renameuser, Administrators
5,600
edits
Changes
m
no edit summary
His Grace [[Bishop]] '''Symeon (Du) of Shanghai''' was one of the bishops in the Autonomous [[Church of China|Chinese Orthodox Church]].
{{stub}}
*1886 Feb 11: Fyodor Du born into the family of a church reader.
*1900: Boxer Rebellion occurs. His father, close relatives and himself miraculously escape death.
*1904: Fyodor completes theological seminary at the Orthodox Mission, Beijing. Serves as [[reader ]] and catechist.
*1908: Fyodor ordained to [[diaconate]] by Bishop Innokenty (Figurovsky). Assigned to Church of the Annunciation at metochion of the Mission in Harbin. Serves as deacon, missionary, treasurer and office manager.
*1919: Dcn Fyodor worked on publishing Russian textbooks for Harbian schools.
*1950 Jul 23: Tonsured a monk with the name Symeon.
::Jul 25: Elevated to Archimandrite
::Jul 30: Consecrated Bishop of Tianjin. Bp Symeon was consecrated in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow, by Patriarch Alexii, Metropolitan Nikolai of Krutisk and Kolomna, Metropolitan Elevferii of Prague and All-Czechoslovakia, Archbishop Viktor Victor (Svjatin) of Beijing and China, Bishop Flavian of Orlov and Briansk and Bishop Gavriil of Vologda and Cherepvetsk.
::Sep 26: Bishop Symeon was transferred to be Bishop of Shanghai.
*1960's: Bishop Symeon reposed during the Cultural Revolution.
