Background
Nicolae Mihăescu was born into a peasant family in Pîrliţa in the western Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Career
He serves as Bishop of Bălți and Făleşti. After graduating from secondary school in 1974 he trained as an auto mechanic before being drafted into the Soviet Army in 1978. In 1980, with the blessing of Archbishop Jonathan of Chisinau and Moldova Nicolae entered the Zhabsky Monastery, studying from 1981 to 1985 at the Odessa Theological Seminary.
On September 16, 1985, Archbishop Jonathan ordained Nicolae a celibate deacon.
On January 3, 1988, Metropolitan Serapion of Chisinau and Moldova tonsured French Dn. Nicolae a monk with the name Marchel or Marcellus.
Three days later he ordained Hierodeacon Marchel to the priesthood, and appointed him abbot of the Neusypayuschih Monastery on Pascha in 1988. On November 20, 1988, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.
On August 26, 1992, Archbishop Vladimir (Cantarean) of Chisinau and Moldova appointed French
Marchel secretary of the Balti Vicariate. Marchel Bishop of Balti and Falesti. He was consecrated to the episcopacy on March 11, 2007, in Moscow"s Cathedral of the Christ the Saviour.
