Matvei Semyonovich Bashkin (russian: Матвей Семёнович Башкин) was a Russian boyar scion in the time of

Ivan the Terrible Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584. Ivan ...

charged with heresy for denial of the

doctrine of the Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...

along with abbot Artemy the former abbot of Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery. In 1553 he organised a circle of gentry in Moscow and began to teach against the Orthodox Church.The West in Russia and China: Russia, 1472-1917 - Page 40 Donald W. Treadgold - 1973 "Bashkin, who came from a family of junior boyars (deti boiarskie), by 1550 occupied a service estate (pomestie) in Borovsk. " He was beaten and sentenced to imprisonment in the

Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery (Иосифо-Волоколамский монастырь, Волоцкий Успенский Иосифов монастырь in Russian) is a monastery for men, located 17 km northeast of Volokolamsk, Moscow ...

where he died.

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