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Jonah Hlezna
Jonah Hlezna (date of birth uncertain – died 1494) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Mytsyk, Yu. Jonah I Hlezna (ЙОНА I ГЛЕЗНА)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2005 From 1482 to 1488, Hlezna served as the Archbishop of Polotsk. Upon a death of his predecessor Simeon of Kiev in 1488 provisionally held the see. Upon the approval of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland — Casimir IV Jagiellon — Hrushevskyi M. Hierarchal relations (ЄРАРХІЧНІ ВІДНОСИНИ)'. History of Ukraine-Russia (at Izbornik). Jonah was elected at the Council (Sobor) of bishops in 1492. which was also attended by Casimir. The same year he also sent to the Patriarch of Constantinople for the blessing his representative Joseph Bolharynovich, who at that time served as an archimandrite of the Slutsk Saint Trinity Monastery. Jonah cared for the development of church buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolis Of Kiev, Galicia And All Rus' (1441–1596)
The Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' was a Metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolis of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church that was erected in 1441. The canonical territory was the western part of the traditional Kievan Rus' lands — the states of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty, Kingdom of Poland. The Cathedral, episcopal seat was initially in the city of Navahrudak, which is today located in Belarus; later it moved to Vilnius in Lithuania. It was disestablished in 1595/6 with the creation of a new ecclesial body — the Ruthenian Uniate Church. Background An Ecumenical council of the Church — the Council of Florence — took place from 1431 to 1449.Valois, 1911, pg463 Although he resisted at first, the Grand Prince of MoscowThe Grand Duchy of Moscow was a predecessor state of current state called the Russian Federation. (Sources Russia: People and Empire, 1552– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
