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Theofan Of Poltava
Theofan of Poltava (born Vassili Dimitrievich Bystrov, russian: link=no, Василий Дмитриевич Быстров; 12 January 1875 - 6 February 1940) was a Russian archbishop and theologian in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was widely known as the "only Russian ascetic bishop". Theofan was the occasional confessor of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alix of Hesse, Alexandra. Early years Basil (name), Basil was born in Luzhsky Uyezd (now Shimsky District) as the son of a priest and baptized on the day of St. Basil the Great. In 1896 he finished his studies at St Petersburg Theological Academy, which he had entered as one of the youngest students. The year after he became assistant-professor in history of the Old Testament. In 1898 he became a monk under the name of Theophanes the Confessor; in 1901 archimandrite. In the summer of 1902, a student at the Ecclesiastical Academy named Leonid Feodorov approached Archimandrite Theofan seeking permission to interrupt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Speakers of Slavic languages and Lithuanians ( Baltic languages) use two main sets of honorifics. West Slavs and Ukrainians use the title ''Pan'', South Slavs and Russians use ''Gospodin'', while Belarusians use either ''Pan'' or ''Spadar'', and Lithuanians use either ''Ponas'' or ''Gaspadorius''. Usage of Pan ''Pan'' is used to varying degrees in a number of Slavic languages – the West Slavic languages Polish, Czech, Slovak, East Slavic languages Ukrainian and Belarusian, and the Balto-Slavic language Lithuanian (''Ponas''). Historically, ''Pan'' was equivalent to "Lord" or "Master" (ruler, suzerain). ''Pan'' and its variations is most common in Poland. The male form is '','' the feminine form is ''.'' is sometimes used to refer to young women (comparable to '' Fräulein'' in German and Mademoiselle in French) but is becoming less common. It is often considered sexist. The collective is ''Państwo'' for a group of men and women, ''Panowie'' for a group of men, and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |