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His Grace '''Gabriel (Chemodakov) ''' is Bishop [[bishop]] of Manhattan, Secretary secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], Vicar and vicar for the Administration of the Eastern-American diocese.

In the world He was born George L'vovich Chemodakov, he was born on [[June 2]], 1961, in Sydney, Australia.

In 1980 he entered [[Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Seminary]] in Jordanville, New York, from where which he graduated in 1984 and where he remained as an instructor of Russian culture and other subjects through 1989. In 1989 he was appointed cell attendant to [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Metropolitan Vitaly]], and then to [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Bishop Hilarion of Manhattan]]. He continued in this obedience until 1996, when he was tontured [[tonsure]]d a monk. On the Fifth Sunday of Lent of 1996, he was ordained hierodeacon by [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Archbishop Laurus of Syracuse and Holy Trinity]]. In the same year, on the feast of the Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem, he was ordained hieromonk by [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Metropolitan Vitaly]]. On the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, he was consecrated Bishop bishop of Brisbane, Vicar vicar of the Australian and New Zealand diocese, but then was quickly transferred to the Manhattan cathedra and appointed deputy Secretary secretary of the Synod of Bishops. In October 2001 he was appointed Secretary secretary of the Synod of Bishops. In and in 2004 - as member of the comission Commission for the conducting Conducting of the Fourth All-Diaspora Council.