Savelov, Ioachin

GIOACHINO SAVELOV. - Patriarch of Moscow (1672-90). In 1685 he annexed the metropolitan see of Kiev to the patriarchate of Moscow. In the same
GIOBBE - Fresco from the 4th century in the cemetery of SS. Marcellino and Pietro – Rome.

In the same year a law also appeared in which the State imposed the death penalty on the Old Believers. Earlier, in 1682, AVVAKUM, PETROVIC (v.) had been burned at Pustosersk. G. reorganized the boundaries of ecclesiastical districts and, following the example of the State, abolished seniority rights in Church administration. He had the Protestant Quirino Kuhlman, adherent to a Bohemian sect, burned. He also promoted the anti-Latin Greek mentality against the Ukrainian theological school, which had suffered strong Latin influence. The leader of the “Ukrainians,” Silvestro Medvedev, was condemned to death and all theological literature from Ukraine was banned.