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Evdokim (Meschersky) of Nizhny Novgorod

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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 Academy and 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.
On [[August 6]], 1917, he returned to Russia to attend the [[All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918|All-Russia Church Council]] with a group of clergy from the North American diocese, that included Archpriest [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonid Turkevich]] and Fr. [[Alexander Kukulevsky]]. At Evdokim's request, Bishop [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of the Aleutians|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] was appointed to served as administrator during Archbishop Evdokim's absence. However, he was not to return to America. In 1919, he was assigned as Archbishop of Nizhegorod. Subsequently he became involved with the [[Living Church]] and was assigned as their Metropolitan of Odessa. He died in Moscow in 1935.
==Works==
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before= ?[[Arsenius (Stadnitsky) of Tashkent|Arsenius (Stadnitsky)]]|title=Vicar Bishop of Volokolamsk <br>vicar of Moscow Diocese|years=1904-1909|after=?[[Theodore (Pozdeyevsky) of Volokolamsk|Theodore (Pozdeyevsky)]]}}
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before= ?George (Yaroshevsky)|title=Bishop of KashirKashira <br>vicar of Moscow Diocese|
years=1909-1914|
after=?Juvenal (Maslovsky)}}
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before=[[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]]|
after=[[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of the Aleutians|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]]}}
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before=?[[Joachim (Levitsky) of Nizhny Novgorod|Joachim (Levitsky)]] |title =[[Eparchy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas|Archbishop of NizhegorodNizhny Novgorod]]|years =1919-19??1922|after=?[[Sergius (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius (Stragorodsky)]]}}
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[[Category:Metropolitans of the OCA]]
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