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[[Image:Peter-Mogila.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Peter Mogila, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia]] '''Peter Mogila''' or (also spelled ''Petro Mohyla '' or ''Petr Moghila (''; Ukrainian: Петро Могила; , Romanian: Petru Movilă) was the [[Metropolitan ]] of Kiev and Galicia from 1632 until his death in 1646. He established an education program in Kiev based on Western (Latin) academic concepts that stressed vindication of Orthodox primacy and doctrine and Church jurisdiction.

Peter Mogila was born on [[December 21]], 1596 in Moldavia, into a Moldavian boyer family — , the Movilesti — one that gave . The Movilesti family had given Moldavia and Wallachia several rulers, including his father, Ieremia Movila. His mother, Margareta, was a Hungarian princess, . Due to political turmoil in Moldavia , the family was forced to flee to Poland while Peter was young. Peter’s early education was in Poland, at the Orthodox school in Lvov, and continued in the western Western Europe, including at universities in Paris and Holland. He served as an officer in Poland, but he was more interested in a [[monasticism|monastic]] life. He maintained his loyalty to the Orthodox Church while living in the [[Roman Catholic|Latin ]] and Protestant West.

In 1625, he entered the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Pechersk Lavra]] in Kiev. After receiving minor orders , he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1627. He later was [[ordination|ordained ]] a [[priest]] and then raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]]. He Finally, he was consecrated a [[bishop]] shortly thereafter and then was enthroned as [[Metropolitan]] of Kiev in 1632. He was also the founder of [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev-Mogila Academy ]] in Kiev , which based academic instruction on the western system of seminary and university education , with instruction mainly in Latin and secondarily in Greek and Russian.

Peter headed the Orthodox church Church in what is now Ukraine during a period when it was under Polish rule. He was chiefly responsible for reviving Orthodoxy during the times after the 1596 [[Union of Brest-Litovsk ]], when a large part amount of the Orthodox in southwestern Russia submitted to Rome. With strong interests in the fortunes of the Orthodox Church, Peter devoted his energies to strengthening the position of those Orthodox who remained independent of Rome. Against strong, even violent, political and social pressures he was able to recover possession and restore many [[church]]es, including the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kiev.  It was in his defense of Orthodoxy, using his education and knowledge of the West and Latin Church, that Peter is most famous, and also criticized, in the Orthodox Church. He wrote profusely on Orthodoxy, publishing a number of works before his death died on [[December 22]], 1646 in Kiev.

It is in because of his numerous writings that Peter Mogila is most remembered and criticized. His writings are many. In 1637, he published an exegetical edition of the four [[Gospels]]. In 1646, his revised edition of his ''Evlogion'', also known as the ''Great Trebnik'', was published. He also wrote ''Short Scientific Essays about Points of the Faith'' and a ''Short Russian Catechism'' for the benefit of the Russian Church. It was his work ''Orthodox Confession of the Catholic and Apostolic Eastern Church'', which he produced in reaction to the efforts of the Jesuits and western reformers in the Polish dominated areas of Old Rus, for which he is most remembered. The ''Confession'', originally published in 1645, was published throughout Europe in Greek, Latin, German, as well as in Russian. His ''Confession'' was given standing over the following years, first by the local Council of Jassy in 1642, and subsequently by the [[patriarch]]s of the Churches of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch in 1643. In 1672, the Synod of the Church of Jerusalem adopted his ''Confession'' as the Orthodox Standard Catechism.

It was his work, ''Orthodox Confession His years as Metropolitan of Kiev were to constitute a pivotal turning point for the Catholic and Apostolic Eastern Orthodox Church'', that in southwestern Russia as he produced in reaction to provided education for the efforts of the Jesuits Orthodox [[clergy]] and western reformers [[laity]] in the Polish dominated areas of Old Rus, that he is remembered mostschools based upon advanced Western European models. The ''Confession'', originally published While the studies were mainly in 1645Latin, was published throughout Europe and not in Slavonic or Greek, Latin, German, this education gave the students entree to the secular and religious writings of the West as well as in Russianof modern science. His ''Confession'' was given standing over the following years, first by the local Council college in Kiev reached a standard of Jassy excellence in 1642, and subsequently by the patriarchs of seventeenth century that was unequaled in the Churches of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch Orthodox world. This was another half a century before Peter I introduced western Europe in 1643. In 1672, the Synod of the Church heart of Jerusalem adopted his ''Confession'' as the Orthodox Standard CatechismRussia.

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