Background
Was born on the 26 of January 1841, in Terekhovka village of Gomel district of Mogilev province, in the family of the clergy.
Was born on the 26 of January 1841, in Terekhovka village of Gomel district of Mogilev province, in the family of the clergy.
Graduated from the Mogilev Theological Seminary in 1863 and the Kiev Theological Academy in 1867.
Priest in the Mogilev diocese, teacher of the Mogilev Theological Seminary. In 1884 he became a monk. Rector of the Mogilev Brotherhood Monastery, bishop of Narva, vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese, Sumy, vicar of the Kharkov diocese, Ekaterinoslav and Taganrog, Ekaterinburg and Irbit. Bishop Ostrogozhsky, vicar of the Voronezh diocese, at the same time rector of Alekseevo-Akatov Monastery. Archbishop and Metropolitan of Voronezh.
