Saint Michael of Chernigov or Mikhail Vsevolodovich was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty). He was grand prince of Kiev; and he was also prince of Pereyaslavl, of Novgorod-Seversk, of Chernigov, of Novgorod and of Halych.
He alleviated the tax burden of the Novgorodians and granted their boyars greater political freedom from the prince. He was the last autonomous senior prince of Kiev, where he was deposed not by a more powerful prince but by the invincible Mongols
On the eve of Mongol invasion, he was one of the most powerful princes in Rus'. He has been accused of ineffective leadership because he failed to unite the princes of Rus' against the invaders.
Mikhail was the first prince of the Olgovichi (the dynasty of Chernigov) to become a martyr according to the commonly understood meaning of the word: he underwent the penalty of death for persistence in his Christian faith. He and his boyar Fedor (Theodore) were tortured and beheaded by the Tatars.
They later became known as "The Passion-Sufferers of Chernigov" and "The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov".
The people of Rus' acknowledged Mikhail and Fedor as martyrs immediately after their deaths. Accordingly, their bodies were later entombed in a side-chapel dedicated to them (The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov) in the Holy Saviour Cathedral in Chernihiv.
When Chernihiv was occupied by the Poles in 1578, Ivan IV the Terrible had the relics of the two martyrs taken to Moscow, where they were placed in the cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel. In times of oppressions particularly, these martyrs have been regarded by the Russians as their special representatives before God
About 1210/1211 he married Elena Romanovna (or Maria Romanovna), a daughter of prince Roman Mstislavich of Halych and his wife, Predslava Rurikovna of Kiev. Their chilren were:
Feodula Mikhailovna (1212–1250); she became nun and adopted the religious name of Evfrosinia;
Duke Rostislav Mikhailovich of Mac(va (after 1210 / c. 1225 - 1262);
Maria Mikhailovna (? - December 7/9, 1271),[3] wife of Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich of Rostov;
Prince Roman Mikhailovich of Chernigov and Bryansk (c. 1218 - after 1288 / after 1305);
Prince Mstislav Mikhailovich of Karachev and Zvenigorod (1220–1280);
Prince Simeon Mikhailovich of Glukhov and Novosil;
Prince Yury Mikhailovich of Torusa and Bryansk.
He alleviated the tax burden of the Novgorodians and granted their boyars greater political freedom from the prince. He was the last autonomous senior prince of Kiev, where he was deposed not by a more powerful prince but by the invincible Mongols
On the eve of Mongol invasion, he was one of the most powerful princes in Rus'. He has been accused of ineffective leadership because he failed to unite the princes of Rus' against the invaders.
Mikhail was the first prince of the Olgovichi (the dynasty of Chernigov) to become a martyr according to the commonly understood meaning of the word: he underwent the penalty of death for persistence in his Christian faith. He and his boyar Fedor (Theodore) were tortured and beheaded by the Tatars.
They later became known as "The Passion-Sufferers of Chernigov" and "The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov".
The people of Rus' acknowledged Mikhail and Fedor as martyrs immediately after their deaths. Accordingly, their bodies were later entombed in a side-chapel dedicated to them (The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov) in the Holy Saviour Cathedral in Chernihiv.
When Chernihiv was occupied by the Poles in 1578, Ivan IV the Terrible had the relics of the two martyrs taken to Moscow, where they were placed in the cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel. In times of oppressions particularly, these martyrs have been regarded by the Russians as their special representatives before God
About 1210/1211 he married Elena Romanovna (or Maria Romanovna), a daughter of prince Roman Mstislavich of Halych and his wife, Predslava Rurikovna of Kiev. Their chilren were:
Feodula Mikhailovna (1212–1250); she became nun and adopted the religious name of Evfrosinia;
Duke Rostislav Mikhailovich of Mac(va (after 1210 / c. 1225 - 1262);
Maria Mikhailovna (? - December 7/9, 1271),[3] wife of Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich of Rostov;
Prince Roman Mikhailovich of Chernigov and Bryansk (c. 1218 - after 1288 / after 1305);
Prince Mstislav Mikhailovich of Karachev and Zvenigorod (1220–1280);
Prince Simeon Mikhailovich of Glukhov and Novosil;
Prince Yury Mikhailovich of Torusa and Bryansk.
