George Yaroshevsky
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Metropolitan George (born Hryhoriy Antonovych Yaroshevsky 18/30 November 1872 in Podolian Governorate, Imperial Russia - 8 February 1923, Warsaw, Poland) was the Metropolitan of Warsaw and Russian Patriarchal Exarch in Poland[1] from 11 October 1921 to 8 February 1923.
He was born in the family of the Orthodox priest Antoniy Yaroshevsky and his wife Dominika in a village of Mala Ternivka (today Ternivka) in Podolia Governorate. His father was a parochial priest in Olhopil parish. George (Yaroshevsky) was an ethnic Ukrainian.[2]
George (Yaroshevsky) was a graduate of the Kyiv Theological Academy as a Candidate of Theology in 1897.[1] In 1900 he was tonsured as a monk and consecrated as a priest (iereus).[1] In 1901 he defended his magistrate dissertation at the Kyiv Theological Academy titled as "Conciliar Epistle of St. Jacob".[1]
In 1918 George (Yaroshevsky) left the territory of what was Russian Republic for Constantinople and later Serbia.[1]
During occupation of Ukraine by the Armed Forces of South Russia, he was appointed by the Higher Church Administration of South Russia as locum tenens of the eparchy of Kharkiv.[3] In 1920s Archbishop George (Yaroshevsky) was assisting Archbishop Eulogius (Georgiyevsky) in administration of the Russian Orthodox Dioceses in Western Europe.[3]
In June of 1922 he assembled the first Council of Orthodox Bishops in Poland.[1]
On 8 February 1923 George (Yaroshevsky) was assassinated by Archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church Smaragd (Latyshenko).[1][3]
Bishopric appointments of George (Yaroshevsky)
- 1906 – ordained as a vicar bishop of Kashira of the Tula Eparchy[1]
- 1 February 1908 a vicar bishop of Pryluky of the Poltava Eparchy[1]
- 19 November 1910 a vicar bishop of Yamburg of the Saint Petersburg Eparchy and a rector of the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy[1]
- 13 May 1913 bishop of Kaluga and Borovsk[1]
- 6 July 1916 bishop of Minsk and Turov[1]
- 1918 became an archbishop[1]
- 11 October 1921 archbishop of Warsaw, Patriarchal Exarch in Poland[1]
- 30 January 1922 became a metropolitan[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o ГЕОРГИЙ. (in Russian). www.pravenc.ru (Russian Orthodox Encyclopedia)
- ^ Pelica, G.J. Kościół prawosławny w województwie lubelskim (1918–1939). Fundacja Dialog Narodów.
- ^ a b c У вбивстві митрополита Георгія є «сліди» радянської дипмісії — Андрій Стародуб Archived 8 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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