From Diocese of Sourozh

Bishop Elisey of Sourozh

Bishop Elisey was consecrated Bishop of Bogorodsk, assistant bishop in the Korsun Diocese with special responsibility for the Diocese of Sourozh, on 26th November 2006 at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

By the decree of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 27th of December 2007 (Journal №118 - in Russian), bishop Elisey was appointed Bishop of Sourozh.

Details of the bishop's consecration, including galleries of photographs, are available from the web site of the diocese's parish of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Oxford.

Additional materials about the bishop:

• Patriarch Alexy II's address on handing the episcopal staff to the newly-consecrated Bishop Elisey
• Archimandrite Elisey's speech on his nomination as Bishop of Bogorodsk

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