Ignatius of Mariupol
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Ignatius of Mariupol (1716 – 16 October [O.S. 3 October] 1786) was an 18th-century Greek bishop of Gothia and Caffa in Crimea and later of Mariupol, modern-day Ukraine. He is venerated as a saint by the Orthodox Church.
Biography
He was born in 1716 in
Frankish rule. Although originally of Catholic rite, they became Orthodox in the course of the centuries. In fact, in 1613 Ignatius' ancestors built the church of Agios Savvas in Chora of Kythnos, where he himself was later baptized.[1]
As a young man Iakovos went to
Greeks and their Orthodox Christian faith.[1][2] In 1778, he undertook the task of the exodus of the Orthodox Greeks and Armenians from Crimea, which was under the control of the Tatars, and their settlement in the area of Azov, where Mariupol was built and where he settled with his congregation and served as bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.[1][3] He died in Mariupol on 3/16 February 1786.[1]
Ignatius was declared a saint by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.[1] In addition, by decree of the Greek Orthodox bishop of Syros, he is honored as a local saint in his place of birth. On October 1, 2016, part of his relics were transferred from Mariupol to Chora in Kythnos.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e "ИГНАТИЙ". www.pravenc.ru. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Vetochnikov 2001 p. 260.
- ^ Vasiliev 1936, p. 280.
- ^ Μαρκουίζο, κ Αλέξανδρο. "ΜΕΓΑΛΕΙΩΔΗ ΥΠΟΔΟΧΗ ΕΠΕΦΥΛΑΞΑΝ ΠΑΝΔΗΜΩΣ ΟΙ ΚΥΘΝΙΟΙ ΣΤΟΝ ΣΥΝΤΟΠΙΤΗ ΤΟΥΣ". Ιερά Μητρόπολη Σύρου (in Greek). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
Further reading
- Vasiliev, A. A. (1936). The Goths in the Crimea. Cambridge, Mass:The Medieval academy of America.
- Vetochnikov, Konstantin (2001). Ο χριστιανισμός στην Κριμαία πριν από την προσάρτησή της (1783) στη Ρωσία. Thessaloniki: Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thesis.