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Agapit (Gorachek) of Stuttgart

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[[Image:Bishop_Agapit.jpg|right|frame|His Grace, Bishop Agapit (Gorachek) of Stuttgart fixing a computer]]His Grace '''Bishop Agapit (Gorachek)''' is [[bishop ]] of Stuttgart, Germany, [[auxiliary bishop|vicar]] for the administration of the [[diocese ]] of Germany of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]].
== Life ==The Alexander Gorachek, the future bishop , was born in Germany on [[September 29]], 1955, of the Czech nationality. He completed his schooling in Franfurt-am-Main and then studied at the department of architecture in Darmstadt. In 1979 he entered the brotherhood of St Job of Pochaev in Munchen. He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk ]] on [[March 29]], 1983. On [[December 25]], 1983 he was [[ordination|ordained ]] [[hierodeacon]] and on [[April 8]], 1991 [[hieromonk]]. In 1995 he was elevated to the rank of [[abbot]].
In October 2000, the Synod of Bishops approved the consecration of Abbot Agapit to the episcopate. The [[consecration of a bishop|consecration ]] took place on [[April 30]], 2001 at the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia [[cathedralCathedral]] in Munchen, Germany. The consecration was performed by [[Archbishop ]] [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus of Syracuse and Holy Trinity]], Archbishop [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain]], Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion of Sydney]], Bishop [[Evtikhy Eutychus (Kurochkin) of IshimDomodedovo|Evtikhy of Ishim and Siberia]], and Bishop [[Ambrose (Cantacuzène) of Geneva|Ambrose of Geneva]].
Besides his duties as [[vicar ]] of the German diocese, Bishop Agapit served as vicar to Bishop Ambrose for as the administrator for ROCOR parishes in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg until 2006.
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== Links External link==* [http://www.synod.com/synod/rocor/bio_bpagapit.html Homily pronounced by Vladika Agapit at his consecration](Russian)
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