Moses (Gumilevsky)

Born in Vladimir and there at first was a hairstylist.

Having a penchant for scientific education, he entered the Moscow Theological Academy , after which he was appointed teacher of Jewish and Greek languages ​​and poetry.

Having been tonsured a monk on November 21, 1784 he was appointed abbot of the Moscow Znamensky Monastery , remaining a preacher and teacher of rhetoric at the Moscow Theological Academy.

In 1785 he was appointed teacher of philosophy and the prefect of the Theological Academy.

Moses (Gumilevsky), according to his talents and scholarship, was one of the prominent figures of the contemporary Moscow clergy and enjoyed the special attention and favor of Metropolitan Platon (Levshin) , and through him Prince G.A. Potemkin , who was in friendship with the Moscow Bishop.

When he was a Teacher at the Academy, he wrote a lot on various cases of Latin, Greek and Russian poems, which were all printed at one time.

On the recommendation of Prince Potemkin, Moses was appointed Chief Hieromonk of the Moldavian Army.

Since 1787 - Archimandrite of the Ekaterinoslav Spaso-Nikolaevsky Monastery.

On June 5, 1791, he was consecrated bishop of Theodosia and Mariupol , vicar of the Yekaterinoslav diocese .

G.A. Potemkin-Tauride was directly involved in the fate of Moses. It is not surprising that after the sudden death of Potemkin in November 1791, the pressure and insults from the enemies of the Most Holy Prince increased on Bishop Moses. His Grace Moses, having an easily injured romantic soul, is hard on experiencing these accusations. Physical ones are added to mental torments - Vladyka is tormented more and more by hemorrhoidal seizures.

He died on October 5, 1792 in the Crimea. The circumstances and causes of the death of Bishop Moses to this day remain a mystery. According to the most common version, the mind of Moses became confused, and he commits suicide. However, for a long time after the death of Bishop Moses, there were rumors about the murder of the bishop, either by Gentiles or by home.

• The argument about cleansing, fertilizing and enriching the Russian language, read at the Public Assembly of the Moscow Academy of 1786 by student Vasily Protopopov and then published in 8th part of the sheet;
• He started the Greek Greek Grammar in Russian, but was already completed by the Greek Language Teacher, Semyon Protasov, and printed in Moscow in 1788 in 8 parts of a sheet;
• Two Tombstones of Speech to Prince Potemkin, the first of which was said on November 12 when he met his tomb in Nikolaev, forwarded from Iasi, and the other in Kherson Cathedral Church of St. Catherine November 23, when it was lowered into the ground; both printed in Moscow in 1791 in 4 parts of a sheet

From translations of it from Greek I printed

• Macarius of the Egyptian Conversation on Perfection, Decent Christians, 2 parts published in Moscow in 1782 in 8 parts of a sheet;
• Chrysanva, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Conversations, 2 parts published in Moscow in 1784 in 8 parts of a sheet;
• Dionysius the Areopagite Books about the Heavenly Hierarchy and the Church Hierarchy, published by two books in Moscow 1786 and 1787. in 8 share of the sheet;
• Homerova Odyssey , translation of prose in Moscow in 1788 in 8 share of a sheet;

As instructed by Prince Potemkin, he began to translate Church History from French into Fleriev (in whose translation the Prince himself participated) and completed several volumes, but they remained unprinted.

• Russian Biographical Dictionary : In 25 volumes / under the supervision of A. A. Polovtsov. 1896-1918.
• Moses (Gumilevsky) // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Bishops of Theodosia and Mariupol (inaccessible link)
• About the Latin poetry of Gumilevsky