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Nicephorus (sc. 1121), Metropolitan of Kiev (1104-21), Greek by origin, originally from the city of Lycia of Asia Minor. Played a prominent role in the events of the early 12th century. Participated in canonization Theodosius of Pechersk in 1108, in the transfer of the relics of Boris and Gleb to stone church in Vyshgorod in 1115. Nikifor developed the closest relationship with Prince. Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh. There is reason to believe that the Metropolitan was one of the main initiators of the invitation to Vladimir Monomakh to reign in Kyiv in 1113, since it was he who headed the ceremonial meeting of the new Grand Duke.

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Nikifor (d. 1121) - Metropolitan of Kiev in 1103-1121, Greek by nationality. In 1113, he participated in deciding the issue of inviting Prince Vladimir Monomakh to suppress the uprising in Kyiv. Author of 2 anti-Catholic messages addressed to Prince Vladimir Monomakh and Volyn Prince Yaroslav Svyatopolkovich, as well as a message to Prince Vladimir Monomakh warning him against hasty disgraces that occurred due to trust in slanderers. The last message is a valuable source for characterizing the internal politics of Vladimir Monomakh and his personality.

V. D. Nazarov. Moscow.

Soviet historical encyclopedia. In 16 volumes. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia. 1973-1982. Volume 10. NAHIMSON - PERGAMUS. 1967.

Literature: Golubinsky E., History of Russian. Churches, 2nd ed., vol. 1, part 1, M., 1901.

Nikephoros (2nd half of the 11th century, Lycia, Asia Minor - 1121, Kyiv) - Metropolitan of Kiev, author of epistles and teachings. Originally from Byzantium. Studied in Constantinople, as a thinker he was formed in an intellectual environment in which ideas dominated Michael Psell. Under 1104, the chronicle reports the appointment of Nicephorus as Metropolitan of Rus'. Five works written by Nikephoros have come down to us: two were addressed to Vladimir Monomakh (“Message on fasting and abstinence of feelings”, “Message from Nikephoros, Metropolitan of Kyiv, to Vladimir, Prince of All Rus'... on the division of the churches into Eastern and Western” ), one - to the Volyn and Murom princes Yaroslav Svyatoslavich(“Writing in Latin to Yaroslav about heresies”), one to an unnamed prince, and one teaching dedicated to the week of cheese. In the “Message on Fasting and Abstinence of Feelings,” the topic of fasting serves as a reason for abstract philosophical and theological reflections on the problems of ontology, epistemology, psychology, ethics and politics. Excursions into ancient wisdom are skillfully woven into the fabric of dogmatic reasoning. Concerning the relationship between soul and flesh, bodily and incorporeal, Nikifor proceeds from the principle of close interaction between soul and body, and mutual interaction. The soul interacts with the world through servants, which are the five sensory bodily organs (eyes, hearing, smell, touch and “taste”). Based on these feelings, the “prince”-mind is able to understand the world, and the correct use of the mind leads to understanding God. A source of knowledge, incl. and about the divine, there are feelings and reason. The message created an ideal image of the state, likened to a certain anthropomorphic model, where the body of the country is subordinated to the powerful soul. Leadership is carried out by the mind, symbolizing princely power. He acts through his servants, who are likened to sense organs - eyes, ears or hands of power. In general, the image of a social organism is modeled, acting according to the laws of the living, according to the principle of harmony of spiritual and carnal principles common to living rational beings.

New philosophical encyclopedia. In four volumes. / Institute of Philosophy RAS. Scientific ed. advice: V.S. Stepin, A.A. Guseinov, G.Yu. Semigin. M., Mysl, 2010, vol. III, N – S, p. 86-87.

