Alexander Golitzin

Alexander of Toledo (born Alexander Golitzin; 27 May 1948) is an American Christian prelate who serves as Archbishop of the Bulgarian Diocese and of Dallas and the South in the Orthodox Church in America.

Biography Alexander Yuryevich Golitzin was born in Burbank, California on 27 May, 1948. Through his father he is a member of the Golitsyn family. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in English and received a Master of Divinity from Saint Vladimir's Seminary. He attended Oxford university in 1973, and two years in Mount Athos, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1980. He was ordained into the deaconate in July 1982, into the priesthood in 1984, and tonsured as a monk in 1986. In 1989, he taught at Marquette University in the Department of Theology, specializing in Jewish and Christian mysticism, until April 2022.

On April 29, 2026, it was announced that Archbishop Alexander would retire from the administration of the Diocese of the South starting on July 23, 2026, but he would remain in charge of the Bulgarian Diocese .

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