Background
Bensin, Vasilii was born on January 30, 1881.
Bensin, Vasilii was born on January 30, 1881.
Educated at the Simferopol Seminary. Graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy, 1905. Graduated from Minneapolis University in agronomy, 1910.
Sent to an Orthodox seminary in Minneapolis, 1905. Created special strains of wheat, which could be sown in Alaska. Wrote on theological subjects.
Was the official historian of the Orthodox Church in America.