Metropolitan Palladius (

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Pavel Ivanovich Rayev, russian: Павел Иванович Раев, at birth his surname was Pisarev, russian: Писарев; , village Peshalan, Arzamas county,

Nizhny Novgorod Governorate The Nizhny Novgorod Governorate (Pre-reformed rus, Нижегородская губернія, r=Nizhegorodskaya guberniya, p=nʲɪʐɨɡɐˈrotskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə), was an administrative division (a ''guberniya'') of the Russian Empir ...

– ,

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was bishop of the

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; 18 October 1892 until his death he served as Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, the first member of the

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Biography

He was born into the family of the priest of the village of Peshelan of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese; studied at the Nizhny Novgorod Theological School and Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary (1848). In 1852 he graduated from the Kazan Theological Academy with a master's degree in theology and was appointed a teacher of logic and psychology to the Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary, and a teacher of the Tatar language. On 15 August 1856, he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

a priest to the church of the intercession of

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

(not preserved). In 1860, he was a

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, left with his children; 15 January 1861 took

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with the name of Palladium in honor of the Monk Palladius, the desert of

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

; 18 February 1862, was elevated to the rank of

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. Since 28 August 1863 – Inspector of the

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; from 2 December 1864 – rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. 18 December 1866 Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Isidore (Nikolsky) in the cathedral of the

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khirotonisan in the bishop of Ladoga, the first vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese. From 15 July 1869 – Bishop of Vologda and Ustyug. Wanting to see the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral of Vologda, the most majestic and high in the diocese, pointed out to build a new cathedral bell tower on the site of the bell tower of the middle of the 17th century. From 13 June 1873, Bishop Tambovsky and Shatsky. Since 9 September 1876 – the Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk. 12 April 1881 was elevated to the rank of

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. Since 21 August 1882 – Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsky. In 1886, he founded Tsarevo-Kokshaiski Bogorodichno-Sergievsky female Cheremis

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

. Since 29 September 1887 – Archbishop Kartalinsky and Kakheti, Exarch of Georgia. In 1888 he was awarded a

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for wearing on a

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. The highest rescript of 18 October 1892 was appointed "to the pulpit of the reigning city of St. Petersburg, with the elevation to the rank of Metropolitan and the title of the first member of the Holy Synod". Arrived in

on 19 November of the same year. Lover of solemn, "festive" services with a large number of employees: "in a magnificent setting – fussiness, running, talking". On 14 May 1896, on the day of the

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and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, whose commission he headed in the Assumption Cathedral of the

Moscow Kremlin The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (R ...

, he received a supreme rescript with a diamond cross for wearing at the

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(as well as the metropolitans of

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and Moscow )."The government bulletin", 15 (27) May 1896, № 104, p. 6. He managed to significantly expand the refectory of the

– after perestroika it turned into a spacious double-lighted hall with windows in two tiers, decorated with palace luxury. 23 March 1897 consecrated in her church of the Intercession and St. Palladium, located on the choir in the eastern part of the refectory. Having fallen ill at the end of 1898, he blessed to perform the sacrament of

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on himself, and, having communicated sacred secrets, on 5 December, at 2:40 am, quietly and peacefully died. The funeral services were headed by Archbishop of

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. He was buried in the Isidorovskaya Church of the

(closed in 1932). The funeral dinner was given at the lavra's refectory from the two sons of the deceased. One of his sons – Nikolai Raev – later became the last

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of the Most Holy Synod of Tsarist Time. In 1932, his remains were transferred to the Brotherhood Cemetery of the Lavra.

Published works

«Признаки истинности православного христианства и лживости мухаммеданства»
// «Миссионерский противомусульманский сборник». Вып. 9. — Казань, 1875. * «Слова и речи». — Рязань, 1880. * «Речь при вступлении в управление Казанской паствою» // «Православный собеседник». — 1882, ноябрь. — С. 191—204. * «Речь новопоставленному иноку Александру Вадковскому, постриженному с именем Антония» // «Православный собеседник». — 1883, март. — С. 304—306. * «Слово в день Благовещения Пресвятыя Богородицы» // «Православный собеседник». — 1883. — С. 1—8. * «Слово в день святителей и чудотворцев Казанских Гурия, Варсонофия и Германа» // «Православный собеседник». — 1883, октябрь, с. 1-8. * «Слово в неделю святых праотец» // «Православный собеседник». — 1883, декабрь, с. 1-6. * «Речь перед дворянскими выборами 16 января 1884 года» // «Православный собеседник». — 1884, январь, с. 1-4. * «Слово в день Сретения Господня» // «Православный собеседник». — 1884, февраль, с. 1-8. * «Слово в день тысячелетия со дня блаженной кончины св. Равноапостольного Мефодия» // «Православный собеседник». — 1885, апрель, с. 337—343. * «Слово по случаю столетнего юбилея со дня пожалования дворянской грамоты» // «Православный собеседник». — 1885, май, с. 1-3. * «Слово в день явления Казанской иконы Божией Матери» // «Православный собеседник». — 1885, июль, с. 1. * «Речь, произнесенная в Казанском соборе 23 июня 1887 г.» // «Православный собеседник». — 1887, июль, с. 251—252. * «Речь по возвращении после присутствования в Свящ. Синоде, произнесенная 14 июня 1887 г.» // «Православный собеседник». — 1887, июль, с. 249—250. * «Из поучений Высокопреосв. Палладия, Митрополита СПБ и Ладожского». «Народная Академия», кн. 1 Изд. С. Г. Рункевича. — Saint-Petersburg, 1895. * «Доброе слово» // «Церковный вестник». — 1895. — № 47. — С. 1503. * «Приветственная речь в Тифлисе» // «Прибавление к „Церковному вестнику“». — 1888. — № 41. — С. 1123.

Literature

# "''The Church Herald''", 10 December 1898, No. 50, stb. 1716–1722 (obituary).

References

{{Authority control 1827 births 1898 deaths Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Burials at the Isidorovskaya Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery

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