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Evdokim (Meschersky) of Nizhny Novgorod

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==Life==
Archbishop Evdokim was born Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky on [[April 1]], 1869, in the Vladimir diocese. From his youth he was an active participant in church life, participating in his home parish where his father was a [[reader]]. He attended the [[Moscow Theological Academyand Seminary|Moscow Theological Academy]], graduating in 1894. After graduating he received his monastic tonsure and the name Evdokim and was ordained deacon and then priest. [[Hieromonk]] Evdokim continued his theological studies at the Moscow Academy, receiving a Master of Theology degree. At the same time he was appointed Inspector of the Novgorod Seminary.
He was raised to the rank of [[archimandrite]] in 1898, and five years later he was appointed [[Rector ]] of the [[Novgorod]] Seminary and then Dean of the Moscow Theological Academy. On [[December 13]], 1904, he was consecrated as a [[auxiliary bishop|vicar bishop]] of the Moscow diocese. Then in 1909 he was named Bishop of Kashir Kashira in the Tula diocese.
On [[August 11]], 1914, as World War I began, he was assigned to the Diocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America, succeeding Metr. Platon. With the commencement of the war in Europe his arrival was delayed. He arrived on [[May 27]], 1915, and immediately became involved in the life of the North American diocese.
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