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Nifont (Russian: Нифонт) was
Archbishop of
Novgorod from 1130 to 1156, the
first prelate of
Novgorod the
Great to hold that title,
though it
appears the...
- (Russian: Кожеозерский монастырь) is a
Russian Orthodox monastery founded by
Niphont of
Kozheozero and
Serapion of
Kozheozero in the 1550s. The
monastery is...
- Peremysl, Turiv, Kholm.
Little is
known about the
first metropolitan —
Niphont (1303–1305).
Following his death, the see lay
vacant for
three years. During...
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Philaret of
Seminara (Filarete of Calabria),
Calabria (ca. 1070)
Saint Niphont,
Bishop of
Novgorod (1156)
Venerable Rufus the
Recluse (Rufus the Obedient)...
- Equal-to-the-Apostles,
Enlightener of the Georgians; a.k.a. Nina, Nune, and
Ninny Niphont of
Novgorod 1156 8
April Archbishop of
Novgorod Noah c. 1998 BC Sunday...
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Antoniev Monastery and
later a
hieromonk in the
entourage of
Archbishop Niphont of
Novgorod (r. 1130–1156)
famous for
writing the
first mathematical treatise...
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Bartholomeus (Vashchuk) on 24
February 1990 as
Bishop of
Volhynia and
Rivne Niphont (Solodukha) on 31
March 1990 as
Bishop of
Khmelnytskyi and Kamianets-Podilskyi...
- 1119, but that he was made
hegumen only in 1131–1132,
immediately after Niphont was
installed as the
bishop of Novgorod. This long
delay is unclear; presumably...
- Yuri Dolgorukiy, Iziaslav's rival, and the
bishop of
Novgorod the Great,
Niphont.
After Iziaslav's
death he was
forced to
abdicate as
metropolitan and became...
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office was
elevated to the
archiepiscopal dignity a few
months later.
Niphont held the
title as a
personal honor. Ilya
carried out a
number of construction...
