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	* [http://www.nlr.ru/eng/exib/CodexSinaiticus/porf.html Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) and his Collection]		* [http://www.nlr.ru/eng/exib/CodexSinaiticus/porf.html Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) and his Collection]
	* [http://drevo.pravbeseda.ru/index.php?id=9446 Открытая Православная Энциклопедия] ~~{{ru icon}}~~		* [http://drevo.pravbeseda.ru/index.php?id=9446 Открытая Православная Энциклопедия]
	* [http://palomnic.org/sz_sr/personalii/porfiri_uspenski/biogr/ Biography of Uspiensky] ~~{{ru icon}}~~		* [http://palomnic.org/sz_sr/personalii/porfiri_uspenski/biogr/ Biography of Uspiensky]
	* [http://www.bogoslov.ru/persons/45922/index.html Bogoslov] ~~{{ru icon}}~~		* [http://www.bogoslov.ru/persons/45922/index.html Bogoslov]
	* http://www.rulex.ru/01160490.htm ~~{{ru icon}}~~		* http://www.rulex.ru/01160490.htm

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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			* 1. "Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) and his Collection". National Library of Russia. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
			* 2. Uspensky brought to Russia manuscripts from Mount Athos (f.e. Codex Coislinianus), Sinai Peninsula (f.e. Uncial 080, 087) and Mar Saba.

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'''Bishop Porphyrius''' (Епископ Порфирий, secular name '''Konstantin Aleksandrovich Uspenski''', Константин Александрович Успенский; 8 September 1804 - 19 April 1885), was a [[Russia]]n traveller, theologian, [[Oriental studies|orientalist]], [[archaeologist]] and [[byzantinologist]], founder of the [[Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem]] and also discovered several ancient [[codex]]s. In latter year he was [[auxiliary bishop]] of [[Chyhyryn|Chigirin]].

==Life==
Konstantin Uspensky was born on 8 September 1804 in [[Kostroma]], [[Russian Empire]].[] He finished religious school in 1818 and four years after, he finished his studies at the Theological Seminary in Kostroma.[] In 1829, he finished studies at [[Saint Petersburg Theological Academy]].[] That same year, he became a priest[] and received the name of ''Porphyrius''.

In 1834, he became an [[archimandrite]] in [[Odessa]].[] It was in Odessa where he became interested in [[Oriental Orthodoxy]], learnt [[Modern Greek]] and [[Italian language|Italian]]. He travelled to [[Palestine]] in 1842 and became of the head of the newly established [[Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem]] in 1847, which he headed until 1854.[] In 1845 and 1846, he travelled to [[Mount Athos]] in [[Greece]] and [[Mount Sinai]] in [[Egypt]]. He saw the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] in [[Saint Catherine's Monastery]] in 1844 (one year after [[Constantin von Tischendorf]]'s first visit). After a visit to the monastery of [[Mar Saba]], he took the codex, which was later named after him ([[Uspenski Gospels]]), [[Codex Porphyrianus]], and he brought it together with others manuscripts to [[Russia]].[] Four pre-Iconoclast [[encaustic painting|encaustic icons]] brought by Uspensky from [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] are still preserved in [[Kiev]], Ukraine.

[[Image:Sinai litografia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|<center>Lithography of Saint Catherine's Monastery based on sketches made by Uspensky in 1857.</center>]]
In 1869, he received a doctor degree of Greek Philosophy. Uspensky died on 19 April 1885 and was buried in the [[Novospassky Monastery]] in Moscow.[]

==Works==
* ''Путешествие по Египту и в монастыри Святого Антония Великого и Преподобного Павла Фивейского'', в 1850 году. Petersburg, 1856.
* ''Путешествие по Египту и в монастыри Святого Антония Великого и Преподобного Павла Фивейского'', в 1850 году. СПб., 1856.
* 'Christian East: Egypt and Sinai' (Восток христианский: Египет и Синай), Petersburg, 1857.
* Мнение о синайской Библии (полемика с Тишендорфом, 1862). (About Codex Sinaiticus, polemic with Tischendorf).
* "Восток христианский. Абиссиния", in: "Труды Киевской Академии", 1866.
* 'History of Athos' (История Афона), Two volumes, 1871.
* Второе путешествие в афонские монастыри, (Москва, 1880).
* Дионисий Ареопагит и его творения, в: "Чтения Московского Общества Любителей Духовного Просвещения", 1885.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nlr.ru/eng/exib/CodexSinaiticus/porf.html Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) and his Collection]
* [http://drevo.pravbeseda.ru/index.php?id=9446 Открытая Православная Энциклопедия] {{ru icon}}
* [http://palomnic.org/sz_sr/personalii/porfiri_uspenski/biogr/ Biography of Uspiensky] {{ru icon}}
* [http://www.bogoslov.ru/persons/45922/index.html Bogoslov] {{ru icon}}
* http://www.rulex.ru/01160490.htm {{ru icon}}

==Bibliography==
* Порфирий Успенский, ''Первое путешествие в Синайский монастырь в 1845 году'', Petersburg 1856.
* А. Дмитриевский, ''Еп. Порфирий Успенский, как инициатор и организатор первой рус. дух. миссии в Иерусалиме'', Petersburg, 1906.
* А. Дмитриевский, ''Порфирий (Успенский) по поводу 100-летия со дня его рождения'', Petersburg, 1906.
* П. Сырку, ''Описание бумаг еп. Порфирия (Успенского), пожертвованных имп. акад. наук по завещанию'', Petersburg, 1891.

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[[Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians from Russia]]
[[Category:Russian byzantinists]]
[[Category:Book and manuscript collectors]]
[[Category:Russian bishops]]
[[Category:Russian theologians]]
[[Category:Holy Land travellers]]
[[Category:1804 births]]
[[Category:1885 deaths]]

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