Filaret (Dmitry Gumilevsky)

Filaret (Dmitry Gumilevsky) (1805–1866) – theologian, Biblical scholar, ecclesiastic historian and hierarch.

He graduated from the Tambov Spiritual Seminary and the Moscow Spiritual Academy (1830), In 1830, he became hieromonk and was invited to work at the Moscow Spiritual Academy; in 183501841, he was its Rector. Since 1841 he was Bishop of Riga, from 1848 – Bishop of Kharkov and Akhtyrka, in 1859-1866 – Archbishop of Chernigov and Nezhin. In 1860, he got the degree of Doctor in Theology according a decision of the Synod.

Full Member of the Imperial Society for History and Russian Antiquities at the Moscow University. His main works were dedicated issues of patrology, history of Russian Church; he made the first attempt to analyze the Synodal period (up to 1826).

Compositions

The History of Russian Church. Riga-Moscow, 1847-1848, 4 vol.Riga-Moscow, 1847-1848. (The history of the Russian Church in five periods. Rep. ed. M .: Publishing house Sreten. Monastery, 2001). (in Russ.)
Historical and statistical description of the Chernigov diocese: Chernihiv, Gub. typ., 1873. (in Russ.)
Historical doctrine of the fathers of the church. In 3 t. St. Petersburg: typ. II-th Sep. e. and. led. chancery, 1859. (in Russ.)
Historical and statistical description of the Kharkov diocese. M .: type. V. Gauthier, 1852-1858. (in Russ.)
Review of Russian spiritual literature: 862-1720. SPb: type. Imp. Acad. Sciences, 1857. (in Russ.)
Historical doctrine of the fathers of the church. In 3 t. St. Petersburg: typ. II-th Sep. e. and. led. chancery, 1859. (in Russ.)
Liturgy of the Russian church until the Mongol time. M.: About-in the history and antiquities of Russian at Moscow University, 1847. (in Russ.)

Bibliography

In: Listovsky I. S. Filaret, Archbishop of Chernigov. Moscow University. 1887.

About him

Listovsky I. S. Filaret, Archbishop of Chernigov. Moscow University. 1887.

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