Nikephoros (2nd half of the 11th century - 1121) - religious writer and thinker, Metropolitan of Kiev. Originally from Lycia (Asia Minor). The formation of his views was undoubtedly influenced by Michael Psellus (1018-1096/1097), who headed the Constantinople philosophical school, at a time when Nikephoros was studying in the capital of Byzantium. Nikephoros's work bears a clear imprint of Platonism, so characteristic of Psellus and his circle. Following the traditions of theological rationalism, Nikephoros reconciled philosophy with theology, using the ideas of ancient philosophers to substantiate the doctrines of Orthodoxy. Nikephoros hardly belonged to the Byzantine elite, for he received, although politically important, a non-prestigious appointment to a distant country barely touched by Christianization. We have very scanty information about the details of Nikifor’s career in Rus'. Having been elected metropolitan by the prince and the council of bishops in 1096 (before that he was bishop of Polotsk), he fulfilled the duties of the supreme shepherd until his death.

Five works written by Nikephoros have come down to us: two were addressed to Vladimir Monomakh (“Epistle on fasting and abstinence of feelings”, “Message from Nikifor, Metropolitan of Kyiv to Vladimir, Prince of All Rus'... on the division of churches into Eastern and Western”), one to Volyn to Prince Yaroslav Svyatopolkovich (“Writing in Latin to Yaroslav about heresies”), one to an unnamed prince, and one teaching dedicated to the week of cheese. Overall, this is a fairly solid collection of instructions regarding the religious significance of fasting and the dangers of Latinism. At the same time, Nikifor’s creative style is distinguished not by external rhetorical brilliance or edification on many private religious issues, but by a deep study of doctrinal problems, as well as a subtle, florid train of thought, understandable only to a trained person. Thus, in the “Epistle on Fasting and Temperance of Senses,” the topic of fasting serves only as a pretext for abstract philosophical and theological discussions, into the outline of which excursions into ancient wisdom, “cunning” discussions about the relationship between soul and body, the nature of good and evil are skillfully woven.

Solving the problem of the relationship between soul and flesh, bodily and incorporeal, and ultimately, the understanding of the divine and earthly, Nicephorus develops the idea of ​​​​the duality of existence. The rational and spiritual principle is characterized by him as divine and ethereal in nature, while the carnal principle is endowed with unreasonable sinful qualities. In contrast to the fairly widespread dual church interpretation, which reduced both principles to a state of confrontation and isolated self-existence, the author of the “Message” proceeds from the principle of their close interaction, equating matter and spirit. An example of such beneficial interaction is, in his opinion, fasting, which tames bodily passions with light food and opens power over the body to the spirit. Bringing spirit and flesh together, Nicephorus concludes that the manifestation of evil as a quality of the created world is closely mixed with good as a property of the spiritual world. Evil and virtue, in his opinion, are as inseparable in existence as the material and the spiritual are essentially inseparable. With this line of thought, the duality of the universe, on which the doctrine of orthodoxy of Christianity is based, is largely overcome, and the author, in accordance with the principles of Platonism, takes the position of a harmonized perception of being. The same ontology underlies the interpretation of the mechanism of cognition. The soul, according to Nicephorus, interacts with the world through servants, which are the five sensory bodily organs (eyes, hearing, smell, touch and “taste”). The disembodied soul is located in the head along with the mind - “the leader of the senses and the bright, intelligent eye.” “Prince” and “governor” of feelings are figurative analogies of the mind that define the highest quality of the soul. Based on these feelings, the “prince” - the mind is able to know invisible world, and the correct use of reason leads to the understanding of God. The mechanism of cognition of the incorporeal and intangible comes down to the formula - “know the Creator by creation.” The source of knowledge, including about the divine, is feelings and reason. It is characteristic that in the text revelation does not appear at all as a source of knowledge. The Epistle of Nicephorus reflected Plato's doctrine of the tripartite soul, which later became widely known in Rus' thanks to the works of John of Damascus.

