Lazar Baranovych
Lazar Baranovych | |
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| Church | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Metropolis | Metropolis of Kyiv |
| Diocese | Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverkyi |
| See | Chernihiv |
| Elected | 8 March 1657 |
| Retired | 1692 |
| Predecessor | Zosimas Prokopovych |
| Successor | Theodosius Polonytskyi-Uhlytskyi |
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| Ordination | 8 March 1657 (bishop) by Gedeon of Suceava |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Luka Vasylyovych Baranovych 1620 |
| Died | 13 September 1693 (aged 72–73) |
| Buried | at Boris and Gleb Cathedral, Chernihiv |
| Nationality | Ukrainian (Ruthenian) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Residence | Chernihiv |
| Alma mater | Wilno Theological Academy Kalisz Jesuit Collegium |
Lazar Baranovych or Baranovich (Ukrainian: Лазар Баранович, Russian: Лазарь Баранович, Polish: Łazarz Baranowicz; 1620 – 3 (13) September 1693 in Chernihiv, Cossack Hetmanate, Tsardom of Russia) was a Ruthenian Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and then of the Tsardom of Russia. An ecclesiastical, political, and literary figure, his activities contributed to the development of cultural elite in Ukraine during the tenure of hetman Ivan Mazepa.