Innocent

St. Innocent (Popov, Benjamin), Metropolitan of Moscow - was born on 26.8.1797, Mr.. in with. Anginskom Irkutsk province in the family sexton Eusebius Popova. Orphaned at an early age and taught himself to read and write, he had seven years of reading the Apostle of the Liturgy. Was adopted at government expense in the Irkutsk theological seminars-tory, the rector of which, finding in him mental and physical resemblance with Bishop Benjamin (Bagryanskaya), the former in the years 1789-1814. Bishop of Irkutsk and Nerchinsk, gave him a new name - Benjamin. In 1817, Mr.. John Benjamin (the so-called Lord of the world) got married, he was ordained a deacon and teacher defined the 1 st class parish school. At 1823g. Bishop Michael of Irkutsk (Burdukov) received an order from the Holy Synod to send a priest in the colony of Russo-American campaign on the island of Unalaska. They became the future saint-tor. He preached among the local Aleuts and Creoles word of God, taught them carpentry, carpenter, mechanic-Term and blacksmith business, built with the help of their church. Translated into Aleut-language lisevsky Catechism and the Gospel of Matthew, was ABC with a complete translation of the most important prayers. For his labors rewarded with a pectoral cross, and in the form of higher transferred to the island of Sitka (1834). After the death of his wife (1839) is cut to the Trinity Court Bishop Filaret (Drozdov), . Metropolitan of Moscow (1840), . at the end of that year (15.12) was consecrated in the Kazan Cathedral Bishop of Kamchatka, . Kuril and Aleutian (from 1850 - Archbishop),
. Soon his diocese was annexed Yakutia region (1852), where he settled permanently. In 1862, Mr.. Archbishop Innocent settled in Blagoveshchensk, where, moving along the Amur, performed services in villages. In 1868, Mr.. was appointed by the Holy Synod, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna. Saint missionary society, established and transformed Moscow Pokrovsky Monastery in missionary. March 31, 1879, Mr.. Great Friday Lord Innocent departed to the Lord. Famed Russian Orthodox Church, the 23/9/1977