Archbishop David (d. February 5, 1325 , Novgorod ) - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church , Archbishop of Novgorod .
Biography
Prior to being elected by the Novgorodians to the bishop's chair, he was among the cross hieromonks of Novgorod and was the confessor of his predecessor, the Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov, Feoktist .
He was elected to the department in the winter of 1308/1309, after Archbishop Feoktist retired to the Annunciation Monastery "of his sharing of ill health." Obviously, the election of David took place by drawing lots on the throne of Hagia Sophia .
On June 5, 1309 in Vladimir he was consecrated Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia Peter as bishop with the elevation to the rank of Archbishop of Novgorod. He returned to Novgorod on July 20.
Under Archbishop David, Novgorod was devastated by a terrible fire. The main activity of the archpastor was aimed at the restoration and improvement of churches and monasteries. The church building, which was going on in Novgorod under Archbishop David, mainly reflects his connection with the nobility of the Nerevsky end , where the archbishop had his own farmstead . In 1310/1311, by order of Archbishop David, a stone church was erected in the name of Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich at the gates “from the Nerevsky End”, which shortly before this had been badly damaged by fire and robberies. In 1311/1312, the archbishop laid the stone church in the name of St. Nicholas "in his courtyard" at the Nerevsky end, the church was consecrated the following year, during which the archbishop established the White Monastery in the name of the saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. The Nikolsky White (Nerevsky) monastery, which was under the jurisdiction of the Nerevsky end, became one of the largest in Novgorod. In the year 1323/1324. Archbishop David consecrated the “Christ Stone Church” on the Commerce side (on the site of a wooden church burned down in 1311).
Archbishop David, like his predecessors, performed important diplomatic functions, his activity testifies to the increased influence of the archbishop on Novgorod's decision on foreign policy issues. The time he controlled the department coincided with the beginning of the confrontation between Moscow and Tver on the issue of owning a label for the Vladimir Grand Duchy .
Archbishop David from his contemporaries earned the fame of a peacemaker for the fact that in 1312, 1315 and 1317 he reconciled the Novgorodians with Grand Duke Vladimir Mikhail Yaroslavich .
He died on February 5, 1325. He was buried in the Korsun porch of St. Sophia Cathedral (western vestibule), next to Archbishop Clement .
Literature
- David (Archbishop of Novgorod) // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- DAVID // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2006. - T. XIII. - S. 561-562. - 752 s. - 39 000 copies - ISBN 5-89572-022-6 .