English Translation by Igor Radev

from Orthodox Churches
in Northern Manchuria
(Harbin, 1931)
courtesy of Met. HILARION
First Hierarch, ROCOR

Surname, Name, Patronymic: Gerasimov Mavriky Lvovich

Rank: Metropolitan

Place of Birth: Tomsk Province

Date of Birth: February 22, 1856. XIX Century

Date of Tonsure: September 26, 1885. XIX Century

Date of Consecration: June 2, 1894. XIX Century

Date of Repose: March 15/28, 1931. XX Century

Church Affiliation: Russian Orthodox Church; Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. XX Century

Biography

Methodius (Gerasimov Mavriky Lvovich), Metropolitan of Harbin.
He was born on February 22, 1856 in a family of a priest from Tomsk Diocese.
He graduated from the Tomsk Spiritual Seminary.
In 1878, he enrolled at the Kazan Spiritual Academy, from which he graduated in 1882.
On December 23 the same year, he joined the Altai Mission as a church singer.
On September 26, 1885, he was tonsured as a monk; On November 10, he was proclaimed a deacon and on December 22 a hieromonk when he was also conferred the duty of coordinator of the Altay Missionary Catechetic School.
On January 30, 1892, he received a Ph.D. in Theology.
On May 16, 1894, he was elevated to the rank of Archimandrite, and on July 16 he was appointed Head of the Altai Mission.
On June 2, 1894, he was consecrated a Bishop of Biysk, Vicar of Tomsk Diocese. The consecration was performed in Tomsk. The rite of consecration was performed by Bishop Macarius of Tomsk and Bishop of Tambov among others.
Has ended the Tomsk theological seminary.
From 24 December 1898 - Bishop of Trans-Baikal and Nerchinsk.
From 20 December 1912 - Bishop of Tomsk and Altai.
From 30 July 1914 - Bishop of Orenburg and Turgaysk.
From 1918 - on Pascha he was elevated to the rank of Archbishop.
At the beginning of 1919 emigrated abroad.
From 1920 - Archbishop of Harbin.
In 1929 he was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan.
He reposed in 1931.

Works:

Speech on his accession to the rank of Bishop of Biysk, 1 June 1894. "Remarks to Church News" 1894, №23, pg. 986-987.
Speech delivered on 14 December 1914 Orenburg Cathedral church on the occasion of conferring the scepter to the newly appointed Bishop Seraphim of Kustanaysk, the second Vicar Bishop of Orenburg Diocese. "Remarks to Church News" 1915, №3, pg. 59.

Bibliography:

"Church News" 1896, № 19-20, pg. 163.
- " - 1899, № 3, pg. 17.
- " - 1913, № 1, pg. 1.
- " - 1914, № 32, pg. 377.
- " - 1916, № 31, pg. 441.
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Bulgakov, pg. 1400, 1415.
BES t. I, stb. 895-897.
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Duties and Places of Service

Head
- of the Russian Spiritual Mission on Altai. July 16, 1893, XIX Century - 1894, XIX Century

-of Biysk Diocese. June 02/14, 1894, XIX Century - December 24,1898, XIX Century

Head
of the Russian Spiritual Mission on Altai. 1894, XIX Century - 1898, XIX Century

-of Tomsk Diocese. December 20, 1912, XX Century - July 30/August 12, 1914, XX Century

Council Member
- of the Local Church Council 1917-1918. 1917, XX Century - 1918, XX Century.

-of Harbin Diocese. 1920, XX Century - 1931, XX Century.