Chrysanthus Konoplev

Bishop Chrysanthus (; secular name Sergey Mikhailovich Konoplyov, ; born 16 April 1962) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), who's serving as the bishop of Chimkent and Turkestan since October 2022.

As bishop of Chimkent and Turkestan, he's also a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Early life and education Chrysanthus was born Sergey Konoplyov on 16 April 1962 in Alma-Ata to a family of workers. In 1979, he finished the 63rd middle school of Alma-Ata.

From 1979 to 1984, he studied at the Tchaikovsky Alma-Ata Musical School and worked with the Alma-Ata United Musical Ensemble from 1984 to 1996. He was baptised at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in 1989. He worked as a guard and reader at the Cathedral from 1993 to 1996.

Chrysanthus attended the Almaty Bishopric Theological Academy from 1995 to 1997. On 22 May 1996, Archbishop Alexy ordained him a deacon at the St. Nicholas Cathedral. He was later ordained an ierey at the Ascension Cathedral, Almaty on 4 January 1998. On 22 October 2022, during the Divine Liturgy at the Ascension Cathedral, Almaty, Metropolitan Alexander elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.

He was designated a bishop on 5 November 2022, in the Throne Hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. He was consecrated on December 2 during the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral.