Sergey Iosifovich Foodel was born on January 31, 1901, in Moscow City, Russian Federation, in the family of the Orthodox priest Joseph Fudel (who was then serving at the Butyrka prison) and Emelyanova Evgenia Sergeevna. As the son of a responsible clergyman, from an early age, he became familiar with the foundations of the Christian faith, culture, and morality.
When Sergey Iosifovich reached the proper age, he was assigned to the Moscow gymnasium, which he graduated in 1917. Upon graduation from the gymnasium, he decided to continue his education at Moscow University and entered the Faculty of History and Philology (philosophical department). Sergey Iosifovich did not complete his studies at the university. After the two revolutions, the February and October revolutions, which shook the country, many state and public institutions collapsed. Sergey Iosifovich, like many other students, had to interrupt his studies. The persecutions and repressions unfolded by the authorities, affecting many believers, also touched him. In July 1922 he was taken into custody. The reason for the arrest was participation in anti-renewal activities.
In the years 1925-1932, the Fudel family lived in Moscow. Sergey Iosifovich worked as a senior researcher at the Institute of the Fruit Industry. From August 1951, he settled in the city of Usman, Voronezh Region, where he lived (with a 7-month break) until November 1962. He worked as an accountant at the artel Red Flag. For various reasons, he has been to Voronezh several times.
During the Great Patriotic War, until August 1945, Sergey Iosifovich served as a soldier in the railway troops in the protection of military cargo. In November 1962, the family moved to Pokrov, where he served as a psalmist in the Intercession Church. At this time, he also performed translations for the publishing department of the Moscow Patriarchate.
In 1923 Sergey Iosifovich was charged, after which he was sent to Zyryansky Krai, to Ust-Sysolsk. The bride of Sergei Iosifovich, Sytina Vera Maximovna, followed him. Soon their wedding took place. The sacrament was performed in the home of the exiled Vladyka Athanasius (Sakharov), with the participation of three bishops: Bishop Athanasius himself, Archbishop Thaddeus (Uspensky) and Bishop Nikolai (Dobronravov). The crowns for the wedding were made of improvised material - willow twigs. On May 26, 1924, their son Nikolai was born. He also had two daughters, Maria Sergeevna Zhelnovakova and Varvara Sergeevna Fudel.
