Rafajil Korsak
| Rafajil Korsak | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Kiev | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 5 February 1637 |
| Term ended | 28 August 1640 |
| Predecessor | Josyf Veliamyn Rutsky |
| Successor | Antin Sielava |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | Sept 1626 (Bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | between 1598 and 1601 near Navahrudak |
| Died | 28 August 1640 Rome |
Rafajil Nikolai Korsak (Ukrainian: Рафаїл Корсак, Belarusian: Рафал Корсак, Polish: Rafał Mikołaj Korsak) (c. 1599 – 28 August 1640) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and Russia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1637 to his death in 1640.
Nikolai Korsak was born near Navahrudak from a noble Calvinist family. Primaries sources disagree on his birth year, which anyway can be fixed into a range from 1598 to 1601. He studied by the Jesuits in Nesvizh and in Vilnius, and later in Papal Missionary College in Braniewo and by the Jesuits in Praha. By the Jesuits he converted to the Latin Church and later, supported by Metropolitan Josyf Veliamyn Rutsky, he joined the Greek-Catholic Church. In 1620 he entered in the Order of Saint Basil the Great taking the religious name of Rafajil (Rafael) and he passed his year of novitiate in the monastery of Byten. He studied in the Greek College in Rome from December 1621 to November 1624, when he was requested to return in his country to serve as a bishop.
In 1625 Korsak became archimandrite of the monastery of the Holy Trinity in Vilnius (the main monastery of the Order), in 1626 Proto-Archimandrite (i.e. Superior general) of the whole order (a office he kept till 1636) and in September 1626 he was consecrated a bishop with the title of Galicia. Metropolitan Rutsky chose him as coadjutor bishop with right of succession, and so he was confirmed by Rome on 9 March 1631 notwithstanding the initial concern of the King for his young age. In 1632 he became Eparch (bishop) of Pinsk.
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