Leo (Tserpitsky), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Leo (Tserpitsky)

Metropolitan of Novgorod and Staraya Russa

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1946

Place of Birth: Zalužža, Stoŭbcy District, Minsk Region, Belarus

Profession: priest

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Metropolitan Leo (or Lev, Russian: ???, secular name Nikolay Lvovich Tserpitsky, ??????? ??????? ?????????; born April 13, 1946) is the current Metropolitan of Novgorod and Staraya Russa.
He was named Bishop of Novgorod the Great and Staraya Russa on July 20, 1990 and elevated to the archiepiscopal dignity on February 25, 1995, and to the metropolitan dignity in January 2012.