Archimandrite Jacob ( . Greek Αρχιμανδρίτης Ιάκωβος, in the world Iakovos Efstatiu Dimopoulos, . Greek Ιάκωβος Δημόπουλος, the Russified form of Jacob Evstafievich Dimopulo [1] , and Jacob Vatopedi, the Greek. Ιάκωβος o Βατοπεδινός [2] , , - , ) - Archimandrite of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople , Rector of the Metochion of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Moscow.
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Biography
Born around 1855 in Lockrid , Greece [3] .
He graduated from a theological school on the island of Halki . Since 1879, he served as secretary of the Vatoped monastery on Mount Athos and chief secretary of the Holy Kinot of the Holy Mountain [3] .
In 1894, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite and was appointed rector of the Constantinople Compound in Moscow with the Church of St. Sergius Abbot of Radonezh in Krapivki . Arrived in Moscow on April 3, 1894 [1] .
Wrote a number of works which have been published in Εκκλησιαστική αλήθεια , published works «Βραχέα τινά περί θεολογίας ως επιστήμης» ( 1898) [4] , «Η ηθική ελευθερία του ανθρώπου εν τω Χριστιανισμώ θεωρούμενη», «Το συνοδικόν εν Μόσχα σκευοφυλάκιον», «Κατάλογος των εν τη συνοδική βιβλιοθήκη της Μόσχας ελληνικών χειρογράφων ” [2] .
In January 1912, in St. Petersburg, as a representative of the Patriarch of Constantinople, he attended the I All-Russian single-faith congress [5] , where he delivered a speech [6] .
On November 21 at the Trinity Compound in Moscow, on the day of the intronization of Patriarch Tikhon, Archimandrite Jacob delivered a welcome speech [7] :
We, the humble representatives of the Holy Churches of the East, from whom the saving light of Christ's faith shone, are full of joy that it has been our rare happiness to personally be present and to be, so to speak, witnesses of a great event: solemn election, God's will, Your Holiness to the glorious the historic Moscow and All-Russian Patriarchal Throne, and that, therefore, we are honored today to bring on behalf of the Eastern Churches our humble greeting to you regarding this election, which is destined to write a new glorious page in the history of both the Russian and, in general, our entire Holy Orthodox Church. <...> You will have <...> fraternal help and love from the venerable Holy Patriarchs of the East, pastoral ties with which from now on, by the grace of God, are renewed and established on new canonical grounds for the benefit of all Orthodoxy in general, acquiring its new cornerstone in the new Russian High Priest and his new defender [8] .
At the beginning of 1919, the housing and land department of the Moscow City Council decided to municipalize the property of the Jerusalem and Constantinople Patriarchates "on the same basis as all church possessions" [9] .
The promises of Archimandrite Jacob were inexpensive. Already in May 1922, he recognized the legitimacy of the newly formed Renovationist Higher Technical Center [3] . In August 1922, Archimandrite Jacob was present as an honorary member of the presidium at the congress of the renovating Living Church in Moscow, at which a demand was put forward "depriving the holy dignity of Patriarch Tikhon as the main culprit of modern church devastation." The congress was also attended by the representative of the Patriarch of Alexandria, Archimandrite Pavel (Katapodis) [10] .
In August 1923, the Russian Renovationists organized the "Holy Synod" led by Metropolitan Evdokim (Meshchersky) . At the same time, the supreme renewal body decided to "restore communication with the foreign Eastern Orthodox Churches." In the updated "Bulletin of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church" it was reported: "At the same time, His Eminence Metropolitan Evdokim noted that on August 7, representatives of the Eastern patriarchs came to him at the Trinity Metochion: Archimandrite Pavel of Constantinople and Archimandrite Pavel. During the return visit, Archimandrite Jacob announced to Metropolitan Yevdokim that all the church changes that had occurred had already been communicated in a favorable sense to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. ” The Constantinople Department at that time was occupied by Meletius (Metaxakis) [10] .
He died on January 15, 1924 in Moscow [3] . The place of rector of the Constantinople Compound in Moscow was taken by his nephew Vasily (Dimopulo) [10] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Constantinople Patriarchal Compound in Moscow with the Church of St. Sergius igumen of Radonezh in Krapivki (1895) (inaccessible link)
- ↑ 1 2 Ιάκωβος ο Βατοπεδινός Dictionary of Greek. 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lavrinov Valery, archpriest. The renovationist schism in the portraits of his figures. Materials on the history of the Church. Book 54. M. 2016. p. 251
- ↑ PDF pager
- ↑ Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) and Unity - Right.ru - Radical orthodoxy
- ↑ Proceedings of the First All-Russian Congress of Orthodox Old Believers (co-religionists) , pp. 55-56
- ↑ M.V. Shkarovsky. Relations between the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Russian Church in 1917 - early 1930s.
- ↑ Act 47 of the Holy Council of the Orthodox Russian Church
- ↑ Weintraub L. R. The History of the Origin and Activity of the Jerusalem Patriarchal Compound in Moscow // XV ANNUAL THEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE 2005
- ↑ 1 2 3 priest Alexander Mazyrin The last representative of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Moscow, Archimandrite Vasily (Dimopulo) and his church and political activities Archival copy of April 27, 2016 on the Wayback Machine
Literature
- Χρυσόστομος Καλαϊτζής διάκονος , Το Μετόχιον του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου εν Μόσχα "Ο Άγιος Σέργγιούιιύιιιιιύύιιύύιιύύιιύύιιιύιιύύιιύύιιύύιιύηιιύηιιύηιιηηιιιιύ 1991 1991
- Mazyrin A.V. , priest Archimandrites Jacob and Vasily Vatopedi as official representatives of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Bolshevik Moscow // Intercession Readings in Brussels: Materials of the annual international scientific conference. Vol. 1, 2. M .; Brussels: Conference Sainte Trinite du Patriarcat de Moscou ASBL; Catherine's Monastery, 2017.S. 267-298.
- Mazyrin A.V., priest, A. Kostryukov. From the history of relations between the Russian and Constantinople Churches in the XX century. M .: Publishing house of PSTGU, 2017.