Prilezhayev, Vasily Alexandrovich

He was born on November 24 (December 6), 1831 in the family of the rector of the Nikolaev Cathedral Olonets Alexander Vasilyevich Prilezhaev. After graduating from the Olonets Theological Seminary in 1853, he came to Petersburg, where he continued his studies at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy . In 1857 he graduated from the Academy with a master’s degree among the best students and was assigned to serve in the church at the Russian embassy in Paris. In 1857-1859 he served as the deacon of the embassy church in Paris. At the beginning of 1859 he was transferred by a priest to Wiesbaden, Naples, Nice ^[2] . In May 1859-1863 - the second priest at the church in Paris. In 1863-1867 - rector of the temple in Nice . In 1864 he received the rank of archpriest. In the winter of 1864-1865, he was the spiritual father of Empress Maria Alexandrovna and Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich , counseled him at the end of 1865, was the law teacher and confessor of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (Duchess of Edinburgh) and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich , who was preparing for the first confession. In 1865, he participated in a service in Nice on the occasion of the death of Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich. The main business of his abbot is the device of the Russian cemetery in Nice . “With his high pastoral qualities he earned the love of the flock, which brought him velvet embroidered with gold and a gold pimple cross with precious ornaments. ^[3] .” For participation in services on the occasion of the death of Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich (in Nice) in April 1865, Prot. Pryzhazhaev was awarded the golden pectoral cross from the Empress Empress Maria Alexandrovna and 8 thousand francs (which was equal to the annual maintenance released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the entire clergy of the Parisian embassy in 1866). 1867-1887 - rector of the embassy church in Paris. Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna , arriving in Paris, honored Vasily Alexandrovich to be her confessor. Communication with the imperial family affected the subsequent numerous prizes of Prilezhayev, including the Order of St. Anna 2nd, St. Vladimir 3rd degree, as well as the Miter, and the very appointment to the place of rector in Paris, held by the personal will of Emperor Alexander II . In inheritance from prot. I.V. Vasilieva, the new abbot got the outstanding debts for the construction of the church of Alexander Nevsky. With the task of restoring the financial well-being of the church about. Vasily did an excellent job, paying off the principal debt for church land of 80 thousand francs for five years ahead of schedule. To the undoubted merits of prot. Prilezhaeva also refers to the fact that he supported the tradition of scientific and journalistic activities of Russian clergy in France. He constantly collaborated with the magazine L'Union chrétienne, and also, according to A. Rhodesky, introduced Russian theological science to the serious Catholic composition Church History of Presse. Prot. Prilezhayev was familiar with many famous people, in particular, N. S. Leskov and I. S. Turgenev , with the latter he was in correspondence and visited him in Bougival ^[4] . Since 1884, in connection with poor health prot. Prylezhaev performed his duties in conditions of prolonged absence from the south of France. The death of a 28-year-old son, an official of the Ministry of Finance, accelerated the finale. Fr. Vasily died in the same 1887 in Paris at the fifty-fifth year of his life. He met and corresponded with many famous people of his time.

He died of consumption on August 28 (September 9), 1887. On October 20, his body was brought to St. Petersburg. He was buried at the Volkov Orthodox Cemetery. The grave has not been preserved.

