Background
Vladimir (Ivan Stefanovich Petrov) was born on May 28, 1828 in Fedoseevskaya village, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (now Fedoseevskaya village, Novocherkask, Rostov, Russian Federation) in the family of sexton.
historian Missionary church figure
Vladimir (Ivan Stefanovich Petrov) was born on May 28, 1828 in Fedoseevskaya village, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (now Fedoseevskaya village, Novocherkask, Rostov, Russian Federation) in the family of sexton.
He graduated from Voronezh Theological seminary in 1849 and Kiev Theological Academy in 1853.
In 1853 Vladimir took monastic vows. Alongside with being teacher and inspector of several seminaries, in 1865-1883 Vladimir was chief of Altay spiritual mission and builder of Blagoveshchensk monastery in the Altai Mountains.
Vladimir studied the history of eparchy, using archive materials that he collected in county towns, monasteries and churches of the Orlov Region. He created a large manuscript together with his helpers. 38 out of 55 articles belonged to Vladimir.