Leonid (Protasjew)


Leonid, Protasjov's secular name - Russian Orthodox bishop. Curriculum vitae

Before the adoption of episcopal chiropractic, he was the superior of the monastery of St. Joseph Wołokołamski with the dignity of ihumen. He was ordained bishop in 1573 by the Metropolitan of Moscow Antoni; He then took the Ryazan cathedral.

In the period of his office, Bishop Riazan the Hierarch, Mateusz developed missionary activity among the Mordvins in the area of ​​Szacka, and in 1584 founded the monastery of Sts. Nicholas, who was to become the center of spreading Orthodoxy in the area inhabited by indigenous peoples. Another information about Leonid refers to his participation in the Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1578 when Józef Wołocki was canonized, and in the election of the Metropolitan of Moscow Dionysius II at the next council in 1581. In 1584 he left office; In the same year the new Bishop of Riazan Mitrofan was ordained. Seven years later, the Bishop of Riaza wrote the life of Basil Riazan and dedicated him to praise. The death of the hierarchy is unknown, and it is not known where he was buried.

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