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His years in the seminary and thereafter are only vaguely known. He apparently married while in the seminary and was assigned as a priest to a village church in Kharkov. There is a question as to whether he had a son, but soon his wife died, probably about 1890, of an unknown cause. At some point later he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] with the name Arseny, in honor of St. Arsenius of Konevits. But, his journey from his wife’s wife's death to his tonsure was a time of great anguish as he related in his elevation speech as [[Bishop]] of Winnipeg. In 1900, he was appointed [[Igumen]] (Abbot) of Kuriansk Monastery. Two years later he joined [[Tikhon of Moscow|Bp. Tikhon]] in America as he was a natural preacher with fluency in many Russian dialects, and thus, well suited to the American missionary scene. He was active among those returning from the Unia and served many communities after his arrival, including Troy, New York, and Mayfield and Simpson, Pennsylvania.

While he was active among the people, a dream of his came true when with the blessing of the then Abp. Tikhon, [[HiermonkHieromonk]] Arseny founded the St. Tikhon's Monastery and orphanage in the rural countryside near Carbondale and [[St. John the Baptist Cathedral (Mayfield, Pennsylvania)|Mayfield, Pennsylvania ]] at South Canaan. The Wagner farm was purchased for $2580 during the summer of 1905. On the day of its dedication, [[July 31]], 1905, a crowd on foot formed a [[pilgrimage]] walk of the ten miles through the mountains from Mayfield to the site of the new monastery. On the following [[May 30]], 1906, at the dedication of the [[chapel]] at the partially finished monastery building with Abp. Tikhon present, [[Raphael of Brooklyn|Bp. Raphael]] spoke of the hard work by Fr. Igumen Arseny for the realization of the monastery. When Fr. Arseny was named the superior of the monastery, the crowd answered loudly, "He is worthy." The anniversary of this dedication has become an annual Memorial Day pilgrimage to the monastery.

Little is known for certain of why he returned to Russia or his activities while there. Some reports are that it was In his request to train missionary-priests and that the Synod, he headed a monastery wrote::In January of this year, I completed seven years of service in the CrimeaAmerican Orthodox Mission. After I worked, by the October Revolutionmercy of God, he served with as I could, attempting not to be lazy, to carry on the White Army high calling of a missionary, to comfort make a steady effort, not operating solely from rationality/intellect. In the soldierslast two years of my service, heavy afflictions and laborious work in the Canadian wilds had taken their toll on my health, and material lack have repeatedly brought my spirit to full despondency. In 1920the last while I have been fully invalided with a terrible hernia, he was able which from the constant journeying creates horrible pain; doctors are trying to get force me towards a surgery, but I am afraid to Yugoslavia and entered lie beneath a monasteryknife, lest I die in this foreign land. Some <ref>''Прошение Архимандрита Арсения от 20 Января 1910 года'', No 25. Petition of his old Canadian flock learned that he was still alive Archimandrite Arseny, January 20, 1910 (No. 25). Translated and petitioned Metrquoted in [http://www. Platon to return him to cjoc.ca/pdf/Timeline.pdf Detailed Timeline Vita of Archbishop Arseny] by The Canonization Committee of the Orthodox Church in Canada as a bishop, section 35, pp. 20-21. </ref>

Upon his return to Russia, there are some reports are that he was involved in the training of missionary-priests and that he headed a monastery in the Crimea. After the October Revolution, he served with the White Army to comfort the soldiers. In 1920, he was able to get to Yugoslavia and entered a monastery. Some of his old Canadian flock learned that he was still alive and petitioned Metr. Platon to return him to Canada as a bishop.  Thus, the [[holy synod]] under Platon elected him Bishop of Winnipeg and requested his [[consecration]], which took place on [[June 6]], 1926, in Yugoslavia. So, with joy in his heart, Bp. Arseny traveled to New York to meet with the metropolitan, visit his beloved St Tikhon's Monastery, and then continue on to his new [[cathedral]]. It was, however, a different place than from that which he left 16 years before. The seeds of violence from the Red Revolution, Ukrainian nationalism, and the [[Living Church]] made his task of serving his faithful difficult, even to the point of being injured by gun fire. In 1936, he was assigned briefly to Detroit and Cleveland before retiring to St Tikhon's Monastery where he was elevated to [[archbishop]] for his tireless work.

==Canonization Glorification inquiry==During its October 2004 holy synod meeting, bishops of the [[OCA]] established a [[canonizationglorification]] commission to inquire into the possibility for adding Abp. Arseny to the calendar of [[saint]]s.[http://www.oca.org/news.asp?ID=680&SID=19] Abp. Arseny already enjoys [[veneration]] in the OCA's [[Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)|Archdiocese of Canada]]. {{start box}}{{succession|before=[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]]|title=Bishop of Winnipeg<br>([[OCA|Metropolia]])| years=1926-1936|after=?|}}{{succession|before=[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov)]]|title= Bishop of Detroit and Cleveland<br>([[OCA|Metropolia]])|years=1936-1936|after=[[John (Garklavs) of Chicago|John (Garklavs)]]|}}{{end box}} ==Reference==<references />

==External LinksSource==* [http://www''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J.archdioceseTarasar, Gen.ca/arsenyEd.pdf Archbishop Arseny: A Vita 1975, The Orthodox Church in Process]America, Syosett, New York