Education
Krekshino graduated from the Department of Art and History Faculty of Moscow State University and the Moscow Theological Seminary.
Krekshino graduated from the Department of Art and History Faculty of Moscow State University and the Moscow Theological Seminary.
On 5 November 1989 he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Gregory Mozhaiskoye. He served as rector of the Nativity Bobreneva monastery. Krekshino was also a supporter of the introduction of the Russian language in the liturgy and has signed a Message from the 10 April 1994 called for a discussion of the liturgical order.
In 1998 the decision of the Holy Synod had granted a petition for dismissal of the rector of Nativity Bobreneva monastery due to deduction for health reasons.
Prior to 1998, was secretary of the Commission for the canonization and a member of the Theological Commission of the Holy Synod.