Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow

Cyprian ( Bulgarian / Russian Киприан, Greek Κυπριανός / Kyprianos, * 1330, † September 16, 1406 ) was in 1375 Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow from 1390 and a major hagiographer.

Cyprian, students of Scripture School of Tarnovo, was originally from Bulgaria, but he soon came to Russia. His stylistic revision of the written by Prochoros, the Metropolitan of Rostov Vita by Petros, the first Metropolitan of Moscow was the signal for a makeover of the entire hagiographic material.

Cyprian wrote in the then modern medium Bulgarian style, which replaced the simple, formulaic style of old Russian legends and where the contents stepped behind artful rhetoric, but also behind abstract considerations.

The first Russian hagiographer he stepped out of anonymity and wove their own experiences into his work.

Political significance, he won because he propagated the idea of ​​the unity of all Russian-speaking countries. He laid the foundation for a historical compilation of the annals of these areas and managed simultaneously to be Metropolitan of the rival cities Moscow and Kiev.

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