Metropolitan Palladius (secular name Pavel Ivanovich Rayev, , at birth his surname was Pisarev, ; , village Peshalan, Arzamas county, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate – , St. Petersburg) was bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; 18 October 1892 until his death he served as Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, the first member of the Most Holy Synod. Biography He was born into the family of the priest of the village of Peshelan of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese; studied at the Nizhny Novgorod Theological School and Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary (1848). In 1852 he graduated from the Kazan Theological Academy with a master's degree in theology and was appointed a teacher of logic and psychology to the Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary, and a teacher of the Tatar language. On 15 August 1856, he was ordained a priest to the church of the intercession of Nizhny Novgorod (not preserved). In 1860, he was a widower, left with his children; 15 January 1861 took monastic vows with the name of Palladium in honor of the Monk Palladius, the desert of Antioch; 18 February 1862, was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Since 28 August 1863 – Inspector of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary; from 2 December 1864 – rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. 18 December 1866 Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Isidore (Nikolsky) in the cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra khirotonisan in the bishop of Ladoga, the first vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese. From 15 July 1869 – Bishop of Vologda and Ustyug. Wanting to see the bell tower of St. Sophia Cathedral of Vologda, the most majestic and high in the diocese, pointed out to build a new cathedral bell tower on the site of the bell tower of the middle of the 17th century. From 13 June 1873, Bishop Tambovsky and Shatsky. Since 9 September 1876 – the Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk. 12 April 1881 was elevated to the rank of archbishop. Since 21 August 1882 – Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsky. In 1886, he founded Tsarevo-Kokshaiski Bogorodichno-Sergievsky female Cheremis monastery. Since 29 September 1887 – Archbishop Kartalinsky and Kakheti, Exarch of Georgia. In 1888 he was awarded a Diamond Cross for wearing on a klobuk. The highest rescript of 18 October 1892 was appointed "to the pulpit of the reigning city of St. Petersburg, with the elevation to the rank of Metropolitan and the title of