Theophan Prokopovich

Theophan Prokopovich
Theophan Prokopovich
Metropolitan and archbishop of Moscow
	Posthumous portrait, mid-18th century
Church	Russian Orthodox Church
See	Moscow
Installed	1722
Term ended	1736
Predecessor	Stefan Yavorsky
Successor	Joseph Volchansky
Personal details
Born	18 June 1681; Kiev, Cossack Hetmanate, Tsardom of Russia
Died	19 September 1736 (aged 55); St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Theophan or Feofan Prokopovich (Russian: Феофан Прокопович; 18 June [O.S. 8 June] 1681^[1] – 19 September [O.S. 8 September] 1736)^[2] was a Russian Orthodox bishop,^[3] theologian, pietist, writer, poet, mathematician, astronomer, pedagogue and philosopher of Ukrainian origin. He was the rector of the Academia Mohileana in Kiev (1711–1716),^[4] the bishop of Pskov (1718–1725), and the archbishop of Novgorod (1725–1736).^[5]

Prokopovich elaborated upon and implemented Peter the Great's reform of the Russian Orthodox Church;^[6] he served as the first vice-president of the Most Holy Synod from 1721, which replaced the office of the patriarch.^[4] Prokopovich also wrote many religious verses and some of the most enduring sermons in the Russian language.

^ Пыляев, Михаил Иванович (1996). Забытое прошлое окрестностей Петербурга: издание с дополнениями М.И. Пыляева, научным комментарием, полным именным указателем, аннотированными иллюстрациями (in Russian). Лениздат. p. 241. ISBN 978-5-289-01736-9. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
^ Petrov, Lev Aleksandrovich (1974). Общественно-политическая и философская мысль России первой половины XVIII века: lekt︠s︡ii po spet︠s︡kursu "Istorii︠a︡ russkoĭ filosofii" (in Russian). Иркутский государственный университет им. А.А. Жданова. p. 45. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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^ ^a ^b Drozdek, Adam (4 February 2021). Theological Reflection in Eighteenth-Century Russia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 15, 23. ISBN 978-1-7936-4184-7.
^ Worobec, Christine D. (16 January 2009). The Human Tradition in Imperial Russia. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4422-0253-5.
^ The Petrine Instauration: Religion, Esotericism and Science at the Court of Peter the Great, 1689-1725 by Robert Collis, p. 362

[1] Пыляев, Михаил Иванович (1996). Забытое прошлое окрестностей Петербурга: издание с дополнениями М.И. Пыляева, научным комментарием, полным именным указателем, аннотированными иллюстрациями (in Russian). Лениздат. p. 241. ISBN 978-5-289-01736-9. Retrieved 11 March 2024.

[2] Petrov, Lev Aleksandrovich (1974). Общественно-политическая и философская мысль России первой половины XVIII века: lekt︠s︡ii po spet︠s︡kursu "Istorii︠a︡ russkoĭ filosofii" (in Russian). Иркутский государственный университет им. А.А. Жданова. p. 45. Retrieved 11 March 2024.

[EB1911-3] Cite error: The named reference EB1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Drozdek-4] Drozdek, Adam (4 February 2021). Theological Reflection in Eighteenth-Century Russia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 15, 23. ISBN 978-1-7936-4184-7.

[5] Worobec, Christine D. (16 January 2009). The Human Tradition in Imperial Russia. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4422-0253-5.

[6] The Petrine Instauration: Religion, Esotericism and Science at the Court of Peter the Great, 1689-1725 by Robert Collis, p. 362

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