, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Sergius was appointed Bishop of Ussuriysk, vicar of the Vladivostok diocese. 14 February 2007 he was nominated as bishop. On 15 February 2007 he was ordained bishop.[5]
On July 12, 2007, Bishop Sergius, who arrived in Singapore at the invitation of Russian Orthodox people, celebrated the liturgy at the Armenian Church of Gregory the Illuminator.[6] On October 12, 2007, the Holy Synod accepted into the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church a newly formed parish in honor of the assumption of the mother of God in the Republic of Singapore; the Holy Synod entrusted Bishop Sergius with the Episcopal care of that parish.[7]
Vicar bishop of Moscow diocese
On March 31, 2009, at the first 2009 session of the
March 22, 2011 by the decision of the Holy Synod he was included into the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.[11]
On December 26, 2012, by the decision of the Holy Synod, Bishop Sergius was entrusted with the archpastoral care of the Michael the Archangel parish in Kuala Lumpur.[12]
On October 21, 2016, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed administrator of Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, North and South Korea, keeping the position head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate.[13]
On November 20, 2016 at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, during the 70th anniversary of Patriarch Kirill, bishop Sergius was elevated to the rank of Archbishop "for the diligent service of the Church of God".[14]
On February 1, 2017, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was included in the then-established Organizational Committee for the implementation of the programme of Church events for the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the era of persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church.[15]
Primate of the Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia
On December 28, 2018, he was appointed head of the then-created
On February 26, 2019, the
On July 23, 2019, he was relieved of the post of head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchay, expressing gratitude for the conscientious and effective performance of official duties.[21]
Notes
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