Kyrylo Stavrovetsky-Tranquillon (died 1646) was a Ruthenian (Ukrainian) church figure of the

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, poet, publisher, archimandrite of the Yelets Dormition Monastery in

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. He is better known for his publishing efforts which provided Ruthenian citizens of the Commonwealth with literature in native language.

Biography

It is not known when Stavrovetsky was born. Sometime at the end of 1580s he taught at the Lviv Brotherhood School, after which in 1592 Stavrovetsky moved to Ostrog and

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due to persecutions against bishop Hedeon Balaban. In December 1592 along with Ternopil brethren, he vouched for the Lviv Brotherhood in front of

Jeremias II of Constantinople Jeremias II of Constantinople (; 1530 – 4 September 1595) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times between 1572 and 1595. Life Jeremias Tranos was born in Anchialos, from an influential Greek family. The year of his birth i ...

. The fact is reflected in inscription over the entrance of the Ternopil Nativity Church. In 1618 Stavrovetsky returned to Pochaiv and for a brief time was

hegumen Hegumen, hegumenos, or igumen (, trans. ), is the title for the head of a monastery in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, or an archpriest in the Coptic Orthodox Church, similar to the title of abbot. The head of a convent of ...

at the small Univ Dormition Monastery (1618). Later he was a hegumen (1618–19) at the Lubartow Monastery near

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. In 1621-25 Stavrovetsky was a preacher in

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. In 1626 he adopted the

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and from 1628 to his death he was an archimandrite of Yelets Dormition Monastery.

Known publications

* 1618 Mirror of Theology (''Zertsalo bohosloviia'') * 1619

Didactic gospel Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design. In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is a conceptual approach that is driven by the urgent need to explain. ...

(''Uchytelni yevanheliia'') ** In 1620s the congress of Ukrainian Orthodox bishops headed by the Exarch of Ukraine Iov Boretsky condemned the book, while in 1627 the Moscow church authorities ordered that it be burnt. * 1646 Priceless Perl (''Perlo mnohotsinnoie'')

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Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' (), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was created under the auspices of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Europe (Sarcelles, near Paris). As the ...

Poetry of Stavrovetsky
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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary The ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary'' (35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is a comprehensive multi-volume encyclopaedia in Russian. It contains 121,240 articles, 7,800 images, and 235 maps. It was published in the Russian Em ...

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Russian Biographical Dictionary The ''Russian Biographical Dictionary'' (''RBD''; ) is a Russian-language biographical dictionary published by the Imperial Russian Historical Society and edited by a collective with Alexander Polovtsov as the editor-in-chief An editor-in-c ...

Year of birth unknown 1646 deaths People from Rivne Oblast People from Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) Eastern Orthodox monks from Ukraine Ukrainian Christian monks {{Ukraine-bio-stub