Metropolitan Theodosius Biography

In the year, he was convicted that the Epiphany, which happened then on Sunday, allowed the laity to eat meat, and fish, cheese and eggs. Metropolitan Jonah called him to the cathedral in Moscow, threatened him with the deprivation of San. However, the complete repentance of Feodosia, as well as the petition for him, led. After this incident, Theodosius became extremely inspecting to himself, careful with the flock and demanding of the clergy.

In order to encourage the clergy of his diocese to the more strict performance of his duties, Theodosius appointed in Belozersk in other sources - in the year a private cathedral for all hegumen, priests and deacons. It was announced that the late metropolitan chose and blessed him with his successor during his life [4]. When choosing and delivering Metropolitan Feodosia, the general will of Jonah, the Grand Duke and the consecrated cathedral [5] was given special significance: the saint “talked, this letter was published after the death of Jonah, the copies from it were sent to all the bishops with an invitation to the new electropolitan, which was committed by the Council of less than 40 later Days after the death of Jonah [6].

Theodosius became the first metropolitan, the election of which the Grand Duke approved himself directly. Since the management of Feodosia, a new period of relations of Russian metropolitans with the Patriarchate of Constantinople began - a period of their actual independence from the latest and actual autocephaly. Under Feodosia, the first attempt by direct relations with the Greek-Orthodox Church was made after a break with Constantinople: in the year of Theodosius, "with the blessing of Joachim, Patriarch of Jerusalem", appointed his nephew Joseph Metropolitan in Caesarea in Palestine.

However, the situation of Feodosia was still fragile: neither Western Rus' was recognized as his predecessor where his metropolitan was, nor the Tver bishop, nor a number of Russian church figures. Simultaneously with the entry into the throne of Feodosia, the bishop of Tverskaya was replaced after the death of the Tver prince and the entry into the throne of his young son, and his successor, set in Moscow, immediately announced the recognition of the Moscow Metropolitan; The same obligation was received from the Novgorod Lord.

Having become a metropolitan, Theodosius with even more jealousy took up the correction of the morality of the clergy entrusted to him. Every week he collected priests of Moscow and gave them spiritual instruction. It was especially strict to the widow priests and deacons and for the most part sent them to monasteries. The severity of the metropolitan in relation to the clergy caused a murmur and indignation both among the clergy and among the flock.

Feeling the dislike of the clergy and dissatisfaction with the flock, holy. On September 13, Theodosius left the Metropolitan and settled in the Miracle Monastery. Here he took one relaxed in his care and served him, washing his wounds, until the end of his days. For about 10 years, Feodosius spent in a humble feat. At the end of his life in the year, he moved to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

He died on October 15 in the Sergievsky monastery. According to some sources, he was buried in the Moscow Monastery, in the Arkhangelsk Church, but E. Golubinsky, referring to the inventory of G., the tombstone over the grave of the saint, was probably lost after the restructuring of the tent itself: “As for the grave of Metro. Feodosia, then after a year she somehow and for some reason came into oblivion and the tombstone that had once disappeared over it, so that, according to a brief description of the laurel, there was no trace in the monastery ”[7].

About the time of canonization of the saint to our time, unfortunately, there was no information. Archimandrite Leonid Cavelin mentions him as a non-canonized saint, however His name is mentioned in the Lithuanian Plit, the name of Metropolitan Feodosia was included in the Cathedral of the Moscow Saints [8]. Relations, Literature of Tolstoy M. Stories from R.

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