The highest power of the soul is represented by the “verbal” principle, that is, the mind that guides human behavior. The “fierce” or sensual principle controls passions and emotions. This is a source of base instincts that requires suppression, a causative agent of anger, envy and other passions condemned from a moral standpoint. The “desired” principle is identified with the will that directs human actions. With the help of will, the rational principle controls the instinctive sphere of the “furious” one, which needs to be suppressed. Although reason is given a supreme place in the hierarchical division of the three mental forces, it is determined by the source of both good faith and evil faith, revealing the “disease of the mind.” On the other hand, not all “furious” instincts are vicious; for example, righteous anger directed against evil is pleasing to God. The connecting link between the higher and lower forces of the soul is the will. The interaction of all mental forces is aimed at harmonizing existence, at overcoming its fragmentation. In his assessments of actions and events, Nikifor apparently leaned towards fatalism. For example, drawing a tall person in complimentary terms moral character Monomakh, the Metropolitan attributes all his virtues to divine predestination. The Message created an ideal image of the state, likened to a certain anthropomorphic model, where the body of the country is subordinated to the powerful soul. Leadership is carried out by the mind, symbolizing princely power. He acts through his servants, who are like the sense organs.

In the basis of the ideal image of the state organism, Nikifor lays down the principle of harmonization of the spiritual and carnal principles, common to living rational beings. Therefore, fasting can have just as fruitful an impact on the improvement and correction of a powerful soul (i.e., on the actions of a prince) as it affects the purification of human souls. Switching from theory to a specific historical plan, Nikephoros assesses the reign of Monomakh, analyzes the specific actions of power, based on the principles he formulated. The author warns that power in sin manifests itself as brute bodily force, the violent beginning of which is called upon to restrain religious instructions and the advice of spiritual mentors . The ancient trace left by Nikephoros in culture Ancient Rus', - evidence of the involvement of ancient Greek traditions in Russian thought. Ideas ideologically related to the “Epistle” of Nikephoros were contained in the logical and philosophical chapters of the “Illustration of 1073”, in the “Sex Day” of John the Exarch of Bulgaria, and a number of other texts. They characterized a tolerant, life-affirming, knowledge-open current of thought, hostile to the mystical and irrationalistic trend in Old Russian Christianity.

V.V. Milkov

Russian philosophy. Encyclopedia. Ed. second, modified and expanded. Under the general editorship of M.A. Olive. Comp. P.P. Apryshko, A.P. Polyakov. – M., 2014, p. 414-415.

Works: Epistles of Metropolitan Nikephoros. M., 2000; Creations of Metropolitan Nikifor. M., 2006; Op. Metropolitan Nikifor / Ggodgot. text by V.V. Milkova, S.V. Milkova, trans. S. M. Polyansky, comment. V.V. Milkova, S.V. Milkova, A.I. Makarov, S.M. Polyansky//Metropolitan Nikifor (Series “Monuments of Old Russian Thought”: Research and Texts. Issue V). St. Petersburg, 2007.

Literature: Klaidovich K. F. Russian monuments. M., 1815. Part I. P. 59-75; It's him. Monuments of Russian literature of the 12th century. M., 1821. S. 157-163; Macarius. History of the Russian Church. St. Petersburg, 1868. T. 2. P. 320-330; Golubinsky E.E. History of the Russian Church. T. 1, 1st half. M. 1901. P. 857-859; Zlatostruy. M., 1990. S. 170-178; Orlov A. S. Vladimir Monomakh. M.; L., 1946. S. 47-53; Gromov M.N. About one monument of ancient Russian writing of the 12th century // Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser. 7. Philosophy. 1975. No. 3. P. 58-67; Gromov M.K. Kozlov N.S. Russian philosophical thought X-X VII centuries. M., 1990. S. 82-87; Polyansky S. M. Religious and philosophical issues in the “Epistle on Fasting” of Metropolitan Nikephoros // Philosophical and theological ideas in the monuments of ancient Russian thought. M., 2000. P. 270-306; It's him. Theological and philosophical views of Metropolitan Nikephoros // Ancient Rus': questions of medieval studies. 2001. No. 2. P. 97-108; Milkov V.V., Polyansky S.M. Nikifor - outstanding thinker Ancient Rus' // Metropolitan Nikifor (Series “Monuments of Ancient Russian Thought”: Research and Texts Issue V). St. Petersburg, 2007.

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Golubinsky E.E. History of the Russian Church, vol. 1, 1st half. M., 1902;

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Originally from Sura Lycian in Asia Minor. Greek by origin.

