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November 23, 2021, the Bishops' Council nominated Sergei as the only candidate for election to the vicar bishop's position of the Helsinki Diocese. On November 25, in the vote of the members of the Council of the Orthodox Church in the New Valaam Monastery, he was elected for ordination as Bishop
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family with four sons. His father was
Orthodox, his mother was a Lutheran from North Karelia. His grandmother and grandfather bore the surname Gordeyev, which in the 1920s they changed to Finnish in the wake of de-Russification. He was baptized into Orthodoxy at the age of one month. At the age of
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At the opening of the church council of the
Finnish archdiocese, Archbishop Leo of Karelia and all Finland, commenting on the issue of the dismissal of the hegumen of the only male monastery in the country, noted that there were “good reasons” for the dismissal of Hegumen Sergei and “there was no
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The brethren of the monastery (4 people) expressed support for the decision of the archbishop. The monastics and novices expressed their desire to see a new hegumen as the head of the monastery, since “Hegumen Sergei has lost our confidence,” the statement said.
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November 8, 2012, the Deputy Chancellor of Justice of Finland, Mikko Puumalainen, reprimanded Archbishop Leo: according to the law, he did not have the right to single-handedly dismiss the hegumen of the Valaam Monastery, whose post is for life.
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January 16, 2022, his episcopal consecration took place in the Uspenski Cathedral. The consecration was performed by Archbishop Leo of Helsinki and all Finland, Metropolitan Arseni (Heikkinen) of Kuopio and
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against the actions of
Archbishop Leo, noting that Archbishop Leo violated the charter of the monastery, and also put pressure on the hegumen, demanding that he himself resign for health reasons.
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Gymnasium and entered the Kuopio
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Monastery. He heads the
Society of Friends of Valaam (Fin. Valamon Ystävät ry) and the Orthodox Brotherhood (Fin. Ortodoksinen Veljestö ry).
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Sergei (Leimu), a resident of the New Valaam
Monastery, had a great influence on the upbringing of the boy. He visited the church of the
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Orthodox activist Eino Hartikainen, who lived in their village, and
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351:[‘Sergei (vicar bishop)’] (in Finnish). 15 Jan 2022
590:"Valamon luostarin johtaja ainoa ehdokas apulaispiispaksi"
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alternative” to resolve the situation in a different way.
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