Misail Pstruch (; born undetermined date, died fall of 1480 or winter of 1480/81) was the acting Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the

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of the

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. Hrushevskyi M.
Hierarchal relations (ЄРАРХІЧНІ ВІДНОСИНИ)
'. History of Ukraine-Russia (at Izbornik). While he was recognised by King

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, he was not recognised by the

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. Misail is better known for his letter to

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in connection to the Florentine Union. Odigitriya Smolenskaya Dionisiy

His real last name was Pestrutsky of Belarusian boyar family Drutsky-Sokolinsky-Babych. Misail established on his funds the Saint Trinity monastery in Czereja (today Chareja,

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) where he served as an archimandrite. In the beginning of 1450 he was appointed as the Archbishop of Smolensk.Pstruch, Mysail

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In 1454 (or 1456) he traveled to the Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily the Blind for the miraculous icon of Theotokos of Smolensk that was taken away in 1404. The Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily the Blind released the icon with special church honors and left in Moscow its exact copy. Following the death of Metropolitan of Kiev Gregory the Bulgarian in 1474, Misail became his successor. Confirmation of Misail in metropolitan see by the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

, was delayed. According to

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, the delay in his appointment might have been due to the resistance of the clergy of the Latin Church who were irked by the precedent of appointing Gregory the Bulgarian to the metropolitan see by the Pope. During that time in 1476 the

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Raphael I consecrated a native of the

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Spyridon as the Metropolitan bishop of Kiev. After arriving to the

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, Spyridon was imprisoned by state authorities and was released only in 1482 (after the death of Misail).

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* Mytsyk, Yu.
Misail Pstruch (МИСАЇЛ)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2009 Metropolitans of Kiev and all Rus' (claimed or partially recognised) 1480 deaths Year of birth unknown Belarusian bishops Eastern Orthodox bishops of Kyiv Eastern Orthodox bishops of Smolensk 15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops {{Eastern-Orthodoxy-bio-stub