Anthony Khrapovitsky

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Metropolitan Anthony (Russian: Митрополи́т Анто́ний, secular name Aleksey Pavlovich Khrapovitsky, Russian: Алексе́й Па́влович Храпови́цкий; 17 March (O.S.) 1863 – 10 August 1936) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Russian Empire, the Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia, who after the defeat of Gen Pyotr Wrangel's White Army in South Russia in November 1920 emigrated and in 1921 settled down in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia. He, along with several other Russian bishops in exile, established an independent Russian church administration that sought to embrace all Russian Orthodox diaspora, known as the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR).

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In Russia Aleksey Pavlovich Khrapovitsky was born in Russia on 17 March (O.S.) 1863 in Vatagino, Krestetsky Uyezd, Novgorod Governorate (now Okulovsky District, Novgorod Oblast), the son of a noble landowner and general. After receiving secular secondary education at the 5th Petersburg Gymnasium, in a move that was at the time highly unusual for a young man of his pedigree and education, he studied at the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy, from which he graduated in 1885. In that year he became a monk and was given the name Antony in honor of St. Antony the Roman of Novgorod. In 1886 Antony taught at a theological academy in Kholm. From 1887, he taught at the Academy where he had studied, and in 1890, he was appointed as rector of the St Petersburg seminary and raised to the rank of archimandrite. Later he was appointed rector of the Moscow Theological Academy in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (1890–1894), then in 1895 he was transferred to the post of rector of the Kazan Theological Academy (until 1900). On 7 September 1897, Archimandrite Anthony was consecrated Bishop of Cheboksary, vicar of the Kazan diocese. On 14 July 1900, he was transferred to Ufa…Citește mai mult

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During the Revolution In 1917–1918, he took part in the Local Council of the Russian Church, at which he advocated restoring the patriarchate in the Church of Russia. After the decision on restoration of Russian patriarchy passed (three days after the Bolsheviks' capture of power in Petrograd), his candidacy for this eminent position received the largest number of votes — 159 (out of 309) — but on 5 November 1918, Metropolitan Tikhon of Moscow was elected by lot out of the three candidates, the weakest candidate of the vote. On 28 November, Archbishop Anthony was raised to the rank of metropolitan and on 7 December elected a member of the Holy Synod headed by Patriarch Tikhon. In January 1918, Metropolitan Anthony was present at the All-Ukrainian Church Council in Kiev. He then fled the city before the Bolshevik invasion. Following the killing of Metropolitan Vladimir (Bogoyavlesky) of Kiev, Metropolitan Anthony was elected to the Kiev cathedra, and returned when the city was occupied by the Imperial German Army. However, his election was not approved by the authorities because of his opposition to Ukrainian autocephaly. Under Antony's leadership the Orthodox Church in Ukraine started using Ukrainian language on par with Russian…Citește mai mult

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In exile Between November 1920 and February 1921, Metropolitan Anthony was in Constantinople, then occupied by British, French and Italian forces. At first he decided that the Temporary Church Authority should be abolished and pastoral care for displaced Russians handed over to other local churches. However, after learning of the decision of Gen Wrangel to keep his army, Metropolitan Anthony decided to keep the Church organization abroad as well. The Temporary Authority met on 19 November 1920, aboard the ship Great Prince Alexader Mikhailovich, presided over by Metropolitan Anthony. He and Bishop Benjamin (Fedchenkov) were appointed to examine the canonicity of the organization. On 2 December 1920, they received permission from Metropolitan Dorotheos of Prussia, Locum Tenens of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, to establish "for the purpose of the service of the population [...] and to oversee the ecclesiastic life of Russian colonies in Orthodox countries a temporary committee (epitropia) under the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate"; the committee was called the Temporary Higher Church Administration Abroad (THCAA). On 14 February 1921, Metropolitan Anthony settled down in Sremski Karlovci, where he was given the palace of former Patriarchs of Karlovci (the Patriarchate of Karlovci had been abolished in 1920).…Citește mai mult

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Ideological views As a leader of the nationalist Union of Russian People, Khrapovitsky saw religious agitation as the main direction of efforts for his organization. Despite being an antisemite, the metropolitan claimed, that he felt "much closer" to a religious Jew or Mahommedan than to a non-religious Russian. He recognized the lack of perspectives for ethnic Russian nationalism in mostly ethnic Ukrainian lands of Volhynia and called for his subordinates to provide religious education to the local population instead. In his fight against the Catholic Church, he went as far as to ban priests of his eparchy from marrying Orthodox to Catholics, and introduced anathema for all Orthodox converts to Catholicism. According to Khrapovitsky, the main role of the Russian monarchy lay in protecting the Orthodox faith and subjecting itself to its religious commandments. He supported the reinstatement of Patriarchy in the Russian church. A conservative monarchist, Khrapovitsky nevertheless shared some narodnik ideas and promoted some socially critical works of Nikolay Nekrasov. He also recognized ethnic and cultural differences between ethnic Russians ("Greater Russians") and Ukrainians ("Little Russians"), claiming that the latter better understood the ecumenical nature of the Christian Church.

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Antony Khrapovitsky at Encyclopædia Britannica Online Metropolitan Antony of Kiev and Galicia at Orthodox England Cyprian (Kern). Воспоминания о Митрополите Антонии (Храповицком), Vitre, 1947.