Euthymius II

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Euthymius II ( Russian Евфи́мий II ), secular name Johannes ( Иоанн ; † March 11, 1458 ) was Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov .

He is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church . Remembrance day is March 11th . Euthymius was one of the most important archbishops of Novgorod. During his tenure, numerous churches were built, rebuilt or decorated.

Life

John was born in Novgorod as the son of the priest Michej and his wife Anna. His year of birth is unknown. At 15 he became a monk in the Nikolo Vjaschishskyi monastery . His monk name was Euthymius.

He later became an economist for Archbishop Simeon. After his death he moved to the Chutynskyi monastery . He became the Igumen of the Lisitsky Monastery near Novgorod.

In 1429 he was elected Archbishop of Novgorod, but not consecrated until 1434.

During his time, some churches were built in Novgorod and renovated in 1431 and 1442 after city fires.

In 1439 the late Archbishop John II appeared to him and commissioned him to hold a funeral mass (Panichida) for the Novgorod saints. This year Euthymius canonized Anna of Novgorod, Vladimir of Novgorod and John II .

In 1452 and 1453 he protected Dmitri Shemjaka when he fled to Novgorod. For this he was reprimanded by Metropolitan Iona.

In 1456 he took part with the governor Fyodor in a peace treaty with Ivan III. part.

He died on March 11, 1458. He was buried in the Vyashishskyi monastery. Around 1500 there was already a church dedicated to him in the monastery. In 1549 he was elevated to the status of saint of the entire Russian Orthodox Church at a synod by Metropolitan Makarius of Moscow.

Panagiar, 15th century.

literature

  • Joel Raba: Evfimii II., Archbishop of Gross-Novgorod and Pskov: A prince of the church as head of a secular republic , in: Yearbooks for the history of Eastern Europe , 25 (1977), pp. 161-173

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Remarks

  1. ↑ by Metropolitan Gerassim of Smolensk and Lithuania, from 1431 to 1437 no Metropolitan of Moscow is known, cf. Michael C. Paul, "Episcopal Election in Novgorod Russia 1156-1478," Church History , 2003
personal data
SURNAME Euthymius II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Евфимий; II, (Russian); Johannes; Иоанн
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1458