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Daniel of Moscow (metropolitan)

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As abbot, Daniel enforced within the monastery the rule of communal property as the monastery continued to grow as a landowner as well as a center of learning, writing, and training future hierarchs. In addition to overseeing the completion of the redactions of Joseph's ''Enlightener'' and Monastic Rule, Daniel masterminded the creation of the ''Chronicle of Nikon'' with its grand narrative that made sacred the history of Rus and granted Moscow the contested succession to Kiev.
After his selection to succeed Metr. [[Barlaam of Moscow‎|Barlaam]] as metropolitan of Moscow, Metr. Daniel cooperated with Prince Basil in 1523 in summoning Prince Basil Shemyachich of Seversk whom Basil III then imprisoned. He also permitted the controversial divorce of Basil from the barren Solomonia Saburova and his remarriage, in 1525, to Princess Elena Glinskaya, who gave birth to the future [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan IV]] (the Terrible) five years later. Daniel maintained his influence with Basil III's family. He presided over Basil III's pre-death tonsure, accepted Ball III's request to take care of his son Ivan, and remained [[metropolitan]] through Elena Glinskaya's challenged regency from 1533 to 1538.
In ecclesiastical affairs Daniel also initiated a number of church councils between 1525 and 1531 that condemned the opponents of the Josephite faction who included Maximus the Greek, and Vassian Patrikeyev and other dissenters and alleged [[heretic]]s. Metr. Daniel made a number of episcopal appointments to strengthen the Josephites. These included the appointment of [[Macarius of Moscow|Macarius]] to the vacant [[see]] of [[Novgorod]], and of monastics trained by Joseph. These included [[bishop]]s of the sees of Tver, Kolomna, and Smolensk. He also canonized Joseph's mentor Pafnuty of Borovsk.
After Elena Glinskaya died in 1538, the struggle for power between the Shuisky family and prince Ivan Belsky, whom Daniel supported, resulted in Metr. Daniel's [[deposition]] and defrocking in 1539 by the Shuisky family. He took refuge in the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery where he remained until his repose on [[May22]] 22, 1547.
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before=[[Barlaamof Moscow‎|Barlaam]]|
title=[[List of primates of Russia|Metropolitan of Moscow]]|
years= 1522-1539|
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category:16th-century bishops]][[Category: Patriarchs of Moscow]]
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