Stephen (Yavorsky), Metropolitan (1658-1722)

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STEPHEN (lay name Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky) (1658-1722), church figure. He studied at Kievo-Mogilyanskaya Collegium and in Higher Catholic schools of Lvov, Lublin, Poznan, and Vilno. In 1689, he took monastic vows under the name of Stefan. In 1690, he was lecturer; from 1691, prefect of the Kievo-Mogilyanskaya Academy. In 1700, at the recommendation of Tsar Peter the Great he was appointed Bishop of Ryazan and raised to the position of Metropolitan. From 1701, he was locum tenens of the Patriarch, from 1721, the President of the Synod. From 1718 to the end of his life he never left St. Petersburg by order of Peter the Great; his church and administrative activities were considerably limited by the tsar. Late in his life he was under investigation in political cases.

References: Захара И. С. Борьба идей в философской мысли на Украине на рубеже XVII-XVIII вв.: (Стефан Яворский). Киев, 1982.

A. I. Razdorsky. Peter I, Emperor
Stefan (Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky), Metropolitan
Захара И. С. Борьба идей в философской мысли на Украине на рубеже XVII-XVIII вв.: (Стефан Яворский). Киев, 1982 Synod