Antin Sielava
| Anton Sielava | |
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| Metropolitan of Kiev | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 18 March 1641 |
| Term ended | 5 October 1655 |
| Predecessor | Rafajil Korsak |
| Successor | Havryil Kolenda |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1617 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 1624 (Bishop) by Joseph Rutski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1583 |
| Died | 5 October 1655 (aged 71–72) |
Anton Atanas Sielava (Belarusian: Антон Сялява, Ukrainian: Антін Селява, Polish: Antoni Sielawa) (1583 – 5 October 1655) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and Russia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1641 to his death in 1655.
Atanas Sielava was born on about 1583 in the Polotsk Voivodeship from a family of Cossack origin and belonging to the Orthodox religion. In 1612 he entered in the Order of Saint Basil the Great, in the monastery of the Holy Trinity in Vilnius, taking the religious name of Anton (Antony). He lived for some time in the same cell with Saint Josaphat Kuntsevich and he was ordained a priest in 1617. He studied in the Greek College in Rome from 1617 to September 1619.
On 12 November 1623 the bishop of Polotsk, Josaphat Kuntsevich (later declared a Saint), was killed by an Orthodox mob. After him, Anton Sielava was appointed to the See of Polotsk. He was consecrated a bishop in early 1624 by Metropolitan Joseph Rutski and enthroned on 14 February 1624.
To Metropolitan Joseph Rutski succeeded Metropolitan Rafajil Korsak, who, when in 1639 left Belarus to go to Rome for Visit ad Limina, appointed Sielava as Vicarius for the Church. Rafajil Korsak died in Rome in August 1640 and, according to his last will, Pope Urban VIII confirmed Sielava as new Metropolitan after the usual process of eligibility. Anton Sielava was so formally appointed Metropolitan of Kiev on 18 March 1641. His patriarchate was initially marked by the beatification, on 16 May 1643, of Josaphat Kuntsevich.
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