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Joasaf II
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the sixth patriarch of Russia, was raised to that dignity December 29, 1667. He assembled, in the first year of his patriarchate, a council to anathematize the sectaries; at this council were present Paisi, the patriarch of Alexandria and Macarius of Antioch; its principal motions are inscribed in the Slorngebuik, or missal of 1668. There are extant of his works, a pastoral letter (1668): — another directed to the sectaries, entitled Gezl Pravlenia (reprinted in 1753): — an Instruction on the Manner of Painting the Images (1668): — and another on The Manner of Behaving One's Self at the Church (reprinted at Moscow in 1786). He died February 17, 1672. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Joasaf II'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/j/joasaf-ii.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Joasaf II'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/j/joasaf-ii.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
