Filaret, Vasily Drosdov

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Philaret, Vasily Drosdov - 1782?–1867, Russian prelate, author, and preacher. He became archbishop of Tver and a member of the holy synod in 1819 and metropolitan of Moscow in 1826. He long urged the abolition of serfdom ...