Cathedral of Moscow Saints: 17 names, 17 storiestranslated

On October 18, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Council of Moscow Saints. On this day she remembers the 17 holy archpastors who in different eras headed the Russian Church or occupied the Moscow See. Among them are educators and missionaries, defenders of the Church and martyrs who suffered for the faith. How did they go down in history and be especially memorable? We tell you briefly in the slides of the Foma magazine.

Saint Peter (†1326)

Saint Peter was a skilled icon painter. When he was abbot of the Ratsky Monastery in Volyn, he painted an icon of the Mother of God, which he later presented as a gift to Metropolitan Maxim of Kyiv and All Rus'. After the death of Metropolitan Maxim, this image was taken by Abbot Gerontius, who hoped to receive metropolitan rank and went to Constantinople for this. During the journey, the Mother of God appeared to him in a dream and announced that Abbot Peter, who painted Her icon, would become a metropolitan. And so it happened: Patriarch Athanasius of Constantinople appointed Peter Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus'. Subsequently, the saint moved his residence to Moscow, marking the beginning of its rise as the ecclesiastical center of Russia.

Saint Theognostos (†1353)

In 1342, Metropolitan Theognost went to Golden...