George Tarassov
Male, Deceased Person
1893 – 1981
Who was George Tarassov?
George of Syracuse was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 1960 to 1981.
A chemical engineer by training, Tarassov settled in Belgium in 1919. He was ordained deacon in 1928 by Metropolitan Eulogius of Paris, and priest in 1930. He served as rector of various parishes in Belgium, inclusing Brussels from 1940. In 1953 he was consecrated as auxiliary bishop under Metropolitan. Vladimir, with responsibility for parishes in Benelux and Germany. Archbishop George was elected to lead the exarchate after the death of Vladimir in 1959.
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