"Sergey Vasilyevich Putilin was born on August 5, 1897, in the village of Avraamovka, Novokhopersky district of Voronezh province (now Talovsky district), in the family of Priest Vasily and Darya Fedorovna Putilin. His grandfather Alexey Moiseevich was a deacon, and his great-grandfather was a reader.
He had brothers, Priests Vladimir and Nikolai, and a younger sister, Elena. In 1912, he graduated from the Pavlovsk Theological School with a first-class degree, and in 1918, he graduated from the Voronezh Theological Seminary with a second-class degree.
During the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, he fought as a volunteer in the White Army on the Don River under the command of General Pyotr Krasnov. He was seriously wounded and hospitalized in the city of Rostov-on-Don, where Putilin had fingers [toes] amputated on both feet.
On October 14, 1921, he married Olga Nikiforovna (née Puzino, born in 1896), a nurse at Rostov Hospital. They had two daughters, Zoya (born in 1923) and Iya (born in 1926).
He approached Bishop Arseny of Rostov and Taganrog asking for ordination, but the bishop declined. In his speech, Bishop Arseny uttered words that shadowed the future: “If it pleases the Lord to call you to serve Him, He will do so in due time. Just do not miss His call.”
He worked as an accountant at an aviation factory. Arrested in 1931, h was re-arrested in 1936 and was in custody until 1940.
After being released, he continued to work as an accountant at small enterprises. During the German occupation of the Rostov region, the Putilin family was interned for work in Germany.
He worked as a welder at a locomotive factory. By the end of the war, the Putilin family moved to the American occupation zone in the city of Heilbronn.
On October 14, 1948, he was ordained as a priest. He served in the Orthodox communities of the cities of Wedlingen, Stuttgart, Karlschuld, and Ludwigsburg in Germany.
The Putilin family avoided repatriation to the USSR by presenting false documents stating that they were born in Bessarabia (Romania).
In 1950, the Putilins moved to Australia and landed in the port of Fremantle on December 31.
Father Sergey was initially the second priest at SS Peter and Paul parish in the city of Perth (Western Australia), and from 1951 he became its rector.
After the departure of Archimandrite Athanasius (Mogilev) from Australia, Fr Sergey also served as Rector of the Russian parish in the city of Albany. In 1968, he became a widower.
In 1969, he took monastic vows under the name Feodosiy and on November 29 of the same year was ordained as the Bishop of Melbourne, Vicar of the Australia and New Zealand. On November 25, 1970, he was appointed Ruling Bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.
He spoke Spanish and German. He passed away on August 13, 1980, in Sydney. The funeral was conducted by Bishop Paul of Stuttgart, who became his successor in the Sydney cathedra.
He was buried at the Karakatta Cemetery in Perth."
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