Background
Vasily Konstantinovich Zverev was Born February 18, 1878 Moscow, Russian Empire (nowadays Russian Federation) in a family of a cleric.
Vasily Konstantinovich Zverev was Born February 18, 1878 Moscow, Russian Empire (nowadays Russian Federation) in a family of a cleric.
He graduated from the Moscow Gymnasium (1895). He studied at the Faculty of History and Philology, Moscow University (1895-1898), graduated from the Kazan Theological Academy (1902). In 1900 he was tonsured a monk.
Teacher of the Oryol Theological Seminary (1902-1903). Moscow Diocesan Missionary (1903-1907). Inspector of the Novgorod Theological Seminary (1907-1909). Superior of the Savior Transfiguration Monastery in the city of Belev, Tula Province (1909-1916). Superior of the Tver Dormition Zheltikov Monastery (1917-1919). Bishop of Balakhninsky, Vicar of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese (1919-1921). In 1921-1922 he was imprisoned. Bishop Staritsky, Vicar of the Tver Diocese (1922). He lived in exile in Turkestan (1922-1924). In July - November 1925, he remained in Voronezh as a vicar of Metropolitan Vladimir (Shimkovich). Archbishop of Voronezh (1926). He was arrested in November 1926, in March 1927 he was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor camps and sent to the Solovetsky Prison Camp.
