Kyprian Zochovskyj
| Kyprian Zochovskyj | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Kiev | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 11 February 1674 |
| Term ended | 26 October 1693 |
| Predecessor | Havryil Kolenda |
| Successor | Lev Zalenskyj |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 April 1663 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 15 March 1671 (Bishop) by Havryil Kolenda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1635 |
| Died | 26 October 1693 (aged 57–58) |
Kyprian Zochovskyj (Ukrainian: Кипріян Жоховський, Belarusian: Кіпрыян Жахоўскіі, Polish: Cyprian Żochowski) (1635—1693) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and Russia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1674 to his death in 1693.
Kyprian Zochovskyj was born on about 1635 from a noble family in the Polotsk Voivodeship. When young he entered in the monastery of Byten of the Order of Saint Basil the Great. At 23, he went to study in the Greek College in Rome where he studied from March 1658 to August 1664. On 29 April 1663 he was ordained a priest in the Roman Greek Rite church of Sant'Atanasio. After having got the doctorates in theology and metaphysic, he remained in Rome serving in the Greek Rite church of Santi Sergio e Bacco and as secretary of the bishop of Chełm, Jacob Souza, who dwelt in Rome for some years.
Upon returning to his country he was appointed Archimandrite of the monastery in Dubno, and from 1668 Archimandrite of the monastery of Leszczynen. Since 1667 he was at the side of Metropolitan Havryil Kolenda. Zochovskyj proved to be a good administrator: he restored churches and monasteries and he was distinguished for his sermons.
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