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Peter Mogila

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In 1625 he entered the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Pechersk Lavra]] in Kiev. After receiving minor orders, he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1627. He later was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] and then raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]]. Finally, he was consecrated a [[bishop]] shortly thereafter and then was enthroned as [[Metropolitan]] of Kiev in 1632. He was also the founder of Kiev-Mogila Academy in Kiev, which based academic instruction on the western system of seminary and university education, with instruction mainly in Latin and secondarily in Greek and Russian.
Peter headed the Orthodox Church in what is now Ukraine during a period when it was under Polish rule. He was chiefly responsible for reviving Orthodoxy during the times after the 1596 Union of Brest-Litovsk, when a large amount of Orthodox in southwestern Russia submitted to Rome. With strong interests in the fortunes of the Orthodox Church, Peter devoted his energies to strengthening the position of those Orthodox who remained independent of Rome. Against strong, even violent, political and social pressures he was able to recover possession and restore many [[church]]es, including the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kiev. He died on [[December 22]], 1646 in Kiev.
He is venerated as a [[saint]] by the Churches of [[Church of Ukraine|Ukraine]], [[Church of Romania|Romania]], and [[Church of Poland|Poland]]. His [[feast]] day is [[January 1]], but he is also commemorated with other sainted metropolitans of Kiev on [[October 6]].
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