He arrived to Russia apparently after the death of Metropolitan Photius, i. e. after 1431. He stayed in Russia for a long time, became Russified, and the memory of his Greek origin was almost lost.
In 1464, he was appointed Metropolitan of Moscow, hand-picked by Theodosius at the time of his resignation, just as Theodosius had been picked by his predecessor, Iona[1]
In the 1470s, Philip was actively engaged in a struggle against the Polish-Lithuanian influence over Novgorod, particularly the influence of the Metropolitan of Lithuania and the fear that Novgorod would defect to him and eventually go over to Catholicism.[2]
While he was instrumental in bringing Sophia Paleologue from Rome to Moscow in 1472, Philip was against admitting a papal legate in her entourage into Moscow, thus continuing his opposition to Catholicism or "Latinism" in his province.[3]
That same year, Philip started reconstructing the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin. The original cathedral, built by Metropolitan Petr in 1326, was in a dilapidated state; Philipp hired inexperienced workers and soon after his death the building collapsed. It was rebuilt by Aristotile Fioravanti under Metropolitan Gerontius.[4]
Metropolitan Philip died on 5 April 1473 and was buried in the Cathedral of the Dorimition in the Moscow Kremlin.[5]
References
^Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 532.
^Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1, pp. 536-540.
^Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1, pp. 542-544, esp. 543.
^Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 551.
^Golubinskii, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 548.
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