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In 1884, he was assigned to assist at [[Cathedral_of_St._Michael_the_Archangel_(Sitka,_Alaska)|St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka, Alaska]] before he was sent to Russia to prepare for a life as a [[missionary]] [[priest]]. After three years of study at the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy|St. Petersburg]] and [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev Theological Academies]], John was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1887 with the name Sebastian and [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]]. Following his ordination, Dn. Sebastian returned to San Francisco where he served as deacon at the San Francisco [[cathedral]]. He also taught at the pastoral school in San Francisco.
On [[August 16]], 1892, Dn. Sebastian was ordained a [[priest]] by [[Bishop]] [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas]]. He was soon sent to Minneapolis, Minnesota to replace Fr. [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre|Alexis Toth]] as the priest of St. Mary's parish. While there he also taught at the Missionary School. After a year, Fr. Sebastian returned to San Francisco where he organized [[St. Sava Church (Jackson, California)|the first Serbian Orthodox Church, dedicated to St. Sava]], in Jackson, California. Additionally, Fr. Sebastian was also asked by Bishop [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon]] to be a member of the [[Orthodox Church in America|North American Mission]] administration. In 1902, he continued his missionary activities, returning to Alaska as [[dean]] of the Sitka deanery.
As more Serbians emigrated to the United States, Abp. Tikhon asked Fr. Sebastian to lead a Serbian Mission in the North American [[diocese]]. With his appointment to head the mission, Abp. Tikhon elevated Fr. Sebastian to [[archimandrite]] on [[August 15]], 1905. For the next five years Archim. Sebastian led the Serbian Mission from its center at the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, where he was the parish priest.
Archim. Sebastian reposed in Yugoslavia on [[November 30]], 1940, and was buried at the Monastery of Zicha.
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