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Agafangel (Pashkovsky) of Odessa

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In 1992 he became [[rector]] of the Saint Natalia and Adrian (now Saint John of Kronstadt) church in Odessa, Ukraine.
On [[March 27]], 1994, Agafangel was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a bishop at the Holy Emperor Constantine Cathedral in Suzdal, Russia, by Archbishop [[Lazar (Zhurbenko)]], Bishop [[Valentine (RusantsevRusantsov)]], and Bishop [[Theodore (GineevskyGineyevsky)]]. At that time these bishops had separated from the ROCOR and organized their own paraecclesiastic organization called the "Free Russian Orthodox Church". Neither the ROCOR [[Synod]] of Bishops, nor any of the local churches, recognized Agafangel's consecration as valid at the time.
However in February 1995 the bishops dissolved the "Free Russian Orthodox Church" and requested to be reaccepted into the ROCOR. Upon a trial period of one year, the ROCOR Synod, acting in the spirit of oikonomia, accepted Agafangel's ordination as valid. In 1996 he was appointing ruling bishop of Simferopol and the Crimea.
On [[May 20]], 2007, the members of the ROCOR Synod, meeting in Moscow, suspended Bishop Agafangel for inciting schism, disobeying lawful authority, and refusing transfer to the Buenos Aires cathedra.
At an emergency meeting of the ROCOR Synod on [[June 28]] and [[June 29|29]], 2007, issued a "final letter of warning" to Bishop Agafangel, calling on him to cease all schismatic activity. The Synod also approved the suspension of Abbot Andronik (Kotliaroff), head of the [[Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem|Russian Ecclesiastic Mission ]] in Jerusalem, and other clerics that supported Agafangel. However on [[December 7]], 2007, with the aid of bishops from the [[Holy Synod in Resistance]], a faction of Old-Calendar Greeks, Agafangel carried out the consecration of Andronik (Kotrliaroff) as soi-disant Bishop of Richmond Hill and New York. Hieromonk Sofroniy (Musienko) was also consecrated soi-disant Bishop of Saint Petersburg and Northern Russia. These ordinations marked the final breach of the new organization, calling itself the Provisional Supreme Church Authority, with the ROCOR synod.
On [[November 19]], 2008, the Provisional Supreme Church Authority elected Bishop Agafangel to the rank of Metropolitan.
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Odessa]]

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