Background
Vasily was born in 1829, in Kaluga Province, Russia. He came from the clergy.
Vasiliy
Vasily was born in 1829, in Kaluga Province, Russia. He came from the clergy.
He graduated from the Kaluga Theological Seminary (1851), the Kiev Theological Academy (1855).
Inspector of the Voronezh Theological School (1856-1862). In 1862 he became a monk. Inspector of Chernigov (1862-1866), Pskov (1866-1868), Don (1868-1879) Spiritual Seminaries. Bishop of Yekaterinburg, vicar of the Perm (1879-1882), Orenburg and the Urals (1882-1886), Voronezh and Zadonskaya dioceses(from 1886).