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After entering the Yablochinsky [[Monastery]] in the Diocese of Kholm, Arkady was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] on [[June 7]], 1907 by Bishop [[Eulogius (Georgievsky) of Paris|Eulogius]] of Kholm]] and given the name Sergius. [[ordination|Ordained]] a hieromonk in 1908, he joined into the [[missionary]] program of the monastery, mainly among the [[Union of Brest|Uniates]] of the area. In 1914, Father Sergius was elevated to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] and appointed assistant [[abbot]] of the monastery.
With the start of World War I in 1914, the monastery was evacuated as it was near the battle line between the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires. After the war ended, Archim. Sergius was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] in 1920 to the [[episcopate]] as Bishop of Belsk, a [[see]] that, following the peace treaties, was part of the nation of Poland. As Bp. Sergius opposed the proposed [[autocephaly]] of the Orthodox [[Church of Poland|Church in Poland]], he was arrested in 1922 and deported from Poland to Czechoslovakia where Metropolitan [[Eulogius (Georgievsky) of Paris|Eulogius]] of Western Europe under ROCOR assigned Bp. Sergius as his [[vicar]] [[Bishop]] of Prague.
Bp. Sergius remained with Metr. Eulogius during the following decades as, in 1927, Eulogius split with ROCOR and recognized the Moscow Patriarchate. Bp. Sergius also remained with him when Metr. Eulogius was accepted under the canonical care of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch]] in 1930 after the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] had [[deposition|deposed]] Metr. Eulogius. In 1945, as World War II ended, Bp. Sergius joined again with Metr. Eulogius as he re-entered [[communion]] with the Moscow Patriarchate.
Abp. Sergius reposed in Kazan on [[December 18]], 1952.
==Writings==
Abp. Sergius was noted for his [[Homily|sermons]] and was a prolific writer, leaving over twenty works on various aspects of Orthodoxy.<ref>[http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/spiritual_life_sergius_prague.htm "The Spiritual Life In the World" Excerpts from the sermons of Archbishop Sergius (Korolev) of Prague (1881-1952)]</ref>
