Background
Hackel, Sergei was born on August 24, 1931 in Berlin. Son of A. A. Hackel.
Hackel, Sergei was born on August 24, 1931 in Berlin. Son of A. A. Hackel.
He was educated at the Anglo-Catholic Bloxham School, where his mother worked as domestic staff in order to pay the school fees. He studied Modern Languages at Lincoln College, Oxford before training for ordination.
Moved with his parents to the Netherlands, 1938, and England, 1940. From 1964, taught Russian language and literature at Sussex University. Became a priest, and established an Orthodox parish in Sussex, 1964.
Has remained its rector ever since. Chairman of the council of the diocese of the Moscow patriarchy in Britain. Editor of the Orthodox magazine Sobornost’.
Took part in ecumenical work in the World Council of Churches. Contributor to many publications and reference works on Russian literature, philosophy, history, and Orthodoxy. Editor of the BBC’s Russian religious programmes, 1983.