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His Eminence Archbishop '''Georges (Tarassoff) of Syracuse''' (1893-1981) was an [[auxiliary bishop]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] serving in its [[Russian Orthodox Exarchate in Western Europe]].
Abp. Georges born in Voronezh in Russia and settled in Belgium in 1919, where he worked from 1921 to 1934 in the capacity of a chemical engineer, in various enterprises. In 1928, he was ordained to the [[deacon|diaconate]] by Metropolitan [[Evlogy (Georgievsky) of Paris]]. He wanted to serve the Church in this state for the rest of his life, but on [[February 3]], 1930, unforseen circumstances led Deacon Georges to receive the [[priest]]hood, through obedience to his [[bishop.]] .
He was named the [[rector]] of the [[parish]]es of the students in Gand and Louvain, parishes which had found themselves without a priest continually present. In 1940, he was named rector of the St. Panteleimon parish in Brussels, which did not stop him from also serving other parishes in Belgium. Among his parishioners, he developed an exceptional zeal and became a living image of pastoral love. On [[October 4]], 1953, Fr. Georges was consecrated to the [[bishop|episcopacy]] in Paris by Metr. [[Vladimir (Tikhonitskii) of Paris|Vladimir (Tikhonitskii)]], the successor of Metr. Evlogy, after which the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople elected him Bishop of Syracuse and auxiliary to Vladimir for Benelux and Federal Germany, with his residence in his former parish in Brussels.