Under him, they “marked themselves with many miracles”, transferred on May 2, 1115 to new temple holy relics of the noble princes Boris and Gleb; The relics of the Great Martyr Barbara, brought from Constantinople, visited Kyiv. According to the surviving sources of his pastoral activity, it is clear that Metropolitan Nikifor cared about the welfare of his flock. It is believed that it was he who founded the diocese in Polotsk and appointed Bishop Mina on December 13, 1105.

Literary heritage

Wrote (apparently on Greek) several works of a moralizing nature, which were probably translated into Russian at the same time. They have come down to us in collections, usually in conjunction with the works of Methodius of Patara, and on this basis K. F. Kalaidovich admitted that it was Nikephoros who translated the works of Methodius.

According to the lists, no earlier than the 16th century the following came to us:

  • Message to Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh about fasting, abstinence of feelings (“Blessed is God and blessed is the holy name of his glory...”);
  • “Message from Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Kyiv, to Vladimer, Prince of All Rus', son of Vsevolozh, son of Yaroslavl” - about the division of churches into eastern and western (“You asked, noble prince, how rejected Latin was..."), both texts are given in the Great Patriotic War under 20 VI; State Historical Museum, Synod. collection, no. 121, l. 444-450;
  • Message about the Latins to the Grand Duke Yaroslav Svyatopolchich (“Message from Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Kyiv of the All Russian Land, written in Latin to Yaroslav, Prince of Murom, Svyatoslavich, son of Yaroslavl about heresies”), placed in the VMC under 31 VIII; State Historical Museum, Synod. collection, No. 183, l. 588-593;
  • the teaching on fasting, which is a distribution of text 1, is found in different editions with different titles and is presented in numerous lists (sometimes in combination with excerpts from other teachings on fasting);
  • Filaret also attributed to Nikifor the legend of the miracles of Boris and Gleb. The teachings on fasting provide important material for judging morals at the beginning of the 12th century, the messages are answers to the questions of the princes about the differences between the Orthodox and Catholic churches after their division after 1054 (a total of 20 differences are indicated) and with calls to deviate from following the “Latin” .

Nikifor(d. 1121) – Metropolitan of Kiev, author of epistles and teachings. N., a Greek by nationality, was sent to Rus' Patriarch of Constantinople in 1104; occupied the metropolitan throne until his death. N. wrote (apparently in Greek) several works of a moralizing nature, which were probably then translated into Russian. They have come down to us in collections, usually in conjunction with the works of Methodius of Patara, and on this basis K. F. Kalaidovich admitted that it was N. who translated the works of Methodius. According to the lists, no earlier than the 16th century. We have reached: 1) Message to Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh about fasting, abstinence of feelings (“Blessed is God and blessed is the holy name of his glory...”); 2) “Message from Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Kyiv, to Vladimer, Prince of All Rus', son of Vsevolozh, son of Yaroslavl” - about the division of the churches into eastern and western (“You asked, noble prince, how the Latins were rejected ...”), both texts are given in VMC under 20 VI; State Historical Museum, Synod. collection, no. 121, l. 444–450; 3) Message about the Latins to the Grand Duke Yaroslav Svyatopolchich (“Message from Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Kyiv of All Russian Land, written in Latin to Yaroslav, Prince of Murom, Svyatoslavich, son of Yaroslavl about heresies”), placed in the VMC under 31 VIII; State Historical Museum, Synod. collection, No. 183, l. 588–593; 4) the teaching on fasting, which is a dissemination of text 1, is found in different editions with different titles and is presented in numerous lists (sometimes in combination with excerpts from other teachings on fasting); 5) Filaret also attributed to N. the legend of the miracles of Boris and Gleb. Teachings on fasting provide important material for judging morals at the beginning of the 12th century, the messages are answers to questions from princes about the differences between the Orthodox and Catholic churches after their division after 1054 (a total of 20 differences are indicated) and with calls to deviate from following “ Latin." Publisher: Kalaidovich K. F. 1) Russian monuments. M., 1815, part 1, p. 59–75 (1st message according to the book of the 16th century. State Historical Museum, Synod. Sobr., No. 496 with options according to other lists); 2) Monuments of Russian literature of the 12th century. M., 1821, p. 157–163 (2nd message on the same list with discrepancies); Macarius. History of the Russian Church. St. Petersburg, 1868, vol. 2, p. 314, 320, 326, 327–330 (remaining messages and excerpts from them). Lit.: Filaret. Review of Russian spiritual literature. Kharkov, 1859, p. 28–30; Popov A. Historical and literary review of ancient Russian polemical works against the Latins: (XI–XV centuries). M., 1875, p. 99–118; Pavlov A. Critical experiments on the history of the ancient Greek-Russian polemics against the Latins. St. Petersburg, 1878, p. 48–57; Shevyrev S.P. History of Russian literature. St. Petersburg, 1887, vol. 1, p. 111; Porfiryev I. Ya. History of Russian literature. Kazan, 1897, part 1, p. 393–396; Bezobrazova M. V. Message from Metropolitan Nikifor. – IORYAS, 1898, vol. 3, book. 4, p. 1080–1085; Golubinsky E. E. History of the Church, vol. 1, 1st half., p. 857–859; Vladimirov P. V. Ancient Russian literature of the Kyiv period. Kyiv, 1900, p. 148–151; Orlov A. S. Vladimir Monomakh. M.; L., 1946, p. 47–53; Ukrainian writers, p. 114–116.

