Sokolovsky Porphyry (1811 – 06/03/1865) – Bishop of Tomsk and Semipalatinsk. Born in Nizhny Novgorod region, the family priest. Educated at the Seminary of Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow Theological Academy, where the 14 th September 1835 he was tonsured a monk with the name of Porphyry and ordained a deacon, 8 th July 1836 he [...]