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'''Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky)''' of Kiev and Galicia was a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and then, after emigrating from Russia, the first First Hierarch of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. | '''Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky)''' of Kiev and Galicia was a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and then, after emigrating from Russia, the first First Hierarch of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. | ||
| − | Metropolitan Anthony was born Alexei Pavlovich Khrapovitsky on March 17, 1803, in Vatagino village of Kresteski district of Novgorod province, Russia. He reposed August 10, 1936, in Sremsky Karlovtsi, Serbia. His parents were members of the Russian nobility. He was educated at St Petersburg, Russia, where he finished the 5th Classical Gymnasia with a gold medal. He owes the beginnings of his religious education to his mother. | + | Metropolitan Anthony was born Alexei Pavlovich Khrapovitsky on March 17, 1803, in Vatagino village of Kresteski district of Novgorod province, Russia. He reposed August 10, 1936, in Sremsky Karlovtsi, Serbia. His parents were members of the Russian nobility. He was educated at St Petersburg, Russia, where he finished the 5th Classical Gymnasia with a gold medal. He owes the beginnings of his religious education to his mother and the influence of Th. M. [[Dostoyevsky]], the reading of Church Fathers and the Lives of Saints as well as interest in the ideas of the [[slavophile]] movement. In his young years, he was interested by the work of V. S. [[Solovyev]], whom he later criticized for pro-Roman Catholic leanings. A final important influence was meeting St [[Nicholas]], the enlightener of Japan. |
Revision as of 01:52, October 12, 2006
Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev and Galicia was a hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and then, after emigrating from Russia, the first First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
Metropolitan Anthony was born Alexei Pavlovich Khrapovitsky on March 17, 1803, in Vatagino village of Kresteski district of Novgorod province, Russia. He reposed August 10, 1936, in Sremsky Karlovtsi, Serbia. His parents were members of the Russian nobility. He was educated at St Petersburg, Russia, where he finished the 5th Classical Gymnasia with a gold medal. He owes the beginnings of his religious education to his mother and the influence of Th. M. Dostoyevsky, the reading of Church Fathers and the Lives of Saints as well as interest in the ideas of the slavophile movement. In his young years, he was interested by the work of V. S. Solovyev, whom he later criticized for pro-Roman Catholic leanings. A final important influence was meeting St Nicholas, the enlightener of Japan.
