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After the death of his [[matushka]] and only child in 1886, Fr. Basil entered the Kozlov Monastery in Tambov and was given the name Vladimir. Two years later he was consecrated bishop of Staraya Rus and served as a vicar bishop in the [[diocese]] of Novgorod.
[[Image:Vladimir Metropolitan of Moscow.gif|frame|left|Metropolitan Vladimir of Moscow]]St. Vladimir became [[archbishop]] of Kartalin and Kahetin in 1892. He was selected as [[List of primates of Russia|Metropolitan of Moscow]] and Kolomna in 1898 and was notable for his concern for widows, orphans, the poor, and alcoholics. In 1912, he became Metropolitan of Petrograd after the death of [[Anthony (Vadkovsky) of St. Petersburg and Ladoga|Metropolitan Anthony]] and was appointed to the [[Apostolic Governing Synod|Holy Synod]]. In 1915, Metropolitan Vladimir fell out of favor with the [[Nicholas II of Russia|tsar]] because he disapproved of [[Gregory Efimovich Rasputin|Rasputin]], and so he was transferred to Kiev. In March 1917, Metr. Vladimir was among those members of the [[Holy Synod]] who were removed as members by [[Vladimir Nikolayevich Lvov|Vladimir Lvov]] of the new government after the abdication the Emperor [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas I|]].
It was Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev who announced in 1917 that [[Tikhon of Moscow|St. Tikhon]] had been elected as [[Patriarch]] of Moscow.
*[http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/saints/vladimir_metr_kiev.htm New Hieromartyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev]
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=100311 St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich]
*[http://www.romanitas.ru/eng/NEW%20ZION%20IN%20BABYLON%20-%20ch.%202.htm Reaping the Whirlwind Part II]]
