cyprian (, , ) (c. 1336 â 16 september 1406) was metropolitan of kiev and all rus' with the metropolitan's residence in moscow. (the official title was metropolitan of kiev and all rus' until 1448, even though the metropolitans were in vladimir-on-kliazma and later moscow since 1299.) ==life== cyprian was a clergyman of bulgarian nationality.n. f. droblenkova and g. m. prokhorov, âkiprian (ok. 1330-16.ix.1406) mitropolit kievskii i vseia rusi,â in d. s. likhachev, slovar knizhnikov i knizhnosti drevnei rusi, vol. 2, pt. 1, pp. 464-465. he lived for some time at mount athos. in 1376 he was ordained as a bishop in constantinople at the behest of the lithuanian grand duke algirdas. was metropolitan of kiev. because this ordination was not recognized by moscow, he became the metropolitan of âall rusââ only in 1389. he resided thereafter in moscow, although he visited kiev and other ukrainian eparchies. in 1373, the patriarch of constantinople philotheus kokkinos picked him for his devout lifestyle and excellent education and sent him to lithuania and muscovy on a mission to reconcile the princes of lithuania and tver with metropolitan alexius. in 1375, after the hostilities between moscow and lithuania had started all over again, the lithuanian princes asked to appoint cyprian their metropolitan. philotheus kokkinos made cyprian metropolitan of kiev, all russia and lithuania, so that he could unite both ecclesiastical provinces after the death of alexius. in 1378, metropolitan alexius died. as a result of the ensuing skirmishes and intrigues, cyprian became metropolitan of moscow in 1381. one year later, however, he fled from moscow due to the approaching armies of tokhtamysh. subsequently, he was removed from russia and replaced with metropolitan pimen (1382â1384). the latter was succeeded by metropolitan dionysius (1384â1385). in 1390, cyprian was returned to moscow by vasili ii, who he had always supported, and appointed metropolitan of moscow and all russia.john meyendorff, byzantium and the rise of russia (crestwood, ny: st. vladimir's seminary, 1989), 214-221. cyprian is remembered as a wise and experienced church administrator who fought for the unity of the russian church. in fact, he is mainly responsible for uniting the church in russia and the grand duchy of lithuania. he faced serious opposition during his metropolitanate; dmitry donskoy and his advisors were excommunicated for opposing cyprian's efforts to take up his place in moscow, and novgorod the great â especially archbishops aleksei and ioann ii â also opposed his efforts to adju
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