Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow
Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow | |
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| Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia | |
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| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 1495 |
| Term ended | 1511 |
| Predecessor | Zosimus, Metropolitan of Moscow |
| Successor | Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moscow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 28 January 1512 |
Simon (
Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' between 1495 and 1511. He was the sixth metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
as had been the norm.
Simon was a
Sect of Skhariya the Jew, which repudiated some of the dogmas and rites of the Russian Orthodox Church, thus confirming Gennady's major activity during his archiepiscopate. As a result of this sobor, many sectarians were either executed or imprisoned. The same sobor also dealt with the issue of debauchery among the widowed clergymen and deacons
.
Simon is also known for having consecrated a number of monasteries, including the Novospassky Monastery, St. George Monastery, and Yauza Monastery.
References
- ^ E. E. Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1, pp. 581-82.