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Evgraph Kovalevsky was born in St Petersburg on 8 April 1905 of a prominent Ukrainian family, and brother to Maxime and Pierre Kovalevsky. He taught at the Saint-Serge Institute in Paris until, with the assistance of Vladimir Lossky, he opened the Saint-Denys Institute on 15 November 1944. Kovalevsky and Lossky had founded the Brotherhood of St Photius in 1925. He was ordained a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1937, and his first liturgy was the funeral for Archimandrite Louis-Charles Winnaert, whom he had worked with to bring Winnaert’s followers into the Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Sergius, the patriarchal locum tenens for Moscow, had issued ''ukaze'' No. 1249 on 16 June 1936 establishing Winnaert’s group as “The Western Orthodox Church
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Bishop Jean-Nectaire, the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of France (1966-1970) was born Evgraph Kovalevsky in St Petersburg, Russia, on 8 April 1905.He was the brother of the deacon and musicologist Maxime Kovalevsky (1903-1988) and the historian Pierre Kovalevsky (1901-1979). He was co-founder with Vladimir Lossky of the Brotherhood of St Photius (1925) and the French Orthodox Theological Institute, Saint-Denys (1944). He was ordained a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate by Metropolitan Eleutherius (Bogoyavlenky) in 1937. Upon the death of Archimandrite Irenée (Louis-Charles) Winnaert, he was placed in charge of the newly formed Western Orthodox Church established by Metropolitan Sergius, the Patriarchal ''locum tenens'' of Moscow. The Holy Synod of the Church of Russia conferred upon him the title Doctor of Divinity in 1952. In 1966, he was tonsured by Archbishop [[John Maximovitch]], given the monastic name of Jean-Nectaire, and installed as the first Bishop of Saint-Denis in the modern era, making him the hierach of the [[Western Rite]] diocese now known as the [[Orthodox Church of France]]. He authored numerous articles and books, one of which was published in English as ''A Method of Prayer for Modern Times'' (Praxis, 1993). He reposed on 30 January 1970.

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Consecration of Bishop Jean-Nectaire by St. John Maximovitch

Bishop Jean-Nectaire, the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of France (1966-1970) was born Evgraph Kovalevsky in St Petersburg, Russia, on 8 April 1905.He was the brother of the deacon and musicologist Maxime Kovalevsky (1903-1988) and the historian Pierre Kovalevsky (1901-1979). He was co-founder with Vladimir Lossky of the Brotherhood of St Photius (1925) and the French Orthodox Theological Institute, Saint-Denys (1944). He was ordained a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate by Metropolitan Eleutherius (Bogoyavlenky) in 1937. Upon the death of Archimandrite Irenée (Louis-Charles) Winnaert, he was placed in charge of the newly formed Western Orthodox Church established by Metropolitan Sergius, the Patriarchal locum tenens of Moscow. The Holy Synod of the Church of Russia conferred upon him the title Doctor of Divinity in 1952. In 1966, he was tonsured by Archbishop John Maximovitch, given the monastic name of Jean-Nectaire, and installed as the first Bishop of Saint-Denis in the modern era, making him the hierach of the Western Rite diocese now known as the Orthodox Church of France. He authored numerous articles and books, one of which was published in English as A Method of Prayer for Modern Times (Praxis, 1993). He reposed on 30 January 1970.

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