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George (Schaefer) of Sydney

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His Grace The Most Reverend '''Schemabishop George (Schaefer)''' is [[Bishop]] of Mayfield, Pennsylvania, [[vicar]] of the Eastern-American [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]].
== Life ==
The future bishop George Paul Schaefer was born on [[May 25]], 1950, in Belleville, Illinois. He graduated from Catholic High School in 1968 and then attended Southern Illinois University from 1968 to 1972. In 1974 he was received into the Greek Orthodox Church in Modesto, California, and given the name Makarios in honor of Saint Makarios the Great. He joined the Russian Church Abroad in San Francisco in May 1975 and entered [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] in September 1975.
On Christmas, [[January 7]], 1975, Makarios was made a [[novice]] by Archbishop [[Averky (Taushev) of Syracuse|Averky (Taushev)]]. As a novice his obediences in the [[monastery]] were working in the farm and cemetery. After a few years in the monastery he was made a riassophor [[monk]] on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1979 and [[tonsure]]d to the small schema on Friday of the First Week of Lent, 1980, and given the name Mitrophan in honor of Saint Mitrophan of Voronezh. He was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[subdeacon]] on Palm Sunday of the same year. In 1980 he graduated from Holy Trinity Seminary .
[[Category:Bishops|George]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Mayfield]]
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