Palladius (Rayev)

Metropolitan Palladius
Pavel Ivanovich Raev
TitleMetropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga (October 18, 1892 – 5 December 1898), Archbishop of Kartali and Kakheti,
Exarch of Georgia (29 September 1887 – 18 October 1892), Archbishop of Kazan and Sviazhsk (21 August 1882 – 29 September 1887), Archbishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk (9 September 1876 – 21 August 1882), Bishop Tambov and Shatsk (13 June 1873 – 9 September 1876), Bishop of Vologda and Ustyug (15 July 1869 – 13 June 1873), Bishop of Ladoga,
Vicar of the St. Petersburg Diocese (18 December 1866 – 15 July 1869)
Personal life
Born
Pavel Ivanovich Raev

2 July 1827
village Peshelan, in the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate
Died17 December 1898
Religious life
ReligionChristianity

Metropolitan Palladius (secular name Pavel Ivanovich Rayev, Russian: Павел Иванович Раев, at birth his surname was Pisarev, Russian: Писарев; June 20 [O.S. July 2] 1827, village Peshalan, Arzamas county, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate5 December [O.S. 17 December] 1898, St. Petersburg) was bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; 18 October 1892 until his death he served as Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, the first member of the Most Holy Synod.