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The '''Stoglavy Sobor''', Russian: Стоглавый Собор - also translated as '''Hundred Chapter Synod''' and '''Council of a Hundred Chapters''', was a local church council ([[sobor]]) of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] held in Moscow in 1551. The council was convened under the initiative of the Russian State which aspired to support the [[Church]] in its struggle against heretical anti-feudal movements and at the same time to subordinate it to secular authority. Participating in the council, in addition to [[Macarius of Moscow|Metropolitan Macarius]] and [[clergy]], were Tsar [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan IV]] and representatives of the Boyar Duma. The council met in January and February 1551, although some later sessions were held as late as May 1551. The council also [[glorification|glorified]] St. [[Euphrosynus of Pskov|Euphrosynus]] (Eleazar) of Pskov, the founder of [[Spaso-Yelizarovsky Monastery]] near Pskov.