Vesti Grigory Ivanovich (Archbishop Sevastian)

Genus. in 1870 in the village. Zaim (Zoim) of Bessarabian province. In 1894 he graduated from the Kishinev Theological Seminary, in 1901 - from the Kyiv Theological Academy. From 1914 - Bishop of Kineshma, from May 1917 - Bishop of Makaryevsky and Unzhensky, from September 1917 - Bishop of Nerekhta, from 1919 - Bishop of Kineshma, from 1920 - Archbishop of Kostroma. Arrested on August 16, 1923 by the Kostroma city department of the OGPU. 08/31/1923 released from custody on his own recognizance. 12/10/1923 The OGPU Collegium decided to dismiss the case due to the lack of corpus delicti. Since 1924 - Archbishop of Kostroma. Died 12/08/1929 in Kineshma. Rehabilitated 05/06/1993.