Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev) of St. Petersburg

Metropolitan Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev) was the ruling hierarch of the Eparchy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga from 1892 to 1898. As Metropolitan of St. Petersburg he was the presiding member of the Holy Synod of the Church of Russia.

Life

Pavel Ivanovich Rayev-Pisarev was born in 1827. Pavel Ivanovich attended the Kazan Theological Academy, graduating in 1852. After graduating from the Kazan Academy, Pavel Ivanovich taught at the Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary. In 1861, Pavel Ivanovich was tonsured a monk, taking the name Pallady, and was appointed director of Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary.

Having entered the Holy Orders, Fr. Pallady was elevated to the dignity of archimandrite in 1862. In 1863, Archim. Pallady was named the director of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary, followed in 1864 by being named the president of the seminary. He also became a member of the St. Petersburg Ecclesiastical Consistory, and deputy to the Chief Curator for Religious Teaching at Secular Educational Institutions and member of the conference of the St. Petersburg Ecclesiastical Academy. In 1866, Archim. Pallady was elected Bishop of Ladoga, Vicar of St. Petersburg Eparchy, and chaired the Committee for the Welfare of Eparchy clergy and of the Commission of Diocesan Communities of Sisters of Mercy.

In 1869, Pallady was appointed Bishop of Vologda, followed in fast succession by appointments as Bishop of Tambov in 1873, Bishop of Ryazan in 1876, Archbishop of Kazan in 1882, and then Exarch of Georgia and Archbishop of Kartaly and Kakhetia in 1887. On October 30,1892, he became Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, Abbot of Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and the presiding member of the Apostolic Governing Synod.

In 1894, Metr. Pallady was made an honorary Member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Metr. Pallady took part in the coronation ceremonies of Alexander III in 1883 and Nicholas II in1896.

Metr. Pallady reposed on December 17, 1898 in St. Petersburg. He was buried at St. Isidor Church of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. In 1932, his relics were moved to Nikolskoe cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. In 1988, a cross was placed on his grave.

Succession box: Palladius (Rayev-Pisarev) of St. Petersburg
Preceded by: ?	Bishop of Ladoga Vicar of St. Petersburg Eparchy 1866-1869	Succeeded by: ?
Preceded by: ?	Bishop of Vologda 1869-1873	Succeeded by: ?
Preceded by: ?	Bishop of Tambov 1873-1876	Succeeded by: ?
Preceded by: ?	Bishop of Ryazan 1876-1882	Succeeded by: ?
Preceded by: Sergius (Lyapidevsky)	Archbishop of Kazan 1882-1887	Succeeded by: Paul II (Lebedev)
Preceded by: Paul II (Lebedev)	Exarch of Georgia 1887-1892	Succeeded by: Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky)
Preceded by: Isidore (Nikolsky)	Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga 1892-1898	Succeeded by: Anthony (Vadkovsky)

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• Pallady (Raev) Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga in 1892-1898]
• List of the Katholicos-Patriarchs of Georgia