found: S.R. Petr Mogila, Mitropolit Kīevskīĭ, 1877: t.p. (Petr Mogila)
found: LC PreMARC file (hdg.: Petr, Metropolitan of Kiev, 1596-1647)
found: Kīevskīĭ mitropolit Petr Mogila i ego spodvizhniki, 1883-1898.
found: OCLC data base, 2-28-85 (OCLC no. 8203141 hdg.: Mogila, Petr, Metropolitan of Kiev, 1596-1646)
found: Ukr. rad. ent͡sykl.: v. 7, p. 60 (Mohyla, Petro Symeonovych (b. 12-31-1596 [01-10-1597] in Moldavii͡a, d. 01-01 [11] 1647 in Kyïv); political and church statesman of Ukraine; Mytropolyt Kyïvsʹkyĭ i Halyt͡sʹkyĭ (from 1632))
found: Russian Brockhaus: v. 23, p. 184 (Petr Mogila; kīevskīĭ mitropolit (1596-1647))
found: Ukraïnsʹkyĭ radi͡ansʹkyĭ ent͡syklopedychnyĭ slovnyk, 1967: v. 2, p. 520 (Mohyla, Petro Simeonovych, 1596-1646)
found: Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 3, p. 432-433 (Mohyla, Petro [Rumanian: Movilă, Petru], b. 01-10-1597 in Moldavia, d. 01-11-1647 in Kiev. Ukrainian metropolitan, noble, and cultural figure; son of Simeon, hospodar of Wallachia and Moldavia, and the Hungarian princess Margarita. After his father's murder in 1607, Mohyla and his mother sought refuge with magnate relatives in Western Ukraine. He eventually pursued higher education in theology at the Zamostia Academy and in Holland and France. After his military service was completed he received estates in the Kiev region and became interested in affairs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In 1627 he became an archimandrite of the Kievan Cave Monastery and successfully lobbied the Polish government to restore the legality of the Orthodox Church in the Polish Commonwealth. For his efforts Mohyla was nominated in Nov. 1632 as the Metropolitan of Kiev, and consecrated on 05-07-1633 in Lviv. As metropolitan, Mohyla improved the organizational structure of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, set strict dogmatic guidelines, reformed the monastic orders and enriched the theological canon. He gathered together a circle of scholars and cultural leaders known as the Mohyla Atheneum. Under Mohyla's guidance the Atheneum produced new editions of the Bible and the Lives of the Saints; elaborated a new catechism which was ratified in 1640; and issued an important work of dogma; plus many other religious works. In 1631 he established a school at the Kievan Cave Monastery which in 1632 merged with the Kiev Epiphany Brotherhood School to create a college, which eventually became the largest center of scholarship and education in Eastern Europe, the Kievan Mohyla Academy. Here Ukrainian printing flourished, particularly the Kievan Cave Monastery Press. Mohyla himself edited many liturgical publications there as well as bringing in the best scholars, master printers, and engravers to work at the press. He also donated a substantial portion of his personal fortune to the uncovering and restoration of medieval churches and other religious landmarks in Kiev. Mohyla established close cultural and educational ties with other Orthodox countries, particularly with his native Moldavia and Wallachia. He was instrumental in founding the first printing press in Romania as well as establishing a college in Iași. Upon his death Mohyla bequeathed most of his estate to the Mohyla College. He is buried in the Dormition Cathedral (destroyed in 1941) at the Kievan Cave Monastery)
found: Ševčenko, I. The many worlds of Peter Mohyla, c1985: t.p. (Peter Mohyla)
found: Orgelbrand. Encyl. Pow.: v. 10, p. 252 (Mohyła, Piotr; b. ca. 1646, d. 1647. Metropolita kijowski)
found: Orthodoxos homologia, 2001: cover (Petru Movilă) preface, p. x, etc. (Pierre Moghila)
Mohyla, Petro, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia, 1597-1647
