Zosima Davydov
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Zosima Davydov was the Russian Orthodox bishop of Yakutsk
and Lensk
, Russia
.
Born as Igor Vasilyevich Davydov (Игорь Васильевич Давыдов) he received his monastic tonsure
on 16 December 1991, aged 28. He was ordained as a bishop on 27 September 2004.
He died in 2010, aged 46, from a heart attack
.
Yakutsk
With a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast...
and Lensk
Lensk
Lensk is a town and the administrative center of Lensky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lena River, approximately west of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. Population: -History:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Born as Igor Vasilyevich Davydov (Игорь Васильевич Давыдов) he received his monastic tonsure
Tonsure
Tonsure is the traditional practice of Christian churches of cutting or shaving the hair from the scalp of clerics, monastics, and, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, all baptized members...
on 16 December 1991, aged 28. He was ordained as a bishop on 27 September 2004.
He died in 2010, aged 46, from a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
.