Background
The son of a priest from the Shatsk district, Filaret is best known as a theologian and church historian.
The son of a priest from the Shatsk district, Filaret is best known as a theologian and church historian.
Moscow Theological Academy.
At the precocious age of 30 he was appointed Dean of the Moscow Theological Academy based in the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. lieutenant was seen as a clerical counterpart to Karamzin"s great history of the Russian state and went through many reprints. This work was later revised and expanded by the likes of Macarius Bulgakov and Yevgeny Golubinsky.
Filaret Gumilevsky was a very popular prelate.
He is buried in the Trinity Cathedral, Chernihiv.