List of bishops and archbishops of Novgorod
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Archbishop of Novgorod
The Archbishop of Novgorod is the head of the eparchy of Novgorod the Great and is one of the oldest offices in the Russian Orthodox Church. The archbishops have, in fact, been among the most important figures in medieval Russian history and culture and their successors continued to play...

 Novgorod the Great from the Christianization of Rus' in 988 to the establishment of the Metropolitanate in Novgorod in 1589.

Bishops of Novgorod 989–1163
  • Ioakim Korsunianin
    Ioakim Korsunianin
    Ioakim Korsunianin was the first bishop of Novgorod the Great . As his surname suggests, he probably came from the Byzantine town of Cherson on the Crimean Peninsula and was sent to Kievan Rus' about 989...

      (ca. 989–1030)
  • Efrem (1030 –1035) – never consecrated
  • Luka Zhidiata
    Luka Zhidiata
    Luka Zhidiata was the second bishop of Novgorod the Great . He replaced Efrem, who was not consecrated bishop, but who administered the eparchy from the death of Ioakim Korsunianin until Luka's appointment....

      (1035–1060)
  • Stefan (1060–1068)
  • Fedor (1069–1077)
  • German (1078–1095)
  • Nikita (1096–1108)
  • Ioann Pop'ian (1110–1130) (d. 1144)
  • Nifont
    Nifont
    Nifont was Archbishop of Novgorod from 1130 to 1156, the first prelate of Novgorod the Great to hold that title, though it appears the title was held personally and did not extend to the office until 1165...

      (1130–1156) – held archiepiscopal title personally
  • Arkady (1156–1163)


Archbishops of Novgorod the Great and Pskov 1165–1589
  • Ilya (Ioann)
    Ilya (Archbishop of Novgorod)
    Ilya , also known as Ioann , was Archbishop of Novgorod from 1165 to his death in 1186.-Life:The son of a priest, Ilya was himself priest of the Church of St. Blaise south of the Novgorod Kremlin. The church was rebuilt in 1407, destroyed during the Second World War, and has been rebuilt again; it...

      (1165–1186)
  • Gavril (Grigory) (1186–1193)
  • Martiry Rushanin (1193–1199) –only a bishop
  • Mitrofan (1199–1211, 1219–1223)
  • Antony (1211–1219, 1226–28, 1229)
  • Arseny (1223–1225, 1228–1229) – never consecrated
  • Spiridon (1229–1249)
  • Dalmat (1249–1274)
  • Kliment (1274–1299)
  • Feoktist (1299–1308) (d. 1310)
  • David (1309–1325)
  • Moisei (1325–1330, 1352–1359) (d. 1363)
  • Vasilii Kalika  (1331–1352)
  • Aleksei (1359–1388) (d. 1390)
  • Ioann
    Ioann (Archbishop of Novgorod)
    Ioann was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1388 until his retirement in 1415. He is not to be confused with Archbishop Ilya, who ruled in the twelfth century and who is often referred to as Ioann in hagiographic literature, but was apparently called Ilya during his...

      (1388–1415) (d. 1417)
  • Simeon (1415–1421)
  • Feodosy (1421–1423) (d. 1425)–never consecrated
  • Evfimy I (1423–1429)
  • Evfimy II
    Evfimy II (Archbishop of Novgorod)
    Evfimy II, Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1429 to 1458, was one of the most prolific patrons of the arts and architecture of all the Novgorodian archbishops.-His Background:...

      (1429–+03/20/1458)
  • Iona (1458–11/05/1470)
  • Feofil (1470–1480) (d. 1482/84?)
  • Sergei (1483–1484) (d.1504)
  • Gennady
    Gennady (Archbishop of Novgorod)
    Gennady was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1484 to 1504. He was most instrumental in fighting the Heresy of the Judaizers and is famous for compiling the first complete codex of the Bible in Slavic in 1499, known as the Gennady Bible. Gennady is a saint of the Russian Orthodox...

     (1484–1504) (d. 1505)
  • Serapion
    Serapion (Archbishop of Novgorod)
    Serapion was Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov from 1506 to 1509. He is a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church; his feast day is March 16 by the Julian calendar....

     (1506–1509) (d. 1516)

1509–1526 Vacancy
  • Makary
    Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow
    Macarius was a notable Russian cleric, writer, and iconographer who served as the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia from 1542 until 1563.-Early life and work on the Menaion:...

    (1526–1542) became Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1563)
  • Feodosii (1542–1551)
  • Serapion II (1551–1552)
  • Pimen (1552–1571)
  • Leonid (1571–1575)
  • Aleksandr (1576–1591) – elevated to Metropolitan dignity, 1589

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