Eleutherius (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Lithuania and Wilno: Champion of the Russian Orthodox Cause in the Former Imperial Borderland

The article deals with the life and work of Eleutherius (Bogoyavlensky), the Archbishop (from 1928 on — Metropolitan) of Lithuania and Wilno. Under the conditions of political separation of the territories of the former Western dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church from Russia, His Eminence Eleutherius made every effort in order to prevent withdrawal of his diocese from the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. The situation was aggravated by separation of the Wilno district, occupied and annexed in the early nineteen-twenties by Poland, from the rest of Lithuania and, accordingly, the Lithuanian diocese. Among all other Orthodox structures of the former Western borderlands of the Russian Empire, the Orthodox parishes in Lithuania, due to activities of His Grace Eleutherius and his associates, remained the only ones that retained canonical ties with the Mother-Church.

Keywords

Metropolitan Eleutherius, Orthodox Church, Lithuanian Diocese, Jurisdiction Conflicts

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26.04.2022

Publication date

25.09.2022

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GOST	Musaev V. Eleutherius (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Lithuania and Wilno: Champion of the Russian Orthodox Cause in the Former Imperial Borderland // ISTORIYA – 2022. – V. 13. – Issue 7 (117) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840022196-4-1 (circulation date: 17.05.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840022196-4
MLA	Musaev, Vadim "Eleutherius (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Lithuania and Wilno: Champion of the Russian Orthodox Cause in the Former Imperial Borderland." ISTORIYA 13.7 (117) (2022) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840022196-4
APA	Musaev V. (2022). Eleutherius (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Lithuania and Wilno: Champion of the Russian Orthodox Cause in the Former Imperial Borderland. ISTORIYA 13(7 (117)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840022196-4

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