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Stoglav Synod
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The Stoglav Synod, also translated as the Hundred Chapter Synod or Council of a Hundred Chapters, was a church council held in Moscow in 1551, with the participation of Tsar Ivan IV, Metropolitan Maca
A portrait of Ivan IV, who requested the synod, in the Tsarsky titulyarnik
A portrait of Ivan IV, who requested the synod, in the Tsarsky titulyarnik
Services during the council were held in the Dormition Cathedral on the right, while working sessions were held in the Palace of Facets on the left.
Services during the council were held in the Dormition Cathedral on the right, while working sessions were held in the Palace of Facets on the left.
The title page of the Stoglav code developed at the synod
The title page of the Stoglav code developed at the synod
Ivan the Terrible
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Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 158
Stoglav Synod
…as the Hundred Chapter Synod or Council of a Hundred Chapters, was a church council (sobor) held in Moscow in 1551, with the participation of Tsar Ivan IV, Metropolitan Macarius (presiding), other higher clergymen, and possibly representatives of the Boyar Duma. It convened in January and February 1551…
Forensic facial reconstruction of Ivan IV by Mikhail Gerasimov, 1963
Forensic facial reconstruction of Ivan IV by Mikhail Gerasimov, 1963
16th-century portrait of Ivan by Hans Weigel
16th-century portrait of Ivan by Hans Weigel
Portrait of Ivan IV by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
Portrait of Ivan IV by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1897 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
The Oprichniki by Nikolai Nevrev (1888). The painting shows the last minutes of boyarin Feodorov, who was arrested for treason. To mock his alleged am
The Oprichniki by Nikolai Nevrev (1888). The painting shows the last minutes of boyarin Feodorov, who was arrested for treason. To mock his alleged ambitions on the tsar's title, the nobleman was given the tsar's regalia before his execution.