Archbishop Sergius (in the world - Ivan Aleksandrovich Spassky ; January 21, 1830 - November 20, 1904 ) - bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church , hagiologist .
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| November 21, 1892 - November 20, 1904 | ||
| Predecessor | Theognost (Lebedev) | |
| Successor | Nikon (Sofia) | |
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| June 7, 1885 - November 21, 1892 | ||
| Predecessor | Vitaliy (Grechulevich) | |
| Successor | Pavel (Vilchinsky) | |
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| May 30, 1882 - June 7, 1885 | ||
| Predecessor | Donat (Babinsky-Sokolov) | |
| Successor | Smaragd (Trinity) | |
| Birth name | Ivan Alexandrovich Spassky | |
| Birth | Karpovo village, Kostroma province | |
| Death | ||
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| Holy Order | July 13, 1857 | |
| Monasticism | July 5, 1857 | |
| Episcopal consecration | May 30, 1882 | |
Biography
Born in the family of a priest, in 1839 he entered the Makaryevsky Theological College, from 1844 he studied at the Kostroma Theological Seminary . After graduating from the Kiev Theological Academy ( 1853 ), he was appointed a literature teacher at the Kostroma Theological Seminary. On May 22, 1855, he was approved as a master of theology (the dissertation is “Study of Biblical Chronology”).
In 1857 he was widowed. On July 5, 1857, he received monastic tonsure with the name Sergius, on July 6 he was ordained a hierodeacon , and on July 13, at a hieromonk . In 1859 he was elevated to the rank of Cathedral Hieromonk of the Donskoy Monastery .
On September 25, 1861, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite and on December 30, he was appointed inspector and professor at the Moscow Theological Seminary .
October 25, 1863 appointed rector of the Znamensky Monastery .
On August 12, 1866 he was appointed rector of the Bethany Theological Seminary .
October 29, 1876 awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology for his work "Complete Months of the East."
October 28, 1880 appointed rector of the Andronikov Monastery .
On May 30, 1882 he was consecrated bishop of Kovensky , vicar of the Lithuanian diocese.
On June 7, 1885, he was transferred to the Department of Mogilev with the title Bishop of Mogilev and Mstislavsky.
On November 21, 1892 he was appointed Archbishop of Vladimir and Suzdal .
May 6, 1900 was awarded a diamond cross on the hood .
Honorary Member of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society .
He died on November 20, 1904 and was buried in the Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir.
Compositions
- A study of biblical chronology.
- Historical description of the Moscow Spaso-Andronievsky monastery (1857).
- Historical description of the Moscow Znamensky Monastery (1858).
- Historical description of the Moscow Spaso-Andronikov Monastery Moscow: Univ. typ., 1865
- The historical description of the Moscow Znamensky Monastery in the old Tsar’s Court Moscow: Type. A.I. Mamontova, 1866
- The undoubted truth of the gospel and apostolic history (1867).
- Full Month of the East Volume 1. Eastern Agiology. - (Vol. First) - 1875
- Full Month of the East Volume 1. Eastern Agiology. - (Second Edition) - 1901
- Full months of the East Volume 2. Eastern Agiology. - (Vol. First) - 1876
reprinted in 1997:
- archbishop. Sergius (Spassky) . Full month of the East / blessed. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. - M .: Orthodox Encyclopedia, 1997. - T. I. Eastern Hagiology. - XXII, 732 p. - ISBN 5-7302-0515-5 .
- archbishop. Sergius (Spassky) . Full month of the East / blessed. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. - M .: Orthodox Encyclopedia, 1997. - T. II. Holy East. Part 1. - XXX, 398 p. - ISBN 5-7302-0516-3 .
- archbishop. Sergius (Spassky) . Full month of the East / blessed. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. - M .: Orthodox Encyclopedia, 1997. - T. III. Holy East. Ch. 2-3. - [1], 700 p. - ISBN 5-7302-0517-1 .
- Iverskaya holy and miraculous icon of the Mother of God on Mount Athos and her lists in Russia (1879).
- Lavsaik and the history of Egyptian monks (1882).
- Holy and Life-giving Cross of the Lord (1886).
- Orthodox doctrine of veneration of holy icons and other truths of the Orthodox faith related to them (1887). text
- Holy and life-giving cross of the Lord and the Orthodox teaching on the veneration of holy icons and other truths of the Orthodox faith in contact with him / Doctors of Theology Sergius, Bishop of Mogilev and Mstislavsk St. Petersburg: Type. P.P.Soykina, 1889
- Rev. Michael Malein and the bicentenary of the birth of the pious great sovereign tsar and grand duke Mikhail Feodorovich on July 12, 1596-1896 Vyazniki: Tipo. S.K. Matreninsky, 1896
- Russian literature on the icons of the Most Holy Theotokos in the 19th century (1900).
- A word about the Vladimir icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1980. No. 8. p. 33-35.
- The word in the Week of Saints is the father of six Ecumenical Councils (on the 1300th anniversary of the VI Ecumenical Council) // Moscow Patriarchate Journal. M., 1981. No. 7. P. 36-37.
Links
- Sergius (Spassky) on the site "Russian Orthodoxy"
- Sergius (Spassky) // From the “Bibliological Dictionary” of Priest Alexander Me
- Sergius (Spassky), Chairman of the Vladimir Department of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (inaccessible link) // Activities of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society in Shuy County in the late XIX – early XX centuries. K.E. Baldin