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His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop '''Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk''' , also '''Peter (Lysakov)''', became the [[auxiliary bishop|vicar bishop ]] of the Alaskan see as the missionary environment of the Eastern Siberia and Alaska evolved during the mid-nineteenth. Originally, arriving in Alaska in 1857 as the [[rector ]] of the Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) Seminary, Bp. Peter succeeded in 1859 to the vicariate see of Novoarkhangelsk in the Diocese of Kamchatka, the Kuriles, and the Aleutians Islands under Bp. Innocent (St. [[Innocent of Alaska]]) whose see had been moved from Alaska to Yakutsk, Russia. Following in the work of his predecessor, he added mission schools in Kodiak and [[Holy Ascension Cathedral (Unalaska , Alaska)|Unalaska]] and continued missionary efforts.

The future Bishop Peter was born Theodore (Fyodor) Ekaterinovsky in 1820 in the Saratov region of Russia. His father was a priest. Theodore attended the Saratov [[Seminary]] before entering the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Moscow Theological [[Academy]]. After deciding to enter monastic life, he was [[tonsuredtonsure]] d a monk on [[October 12]], 1841 and was given the name of Peter. A week later he was ordained a [[deacon]] and then on [[July 30]], 1844, he was ordained to the [[priest]]hood.

After completion of his studies at the academy, he was appointed to teach at the Irkutsk Seminary on [[December 12]], 1844. About a year later he was appointed inspector on [[November 15]], 1845. He was raised to the rank of [[archmandritearchimandrite]] on [[October 6]], 1852, and then, on [[October 16]], 1855 he was appointed rector of the seminary. Subsequently, he was appointed rector of the Novoarkhangelsk Seminary on the island of Sitka in Alaska. With the establishment of Novoarkhangelsk as one of the two auxiliary bishoprics in the Kamchatka Diocese, Archmandrite Archimandrite Peter was consecrated Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk in the cathedral in Irkutsk, Russia on [[March 29]], 1859.

During his stay in Alaska, Bp. Peter expanded missionary activity along the Alaskan coast as far as the Bering Strait. He established new schools in Kodiak and in Unalaska. He also initiated investigations into the life and legacy of the monk St. [[Herman of Spruce IslandAlaska]]. On [[November 9]], 1866, Bp. Peter was transferred to the other auxiliary see, Yakutsk, of the Kamchatka Diocese. Then, after a three month leave of absence in 1867, Bp. Peter was appointed to the staff of the [[Holy Synod]] in Moscow and as administrator of the Holy Resurrection [[Monastery]].

On [[April 4]], 1869, Bp. Peter was assigned as diocesan bishop of Ufa and Menzelinsk and then to the Diocese of Tomsk and Semipalatinsk on [[November 19]], 1876. After a leave of absence residing at the Optima [[Optina Monastery|Optina Pustyn Monastery ]] from [[July 9]], 1883, he was appointed head of the Zaikonospassky Monastery in Moscow on [[February 11]], 1885. During 1885, he successively was assigned again to the Moscow office of the Holy Synod and then as administrator of the Novospassky Monastery. He died on [[May 27]], 1889.

Bp. Peter wrote widely on monasticism, missionary work, biblical commentary, and spiritual topics. These writings he left to the Optima Optina Pustyn Monastery and now are being rediscovered and are highly regarded in post-communist Russia. One such work concerns his sermons given in the New Arkhangelsk (St. Michael's) Cathedral on Sitka Island which was originally published in 1865, and re-typset in electronic-format in 2007.

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