Background
Iona (Mikhail Semenovich Orlov) was born in 1865 in Bulygino village, Tambov region, Russian Federation. From the clergy.
Iona (Mikhail Semenovich Orlov) was born in 1865 in Bulygino village, Tambov region, Russian Federation. From the clergy.
Iona was a deacon in village Sokolovo, Kirsanovsky district, Tambov province (1888-1889). Astrakhan Diocesan Missionary (1891-1899). During 1899-1922 he served in Omsk. Since 1923 in the renovation schism. In 1944, he brought penance and was accepted into the bosom of Russian Orthodox Church. In 1944 he became a monk.