Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th century

The author has made an attempt to find out the metropolitan Dionisii’s status in the world and the place of taking him the monastic vows. Earlier he was the abbot of the Novgorod Spaso-Khutynskii monastery. On the base of some historical sources the author makes presupposition that Dionisii soon aft...

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Main Author: Andrei Usachev
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Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2023-12-01
Series:Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
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description The author has made an attempt to find out the metropolitan Dionisii’s status in the world and the place of taking him the monastic vows. Earlier he was the abbot of the Novgorod Spaso-Khutynskii monastery. On the base of some historical sources the author makes presupposition that Dionisii soon after taking the monastic vows became the abbot of the Otenskii monastery protected by the secular and the church authorities in the third quarter of the 16th century. There are data about Dionisii’s son - the priest Matfey who took the monastic vows and following the father went to the Spaso-Khutynskii monastery. The son must have inherited the father’s status in the world. Thus Dionisii was from the white clergy. This promoted his turbulent career. In the world he could already acquired many skills which were necessary for the leaders of the church. The epidemics of the 1560-70s could also play their role: a lot of elderly experienced monks who could became abbots and bishops dead. Soon after taking the monastic vows no later than the august of 1572 Dionisii became the abbot of the important Otenskii monastery. After that probably thanks to the acquaintance with Ivan IV no later than the 26th October of 1577 he became the abbot of the Spaso-Khutynskii monastery and then the metropolitan. Taking into consideration that after his dismissal in 1586 he lived for 18 years the author presupposes that he became the abbot and metropolitan in the relatively early age. The research is based on the data from the chronicles, acts, colophons and the records on the objects of church art.
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spelling doaj-art-2ee40b53439b43ef81953d9203b4cde42025-08-20T03:18:42ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви1991-64342409-48112023-12-011141143549http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturII2023114.35-497Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th centuryAndrei Usachev0RSUH, MGIMOThe author has made an attempt to find out the metropolitan Dionisii’s status in the world and the place of taking him the monastic vows. Earlier he was the abbot of the Novgorod Spaso-Khutynskii monastery. On the base of some historical sources the author makes presupposition that Dionisii soon after taking the monastic vows became the abbot of the Otenskii monastery protected by the secular and the church authorities in the third quarter of the 16th century. There are data about Dionisii’s son - the priest Matfey who took the monastic vows and following the father went to the Spaso-Khutynskii monastery. The son must have inherited the father’s status in the world. Thus Dionisii was from the white clergy. This promoted his turbulent career. In the world he could already acquired many skills which were necessary for the leaders of the church. The epidemics of the 1560-70s could also play their role: a lot of elderly experienced monks who could became abbots and bishops dead. Soon after taking the monastic vows no later than the august of 1572 Dionisii became the abbot of the important Otenskii monastery. After that probably thanks to the acquaintance with Ivan IV no later than the 26th October of 1577 he became the abbot of the Spaso-Khutynskii monastery and then the metropolitan. Taking into consideration that after his dismissal in 1586 he lived for 18 years the author presupposes that he became the abbot and metropolitan in the relatively early age. The research is based on the data from the chronicles, acts, colophons and the records on the objects of church art.https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/820516th century metropolitan dionysius (1581–1586) spaso-khutyn monastery otensky monastery episcopate church council church hierarchy epidemicsxvi век митрополит дионисий (1581–1586) спасо-хутынский монастырь отенский монастырь епископат освященный собор церковная иерархия эпидемии
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Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th century
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
16th century
metropolitan dionysius (1581–1586)
spaso-khutyn monastery
otensky monastery
episcopate
church council
church hierarchy
epidemics
xvi век
митрополит дионисий (1581–1586)
спасо-хутынский монастырь
отенский монастырь
епископат
освященный собор
церковная иерархия
эпидемии
title Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th century
title_full Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th century
title_fullStr Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th century
title_full_unstemmed Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th century
title_short Metropolitan Dionisii (1581–1586) and the principles of the church elite’s formation in the 16th century
title_sort metropolitan dionisii 1581 1586 and the principles of the church elite s formation in the 16th century
topic 16th century
metropolitan dionysius (1581–1586)
spaso-khutyn monastery
otensky monastery
episcopate
church council
church hierarchy
epidemics
xvi век
митрополит дионисий (1581–1586)
спасо-хутынский монастырь
отенский монастырь
епископат
освященный собор
церковная иерархия
эпидемии
url https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/8205
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