Isaac Boyadzhiiski

Life

Born

9 November 1982

Monastic tonsure

10 April 2009

Ordained deacon

27 July 2009

Ordained priest

10 January 2010

Made archimandrite

15 August 2012

Consecrated bishop

10 June 2023

Sees

1. 10 June 2023 – present

   Bishop of Velbudzh

   Vicar of Sofia · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 10 June 2023 by:

• Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• Nicholas Sevastiyanov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, b. 1969
• Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• Iakov Donchev Bishop of Constantia, b. 1971
• Tikhon Ivanov Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica), b. 1945
• Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969
• Arsenii Lazarov Bishop of Znepole, b. 1986
• Polycarp Petrov Bishop of Belogradchik, b. 1978
• Visarion Grivov Bishop of Smolyan, b. 1971
• Makarii Chakarov Bishop of Glavinica, b. 1981

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Isaac Boyadzhiiski Bishop of Velbudzh consecrated 10 June 2023
2. Polycarp Petrov Bishop of Belogradchik, b. 1978 consecrated 27 July 2014
3. Savva Mikheyev Metropolitan of Vologda and Kirillov, b. 1980 consecrated 11 July 2011
4. Manuel Pavlov Metropolitan of Petrozavodsk and Karelia, 1950–2015 consecrated 14 August 1990
5. John Snychyov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga, 1927–1995 consecrated 12 December 1965
6. Manuel Lemeshevskii Metropolitan of Kuibyshev and Syzran, 1884–1968 consecrated 23 September 1923
7. Tikhon Belavin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1865–1925 consecrated 19 October 1897
8. Palladii Rayev-Pisarev Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1827–1898 consecrated 18 December 1866
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735