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Thus, the Holy Synod under Metr. Platon elected him Bishop of Winnipeg and requested his consecration, which took place on [[June 6]], 1926 in Yugoslavia. So, with joy in his heart, Bp. Arseny traveled to New York to meet with the metropolitan, visit his beloved St Tikhon’s Monastery, and then continue on to his new cathedra, But, it was a different place than from that which he left 16 years before. The seeds of violence from the Red Revolution, Ukrainian nationalism, and the ''Living Church'' made his task of serving his faithful difficult, even to the point of being injured by gun fire. In 1936, he was assigned briefly to Detroit and Cleveland before retiring to St Tikhon’s Monastery where he was elevated to [[archbishop]] for his tireless work.
Yet, in retirement he did not stop. In 1937, he applied to the Holy Synod of the ''Metropolia'' for blessing to establish a Pastoral School at the monastery in South Canaan. With the blessing of the Holy Synod and the approval of the Sixth All-American Sobor, and great effort on his part, Abp. Arseny opened on [[October 24]], 1938 the first class of the St Tikhon’s Pastoral School, later to become the [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary]].
He continued active visiting the local parishes and traveling to special occasions. Then at the age of 79, illness over came him and Abp. Arseny died on [[October 4]], 1945 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His funeral and interment at St Tikhon’s Monastery took place on [[October 9]], 1945, attended by many hierarchs, priests, and faithful.
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