Philaret Drozdov

, Philaret Drozdov (Russian Филарет Дроздов, real name Василий Михайлович Дроздов / Vasily Mikhailovich Drozdov; born December 26 1782jul / January 6 1783greg in Kolomna, .. .. † 19 Novemberjul / December 1 1867greg in Moscow) was from 1826 to 1867 Metropolitan of Moscow.

Life

Vasily was in Kolomna, 93 km south-east of Moscow, the son of Eudoxia Nikitishna Filippowa and the deacon Mikhail Fedorovich Drozdov, who was ordained priest on 13 January 1783. On December 20, 1791 Vasily came to the priest seminary of Kolomna, on 5 March 1800, the Moscow Theological Academy in Sergiev Posad. When the monk ordination on 16 November 1808, he was given the name Filaret. His patron was St.. Philaret the Merciful ( † about 792 in Constantinople Opel ). On Easter 1809 Drozdov was ordained in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg as a priest monk. He taught at the Theological Academy in St. Petersburg Old Testament and church history. On 8 July 1811 he was Archimandrite. On August 13, 1814 you lent him the then rare degree of Doctor of Theology. In 1817 he became bishop of Reval, 1819 Archbishop of Tver, 1820 Archbishop of Yaroslavl and on July 3, 1821 Archbishop of Moscow and Kolomenskoye and Hegumen ( abbot ) of the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius. He wrote a catechism came for the translation of the Bible into Russian one, gave numerous sermons and advised the church leadership. He died in 1867 in Moscow. In 1994 he was canonized ( canonized ). His feast day is 19 November. His shrine is located at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.