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  • NICKIPHORUS ST. RIGHT CHURCHES
    Saints of the Orthodox Church: 1) St. martyr, for confessing Christ he was beheaded in Antioch, in 260; memory 9 February; 2) ...
  • NIKIFORUS PATRIARCH CONSTANTINOP. V Encyclopedic Dictionary Brockhaus and Euphron:
    St., Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 792-828); in 815 he was deposed by the iconoclasts and exiled to the Princes' Islands. Known: 1) as a polemicist against...
  • METER NIKIFORUS Kyiv in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Euphron:
    Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus'. A Greek by birth, sent to Russia by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1104, N. ruled in Kyiv...
  • NIKIFOR VEL. PROTOSYNKELL in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Euphron:
    great protosyncellus and exarch of the Patriarch of Constantinople in the Western Russian Church, originally Greek, studied at the University of Padua, where in the 80s. XVI...
  • NIKIFOR BOROVSK. MIRACLE WORKER in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Euphron:
    founder of the Intercession Vysotsky Monastery in Borovsk, student of Rev. Sergius of Radonezh and mentor Rev. Paphnutia; considered a Borovsk miracle worker. Some identify...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Euphron:
    Metropolitan is the bishop of the metropolis, that is, the main city of the region (Eparcia) or province (diocesis) in the Greco-Roman Empire. Some people think that the name M. appeared...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Modern Encyclopedic Dictionary:
  • METROPOLITAN
    (Greek metropolites - citizen of the metropolis, as well as bishop of the metropolis), in a number of Christian churches one of the highest ranks of bishops. The head of a large...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Encyclopedic Dictionary:
    a, m., shower. The highest honorary title of bishop, as well as the bishop who holds this title. Metropolitan - relating to the metropolitan, metropolitans.||Cf. ARCHBISHOP...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Encyclopedic Dictionary:
    , -a, m. The highest honorary title (clergy) of a bishop, as well as a bishop holding this title. II adj. Metropolitan, oh, oh...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Big Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary:
    METROPOLITAN (Greek metropolites - a person from the main city), in Rus. Orthodox church clergyman of the highest (third) degree. Until the 14th century Rus …
  • METROPOLITAN in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedia:
    ? bishop of a metropolitanate, i.e., the main city of a region (???????) or province (diocesis) in the Greco-Roman Empire. Some people think that the name...
  • METROPOLITAN in Collier's Dictionary:
    (Greek metropolis - mother of cities, metropolis, i.e. main city), the title of the bishop of the main city of a region or province. In the Eastern Churches the san...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Complete Accented Paradigm according to Zaliznyak:
    metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, metropolitans, …
  • METROPOLITAN in the Popular Explanatory Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Russian Language:
    -a, m. The highest title of Orthodox bishops, as well as the person holding this title. The Metropolitan arranged a general prayer service. One day and...
  • METROPOLITAN
    Foremost …
  • NIKIFOR in the Dictionary for solving and composing scanwords:
    Male...
  • METROPOLITAN in the New Dictionary of Foreign Words:
    (gr. metropolites) the highest rank of Orthodox and Catholic ...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Dictionary of Foreign Expressions:
    [gr. metropolites] the highest rank of Orthodox and Catholic...
  • METROPOLITAN in Abramov's Dictionary of Synonyms:
    cm. …
  • NIKIFOR in the dictionary of Synonyms of the Russian language.
  • METROPOLITAN in the Russian Synonyms dictionary:
    bishop, title, ...
  • METROPOLITAN in the New Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language by Efremova:
    m. 1) The highest honorary title of some bishops in the Orthodox and catholic church, governing large dioceses. 2) Clergyman having such...
  • METROPOLITAN in Lopatin’s Dictionary of the Russian Language:
    Metropolitan, ...
  • NIKIFOR
    Nikifor, (Nikiforovich, ...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Complete Spelling Dictionary of the Russian Language:
    metropolitan...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Spelling Dictionary:
    Metropolitan, ...
  • METROPOLITAN in Ozhegov’s Dictionary of the Russian Language:
    ! the highest honorary title (clergy) of a bishop, metropolitan, the highest honorary title (clergy) of a bishop, as well as a bishop who has this ...
  • NIKIFOR
    (Zevin, Zebin) of Caesarea (Palestinian) (d. 308), Christian martyr who suffered persecution by Emperor Maximian Galerius. Memory in the Orthodox Church 13...
  • METROPOLITAN in Modern explanatory dictionary, TSB:
    (Greek metropolites), in a number of Christian churches one of the highest ranks of bishops. The head of a large diocese, subordinate...
  • METROPOLITAN in Ushakov’s Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language:
    metropolitan, m. (Greek metropolites) (church). Highest rank Orthodox...
  • METROPOLITAN in Ephraim's Explanatory Dictionary:
    metropolitan m. 1) The highest honorary title of certain bishops in the Orthodox and Catholic churches who govern large dioceses. 2) A clergyman who has...
  • METROPOLITAN in the New Dictionary of the Russian Language by Efremova:
    m. 1. The highest honorary title of certain bishops in the Orthodox and Catholic churches who govern large dioceses. 2. A clergyman who has such...
  • METROPOLITAN in the Large Modern Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language:
    m. 1. Second - after the patriarch - clergy; the head of a large diocese, subordinate directly to the patriarch; Orthodox bishop. 2. Clergyman,...
  • NICEPHORUS OF CORINTH in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nikephoros of Corinth (+ 251), martyr. Memory January 31, March 10. Holy martyrs...
  • NIKIFOR OF KATAVAD in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nicephorus of Katavad, Rev. Memory April 19. Born in Constantinople into a rich and noble...
  • NIKIFOR VAZHEOZERSKY in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nikifor of Vazheozersky (+ 1557), reverend. Memory of February 9, in the Cathedrals of St. Petersburg and Karelian...
  • NICEPHORUS OF ANTIOCHE in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nikephoros of Antioch (+ c. 257), martyr. Memory of February 9. Lived in the city of Antioch...
  • NIKIFOR II OF Kyiv in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nikephoros II (XII - early XIII century), Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus'. Nikephoros II...
  • NICKIPHORUS I OF CONSTANTINOPLE in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nikephoros I the Confessor (+ 828), Patriarch of Constantinople (806 - 815), saint. Memory March 13...
  • NIKIFOR I OF Kyiv in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nikephoros I (+ 1121), Metropolitan of Kiev. Nikephoros I arrived in Kyiv on December 6, 1104...
  • NIKIFORUS (PARASCHES-CANTACUZENUS) in the Orthodox Encyclopedia Tree:
    Open Orthodox encyclopedia "TREE". Nikephoros (Paraskhes-Kantakuzene) (1540s - 1599), archdeacon, exarch Ecumenical Patriarch, holy martyr. Memory in the Cathedral...

