Theophylact

Theophylact, in the world Fyodor Dmitrievich Gubin, was born in March 1818 at Markovtsy, in the province of Kaluga, and died in 1872 (on 29 April or 11 May). He was a Russian Orthodox bishop and is venerated locally as a saint.

He was the son of an Orthodox deacon. He finished the folk school at Kaluga, and between 1832 and 1838 the theological seminary of the same city. In 1838 he began higher studies at the Moscow Theological Academy. While a student, on 8 March 1842, he took perpetual monastic vows, on 15 March was ordained hierodeacon and on 28 June hieromonk. In the same year, after finishing his studies, he became teacher of theological subjects and inspector of the seminary at Olonets. In 1843 he received the title of master of theology. In 1850 he became rector of the seminary of Kaluga. After seven years he was transferred to the same post at the seminary of Kremenets. At the same time he was superior of the monastery of Saint John the Merciful at Mali Zahaitsi, dean of the monasteries of the Volhynia eparchy and censor of the sermons delivered in the eparchy.

On 2 October 1860 he was consecrated bishop of Staraya Russa, vicar of the eparchy of Novgorod. Two years later he became bishop of the Caucasus and Yekaterinodar (Stavropol). At Stavropol he opened a free Sunday school at the seminary. He died in 1872 of catarrh of the stomach and was buried in the cathedral of Stavropol.