Philaret (1782-1867), became in 1817 Bishop of Reval, in 1819 Archbishop of Tver, and in 1821 Archbishop of Moscow. He was the greatest preacher and the most influential Russian churchman of his time.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 112
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