to serve as Bishop of Manhattan. After this On May 15, 2008, the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR decreed to send the curricula vitae of archimandrite George (Schaefer) and protopriest John Shaw along with accompanying appeals to Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia for the confirmation of their candidacies for episcopal consecration. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church confirmed their election (together with previously elected archimandrite Theodosius (Ivashchenko)) on June 23, 2008. Shaw was tonsured a monk at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville on December 5, 2008, by Bishop John (Bērziņš), and given the name Jerome in honor of Saint Jerome of Stridonium because of their common multi-lingual talents and translation efforts. Shaw was elevated to the rank of an archimandrite by Bishop Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland on December 7, 2008, and consecrated Bishop of Manhattan on December 10, 2008, in the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, on December 10 of the same year. April 11, 2011, "in consideration of his diligent service ... and in connection with the 35th anniversary of entering the priesthood", Shaw was awarded a commemorative panagia. On May 18, 2011, a vicariate was established for the parishes adhering to the Western rite. Shaw was appointed an assistant of the First Hierarch in management of these communities. On July 10, 2013, an extraordinary session of the Synod of Bishops of ROCOR censured Shaw "for his willfulness in administering the parishes adhering to the Western Rite, and in performing various ecclesiastical services not approved by the Synod of Bishops, and for criticizing his brethren in letters to clergy and laity", relieved him of all duties, and retired him. On September 16, 2022, by the decision of the Council of Bishops of the ROCOR he was included in the committee, created at the same time "to study the question of the canonical reception of former schismatics" Works Translator and editor, Liturgiia Apostola Marka: The Divine Liturgy of St. Mark (1997) Translator and editor, The Greco-Slavonic Liturgy of St. Peter the Apostle (2001) Translator of Monk Mitrophan, How Our Departed Ones Live, And How We Shall Live After Death (2005) Translator of Archbishop Alypy Gamanovich, Grammar of the Church Slavonic Language (Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY, 2007) Speech of Archimandrite Jerome (Shaw) At the Nomination Service On the Eve of His Consecration as Bishop of Manhattan, 2008 References External links A