Patriarch Hermogenes

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Patriarch Hermogenes was the early 17th-century head of the Russian Orthodox Church renowned for his staunch resistance to foreign intervention and his role in rallying popular opposition during Russia’s Time of Troubles.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr
Eastern Orthodox patriarch
Russian Orthodox saint
historical figure
patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
saint
birthName Ermogen
burialPlace Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin
canonizationStatus canonized saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
causeOfDeath starvation in imprisonment
centuryOfActivity 17th century
commemorationDay February 17 (Julian calendar)
March 2 (Gregorian calendar, 20th–21st centuries)
countryOfCitizenship Tsardom of Russia
dateOfDeath 1612
gender male
historicalPeriod Time of Troubles
honorificPrefix Patriarch
Saint
influenced Kuzma Minin
Prince Dmitry Pozharsky
knownFor issuing letters calling Russians to defend Orthodoxy and the tsardom
leading the Russian Orthodox Church during the Time of Troubles
opposition to Polish–Lithuanian occupation forces
rallying popular resistance in Moscow
refusal to recognize impostor tsars
refusal to sign documents favoring Polish prince Władysław as tsar without his conversion to Orthodoxy
staunch resistance to foreign intervention in Russia
languageOfWorkOrName Church Slavonic
Russian
mannerOfDeath martyrdom
name Hermogenes
officeEnd 1612
officeStart 1606
opposedTo Catholic influence in Russian state affairs
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth intervention in Russia
placeOfBirth Russia
placeOfDeath Moscow
placeOfImprisonment Chudov Monastery, Moscow
positionHeld Metropolitan of Kazan
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Russian Orthodox Church
roleIn mobilizing the Nizhny Novgorod militia through his letters
supported Russian national liberation movement during the Time of Troubles
defense of the Orthodox faith
titleAfterCanonization Holy Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
veneratedIn Russian Orthodox Church

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
False Dmitry I
opposedBy
Time of Troubles
significantPerson
Patriarch Hermogenes ("Holy Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'")
titleAfterCanonization

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