Archbishop Jacob (in the world Joseph Ivanovich Vecherkov ; April 4 [15], 1792 , Serebryanka settlement, Kursk province - May 20 [ June 1 ], 1850 , St. Petersburg ) - bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church , archbishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamassky .
| Archbishop Jacob | ||
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| January 15, 1847 - May 20, 1850 | ||
| Predecessor | John (Dobrozrakov) | |
| Successor | Jeremiah (Solovyov) | |
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| March 27, 1832 - January 15, 1847 | ||
| Predecessor | Moses (Bogdanov-Platonov-Antipov) | |
| Successor | Athanasius (Drozdov) | |
| Birth name | Joseph Ivanovich Vecherkov | |
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| Death | ||
| Holy Order | August 23, 1819 | |
| Monasticism | August 22, 1819 | |
| Episcopal consecration | March 27, 1832 | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
He was born on April 4, 1792 in the family of the deacon of the Serebryanka settlement of the Novooskol district (now in the Novooskol district of the Belgorod region ).
Having entered the Belgorod Theological Seminary at the age of twelve, Joseph studied in it for ten years, being one of the best students. At the end of the seminar course, in 1814, he was appointed a teacher of the same seminary, and in 1816 he entered the St. Petersburg Theological Academy to continue his education.
In 1819, he was elevated to a senior candidate degree, with the right to obtain a master's degree.
On August 22, 1819, Joseph was tonsured a monk at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra with the name of Jacob . The next day he was ordained to the rank of hierodeacon , and on August 24 - to the rank of hieromonk .
By the decision of the Holy Synod on September 10 of the same year, he was appointed a teacher and at the same time an inspector at the Oryol Theological Seminary , located in the city of Sevsk . Then follows his appointment as rector of the Sevsk Theological School .
In April 1821, Jacob was appointed to attend the Sevsk Spiritual Government, and on September 23 received a master's degree.
On August 20, 1823, Jacob was appointed rector of the Ekaterinoslav Theological Seminary , a member of the spiritual consistory, professor of theological sciences.
In October 1827, he was appointed rector of the second-class Grigoryevsky Bizyukov Monastery , and on November 1 of the same year he was promoted to archimandrite .
January 26, 1829 was added to the Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree.
On March 27, 1832, he was consecrated bishop of Saratov and Tsaritsyno .
Here, with measures of meekness and persuasion, he converted to Orthodoxy up to a thousand Jews, as many Kalmyks and more than twenty thousand schismatics. Going around his diocese with a missionary purpose, he collected detailed information about schismatics , whips , Molokans and other sects, which he outlined in the extensive Notes, which until now have served as one of the primary sources for studying these sects (in excerpts these notes were printed in the Orthodox Interlocutor "for 1857 and 1858 ). The Bishop also took care of education, opening three theological schools - in the cities of Volsk, Nikolaev and Balashov. With the direct care of the Bishop, a magnificent bishop’s house with a cross church was built, and 94 churches were built throughout the diocese during his administration.
On January 13, 1847 he was transferred to the Diocese of Nizhny Novgorod , where, according to the decree of the Holy Synod, from May 24 of the same year he was given control of the first-class Nizhny Novgorod Pechersky Monastery .
The ancient historical acts he found (more than two thousand columns) were sent to the archaeographic commission and partially printed (in the Nizhny Novgorod Collection vol. VI). He collected an extensive collection of coins, eastern and western (in the library of the Nizhny Novgorod seminary).
April 3, 1849 elevated to the rank of archbishop .
November 25 of the same year, he was summoned from Nizhny Novgorod to St. Petersburg to attend the Holy Synod and here, May 20, 1850, died on his 59th birthday.
Compositions
His articles are known:
- “On the State of the Orthodox Church in the Kipchak Horde”;
- “Research on the place of Saray” (these articles are attributed to him by N. I. Nadezhdin ; others attribute them to Sablukov );
- “Travel notes on the city of Petrovsk” (all three articles are in “Notes of Kazan University”);
- “Travel notes in the review of the churches of the Ekaterinoslav diocese” (in the “Kherson Diocesan Vedomosti”);
- "Statistical sketch of the Saratov diocese";
- "Description of the Nizhny Novgorod first-class monastery" (both last articles in manuscripts, in the library of the geographical community.);
- "Church archeology" (hand).
His sermons were published in 1847 , 1850 and 1852 .
Literature
- Lebedev, A. Archbishop Jacob (Vecherkov) // Russian Archive. - 1916. - No. 1/3. - S. 179-208; No. 4. - 452-468.
- Nadezhdin, Proceedings of the Geographical Society, 1850 ;
- Unknown, in “Readings Mosk. Total East and Dr. "( 1876 );
- P. I. Melnikov, in The Moskvityanin ( 1851 ).
Links
- Jacob (Vecherkov) // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Jacob (Vecherkov) // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- Rectors / James (Evenings)