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Iona Sysoyevich

c. 1607–1690 · 17th century · Also known as Jonah Sysoevich, Metropolitan Iona of Rostov

Iona Sysoyevich was Metropolitan of Rostov from 1652 until his death. He rebuilt the metropolitan's residence in Rostov as a walled ensemble of churches, palaces and towers, now known as the Rostov Kremlin, from the 1670s onwards. He also briefly administered the Russian Church during Patriarch Nikon's withdrawal from Moscow.

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Principality of Rostov

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