Serapion

Archbishop Serapion (, secular name Sergey Sergeyevich Kolosnitsin, ; 6 July 1964 – 28 January 2025) was a Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, who headed the Diocese of Kokshetau and Akmola from 2013 to 2025.

Biography He was born on 6 July 1964 in Podgorny, Dzhambul Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR. After finishing secondary school in 1981, he served the Soviet Army from 1982 and 1984. On 3 July 1988, he was tonsured as a monk. In 1993, he graduated from Moscow Theological Academy.

By the decision of the Holy Synod, Serapion was elected Bishop of Kokshetau and Akmola on 2 October 2013. He was named Bishop of Kokshetau and Akmola on 22 October 2013, and consecrated as bishop the day after.

On 28 January 2025, while he was travelling from Kokshetau to Moscow, he was killed in a traffic collision on the M12 highway in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.