His Grace [[Image:SymeonDu.jpg|230px|right|BishopSymeon (Du) of Shanghai (1886-1965).]] His Grace, the Right Reverend '''Symeon Simeon (DuRunchen) of Shanghai''' was one the [[bishop]] of Shanghai of the bishops in [[Church of China]] during the Autonomous Chinese Orthodox Churchmiddle of the twentieth century.
{{stub}}==Life==Born Fyodor Du on [[February 11]], 1886 in China, Fyodor was a descendent of the Russian cossacks from Albazin who were settled in Beijing in 1685 after the Russian settlement of Albazin was destroyed by the Chinese army. His father was a church [[reader]].
==Timeline==*1865: The Russian Cossack-Albazinian ancestors He and his family escaped miraculously from the mobs of the future bishop settle in Beijing.*1886 Feb 11: Fyodor Du born into the family Boxer (Yihetuan Movement) Rebellion of a church reader1900.*1900: Boxer Rebellion occurs. His father, close relatives and himself miraculously escape death.*1904: Fyodor completes attended theological courses at [[seminary at ]] classes of the [[Russian Orthodox Mission in China|Russian Orthodox Mission, ]] in Beijing. Serves He completed these courses in 1904. After completing his studies he continued his activities at the mission as a reader and catechist.*In 1908: , Bishop [[Innocent (Figurovsky) of Beijing|Innocent]], chief of the mission, [[ordination|ordained]] Fyodor ordained to a [[diaconatedeacon]] by Bishop Innokenty (Figurovsky), at the age of 22. Bp. Assigned Innocent appointed him to Church of serve at the Annunciation at mission metochion of , the Mission Annunciation Church, in Harbin. Serves In addition to his duties as deacon, Fyodor served as a [[missionary]], the treasurer , and manager of the [[parish]]’s office managerin Harbin.*With the arrival of many refugee Christians from Russia in 1919: Dcn Fyodor worked on , he was active in publishing Russian textbooks for Harbian the schoolsin Harbin.*1920-32: Began much His life as a missionary work took him to many cities in China, including Shanghai, Hankou, Haimin, Kaifeng, Zhangde, Weihou, Baodingfuand Mukden, Kalgan, Mukden Qiqihar and some Manchurian stationsas well as to localities in Manchuria.*In 1932: Dcn Fyodor lived , he was assigned to duties in Tianjin.*where, in 1934: Dcn Fyodor , he was elevated to Protodeaconprotodeacon.*On [[September 16]], 1941 Sep 16: Ordained , Dn. Fyodor was ordained to the [[Priestpriest]]hood. Fr Fyodor appointed to and made priest-in-charge of the St Innocent Mission Churchin Tainjin.*In 1943: Elevated , he was elevated to [[Archpriestarchpriest]]and in 1945, he was awarded a “palitza”.*1945: In early 1950, Fr . Fyodor was awarded traveled to the Soviet Union, where he accompanied Patriarch [[EpigonationAlexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|PalitzaAlexei]]to a conference in Tblisi, Georgia, of the Russian, Georgian, and Armenian Churches. *On [[July 23]], 1950 Jul 23: Tonsured , Fr. Fyodor was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk with ]] at [[Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra|Trinity-Sergius Lavra]] and given the name Symeon.::Jul 25: Elevated Two days later he was raised to Archimandrite::Jul the dignity of [[archimandrite]]. On [[July 30: Consecrated ]], 1950, Arch. Simeon was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Tianjin. Bp Symeon was consecrated in the Patriarchal [[Cathedral of the Annunciation, (Moscow Kremlin)|Cathedral of the Annunciation]] in Moscow, by . The celebrants in the consecration were: Patriarch AlexiiAlexei, Metropolitan Nikolai Metr. Nicholas of Krutisk and Kolomna, Metropolitan Elevferii Metr. Elevfery of Prague , Abp. [[Victor (Svyatin) of Krasnodar and All-Czechoslovakia, Archbishop Viktor Kuban|Victor of Beijing and China]], Bishop Bp. Flavian of Orlov and Briansk , and Bishop Gavriil Bp. Gabriel of Vologda and Cherepvetsk.::Sep On [[September 26: Bishop Symeon ]], 1950, Bp. Simeon was transferred to be installed as Bishop of Shanghai.*1960's: Bishop Symeon Bp. Simeon reposed during the Cultural Revolutionon [[March 3]], 1965.
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==External LinksSource==*[http://orthodox.cn/historylocalchurch/shanghai/simeondu_en.htm Biography] on Orthodoxy in China. ==External link==*[http://www.orthodox.cn/localchurch/pozdnyaev/4_en.htm Chinese Orthodox Church on the Path to Autonomy]*[http://orthodox.cn/localchurch/pozdnyaev/5_en.htm Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church]
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