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Elisey (Ilya Vladimirovich Ganaba) was born on 1 August, 1962 in Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR, is a Russian Orthodox Church Archbishop of Sourozh. Discover Elisey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Ilya Vladimirovich Ganaba
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Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 1 August, 1962
Birthday 1 August
Birthplace Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Nationality Russia

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1934

His father, Vladimir Ganaba (b. 1934), was an archdeacon at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Podolsk in the Moscow Oblast.

1957

Later, his older brother, Alexander Ganaba (b. 1957), became an archpriest and dean at the same cathedral.

1962

Archbishop Elisey (Архиепископ Елисей, secular name Ilya Vladimirovich Ganaba, Илья Владимирович Ганаба; 1 August 1962) is the archbishop of the diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).

His monastic name, "Elisey", is the equivalent of the Latin Eliseus and the English Elisha.

Ilya Ganaba was born on August 1, 1962, in Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union (modern day Saint Petersburg, Russia).

1971

In 1971, Ilya Ganaba moved with his parents to Penza.

1979

There, he attended school, graduating from high school in 1979.

He also served as an episcopal subdeacon at the altar and sang in the choir of the Dormition Cathedral in Penza.

1980

In 1980, Ilya Ganaba entered the Leningrad Theological Seminary, now the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy.

1985

In 1982, he was accepted into the Leningrad Theological Academy, where on 17 November 1985, he took monastic vows and was given the name of Elisey in honor of St. Elisha.

On November 22, 1985, he was ordained hierodeacon and on January 18, 1986, he was ordained hieromonk.

1987

On June 20, 1987, he joined the brotherhood of St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.

1988

In 1988 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Moscow Theological Academy.

From December 27, 1988, to October 5, 1992, he served as Deputy Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.

1994

On January 20, 1994, he was appointed head of the Foreign Institutions Sector of the Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1997

During the Easter holiday of 1997, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad raised Elisey to the rank of archimandrite.

2000

On October 7, 2000, he was appointed Representative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in Damascus, Syria.

2002

On March 12, 2002, he was appointed Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, leaving his post of representative of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in Damascus.

2006

On August 28, 2006, he greeted the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, metropolitan Laurus, at the Moscow Patriarchate's Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem and gave him a tour of the Cathedral's holy items.

Archimandrite Elisey called the visit to Holy Trinity Cathedral a symbol of the inner unity of the children of both parts of the Russian Orthodox Church and expressed joy that the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia had prayed at the holy places of the Cathedral.

On October 6, 2006, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Elisey was appointed vicar of the Diocese of Chersonesus with the title of "Bishop of Bogorodsk", and entrusted with the task of administering the Diocese of Sourozh and relieving the head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.

On November 26, 2006, he was ordained Bishop.

2007

During 2007-2017, he served as primate of the Diocese of Sourozh in Great Britain and Ireland.

On March 12, 2022, the clergy of the Parish of St Nicholas of Myra in Amsterdam requested canonical dismissal from Archbishop Elisey and applied to join the Constantinople Patriarchate after they felt pressured by Archbishop Elisey to continue mentioning the name of Patriarch Kirill in the Divine Liturgy against their wishes (Kirill had expressed support for Vladimir Putin).

December 27, 2007, he was appointed primate of the Diocese of Sourozh, which covers the United Kingdom and Ireland.

2010

On February 1, 2010, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia elevated him to the rank of archbishop for "the diligent service of the Church of God".

Sourozhsphere.net wrote: "During the years of service of Vladyka Elisey, the diocese became a strong family and not some isolated national church, but a real international symbol of Russian Orthodoxy in Western Europe. Thanks to the wisdom and competent management, the diocese made friends from other Christian denominations and created strong ties with the Royal family of Great Britain."

2017

On 28 December 2017, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church expressed its gratitude to Archbishop Elisey for his labours in building up church life in the Diocese of Sourozh and gave him a new position of service as primate of the Diocese of The Hague and the Netherlands of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On 31 December 2017, Archbishop Elisey celebrated the Divine Liturgy with Bishop in the Dormition Cathedral, London.

Archbishop Elisey then bade farewell to the parishioners of the Dormition Cathedral.