Zosima Ermeyev

Life

Born

12 January 1947

Ordained priest

1990

Consecrated bishop

21 October 1993

Made archbishop

12 January 2017

Sees

1. 21 October 1993 – 2003

   Bishop of Chișinău and All Moldova

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (Belaya Krinitsa Hierarchy)

2. 2003 – 2004

   Bishop of Chișinău and All Moldova

   Romanian Orthodox Old Believer Church (Brăila Metropolia)

3. 2004

   Bishop of Chișinău and All Moldova

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (Belaya Krinitsa Hierarchy)

4. 2004 – 12 January 2017

   Bishop of the Don and the Caucasus

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (Belaya Krinitsa Hierarchy)

5. 12 January 2017 – present

   Archbishop of the Don and the Caucasus

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (Belaya Krinitsa Hierarchy)

Consecration

Consecrated 21 October 1993 by:

• Alimpii Gusev Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', 1929–2003
• Silouan Kilin Bishop of Novosibirsk and All Siberia, b. 1939
• John Vitushkin Archbishop of Kostroma and Yaroslavl, 1926–2010

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Alimpii Gusev; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Zosima Ermeyev Archbishop of the Don and the Caucasus consecrated 21 October 1993
2. Alimpii Gusev Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', 1929–2003 consecrated 5 January 1986

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 29 April 2001Andrian Chetvergov Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', 1951–2005

Sources

Also in: Wikidata