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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Gennadius of Novgorod''', (Russian: Геннадий), was the Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1484 to 1504. He was instrumental in fighting the [[heresy]] of the Judaizers and is famous for compiling in 1499 the first complete codex of the Bible in Slavonic known as the [[Gennadius Bible]]. He is commemorated on [[December 4]] as well as on the third Sunday of Pentecost with all the Saints of Novgorod.
==Life==
Gennadius was from the Gonzov boyar family of Moscow. Contemporaries described him as "dignified, intelligent, virtuous and learned in the Holy Scripture." He became a [[monk]] at the [[Valaam Monastery]], under the spiritual guidance of St. Sabbatius of Solovki. In 1472, he was [[archimandrite]] of the Chudov (Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae) Monastery in Moscow. In 1483, Gennadius initiated construction of a stone church at the [[Chudov monastery[[ Monastery]] in honor of St. [[Alexis of Moscow|Alexis]] who the founder of the [[monastery]] and a [[Metropolitan]] of Moscow.
On [[December 12]], 1484, Gennadius was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[Archbishop]] of Novgorod, succeeding Abp. Sergius who served less than a year and was recalled and confined to the Chudov Monastery apparently due to mental illness. While serving in [[Novgorod]], Gennadius still honored the memory of St. Alexis, and did not cease to concern himself with the construction of the church at Chudov Monastery and even contributed funds for the completion of the [[temple]].
{{succession|
before=Sergius|
title=Archbishop_of_Novgorod[[List of bishops of the Diocese of Novgorod|Archbishop of Novgorod]]|
years=1484-1504|
after=[[Serapion of Novgorod|Serapion]]}}
*[http://accurapid.com/journal/10russia.htm 500th Anniversary of Russian Translation]
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