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Archimandrite Theodosy (Ivashchenko) studied at the Kiev Institute of
Technology before attending Kiev Seminary, becoming a monk, and being ordained Hieromonk. He served a parish 60 km. from Chernobyl, Ukraine for two years before being transferred tothe to the Holy Land, where he served at monasteries on the Mount of Olives and in Hebron. After moving to the USA and living in a monastery in Minnesota for several years, he came to
San Francisco and was assigned to serve at St.Tikhon’s Russian Orthodox Church. Fr. Theodosius was also a teacher at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Russian School and at St. John’s from 2001 to 2008.<ref>[http://stjohnsacademysf.org/files/FacProfiles6.pdf St. John of San Francisco Academy Faculty Profiles 2007-2008, 5-16-2008]</ref> He was elected bishop in May 2008, and is awaiting confirmation by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, and pending that confirmation is scheduled to be consecrated on September 7, 2008, at the Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow".<ref>[http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2008/5enmhukaz.html Official Website of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: May 16, 2008, Decrees of the Council of Bishops.]</ref>