• Wife - Alexandra Nikolaevna Raevskaya, daughter of a priest Nikolai Fedorovich Raevsky.
• Children
  • Alexander Vasilyevich Prilezhaev (~ 1859 - April 1887), graduate of the Imperial School of Law in St. Petersburg (fortieth graduation), court adviser; special assignment officer 7 cl. under the Minister of Finance, he died of consumption at the age of 28, was buried in the Volkov Orthodox cemetery in St. Petersburg. Member of the Second International, author of “Factory Inspection in France by Law of May 19, 1874: Essay on the Organization and Activities of Inspection of the Labor of Young Workers in Factories and Workshops in the Department of the Seine” / A. V. Prilezhaev. SPb .: Type. V.F. Kirshbaum, 1882.- VII, 61 pp .- In the region. G.I .: 1883.
  • Nikolai Vasilyevich Prilezhaev (~ 1861 -?) - graduate of the Imperial School of Law in St. Petersburg (42th edition), state adviser, Main Prison Department, subsequently published a French newspaper in St. Petersburg
  • Vasily Vasilyevich Prylezhaev (~ 1862 -?) - Graduate of the Imperial School of Law in St. Petersburg (43rd edition), Privy Councilor, member of the Commission for the Construction of the Commercial Port under the Minister of Finance, member of the Commission for the Establishment of the All-Russian Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod (1896), comrade Minister of Trade and Industry, Head of the Trade Department, Member of the Council of the Minister of Trade and Industry, Member of the Special Financial and Economic Commission of the Agricultural Council, Tariff Council and Council of the State Bank, Deputy Chairman of the special meeting on fuel, Russian delegate to the International Sugar Commission, Honorary Member of the Imperial Moscow Archaeological Society, Member of the Commission on Combating Food Counterfeiting, Head of the IV Division of the General Directorate of Consolidated Fees and the Main Directorate of Treasury Sales of Drinks.
  • Sergei Vasilievich Prylezhaev - (July 15 (July 27), 1874, Paris - March 9, 1942, the village of Pavlovskoye, Kesovogorsky District, Tver Region) - current state councilor, graduate of the Imperial School of Law in St. Petersburg (56th edition), senior clerk of the State Chancellery, senior clerk of the Legislative Division of the Chancellery of the State Duma, treasurer and trustee of the Society for the Protection of Children from Abuse, Art. economist Giprobum. Arrested on March 8, 1935. Sentenced by the OS of the NKVD of the USSR on March 11, 1935, to exile for 5 years in Kuibyshev. Rehabilitated September 6, 1989 ^[5] .
• Grandchildren
  • Prilezhayev, Sergey Sergeevich (1903-1979) - Soviet physicist.
  • Tatyana Sergeevna Prilezhaeva (1905-1942) - biophysicist, worked in the laboratory of G.M. Frank .

1859 - golden pectoral cross
1861 - velvet violet skufu
1862 - Kamilavka
1864 - San Archpriest
1865 - a golden cross with precious stones on behalf of the Empress Empress
1865 - 8000 francs for participating in the service at the death of Cesarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich
1865 - Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree
1868 - golden pectoral cross with precious stones
1868 - Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree
1871 - Order of St. Vladimir 3rd degree
1876 ​​- Greek Commander Cross of the Order of the Savior
1878 - Miter
1879 - sign of the Red Cross
1883 - Serbian Order of the Cross of Tacov 2nd degree

He owns a number of articles in the Parisian magazine L'Union Chrétienne , among which the most important are:

• Coup d'oeil sur les canons de l'église grecque et sur ceux de l'église latine (1859-60, no. 19-22),
• De l'union de l'église de Constantinople et de l'église Romaine au treizième siècle (1860–1861, no. 18–45).
• Du culte de l'église Russe (1861–62, No. 51–52 and 1862, No. 2).
• Etudes sur le concile de Florence (1862–63, no. 18–34). Wed The Church Herald, 1887, Nos. 38 and 43 ^[1] .

• The death of Archpriest V.A. Prilezhaev // Church Bulletin. 1887. No. 36.
• Leskov N. S. Russian society in Paris. Collected in 6 vols. T. 2.M., 1993.
• Oderova Maria Valerevna. The Orthodox Church at the Russian Embassy in Paris (1816-1917). Abstract of dissertation for the degree of candidate of historical sciences .
• Brockhaus F.A., Efron I.A. Encyclopedic Dictionary. St. Petersburg, 1890-1907.
• Ross N. Russian Church on the banks of the Seine. From the inception of the temple until 1917. St. Petersburg. Publishing house "DMITRY BULANIN", 2007.
• Petersburg Necropolis, p. 502:
• Dubrovo I.V. Russian Orthodox Parish Church in Nice (1859-1959). Edition of St. Nicholas Parish of Nice
• To the good memory of Olonets. The fiftieth anniversary of Archpriest M.A. Prilezhaev, rector of the Olonets Nicholas Cathedral. St. Petersburg. Printing house of A.O. Bashkov, Nikolaevskaya St., No. 1. 1894
• Tatishchev S. S. Childhood and youth of the Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich ^[1]
• RO IRLEY. No. 476. F. 234. Op. 4. Unit No. 148. Archive of P. A. Pletnev. Letters of Archpriest V. Prilezhaev to A. V. Pletneva for 1876-1888.
• F. 166. Op. 5. No. 47. Arch. L. N. Maikova. Prilezhayev V. Archpriest. Letter to Batyushkov Pompey Nikolaevich. 1883, July 18/30. 2 l
• Kleman M.K., Chronicle of the life and work of I. S. Turgenev 1818-1883, ACADEMIA, 1934

1. ↑ FEB: Tatishchev. Childhood and youth of the Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich: In 2 book. - 2002 (text)