Peter Mogila

Peter Mogila
Peter Mogila
Title	Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halych and All Rus', ; Exarch of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Personal
Born	December 21, 1596 ; Suceava , Moldavia
Died	January 1, 1647 (aged 50) ; Kyiv , Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth
Resting place	Dormition Church ( Kyiv Cave Monastery )
Religion	Christianity
Senior posting
Period in office	1633-1646
Consecration	7 May 1633 in Dormition Church , Lviv
Predecessor	Isaia Kopynsky
Successor	Sylvester Kosiv
Previous post	Archimandrite of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Petro Mohyla or Petro Mogila (Ukrainian: Петро Могила; 21 (31) December 1596, ^[1] - 1 (11) January 1647 ^[1]) was a Ukrainian political, church and educational figure. ^[2] He was a Metropolitan of Kyiv, Halych, and All Rus' (1633-1647). He was a representative of the Moldavian noble family Mohyla (in Romanian Movil?). He was born in Suceava , Romania . He is a son of the Moldavian pricne Simion Mohyla (Movil?).

He took part in the political life of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth. He participated in the Khotyn War (1620-1621). He carried out a radical reform of the Orthodox Church and education in Ukraine according to Catholic and Greek Catholic models. He is the founder of Ukrainian theology. ^[3] He is the author of "Trebnik" (1646), ^[4] co-author of the catechism "Orthodox Confession of Faith" (1640). He died in Kyiv in 1647 and was buried in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. He is a local saint as he was recognized as saint by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate in 1996.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Осв?тня реформа. Св. Петро Могила" . 2018-09-18. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18 . Retrieved 2021-01-22 .
↑ Kollmann, Nancy Shields (2016-12-22). The Russian Empire 1450-1801 . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-108269-6 .
↑ "Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. - Christian Classics Ethereal Library" . 2016-09-11. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11 . Retrieved 2021-01-22 .
↑ "Енциклопед?я ?стор?? Укра?ни" . 2016-07-21. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21 . Retrieved 2021-01-22 .

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Осв?тня реформа. Св. Петро Могила" . 2018-09-18. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18 . Retrieved 2021-01-22 .

[2] Kollmann, Nancy Shields (2016-12-22). The Russian Empire 1450-1801 . Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-108269-6 .

[3] "Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. - Christian Classics Ethereal Library" . 2016-09-11. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11 . Retrieved 2021-01-22 .

[4] "Енциклопед?я ?стор?? Укра?ни" . 2016-07-21. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21 . Retrieved 2021-01-22 .

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