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==Life==
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]]. After deciding to enter monastic life, he was [[tonsure]]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 [[archimandrite]] 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, Archimandrite Peter was consecrated Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk in the cathedral in Irkutsk, Russia on [[March 29]], 1859.
