Novgorod the Great
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
from the
Christianization of Rus'
Christianization ( or Christianisation) is to make Christian; to imbue with Christian principles; to become Christian. It can apply to the conversion of an individual, a practice, a place or a whole society. It began in the Roman Empire, conti ...
in 988 to the establishment of the Metropolitanate in Novgorod in 1589.
Bishops of Novgorod 989–1163
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Ioakim Korsunianin
Joachim of Korsun (russian: Иоаким Корсунянин) was the first bishop of Novgorod the Great (). His surname suggests he probably came from the Byzantine town of Cherson (Korsun) on the Crimean Peninsula and, according to the chronicl ...
(c. 989–1030)
* Efrem (1030–1035) – never consecrated
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Luka Zhidiata
Luka Zhidiata (russian: Лука́ Жидя́та) was the second bishop of Novgorod the Great (1035–1060) and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. He replaced Efrem who administered the eparchy since the death of Joachim of Korsun without be ...
(1035–1060)
* Stefan (1060–1068)
* Fedor (1069–1077)
* German (1078–1095)
* Nikita (1096–1108)
* Ioann Pop'ian (1110–1130) (d. 1144)
* Nifont (1130–1156) – held archiepiscopal title personally
* Arkady (1156–1163)
Archbishops of Novgorod the Great and Pskov 1165–1589
* Ilya (Ioann) (1165–1186)
* Gavril (Grigory) (1186–1193)
* Martiry Rushanin (1193–1199) –only a bishop
* Mitrofan (1199–1211, 1219–1223)
* Antony (1211–1219, 1226–28, 1229)
* Arseny (1223–1225, 1228–1229) – never consecrated
* Spiridon (1229–1249)
* Dalmat (1249–1274)
* Kliment (1274–1299)
* Feoktist (1299–1308) (d. 1310)
* David (1309–1325)
* Moisei (1325–1330, 1352–1359) (d. 1363)
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Vasilii Kalika
Vasilii Kalika (russian: Василий Калика) was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1330 to 1352. He is in large part responsible for reinvigorating the office after it had fallen into decline to some extent following the Mo ...
(1331–1352)
* Aleksei (1359–1388) (d. 1390)
* Ioann (1388–1415) (d. 1417)
* Simeon (1415–1421)
* Feodosy (1421–1423) (d. 1425)–never consecrated
* Evfimy I (1423–1429)
* Evfimy II (1429–+03/20/1458)
* Iona (1458–11/05/1470)
* Feofil (1470–1480) (d. 1482/84?)
* Sergei (1483–1484) (d.1504)
* Gennady (1484–1504) (d. 1505)
* Serapion (1506–1509) (d. 1516)
1509–1526 Vacancy
* Makary (1526–1542) became Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1563)
* Feodosii (1542–1551)
* Serapion II (1551–1552)
* Pimen (1552–1571)
* Leonid (1571–1575)
* Aleksandr (1576–1591) – elevated to Metropolitan dignity, 1589
References
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Arseny Nasonov Arseny (officially transliterated as Arsenii) (also Arsenii and Arseniy) ( ua, Арсеній, russian: Арсений) is a name, derived from Arsenius. Notable people with the name include:
Arseny
* Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944), Russian avant-ga ...
, ed. ''Novgorodskaia Pervaia Letopis' '', 474; Aleksandr Khoroshev, ''Tserkov' v sotsialno–politicheskoi istorii Novgorodskoi feodal'noi respubliki'' (Moscow, 1986).
*Michael C. Paul, ''"A Man Chosen by God": The Office of Archbishop in Novgorod, Russia 1165–1478.'' Ph.D. Dissertation University of Miami 2003. Appendix, p. 320.
Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ...
Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ...