Metropolitan Arsenius (secular name Alexander Ioannovich Matsieyevich, Russian: Алекса́ндр Иоа́ннович Мацее́вич; 1697, Volodymyr – 28 February 1772, Reval) was bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, metropolitan of Rostov and Yaroslavl who protested against the confiscation of the church's land by Empress Catherine II in 1764. He was deprived of his office and was imprisoned in a fortress until his death.
arsenius, matseyevich, metropolitan, arsenius, secular, name, alexander, ioannovich, matsieyevich, russian, Алекса, ндр, Иоа, ннович, Мацее, вич, 1697, volodymyr, february, 1772, reval, bishop, russian, orthodox, church, metropolitan, rostov, yaroslavl, protes. Metropolitan Arsenius secular name Alexander Ioannovich Matsieyevich Russian Aleksa ndr Ioa nnovich Macee vich 1697 Volodymyr 28 February 1772 Reval was bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church metropolitan of Rostov and Yaroslavl who protested against the confiscation of the church s land by Empress Catherine II in 1764 He was deprived of his office and was imprisoned in a fortress until his death Arseny Matseyevich He was canonized in 2000 References editArseny Matseyevich in Russian George Vernadsky A History of Russia Yale University Press 1969 ISBN 0 300 00247 5 nbsp nbsp This Russian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arsenius Matseyevich amp oldid 1193244233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
