Michael Rahoza
Michael Rahoza ( Polish Michał Rahoza , Ukrainian Михайло Рогоза , Mychajlo Rohosa , Russian Михаил Рогоза , Michail Rogosa , * around 1540 in Volhynia , Kingdom of Poland ; † 1599 , Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania ) was an Orthodox and Uniate Metropolitan of Kiev (1589–1599 ).
Life
Rahosa was born into a noble family in Volhynia around 1540 . In Wilna (Vilnius) he was a clerk for the local voivode. He later became a monk in the Ascension Monastery in Minsk . In 1579 he became Archimandrite (Abbot) of the monastery. From 1582 he headed the Trinity Monastery in Slutsk .
1589 he was by King Sigismund III. Appointed Metropolitan of Kiev, Halitsch and all of Russia . Patriarch Jeremias II of Constantinople, who was in Vilna at the time, consecrated him.
Michael tried to reform the church comprehensively, but met resistance from parts of the clergy. Since 1594 he was actively involved in efforts to establish a union between the Ruthenian Orthodox Church in the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania and the Roman Catholic Church in Rome. In 1595, a proposal designed by King Sigismund III. and Pope Clement VIII approved and adopted at a synod in Brest in 1596 .
Metropolitan Michael remained head of the new United Church until his death in 1599 .
literature
- Rahoza, Mykhajlo. In: Encyclopedia of Ukraine . Vol. 4. University of Toronto Press, Toronto Buffalo 1993. ISBN 978-0-8020-3009-2 , p. 308
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Onesiphoros Devotscha |
Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev 1589–1596 |
Job Borezki |
| - |
Uniate Metropolitan of Kiev 1596–1599 |
Hypatios Pociej |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rahoza, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rahoza, Michał; Rohosa, Mychajlo; Rogosa, Michail; Рогоза, Михайло (Ukrainian); Рогоза, Михаил (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Orthodox and United Metropolitan of Kiev (1589–1599) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1540 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Volhynia , Kingdom of Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1599 |