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Arcadius (Afonin) of South Sakhalin

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In 2003, Bishop Arcadius was made rector of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Moscow. <small>([https://www.google.com/maps/place/@55.6160937,37.584205,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNWAJhIh7jnxUOr2137LkeMK3BbsfE2ioMNtSAn!2e10!3e0!4s!1i0!1i0!4m5!3m1!1s0x0:0x574fd9e1a19e66b8!7m0!1d0!1d0 see photos])</small> In 2009, he was transferred as rector of the Church of Saint Pimen, also in Moscow. <small>([https://www.google.com/maps/place/@55.778432,37.6042649,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNAPcuzDU-l5ekBpmJVm3adqKcPfYRk1TMAnanL!2e10!3e0!4s!1i0!1i0!4m5!3m1!1s0x0:0xd1b01922937e6024!7m0!1d0!1d0 see photos])</small> On [[July 15]], 2013, on His Grace's 70th birthday, His Holiness the Patriarch Kirill delivered him an eulogy, conferring upon Bishop Arcadius the second degree of the Order of Saint Seraphim of Sarov, which is granted to hierarchs, clergy, monastics and laity for a special contributions to the revival of monasteries, churches, pastoral and church-social activities.
Bishop Arcadius reposed in the Lord at the age of 78 on [[June 3]], 2021, after a battle against coronavirus. His Grace was buried three days later in the altar of the Monastery of Saints Boris and Gleb in rural Moscow. <small>([https://www.google.com/maps/place/@55.8383783,37.0079146,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipM6izPKIxFbtbNdB8ET7_CzvihcsjxKRsR_rajA!2e10!3e0!4s!1i0!1i0!4m5!3m1!1s0x0:0xd668b4c9ab52f29!7m0!1d0!1d0 see photos])</small> His funeral liturgy was presided by Metropolitan Dionysios (Porubay) of Voskresensk and the patriarchal clergy. On the 15th day of his repose, Patriarch Kirill expressed his condolencescommemorated him together with the reposed hierarchs [[Eleutherius (Kozorez) of Shymkent]] and Alexander (Ishchein) of Baku at the Monastery of Saint Daniel in Moscow.
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