Yov Boretsky
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Yov Boretsky; (unknown, Bircza
– 2 March, 1631, Kiev
) was a Ukrainian Orthodox metropolitan
(official title - Metropolitan of Kiev, Halychyna and All-Rus').
He was known as an outstanding church leader and educator, defender of the Orthodox faith and the Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev (1620–31).
His family came from Bircha (Bircza) in Galicia. He was educated at the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School and abroad. He worked as a teacher and rector at the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School (1604–5) and was the first rector of the Kiev Epiphany Brotherhood School (1615–18).
In 1619 he became hegumen of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
of Kiev.
In August 1620 the patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophanes III, ordained Boretsky metropolitan of Kiev, Galychyna and All-Rus'. Boretsky had a strong influence on the Cossacks under Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny's hetmancy. As metropolitan Boretsky composed a petition in defense of the Orthodox hierarchy entitled Protestacja (1621). Along with the Uniate metropolitan Yosyf Rutsky, he favored a general reconciliation within the Ukrainian church, but failed to gain the support of the Cossacks for his plans. A prolific translator, Boretsky also wrote poems honoring saints, petitions, prefaces, and edicts. Perestoroha is attributed to him. He was the coauthor of Apolleia Apolohii (A Refutation of 'A Defense,' 1628) and the translator of Antolohion from the Greek (1619).
Bircza
Bircza is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bircza. It lies approximately south-west of Przemyśl and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów...
– 2 March, 1631, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) was a Ukrainian Orthodox metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
(official title - Metropolitan of Kiev, Halychyna and All-Rus').
He was known as an outstanding church leader and educator, defender of the Orthodox faith and the Orthodox metropolitan of Kiev (1620–31).
His family came from Bircha (Bircza) in Galicia. He was educated at the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School and abroad. He worked as a teacher and rector at the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School (1604–5) and was the first rector of the Kiev Epiphany Brotherhood School (1615–18).
In 1619 he became hegumen of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a functioning monastery in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The monastery is located on the right bank of the Dnieper River on the edge of a bluff northeast of the Saint Sophia Cathedral...
of Kiev.
In August 1620 the patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophanes III, ordained Boretsky metropolitan of Kiev, Galychyna and All-Rus'. Boretsky had a strong influence on the Cossacks under Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny's hetmancy. As metropolitan Boretsky composed a petition in defense of the Orthodox hierarchy entitled Protestacja (1621). Along with the Uniate metropolitan Yosyf Rutsky, he favored a general reconciliation within the Ukrainian church, but failed to gain the support of the Cossacks for his plans. A prolific translator, Boretsky also wrote poems honoring saints, petitions, prefaces, and edicts. Perestoroha is attributed to him. He was the coauthor of Apolleia Apolohii (A Refutation of 'A Defense,' 1628) and the translator of Antolohion from the Greek (1619).