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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Gury (Karpov)''', also '''Gurias of Tavryisk''', was [[Archbishop]] of Tauris and Simferopol during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He was a scholar and [[missionary]] in China, leading the fourteen fourteenth Russian mission in Beijing. He was glorified by the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church]] in 2008. He is remembered on [[March 17]], the day of his repose.
==Life==
On [[February 21]], 1851, Fr. Gury was elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]]. On [[October 12]], 1851, he was appointed Inspector of the Alexander Religious School. On [[August 17]], 1855, Arch. Gury received his Master of Theology degree. On [[August 25]], 1856, he returned to Beijing, this time as the leader of the fourteenth mission in China. During this period of service in Beijing, Arch. Gury continued his efforts of translating the theological works of the Orthodox Church into Chinese and established a scholarly foundation for his successors. He had mastered the Chinese language, becoming proficient in speaking as well as writing. Among his works were the translation of [[New Testament]] in two volumes, a [[Psalter]], and volumes dealing with Orthodox services and church history. In addition to his scholarly works, he put his hands to building traditional Russian stoves, to ward off the chill of the Beijing weather, and organized the Albanzinians in the mission compound into the Beijing choir. His service in China ended in 1864.
On [[September 13]], 1865, Arch. Gury arrived at his next assignment as priest-in-charge of Siminov Monastery in Moscow, with Arch. [[Pallady (KaffarovKafarov) of Beijing|Pallady (Kafarov)]] replacing him in Beijing. On [[January 26]], 1866, he became the priest-in-charge of the Russian embassy church in Rome, Italy. By mid year on [[July 5]], 1866, Arch. Gury was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as [[Bishop]] of Cheboksary, a [[vicar]] of the [[Diocese of Kazan]].
On [[December 15]], 1867, Bp. Gury was installed as the Bishop of Tauris and Simferopol in South Russia. As the ruling bishop, he devoted himself to his [[eparchy]]. He strived to improve the education of his [[clergy]], opening a theological seminary and two religious schools, one for men and the other for women. As a result of his efforts in his [[diocese]], Bp. Gury, in 1876, became an honorary member of the Ecclesiastical-Archeological Society and of the [[Kiev Theological Academy]].
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