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Metropolitan '''Pallady (Raev-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 [[Apostolic Governing Synod|Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Russia]].

==Life==
Pavel Ivanovich Raev-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 [[tonsure]]d 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 of Russia|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.

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==Source==
*[http://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804009527  Pallady (Raev) Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga in 1892-1898]]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Kazan Theological Academy Graduate]]
[[Category: Bishops of Ladoga]]
[[Category: Bishops of Vologda]]
[[Category: Bishops of Tambov]]
[[Category: Bishops of Kazan]]
[[Category: Bishops of Vologda]]
[[Category: Bishops of St. Petersburg]]