Saint Michael of Chernigov or Mikhail Vsevolodovich was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty). He was grand prince of Kiev; and he was also prince of Pereyaslavl, of Novgorod-Seversk, of Chernigov, of Novgorod and of Halych.
He alleviated the tax burden of the Novgorodians and granted their boyars greater political freedom from the prince. He was the last autonomous senior prince of Kiev, where he was deposed not by a more powerful prince but by the invincible Mongols
On the eve of Mongol invasion, he was one of the most powerful princes in Rus'. He has been accused of ineffective leadership because he failed to unite the princes of Rus' against the invaders.
Mikhail was the first prince of the Olgovichi (the dynasty of Chernigov) to become a martyr according to the commonly understood meaning of the word: he underwent the penalty of death for persistence in his Christian faith. He and his boyar Fedor (Theodore) were tortured and beheaded by the Tatars.
They later became known as "The Passion-Sufferers of Chernigov" and "The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov".
The people of Rus' acknowledged Mikhail and Fedor as martyrs immediately after their deaths. Accordingly, their bodies were later entombed in a side-chapel dedicated to them (The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov) in the Holy Saviour Cathedral in Chernihiv.
When Chernihiv was occupied by the Poles in 1578, Ivan IV the Terrible had the relics of the two martyrs taken to Moscow, where they were placed in the cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel. In times of oppressions particularly, these martyrs have been regarded by the Russians as their special representatives before God
About 1210/1211 he married Elena Romanovna (or Maria Romanovna), a daughter of prince Roman Mstislavich of Halych and his wife, Predslava Rurikovna of Kiev. Their chilren were:
Feodula Mikhailovna (1212–1250); she became nun and adopted the religious name of Evfrosinia;
Duke Rostislav Mikhailovich of Mac(va (after 1210 / c. 1225 - 1262);
Maria Mikhailovna (? - December 7/9, 1271),[3] wife of Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich of Rostov;
Prince Roman Mikhailovich of Chernigov and Bryansk (c. 1218 - after 1288 / after 1305);
Prince Mstislav Mikhailovich of Karachev and Zvenigorod (1220–1280);
Prince Simeon Mikhailovich of Glukhov and Novosil;
Prince Yury Mikhailovich of Torusa and Bryansk.
He alleviated the tax burden of the Novgorodians and granted their boyars greater political freedom from the prince. He was the last autonomous senior prince of Kiev, where he was deposed not by a more powerful prince but by the invincible Mongols
On the eve of Mongol invasion, he was one of the most powerful princes in Rus'. He has been accused of ineffective leadership because he failed to unite the princes of Rus' against the invaders.
Mikhail was the first prince of the Olgovichi (the dynasty of Chernigov) to become a martyr according to the commonly understood meaning of the word: he underwent the penalty of death for persistence in his Christian faith. He and his boyar Fedor (Theodore) were tortured and beheaded by the Tatars.
They later became known as "The Passion-Sufferers of Chernigov" and "The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov".
The people of Rus' acknowledged Mikhail and Fedor as martyrs immediately after their deaths. Accordingly, their bodies were later entombed in a side-chapel dedicated to them (The Miracle-Workers of Chernigov) in the Holy Saviour Cathedral in Chernihiv.
When Chernihiv was occupied by the Poles in 1578, Ivan IV the Terrible had the relics of the two martyrs taken to Moscow, where they were placed in the cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel. In times of oppressions particularly, these martyrs have been regarded by the Russians as their special representatives before God
About 1210/1211 he married Elena Romanovna (or Maria Romanovna), a daughter of prince Roman Mstislavich of Halych and his wife, Predslava Rurikovna of Kiev. Their chilren were:
Feodula Mikhailovna (1212–1250); she became nun and adopted the religious name of Evfrosinia;
Duke Rostislav Mikhailovich of Mac(va (after 1210 / c. 1225 - 1262);
Maria Mikhailovna (? - December 7/9, 1271),[3] wife of Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich of Rostov;
Prince Roman Mikhailovich of Chernigov and Bryansk (c. 1218 - after 1288 / after 1305);
Prince Mstislav Mikhailovich of Karachev and Zvenigorod (1220–1280);
Prince Simeon Mikhailovich of Glukhov and Novosil;
Prince Yury Mikhailovich of Torusa and Bryansk.
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