Sergius Chashin Explained

Native Name:Сергий
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Name:Nikolay Nikolayevich Chashin
Birth Date:19 June 1974
Birth Place:Komsomolsky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Russian
Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church
Church:Russian Orthodox Church
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Incumbent
Appointed:28 December 2018
Metropolitan and of Singapore and South-East Asia
Metropolis:Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia
Ordination:7 April 1993 (deacon)
Ordained By:Bishop Benjamin (Pushkar) of Vladivostok and Primorye
Rank:Metropolitan
Diocese:Diocese of Singapore

Metropolitan and Exarch Sergius of Singapore and South-East Asia (Russian: Митрополит Сергий, secular name Nikolay Nikolayevich Chashin, Russian: Николай Николаевич Чашин; born June 19, 1974) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, primate of the Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia (since 2018), head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchy (since 2009), and member of the Inter-Council presence of the Russian Orthodox Church (since 2009).

Biography

Early life

In 1991 he graduated from the secondary school of the village of Narovchat in the Penza Oblast.[1]

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.[1]

Since August 9, 1993, he was appointed Secretary of the Diocese of Vladivostok.[1]

On September 1, 1995 he was appointed also Vice-rector of the [1]

On February 17, 1996, Bishop Benjamin (Pushkar) of Vladivostok and Primorye ordained Segius (Chashin) to the priesthood.[1]

On April 2, 1997 he was appointed rector of the Assumption Church in Vladivostok.[1]

In 2000 he was elevated to the rank of hegumen. In May 2005 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.[1]

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

Vicar bishop of Moscow diocese

On March 31, 2009, at the first 2009 session of the Holy Synod, chaired by newly-enthroned Patriarch Kirill, he was appointed Bishop of Solnechnogorsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese.[4] On April 1, by order of Patriarch Kirill, he was appointed head of the Administrative Secretariat responsible for resolving administrative, economic, personnel, legal, protocol and information issues within the Moscow Patriarchate. On April 9, 2009 by the decree of Patriarch Kirill № 34 he was appointed rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Ostankino, Moscow. On May 27, 2009 he was appointed a member of the newly formed Award commission under the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.[5] On July 27, 2009, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was included in the newly formed inter-Council presence of the Russian Orthodox Church.[6]

March 22, 2011 by the decision of the Holy Synod he was included into the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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".[10]

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.[11]

Primate of the Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia

On December 28, 2018, he was appointed head of the then-created Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia with title the title of "Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia".[12] [13] On January 7, 2019 during the evening service in the Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of Metropolitan in connection with his appointment as Exarch.[14]

On February 26, 2019, the Holy Synod formed the Korean, Singaporean, Thailand, and Filipino-Vietnamese dioceses within the Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia and appointed Metropolitan Sergius as the ruling Bishop of the Singapore diocese and locum tenens of the other three dioceses.[15] [16] On April 4 of the same year, Metropolitan Segius was dismissed from the administration of the Korean diocese due to the appointment of Archbishop Theophanes (Kim) as ruling hierarch of that diocese.[17]

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.[18]

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Записки из Сингапура: экваториальное православие. 17 November 2009. РИА Новости. ru. 2019-06-27.
  3. Web site: ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви от 12 октября 2007 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru. Патриархия.ru. ru. 2019-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327073941/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/307292.html. 2019-03-27. live.
  4. Web site: ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви от 31 марта 2009 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru. Патриархия.ru. ru. 2019-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20130316022419/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/600732.html. 2013-03-16. live.
  5. Web site: ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 27 мая 2009 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru. Патриархия.ru. ru. 2019-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20130316062244/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/657505.html. 2013-03-16. live.
  6. Web site: Состав Межсоборного присутствия Русской Православной Церкви (от 27.07.09) / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru. Патриархия.ru. ru. 2019-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190422120527/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/705058.html. 2019-04-22. live.
  7. Web site: ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 22 марта 2011 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru. Патриархия.ru. ru. 2019-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190212052053/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1434630.html. 2019-02-12. live.
  8. Web site: ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 25-26 декабря 2012 года / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru. Патриархия.ru. ru. 2019-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190320030458/http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/2674273.html. 2019-03-20. live.
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