Metropolitan Hilarion (commonly known as Hilarion Makariopolsky , Bulgarian. Hilarion Makariopolski , Greek Bishop of Makariopol (village, now on the territory of the Targovisht region of Bulgaria ); since April 1860, an activist of the Bulgarian schism , later Metropolitan of Tarnovsky (in schism). Anathematized by the cathedral in Constantinople in May 1872 .
| Metropolitan Hilarion | ||
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| May 25, 1872 - July 4, 1875 | ||
| Predecessor | Gregory (Katris) | |
| Successor | Clement (Drumev) | |
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| October 5, 1858 - May 25, 1872 | ||
| Successor | Grigory (Zafirov) | |
| Birth name | Stoyan Stoyanov Mikhailovsky | |
| Original name at birth | Stoyan Stoyanov Mikhailovsky | |
| Birth | Helena | |
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| Monasticism | 1832 | |
One of the leaders of the Bulgarian national revival .
Biography
Helen was born in 1812 in an Ottoman city with the Bulgarian population in a noble family with Georgian roots (in Imereti ).
After graduating from elementary school in his hometown, he continued his studies at a Greek school in the city of Arbanassi. In 1832, he received monastic tonsure at the Chilandar monastery ( Athos ), where he entrusted himself with the care of Neophyte Bozveli imprisoned there. He continued his education at the school of Theofilos Cairis, and also studied for three years in the Athens gymnasium.
He was a close friend and associate of George Rakovsky . He took an active part in the activities of the Macedonian revolutionary society. Since 1844 , together with Neophyt Bozveli, a participant in the church-national struggle of the Bulgarians; in 1845-1850, as a result of pressure exerted by Russian diplomats on the Ottoman government, he was imprisoned on Mount Athos.
April 3, 1860, during the Easter liturgy in the Bulgarian church of Constantinople, did not mention the name of the Patriarch of Constantinople , thereby de facto evading a schism in the church. According to Todor Burmov [1] , the rally on April 3 was tentatively agreed upon by the main leaders of the Bulgarian community, Hristo Topchileshchov and Nikolai Mincoglu, with Porta , in particular with Vizier Aali-Pasha . The leaders of the Bulgarian community were welcomed by Turkish ministers that day; also delighted with the perfect demonstration were the “agents of Latin propaganda ” [2] , who specially came to the Easter morning [1] . According to Burmov, Port, tearing the Bulgarians from Orthodoxy, hoped to reduce Russia's influence on the Christian population of the empire [2] . The Synod of the Great Church , gathered on April 9, after hearing the excuses of Hilarion, who referred to the demands of the people, was not satisfied with his explanations; however, compiled by the Patriarch Takrir (representation of Porte), demanding civil punishment for Hilarion, was left without consequences by the government; on the part of the Patriarchate, ecclesiastical punishments were brought against Bishop Hilarion and others. In February 1861, Hilarion was deprived of his dignity and again exiled to Mount Athos (1861-1864). The bishops supporting him, Auxentius of Veles and Paisius of Plovdiv, were subjected to similar punishment.
After the foundation of the Bulgarian Exarchy by Porta (1870), he became a member of the Provisional Mixed Exarchist Council and the first Synod. Since 1872 - Metropolitan of Tarnovsky .
The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on May 13-15, 1872, having deposed and deprived Exarch Anfim I of the rank, excommunicated the bishops who joined him, and bishop Hilarion of Makariopolis put him to eternal anathema [3] .
The Cathedral in Constantinople, held in September 1872 under the chairmanship of Patriarch Anfim VI , in which hierarchs of other local churches of the East participated, on September 18 ( September 30 ) declared the Bulgarian exarchate a schism (schism); the actions of the Bulgarian hierarchs were condemned as based on " phyletism " ( Greek. φυλετισμός , that is, the introduction of a tribal principle into the Church); The Council decided: “<...> Accepting phyletisms and daring to establish tribal gatherings on it, we proclaim, according to the sacred canons, alien to a single holy, catholic and apostolic church or, what is the same, schismatics.” [4]
He died in 1875; buried in the courtyard of the church of Stephen in Constantinople.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Ѳ. Stoyanov-Burmov . “Greco-Bulgarian feud in the sixties” // “ Vstnik Europe ”. St. Petersburg, 1888, No. 8, p. 720.
- ↑ 1 2 Ѳ. Stoyanov-Burmov . “Greco-Bulgarian feud in the sixties” // “ Vstnik Europe ”. St. Petersburg, 1888, No. 8, p. 723.
- ↑ Church during the period of the Bulgarian Exarchate (since 1870) // Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Part 1. Archived December 25, 2008 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Quote from: Archbishop. Macarius . The Greek-Bulgarian church issue and its solution // "Orthodox Review". 1891. No. 11-12, p. 735.
Literature
- Radivoev, M. Wreme and stomach on Turnovskiy Metropolitan Hilarion (Makariopolski). S., 1912;
- Arnaudov, M. Hilarion Makariopolski and the Bulgarian people asked a question. - Q: Hilarion Makariopolski, Metropolitan Turnovski. S., 1925, 3-384 (department of depart. S., 1925, 384 p.).
- Radev, Yves. Metropolitan Hilarion Makariopolski-Turnovski. - Q: They are. History on Veliko Tarnovo. XVIII — XIX century. Veliko Tarnovo, 2000.