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19-610: The Tambov and Rasskazovskaya Diocese was founded in 1682 by decree of Tsar Feodor III and the Patriarch Joachim . Originally, the diocese included the city of Tambov as well as Kozlov and Borisoglebsk . In 1699, the diocese was closed and placed under the jurisdiction of the Ryazan diocese from 1720 - Voronezh diocese, and since 1723, the Moscow Synodal Office. Managing such a distant diocese through

38-532: A consequence of the childbirth three days later, on 14 July, and seven days later, on 21 July, the Tsarevich also died. Seven months later, on 24 February 1682 Fyodor married a second time Marfa Apraksina (1667–1716), daughter of Matvei Vasilievich Apraksin and wife Domna Bogdanovna Lovchikova. Feodor was so weak that he could not stand at the wedding. Feodor died three months after his second wedding, on 7 May, without surviving issue. The news of his death sparked

57-400: A noblewoman, Agaphia Simeonovna Grushevskaya (1663–1681), daughter of Simeon Feodorovich Grushevsky and of his wife Maria Ivanovna Zaborovskaya, and assumed the sceptre. His native energy, though crippled, was not crushed by his disabilities. He soon showed himself as a thorough and devoted reformer. The atmosphere of the court ceased to be oppressive, the light of a new liberalism shone, and

76-423: A religious procession: when she fainted after the sight of a witch in a religious theater play, he rushed forward to support her, and fell in love with her. Aware that her uncle did not wish her to marry, a traditional summon was proclaimed to all unmarried noble women to gather for Feodor to choose from, and he chose her. On 18 July 1680, she married Feodor. Agafya shared the radical views of her spouse. She opposed

95-730: The Moscow Uprising of 1682 . Agafiya Semyonovna Grushetskaya Agafya Semyonovna Grushetskaya or Gruszecki (originally in Polish: Agata Siemionowna Gruszecka; Russian : Агафья Семёновна Грушецкая ; 1663 – 14 July 1681) was Tsaritsa of Russia as the first spouse of Tsar Feodor III of Russia . She hailed from the Polish noble family Gruszecki . She was a daughter of ( voivode , and boyar ) Semyon Fyodorovich Grushetsky (Gruszecki) and his spouse, Maria Ivanovna Zaborovska. She could play

114-478: The Moscow Synod office was difficult, so again the question arose of placing a local bishop in charge. The Tambov and Rasskazovo Diocese was closed because the poor people of Tambov destroyed most of the facility. In 1758, by decree of Empress Elizabeth , the diocese was restored. In addition to Tambov and Kozlov, the diocese included Dobry , Kerensky Narovchatov Upper and Lower Lomov and Troitsk . In 1764,

133-421: The benefit of the church, the latter were primarily for the benefit of the state. A household census took place in 1678. The most notable reform of Feodor III, made at the suggestion of Vasily Galitzine , involved the abolition in 1682 of the system of mestnichestvo , or "place priority" , which had paralyzed the whole civil and military administration of Muscovy for generations. Henceforth all appointments to

152-472: The civil and military services were to be determined by merit and by the will of the sovereign, while pedigree (nobility) books were to be destroyed. Fyodor's first consort, Agaphia Simeonovna Grushevskaya, shared his progressive views. She was the first to advocate beard-shaving. On 11 July 1681, the Tsaritsa gave birth to her son, Tsarevich Ilya Fyodorovich, the expected heir to the throne. Agaphia died as

171-551: The civil and military state administration as well as founding the Slavic Greek Latin Academy . Born in Moscow , Fyodor, as the eldest surviving son of Tsar Alexis and Maria Miloslavskaya , succeeded his father on the throne in 1676 at the age of fifteen. He had a fine intellect and a noble disposition; he had received an excellent education at the hands of Simeon Polotsky , the most learned Slavonic monk of

190-399: The day. He knew Polish and even possessed the unusual accomplishment of Latin . He had been disabled from birth, however, horribly disfigured and half paralyzed by a mysterious disease, supposed to be scurvy . He spent most of his time with young nobles, Ivan Maksimovich Yazykov  [ ru ] and Aleksei Timofeievich Likhachov  [ ru ] . On 28 July 1680 he married

209-683: The dead were buried according to church rites. However, during the Khrushchev period, the number of churches in the region decreased noticeably. If in 1959 there were 47 churches operating in the Tambov region, then in 1964 there were only 40. On December 26, 2012, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church , Michurinskaya and Uvarovskaya were separated from the Tambov diocese; all three dioceses are included in

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228-408: The dead were buried according to church rites. In 1958, 132,825 adults and 11,025 children confessed in the Tambov region. Even Khrushchev’s anti-religious campaign could not significantly weaken the influence of religion on Tambovites, and the number of baptisms even increased in 1957-1964. In 1964, in the Tambov region, 53.6% of those born were baptized, 4.6% of couples were married in church, 24.5% of

247-402: The diocese added the city of Penza , Borisoglebsk and Mokshan . In 1779, the city added: Saransk , Morshansk , Kirsanov, Ranenburg , Serdobsk and Chembar . The final borders of the diocese were established in 1803. Since then, it has not come out of the administrative boundaries of the Tambov province, approved in 1796. At the end of 1930, no active parish operated in Tambov. Restoring

266-517: The diocese began in October 1943, when the first church was re-opened. In 1958, there were 47 churches operating in the Tambov region. In the 1950s, the influence of religion on the lives of Tambov residents, despite the anti-church policies of the Soviet government, was very great. In the Tambov region in 1958, 22.3% of those born were baptized, 8.2% of married couples were married in church, 19.4% of

285-523: The harpsichord, speak and write Polish, French, and Latin, and was well informed about the Western European life style; overall, she was a well-educated person. She was described as beautiful as "an angel of heaven", with an easy going character. From 1677 she lived with her uncle, Semyon Zaborovsky, who did not wish her to marry. In 1680, Feodor , the Russian tsar at the time, saw her during

304-480: The influence of the Miloslavsky party, led by her husband's mother and sister, and supported Likhachev. Her husband's relative Ivan Iljitj Miloslavskii exposed her to slander, which caused a conflict, and was punished by Feodor. Her sisters were married to princes and her cousins were raised in rank by Feodor. Agafya has been described as an angelic tsarina, merciful and loyal to Feodor and the public's welfare. She

323-432: The newly formed Tambov Metropolis. In 2024, the diocese included three cathedrals, 73 churches, two chapels, three monasteries and one seminary. Feodor III Feodor or Fyodor III Alekseyevich ( Russian : Фёдор III Алексеевич ; 9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was Tsar of all Russia from 1676 until his death in 1682. Despite poor health from childhood, he managed to pass reforms on improving meritocracy within

342-550: The severity of the penal laws was considerably mitigated. The Tsar founded the academy of sciences in the Zaikonospassky monastery , where competent professors were to teach everything not expressly forbidden by the Orthodox church – the syllabus included Slavonic , Greek , Latin and Polish . The Feodorean and the later Petrine reforms differed in that while the former were primarily, though not exclusively, for

361-469: Was the first to advocate beard-shaving and the adoption of Western clothes at the Russian court. She herself was the first tsarina to expose her hair and to wear a Western (Polish) dress. On 11 July 1681, the Tsarina gave birth to her son, Tsarevich Ilya Fyodorovich, the expected heir to the throne. Agafya died as a consequence of the childbirth three days later, on 14 July; and six days later, on 21 July,

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