Background
VARFOLOMEY, Sergey was born in 1866 in Ryazan’ Province.
Metropolitan of Novosibirsk and Barnaul
VARFOLOMEY, Sergey was born in 1866 in Ryazan’ Province.
1890 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Theological Academy as Candidate of Divinity.
1890 assistant inspector, Mogilev Theological Seminary. 1892 consecrated priest. 1892 — 1917 dean in Tiflis.
Built churches and shrines and was chairman. Geo Eparchial Council. Chairman. Missionary Brotherhood Council.
Dean of Russian Orthodox churches in Georgia After 1917 October Revol left Tiflis and, to escape the terror and persecution of the clergy, constantly changed his place of residence, living in Azer, Ufa and Voronezh Province. 1935 settled in Klin, Moscow Oblast and was assigned a parish in Klin area.
1942 took monastic vows and was elevated to bishop, then archbishop and given the Eparchy of Novosibirsk and Barnaul. Frequently used his sermons for propaganda against the Korean War.