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==Life==
[[Image:Met_Sergius(port).jpg|thumb|left|Metropolitan Sergius of Tokyo and All Japan]]He was born Georgii Georgy Alexeevich Tikhomirov (Георгий Алексеевич Тихомиров) on [[June 3]], 1871 (OS) in the village of Guzh near [[Novgorod]], Russia into the family of a rural [[priest]]. His father, Alexei, was a popular and famous priest in the area. Georgy did well in elementary school and after graduation entered the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy]], graduating in 1896. Upon graduation he continued at the Academy teaching theology. During his time at the St. Petersburg Academy he was noted as a prolific preacher and author of many works on Church history in the Novgorod region.
Prior to his graduation from the Academy he took [[monastic]] vows on [[September 7]], 1895, taking the monastic name Sergius. Then, on [[December 2]], 1895, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in the Isakievskii Cathedral in St. Petersburg, and two days later he was ordained a priest. He was subsequently appointed inspector at the Academy. In December 1899, Father Sergius was raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] and was named [[Rector]] of the Academy. On [[October 8]], 1905, Archimandrite Sergius was awarded his Doctor of Theology degree. Then, one month later he was elevated to the episcopacy, being consecrated Bishop of Iamburg and [[auxiliary bishop|vicar]] to the archbishop of St. Petersburg. He was 35 years old, an uncommonly young age at the time for entry into the episcopacy.
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{{succession|
before=?[[Sergius (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius (Stragorodsky)]]|title=Bishop of IamburgJamburg|
years=1905-1908|
after=?[[Theophan (Bystrov) of Poltava|Theophan (Bystrov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Andronik of Perm|Andronik (Nikolsky)]]|
title=Bishop of Kyoto|
years=1908-1912|
after=?[[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco|Vladimir (Nagosky)]]}}
{{succession|
before=St. [[Nicholas of Japan]]|
[[Category:Metropolitans of Japan]]
[[Category:St. Petersburg Academy Graduates]]
[[Category:Bishops of Iamburg]]
[[Category:Bishops of Kyoto]]
[[Category:Bishops of Tokyo]]
[[Category:20th-century bishops]]