Introduction
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.
Biography
He studied Germanic languages at the University of Louvain.
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.
Sources
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- Evêque Gabriel de Comane Archevêque Serge (Konovalov) Evêque diocésain de 1993 à 2003. // Messager Diocésain, n° 16, juin 2003, pp. 11-13
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