As for the remaining colonies of the Kyiv-Mezhigorsk monastery, then, of course, the 12th point of the decree of the Empress of April 10 was dealt with in the exact force. 1786 (about the conversion of the desert into parish churches).
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The first Kyiv-Sophia cathedral clergy 1).
By the decree of Empress Catherine II of April 10, 1786, among other things, it was prescribed: “The Cathedral Kyiv St. Sophia Monastery is to be renamed the Kyiv St. Sophia Cathedral, appoint in it the archpriest and other priests and church ministers with a salary equal to the Moscow Archangel Cathedral.”
In fulfillment of this highest command, Metropolitan Samuel determined a new composition of persons serving under St. Sofia, which he reported to the synod during the rapor of September 2 of the same 1786.
A statement of exactly who the clergy and church ministers have been assigned to the Kyiv Sophia Sobor.
Archpriest: transferred from the Kyiv-Podolsk cathedral church by Archpriest John Levanda; the keymaster: the Kyiv-Podolsk Pritisvo-Nicholas Church, who remained with the staff, during the analysis of the priestly and ecclesiastical ministers, priest Pavel Olshevsky. In addition, three priests, one protodeacon, two deacons and 18 clergy and church servants were appointed.
The Kyiv-Sophia Cathedral was allocated 2,058 rubles a year for the maintenance of the ranks assigned to it. And besides this, for ten bell-ringers, 12 rubles a year for each.
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Candidates for the Kyiv metropolis in the 17% year 8).
On January 5, 1796, Samuil Mislavsky, Metropolitan of Kyiv, died. In his place, St. The synod of March 20 of the same year presented the empress with three candidates: Varlaam Petrov, arch. Tobolsk, Hierotheus Malitsky, E. Chernihiv, and Feoktist Mochulsky, E. Belograd with the following statement attached.
Tobolsk Archbishop Varlaam studied at the Kyiv Academy
*) From the archive of the Holy Synod of 1786 No. 52. *) The reality of the archive of St. Synod. Case 1796 No. 126.
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the Latin language and the sciences taught there, with listening to philosophy and theology. After being tonsured as a monk in 750 in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, he trained there and in the school fraternal monastery in delivering sermons, in 762 he was promoted to abbot and was abbot in various monasteries, and finally of the Tver diocese in the 2nd class. Novotorzhsky archimandrite. In 768, by the highest decree, he was consecrated Bishop of Tobolsk, and on November 6, 792, by the same highest decree, he was consecrated to the rank of archbishop. He is 66 years old.
Bishop Ieroey of Chernihiv studied at the Voronezh seminary in philosophy and theology and the languages Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and after becoming a monk in 1758, he was also a teacher, preacher and prefect there; then the Chernihiv diocese in the Domnitsky monastery as abbot; and since 1774 in Chernihiv 1st class. mon. archimandrite and rector of the local seminary, meanwhile being present in the consistories of Voronezh and Chernihiv; and in 1788 Oct. 28, according to the highest personal decree, he was consecrated bishop of Chernihiv. He is 68 years old.
Bishop Theoktist of Belgrade studied philosophy, theology and the languages Hebrew, Greek, Latin, German, French and Polish, as well as arithmetic, history and geography at the Kyiv Academy. After being tonsured a monk, he was a hierodeacon and hieromonk in the local land cadet corps. Having been promoted to archimandrite, from 767 he was in various monasteries as abbot, presiding over consistories and, moreover, from 776 to 779 he was under the Slavic Archbishop Eugene, to explain the affairs of managing the diocese as an administrator. And according to the highest personal decrees, in 1783 he was ordained as vicar of the Moscow diocese by the Bishop of Sevsky, and in 787 February. 6 was transferred locally to the Belograd diocese. He is 66 years old.
By decree of April 1. 1796 imp. Catherine appointed Hierotheus, Bishop, Metropolitan of Kyiv. Chernigovsky Probably at that time this choice was a surprise, and even now it is difficult to understand what guided the monarch in making this choice. The long-time bishop Varlaam of Tobolsk was distinguished by restraint and constancy
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...character. Theoktistos of Bilhorod was famous for his education and literary-pedagogical activity. Hierotheus had an advantage over his peers only slightly in the number of years. Metropolitan Hierotheus was at the Kyiv see for a little over three years († September 2, 1799). Both of his peers survived him. Varlaam died on December 2, 1802, and Theoktistos on April 29, 1818.
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