THE LATE
ARCHBISHOP GEORGE OF EVDOKIA

ARCHBISHOP OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PARISHES IN WESTERN EUROPE

BIOGRAPHY :

The late Archbishop George of Evdokia (in the world George Wagner) was born on March 10, 1930, in Berlin (Germany). He studied theoloy at St. Sergius Institute in Paris. He was ordained a deacon and priest in 1955 by the late Metropolitan Nikolai (Moscow Patriarchate) in Paris. Professor of liturgics and canon law at St. Sergius Institute in Paris. He was tonsured a monk on March 12, 1971. On June 30, he was elected assistant bishop of the late Archbishop George (Tarassoff) of Syracuse (Archdiocese of the Russian Parishes in Western Europe under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), receiving the title of 'Bishop of Evdokia'. He was consecrated bishop in Paris on October 3, 1971. In May 1981, he was elected to be the successor of the late Archbishop George (Tarassoff) of Syracuse and was elevated to the rank of titular 'Archbishop of Evdokia'. He died in Paris on April 6, 1993.