Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow
Philip II | |
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| Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia | |
Icon of St. Philip by Simon Ushakov | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| See | Moscow |
| Installed | 1566 |
| Term ended | 1568 |
| Predecessor | Athanasius |
| Successor | Cyril |
Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow | |
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| Hieromartyr | |
| Born | 11 February 1507 Galich, Russia |
| Died | 23 December 1569 (aged 62) Tver, Russia |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church, Russian Byzantine Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1652 by Russian Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
| Feast | 9 January (primary feast day) 3 July (translation of his relics) 5 October (Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Moscow) |
| Attributes | Vested as a hierarch with omophorion, holding a Gospel Book, with his right hand raised in blessing. Iconographically, he is depicted with a medium sized dark beard with flecks of grey. |
Saint Philip II of Moscow (Russian: Филипп II; born Fyodor Stepanovich Kolychov; Russian: Фёдор Степанович Колычёв; 11 February 1507 – 23 December 1569) was Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1566 to 1568. He was the thirteenth metropolitan of Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm.
He was one of a few metropolitans who dared openly to contradict Ivan the Terrible. It is widely believed that the tsar had him murdered on that account. He is venerated as a saint and martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Church.