Belarusian poet, dramatist, and cleric (1629–1680)
Symeon of Polotsk
Born
12 December 1629 Polotsk
Died
25 August 1680 (aged 50) Moscow
Resting place
Monastery of the Holy Mandylion
Occupation
Playwright, poet, theologian
Symeon (Simeon) of Polotsk or Symeon Polotsky (Russian: Симео́н По́лоцкий; born as Samuel Piotrowski-Sitnianowicz, Russian: Самуи́л Петро́вский-Ситнянович; December 12, 1629 – August 25, 1680) was an academically-trained Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener of Belarusian descent who came from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to the Tsardom of Russia.
Symeon (Simeon) ofPolotsk or Symeon Polotsky (Russian: Симео́н По́лоцкий; born as Samuel Piotrowski-Sitnianowicz, Russian: Самуи́л Петро́вский-Ситнянович;...
administrative center ofPolotsk District. Polotsk is served by Polotsk Airport and Borovitsy air base. As of 2024, it has a population of 79,579. The Old East...
1471–1475 and 1482–1486 Simeon Bekbulatovich, de jure Tsar of Russia (1575–1576) SymeonofPolotsk (1629–1680), Russian poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener...
scholars the Likhuds supported the latter. Their opponents included SymeonofPolotsk and Sylvester Medvedev. In 1688 the elder brother was sent on a diplomatic...
synod were Paisius of Alexandria, and Macarius III of Antioch. SymeonofPolotsk was one of the key theologians preparing the documents of the synod. According...
Sheptytsky – Confessor of the Faith Emellia Prokopik -- a nun of the Catholic Church in Ukraine, and former Superior General. SymeonofPolotsk – poet, dramatist...
collaborator of Alexander Herzen on Kolokol, a newspaper printed in England and smuggled into Russia Yakov Polonsky, leading Pushkinist poet SymeonofPolotsk, academically...
Thomas Blood, thief of the English Crown Jewels (b. 1618) August 25 – SymeonofPolotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (b. 1629) August 27 – Joan Cererols...
Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1681) December 12 – SymeonofPolotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (d. 1680) December...
more influential works internationally, translated into Russian by SymeonofPolotsk and into Romanian, German, Lithuanian, Czech, and Slovak.: 188 His...
Thomas Blood, thief of the English Crown Jewels (b. 1618) August 25 – SymeonofPolotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (b. 1629) August 27 – Joan Cererols...
Baynham Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet, English Member of Parliament (d. 1681) December 12 – SymeonofPolotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (d. 1680) December...
namesake saints were different. Among the Tsarevich's teachers was SymeonofPolotsk, who taught Alexei Latin and Polish; the prince also studied Slavic...
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (born 1647), English poet, courtier and rake (see "Works", above) August 25 – SymeonofPolotsk (born 1629), Belarusian-Russian...
central region of the Exarchate was transformed into the Archeparchy of Kyiv. Since the "Synod ofPolotsk" in 1838, Kyiv had been deprived of its own see...
Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Simeon served as the Bishop ofPolotsk before being elected as the metropolitan bishop by the council of bishops...
Principality ofPolotsk. In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was a seat of the Tyszkiewicz family. In the 12th century it became the centre of its own duchy...
Symeon II. Symeon II of Jerusalem (c. 1080–1099) sent a letter with Adhemar of Le Puy from Antioch to the Western church describing the progress of the...
horses. Bohemond lands at the port of St. Symeon early in October and is welcomed at Antioch. February 18 – Battle of Chlumec: Duke Soběslav I defeats a...