Stefan Yavorsky

Stefan Yavorsky
Metropolitan and archbishop of Moscow.
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed1721
Term ended1722
PredecessorPatriarch Adrian of Moscow
SuccessorTheophan Prokopovich
Personal details
Born1658 (1658)
Died8 December 1722(1722-12-08) (aged 63–64)
Alma materKyiv Mohyla Academy

Stefan Yavorsky (Russian: Стефа́н Яво́рский, Ukrainian: Стефа́н Яво́рський), born Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky (Russian: Симеон Иванович Яворский) (1658 – 8 December [O.S. 27 November] 1722), was an archbishop and statesman in the Russian Empire and the first president of the Most Holy Synod.

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