Rafal (Krasnopolski)
Rafał, the secular name of Krasnopolski (born 1668, died 4 November 1711) - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.
He came from the Commonwealth. He completed his theological studies at the Mohyla Academy in Kiev. He moved to Moscow at the latest in 1703, because in that year he was already the Superior of the Zaikonospassic Monastery. One year later, he became the superior of the Simonov Monastery with the dignity of archimandrites.
On March 21, 1708, he accepted the episcopacy of the bishop and took over the Chommogorsk cathedral. He automatically obtained the dignity of the Archbishop. The office held until his death. He was buried in the cathedral council of the Transfiguration in Cholmogorach.
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