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On [[September 16]], 1941, Dn. Fyodor was ordained to the [[priest]]hood and made priest-in-charge of the St Innocent Mission Church in Tainjin. In 1943, he was elevated to [[archpriest]] and in 1945, he was awarded a “palitza”. In early 1950, Fr. Fyodor traveled to the Soviet Union, where he accompanied Patriarch [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|Alexei]] to a conference in Tblisi, Georgia, of the Russian, Georgian, and Armenian Churches.
On [[July 23]], 1950, Fr. Fyodor was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] at [[Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra|Trinity-Sergius Lavra]] and given the name Symeon. Two days later he was raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]]. On [[July 30]], 1950, Arch. Simeon was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated ]] Bishop of Tianjin in the [[Cathedral of the Annunciation (Moscow Kremlin)|Cathedral of the Annunciation]] in Moscow. The celebrants in the consecration were: Patriarch Alexei, Metr. Nicholas of Krutisk and Kolomna, Metr. Elevfery of Prague, Abp. [[Victor (Svyatin) of Krasnodar and Kuban|Victor of Beijing]], Bp. Flavian of Orlov and Briansk, and Bp. Gabriel of Vologda and Cherepvetsk.
On [[September 26]], 1950, Bp. Simeon was installed as Bishop of Shanghai.
[[Category:Bishops of Tianjin]]
[[Category:Bishops of Shanghai]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in China]]
