Vasily (Preobrazhensky, Vasily Khrisanfovich)

He was born on December 25, 1854 in the village of Krugly Kozlovsky district of the Tambov province (now Michurinsky district of the Tambov region) in the family of a priest. He was related to St. Nicholas of Japan .

In 1876 ​​he graduated from the Tambov Theological Seminary , after which he entered the St. Petersburg Theological Academy , which he graduated in 1880 with a candidate of theology with the right to obtain a master’s degree without a new oral test ^[1] .

In the same year, he was appointed a teacher at the Voronezh Theological Seminary .

In 1881, he was confirmed to the degree of Master of Theology for the essay "Eastern and Western schools during the time of Charlemagne, their relationship between themselves, to the classical and ancient Christian, and the setting of theology in them."

July 10, 1883 he was appointed priest to the church at the First Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg and the corps law teacher.

In 1897 he was elevated to the rank of archpriest .

He took part in the monarchist movement in Moscow, was chairman of the Brotherhood of the Resurrection of Christ. He was elected an honorary member of the Russian Monarchist Assembly , actively participated in its work.

In 1906 he was appointed assistant to the chief observer of the teaching of the Law of God in the military schools of the capital.

He was widowed in 1906 and on March 1, 1908, bishop of Vologda Nikon (Rozhdestvensky) was tonsured a monk with the name Vasily, and on March 2 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite .

On March 7 of the same year, the emperor approved the report of the Holy Synod on “being the former head priest of the church under the St. Petersburg First Cadet Corps, Archimandrite Vasily Bishop of Mozhaisk, the third Vicar of the Moscow diocese, with the production of the appointment and consecration of him to the episcopal dignity in St. Petersburg " ^[2] .

On March 8 of the same year, in the Conference Hall of the Holy Synod, he was named bishop ^[3] .

On March 9, 1908, in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra , his episcopal consecration took place, performed by: Metropolitan Anthony of St. Petersburg (Vadkovsky) , Metropolitan of Vladimir Vladimir (Epiphany) , Metropolitan of Kiev Flavian (Gorodetsky) and many other bishops ^[4] .

He headed the reign of the brotherhood of the Resurrection of Christ, created on January 4, 1909 ^[5] .

On August 21, 1909 he was appointed rector of the Savin of the Storozhevsky Monastery and became the second vicar of the Moscow diocese.

December 9, 1910 spoke in the debate when discussing the report of G. A. Shechkov on Freemasonry , called the Masons "workers of the coming kingdom of Antichrist." As an honorary member, he participated in the proceedings of the Fifth All-Russian Congress of the Union of Russian People in Moscow November 21 - December 1, 1911 (Dubrovinsky Congress) ^[6] .

After his dismissal on November 23, 1912 from the Moscow department of Vladimir (Epiphany) and until his arrival in Moscow on December 23 of the same year, Metropolitan Makarii (Nevsky) temporarily ruled the Moscow diocese .

He was very popular in Moscow, especially among the common people, Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky) wrote about him: “Moscow deeply honored him and called him the“ people's saint ”” ^[6] .

On May 11, 1914 he was fired due to illness due to rest, after which he lived until the end of his life in the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery in Zvenigorod , where he died on October 6, 1915. He was buried in the Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery. In 2018, a monument on his grave was restored ^[7] .

• Eastern and Western schools during the time of Charlemagne, their relationship between themselves, to the classical and ancient Christian, and setting theology in them , master's thesis, St. Petersburg, 1881.
• "St. Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John ”, Out-of-office talks , Moscow, 1890.
• The struggle for icon veneration in the Byzantine Empire , Moscow, 1890.
• The division of the Church into two halves - eastern and western , Moscow, 1891.
• Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, Millennium from the day of death , St. Petersburg, 1892.
• St. Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople and the Seventh Ecumenical Council , St. Petersburg, 1893.
• Rev. Fedor Studit and his time , Moscow, 1896.
• St. Stephen of Perm , Moscow, 1896.
• “The Parables of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” Out-of-Service Talks (two issues), Moscow, 1897.
• Holy teachers of faith and piety. 12 books of lives. Soulful reading for every day of the year , St. Petersburg and Moscow, 1899-1908.
• Miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ , Moscow, 1901.
• Holy Martyr Boniface , St. Petersburg, 1908.
• History of the Christian Orthodox Church , Moscow, 1908.
• "St. Alexy, Metropolitan of All Russia and the Miracle Worker ”, Reading for the People , St. Petersburg, 1909.
• The vast Christian catechism of the Orthodox Church, as presented without question. Repeating course , Moscow, 1909 (1st Japanese translation - Tokyo, 1910; 2nd - Tokyo, 1952).
• "Conversation on the holy Transfiguration of the Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ", Addition to the "Church Messenger" , 1912, No. 31, 1239.
• Voice of the Church , 1912, July, 33-49.
• “The Assumption of the Most Holy Lady of Our Lady and the Virgin Mary”, Addendum to the “Church Herald” , 1912, No. 32, 1263; Voice of the Church , 1912, August, 19-37.
• “The Life of the Most Holy Lady of Our Lady and the Virgin Mary”, Soulful Conversations , Sergiev Posad, 1914.
• “Teaching on the Day of Pentecost,” Voice of the Church , 1912, April, 21-32.
• “The Holy Supreme Apostles Peter and Paul,” Voice of the Church , 1912, May, p. 27-52.
• “The Word for the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos”, Voice of the Church , 1912, August-September, 25-33.
• “Word on the day of the Exaltation of the Honest and Viviparous Cross”, Voice of the Church , 1912, September 13-26.
• “The Parable of the Savior about the rich and impoverished Lazarus (Luke XVI, 19-31 centuries)”, Voice of the Church , 1912, October, 16-43.
• “Entrance to the Church of the Blessed Lady of our Theotokos and the Virgin Mary”, Voice of the Church , 1912, November, 36-51.
• “The Parable of the Called for the Supper,” Voice of the Church , 1912, December, 19-35.

• Preobrazhensky, Vasily Khrisanfovich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• BASIL // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2004. - T. VII. - S. 93 .-- 752 p. - 39,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89572-010-2 .