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Dositheus

1884 – 1984

Russian Orthodox bishop of Brooklyn

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About Dositheus

Lived 1884 – 1984 (aged 99). Dositheus was an eastern Orthodox priest.

Archbishop Dositheus (secular name Mikhail Matveyevich Ivanchenko, ; 9 (21) November 1884 - 1 June 1984) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, bishop of Brooklyn.

Biography In 1910 he entered the mathematical faculty of Kharkov University. On 1 (14) April 1914, at the St. Elijah church in Syzran, held his wedding with female gymnasium teacher Klavdia Georgievna Kopylova.

Same year he graduated from the university on the first category and was assigned to a teaching post in the Ufa Men's Gymnasium, where he also ran a church choir. In 1916 he defended his thesis for the title of Master of Mathematics. Metropolitan Theophilus (Buldovsky) of Kharkov UAOC, appointed him rector of the parish in the village Kotelva. In January 1942 Metropolitan Theophilus (Buldovsky) awarded him a pectoral cross. In the same year he received from the Theophilus (Buldovsky) the rank of archpriest and palitsa. The funeral was performed on June 5 in the patriarchal parish in the name of All Saints of Russia in Pine Bush, New York. Buried in a church cemetery in Pine Bush, which was founded in 1962 by his care.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
National University of Kharkiv
Positions held
Bishop
Employers
National University of Kharkiv
Also known as
Mikhail Matveyevich Ivanchenko, Archbishop Dositheus

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Dositheus's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Dositheus?

Russian Orthodox bishop of Brooklyn

When was Dositheus born?

Dositheus was born on 21 November 1884 in Kharkov Governorate.

When did Dositheus die?

Dositheus died on 1 June 1984 in Pine Bush.

What was Dositheus's occupation?

Dositheus was an eastern Orthodox priest.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dositheus

· Wikidata: Q4167155

· DBpedia: Dositheus Ivanchenko

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