Ershov Mikhail Vasilievich

born September 17, 1911 (?!) in the village. Mamykovo, Kazan province, in a peasant family. In 1927 he was tonsured into a mantle with a name. In 1928 he was ordained a hierodeacon. In 1930 he was ordained a hieromonk in Kazan by Bishop Nektary (Trezvinsky). March 3, 1931 arrested. Sentenced to 8 years in labor camp. In 1939 (?) released from the camp and exiled for 5 years. December 12, 1943 arrested in exile. August 18, 1944 sentenced to VMN. On November 9, 1944, the sentence was commuted to 15 years hard labor. Member (?) of the Sobor of the TOC in 1948. In the 1950s, secretly consecrated Bishop of Chistopol in the camp. In 1958 he was arrested. Sentenced to 25 years in labor camp. Sent to Temnikovsky (?) ITL. Member of the St. Nicholas Council of the TOC in 1961 through Monk John (?). On June 4, 1974, he died in a special prison hospital