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His Eminence '''Archbishop Agapit (Gorachek)''' was [[bishop]] of Stuttgart, Germany, [[auxiliary bishop|vicar]] for the administration of the [[diocese]] of Germany of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]].

==Life==
Alexander Gorachek, the future bishop, was born in Germany on [[September 29]], 1955. He completed his schooling in Franfurt-am-Main and then studied at the department of architecture in Darmstadt. In 1979 he entered the brotherhood of St Job of Pochaev in Munich. He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] on [[March 29]], 1983. On [[December 25]], 1983 he was [[ordination|ordained]] [[hierodeacon]] and on [[April 8]], 1991 [[hieromonk]]. In 1995 he was elevated to the rank of [[hegumen]].

In October 2000, the Synod of Bishops approved the consecration of Hegumen Agapit to the episcopate. The [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] took place on [[April 30]], 2001 at the [[Cathedral of the Holy New-Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (Munich, Bavaria)|Cathedral of the Holy New-Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]] located in Munich, Germany. The consecration was performed by [[Archbishop]] [[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Laurus of Syracuse and Holy Trinity]], Archbishop [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain]], Archbishop [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion of Sydney]], Bishop [[Eutychus (Kurochkin) of Domodedovo|Eutychus of Ishim and Siberia]], and Bishop [[Ambrose (Cantacuzène) of Geneva|Ambrose of Geneva]].

Besides his duties as [[vicar]] of the German diocese, Bishop Agapit served as vicar to Bishop Ambrose as the administrator for ROCOR parishes in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg until 2006. 

On May 28, 2020 Archbishop Agapit reposed. 

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==External link==
*[http://www.synod.com/synod/rocor/bio_bpagapit.html Homily pronounced by Vladika Agapit at his consecration] (Russian)
*[https://orthodox-europe.org/2020/05/28/arcbishop-agapit-repose Memory Eternal to the Newly-Reposed Archbishop Agapit of Stuttgart]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Stuttgart]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Germany]]