On the 70th anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Nikifor of Novosibirsk

FIRST NOVOSIBIRSK BISHOP

April 30, 2007 marked the 70th anniversary of the death of Metropolitan Nikifor (Astashevsky) of Novosibirsk, the first bishop to rule the independent Novosibirsk diocese.

Nikolai Petrovich Astashevsky (some sources indicate another spelling of the surname - “Ostashevsky”) was born on May 15, 1848. As his relatives who visited Novosibirsk last year reported, the father of the future hierarch Peter was an archpriest in Ryazan. Nikolai Astashevsky graduated from the Kazan Theological Academy with a candidate's degree in theology.

In the late 80s of the 19th century, he was a teacher at the Tomsk Theological Seminary. It is unknown when Nikolai Petrovich was ordained to the priesthood, but since 1897 he has been an archpriest, rector of the newly opened Krasnoyarsk Theological Seminary. Father Nikolai held this position until 1914, when he was transferred to the Tobolsk Theological Seminary, where he was also rector.

There is no exact information about the duration of Archpriest Nikolai Astashevsky’s service in Tobolsk, but it is known that in 1917 he was tonsured a monk with the name Nikephoros in honor of St. Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople, and elevated to the rank of archimandrite. The activity of schismatic-renovationists supported by Soviet power , led to the fact that the absolute majority of parishes in Novonikolaevsk and in surrounding cities and villages came under the jurisdiction of the renovationist bishops. Novonikolaevsk became the center of the Siberian Renovation Metropolis. That's why

His Holiness Patriarch

Tikhon decided to form an independent diocese in Novonikolaevsk and send a bishop there. On September 15/28, 1924, in Moscow, Archimandrite Nikifor was consecrated Bishop of Novonikolaevsky. The consecration took place in the Church of the Holy Martyr John the Warrior on Yakimanka. It was after the arrival of Bishop Nikifor to Novo-Nikolaevsk that the Ascension Turukhanovskaya Church became the cathedral church of the Novonikolaevsk and then Novosibirsk bishops. In the mid-20s, with the blessing of Bishop Nikifor, a chapel was added to the Church of the Ascension, consecrated in honor

The ministry of Bishop Nicephorus contributed to the beginning of a massive return of the clergy along with parishioners from the Renovationist schism. By the beginning of 1927, the Novosibirsk diocese, headed by him, included 205 parishes located in the Novosibirsk, Barabinsk, Barnaul and Kamensk districts of the West Siberian Territory and united into 17 deanery districts. In 1927, Vladyka Nikifor was elevated to the rank of archbishop, and on April 18, 1932 - metropolitan.

In the early 30s, the first wave of mass closures of churches and arrests of clergy, associated with collectivization, took place throughout the diocese. In particular, the Vladyka’s cell attendant, Archimandrite Sergius (Skripalytsikov), who studied at the Krasnoyarsk Theological Seminary during the rectorship of Archpriest Nikolai Astashevsky, was arrested. However, Vladyka Nikifor himself was not subjected to repression.

Clergy and laity of the Novosibirsk diocese on May 25, 1936. The photo was taken on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the episcopal service of Archbishop Sergius (Vasilkov) of Novosibirsk.

Although this photograph has already been published, but, hoping that one of our readers will be able to provide some information about the photographed persons, the editors decided to publish it. It is currently known that Metropolitan Nikifor sits in the center in a white hood. Next to him is Archbishop Sergius (Vasilkov), who ruled the Novosibirsk diocese from 1935 until his arrest in May 1937 (shot on July 29, 1937 in Novosibirsk). In addition, we currently know that in the second row, second from left, sits priest Pyotr Milsky (shot on August 27, 1937 in Biysk), fourth from left is Archpriest Vasily Vavilov (shot on July 29, 1937 in Novosibirsk). Seventh from the left, next to Archbishop Sergius, is Archpriest John Bogolyubov ((shot on August 25, 1937 in Novosibirsk). In the third row, fifth from left, is Protodeacon Grigory Solodilov (shot on August 25, 1937 in Novosibirsk)



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