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==Life==
Vasiliy Grigorievich Putsek-Grigorovich was born early in the eighteenth century in the town of Lokhvitsy in the province of Poltava. After finishing his basic education he continued his studies at the [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev Academy]]. Completing his studies, Vasiliy Grigorievich traveled to the city of Kazan of the Volga River and, in 1733, began teaching at the new Slavonic-Latin School, predecessor of the [[Kazan Theological SeminaryAcademy|Kazan Theological Seminary/Academy]]. Vasiliy Grigorievich would spend a major part of his life serving in Kazan.
Beginning as a lecturer, he became the prefect of the [[seminary]] in 1744. During his time with the seminary Vasily was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] with the name Benjamin and entered the [[Holy Orders]]. On [[December 6]], 1744, Benjamin was raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] and appointed [[abbot]] of Savior-Transfiguration Monastery in Kazan while still serving the seminary. As Kazan was in the frontier of Christianity during his time, Archim. Benjamin participated as a [[missionary]] by preaching the Word of God among the pagans and Muslims of the Kazan province.
{{succession|
before=?|
title=[[Eparchy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas|Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod]]|
years=1748-1753|
after=?}}
after=[[Gabriel (Kremenetsky) of Kiev|Gavriil (Kremenetsky)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Gabriel (Kremenetsky) of Kiev|Gabriel II (Kremenetsky)]]|title=[[List of bishops of the Diocese of Kazan|Metropolitan of Kazan]]|
years=1762-1782|
after=[[Anthony I (Zybelin)of Kazan|Anthony I (Zybelin)]]}}
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[[Category:18th-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Nizhny Novgorod]]
[[Category: Bishops of Pskov]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kazan]]
[[Category: Bishops of St. Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category: Bishops of Tver]]
