Misail Pstruch ( pl, Mizael Piestrucz; born undetermined date, died fall of 1480 or winter of 1480/81) was the 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

Casimir IV Jagiellon Casimir IV (in full Casimir IV Andrew Jagiellon; pl, Kazimierz IV Andrzej Jagiellończyk ; Lithuanian: ; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447, until his death. He was one of the m ...

, 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 Gregory the Bulgarian, or Gregory II ( 1458 – d. 1474) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus'. His title to the metropolitan see was acknowledged both by the Holy See and by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople due to their ...

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

Mykhailo Hrushevsky Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky ( uk, Михайло Сергійович Грушевський, Chełm, – Kislovodsk, 24 November 1934) was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figur ...

, 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 Grand Duchy of Tver 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