ОСНОВНЫЕ ДАТЫ ЖИЗНИ И ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ПАТРИАРХА СЕРГИЯ (СТРАГОРОДСКОГО)

1867, January 11 - born in the city of Arzamas, in the family of a priest. 1886–1890 – studied at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy; candidate of theology. 1890, January 30 - tonsured a monk with the name Sergius in honor of St. Sergius of Valaam. 1890–1893 – ordained hieromonk; member of the Orthodox Spiritual Mission in Japan. 1893–1894 – associate professor of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, inspector of the Moscow Theological Academy. 1894, September 21 - elevated to the rank of archimandrite and appointed rector of the Russian Embassy Church in Athens. 1895 – Master of Theology. 1897–1898 – assistant to the head of the Orthodox spiritual mission in Japan. 1899 – rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary, inspector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. 1901–1905 – rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. 1901, February 25 – consecrated Bishop of Yamburg, vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese. 1901–1903 – Chairman of religious and philosophical meetings of representatives of the clergy and the public. 1905, October 6 – Archbishop of Finland and Vyborg. 1907 - headed the Commission for Correcting Liturgical Books. 1911, May 6 – member of the Holy Synod. 1912, March 1 - Chairman of the Pre-Conciliar Conference at the Holy Synod. May 6 – awarded a diamond cross to wear on his hood. 1913–1915 – Chairman of the Educational Committee and Missionary Council at the Holy Synod. 1917, August 10 - elected Archbishop of Vladimir and Shuisky. 1917–1918 – participant of the All-Russian Local Council, member of the Holy Synod. 1917, November 28 – elevated to the rank of metropolitan. 1921, January-April - imprisoned. 1922–1923 – was in a renovationist schism. 1923, August 27 - after public repentance, Patriarch Tikhon was accepted into the bosom of the Patriarchal Church. 1924, March 18 – Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod. 1925–1936 – Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens. 1926, November - arrested by the OGPU. 1927, July 29 - the Message to the Orthodox archpastors, shepherds and flocks of the Moscow Patriarchate (Declaration) was published. 1932, April 12 - awarded with the presentation of a cross during the service. 1934, April 27 – awarded the title “His Beatitude Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna” with the right to wear two panagias. 1936, December 27 - “The Act on the transfer of the rights and duties of the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne of the Orthodox Russian Church to the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens, His Beatitude Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna Sergius (Stragorodsky)” was issued. 1941–1943 – was evacuated in Ulyanovsk. 1943, September 5 - together with Metropolitans Alexy (Simansky) and Nikolai (Yarushevich) was received by the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR I.V. Stalin. September 8 - Elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia at the Council of Bishops. September 12 – enthronement of the newly elected patriarch. 1944, May 15 – died; buried in the St. Nicholas chapel of the Moscow Epiphany Cathedral.