Presbyter
He was born on December 23, 1870, in the city of Jakobstadt in the Courland Governorate, in the family of a clergyman, Ioann Gavarin. He graduated from the Riga Theological Seminary in 1893 and was ordained as a priest. During World War I, he served in the Church of St. Nicholas in Moscow.
In 1930, after the revolution, he was forced to leave Moscow and settled in Nemchinovka, where he began serving in the Church of the Nativity of Christ. The church was founded in 1918, and the community of believers conducted a major renovation of the building. However, in 1934, the authorities prohibited the holding of parish meetings and closed the church.
On April 2, 1935, Archbishop Innocent submitted a petition for the preservation of the church, but no response was received. On September 20, 1935, a final decision was made to close the church. All clergymen, including him, were forced to move to another church.
In 1937, mass repressions began, and he was arrested on the basis of false testimonies. On September 15, 1937, the NKVD troika sentenced him to ten years in a correctional labor camp, to which he was sent to Ukhtpechlag.
He passed away on April 24, 1938, in Ukhtpechlag and was buried in an unmarked grave.
