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In 1911, Fr. Georgy was named Chaplain-General of the Forces, that is the Protopresbyter of the military chaplaincy. His appointment was without precedent. He had no patrons in high circles. He was an "outsider" in the top levels of power. He was not even a mitered [[priest]] at the time of his appointment, but received his [[miter]] on the day the tsar appointed him Protopresbyter. He was the only holder of this office who had had a record of service in combat conditions. During the period he served as Protopresbyter, Fr. Georgy took great efforts to reorganize the administration of the military and naval clergy as well as the activities of military chaplains including those activities during wartime.
Fr. Georgy had also been appointed a member of the [[Apostolic Governing Synod|Holy Synod]] and was among those who were removed as members by [[Vladimir Nikolayevich Lvov|Vladimir Lvov]] of the new government after the abdication the Emperor [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas I II]] in March 1917.
After the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, the mitered protopresbyter Georgy Shavelsky was forced to leave Russia and entered into exile. He reposed on [[October 2]], 1951 in Sofia, Bulgaria at the age of 80.
* Fr. Georgii Shavel'sky, ''Vospominaniia poslednogo protopresvitera russkoi armii i flota'', 2 vols. (New York, 1954)
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*[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A1EF83F5E147B93CBA9178BD95F458585F9 New York Times Obit October 9, 1951]
*[http://www.romanitas.ru/eng/NEW%20ZION%20IN%20BABYLON%20-%20ch.%202.htm Reaping the Whirlwind Part II]
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