The Holy Martyr Galaction is the spiritual protector of the Bishop of Alexandria and Teleormanustranslated

The Holy Martyr Galaction is the spiritual protector of Bishop Galaction of Alexandria and Teleormanus.

The hierarch was born on May 17, 1953, in the town of Constantin Brâncoveanu in Ialomița. He received the name Gheorghe at Baptism.

In the period 1968-1972, he attended the Theoretical High School in Slobozia, Ialomiţa County, and from 1972 he continued at the Orthodox High School Theological Seminary in Bucharest.

At the end of his high school studies, in 1976, he was ennobled at the Crasna Hermitage in Prahova County.

After the end of the military internship, carried out in the period 1976-1977, he continued his theological training, becoming a student at the University Theological Institute in Bucharest.

Monastic life and election as a bishop On November 6, 1977, he was ordained a monk at the Crasna Hermitage, and a year later he was ordained a hieromonk by the Most Reverend Father Roman Ialomițeanul, Patriarchal Vicar Bishop.

From April 1, 1980, he was elected abbot of the Crasna Hermitage, and on November 1, 1990, he was appointed exarch of the monasteries of the Archdiocese of Bucharest.

On July 4, 1996, he was elected Bishop of Alexandria and Teleormanu. Ordination and enthronement took place in…