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On Thursday, May 12, 2016 , the second week of Holy Pascha, Mitred Protopriest Michael Li and Mitred Protopriest Michael Klebansky reposed in the Lord. FR MICHAEL LI Fr Michael was the Chief of the Russian-Chinese Orthodox Mission of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and the last surviving priest of the Orthodox Church of China, who was ordained during the period of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Peking by its head, hhh Victor of Peking and China in 1950. A Russian-language account of his life and work, the history of Orthodoxy in China and sufferings during the “Cultural Revolution” can be read here: http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/78385.htm. FR MICHAEL KLEBANSKY Mikhail Fedorovich Klebansky was born in June 15, 1936, in China, at the Barim Hailar-Harbin Branch of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. After graduating from school in Chjalantun, he worked as a mechanic and welder from 1950-1962. On April 1, 1962, he moved to Australia and worked as a toolmaker at BMC. On July 14, 1963, he was ordained to the diaconate, and on January 24, 1965, to the priesthood. Fr Michael studied theology in Sydney at the program founded by Protopriest Rostislav Gan. In 2000, he returned to Australia and served at Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Rocklea (near Brisbane). Fr Michael Klebansky at the royal doors, in the last row. In the center of the first row is Priest Photius Ho, China, 1961.
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