Shusherin, Ivan Kornilevich

Ivan Kornilevich Shusherin (not earlier than 1636 (?) - 1693 ) - subdeacon under the Patriarch Nikon , who enjoyed his special favor. Later, the Crusade Clerk of the palace (tower) church.

Date of birth is calculated by his own mention in the "Notice ..." of his infancy (that is, under the age of 14 years) during the Novgorod Uprising of 1650.

After the deposition of the patriarch, he was held for 11 days in a secret office , three years in prison and ten years in prison in Novgorod . He was released at the request of Princess Tatyana in 1682 . He died in 1693 .

John wrote the “Notice of the birth and upbringing and the life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia ...”, first printed in 1784 in St. Petersburg under the title “The Life of His Holiness Patriarch Nikon, written by some cleric who was with him”. In his work, Shusherin not only described the life of Patriarch Nikon, but also described the rites of worship at that time, and also described the monastic life in the monasteries and monasteries .

He was a gifted jeweler, created the ceremonial miter of Patriarch Nikon. He was close to the princess and Grand Duchess Tatiana Mikhailovna - the elder sister of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich .