Background
Lazor, Theodosius was born on October 27, 1933 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Mary (Kirr) Lazor.
Lazor, Theodosius was born on October 27, 1933 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Mary (Kirr) Lazor.
AB, Washington and Jefferson College, 1957. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Washington and Jefferson College, 1973. Bachelor's Degree, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1960.
Postgraduate, Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland, 1961. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, 1988.
Tonsured monk, Orthodox Church in American, 1961; ordained priest, Orthodox Church in American, 1961; priest, Nativity of Holy Virgin Mary Church, Madison, Illinois, 1961-1966; elected bishop of, Washington, 1967; elected bishop of, Sitka and, Alaska., 1967; elected bishop of, Pittsburgh and, West Virginia, 1972; elected primate of, Orthodox Church in American, Metropolitan All American and Canada archbishop of New York, 1977; archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All American and Canada, since 1981.