Ieronim (Ponyatsky)

Ieronim Ponyatskiy (1749 – 4 (16) July 1802) was a Russian clergyman and monastic, an archimandrite and igumen of several Russian monasteries.

Ieronim came from a family of clergymen. He was educated at the Smolensk Spiritual Seminary, he then (according to some sources) graduated from the Slavic Greek Latin Academy, and began service as a hieromonk in the navy. In 1790–1792 he was a teacher in the Kiev Theological Academy.

From 1792 on he was the igumen of the Smolensk Holy Trinity Monastery; from 1794 on an archimandrite in the Pechersky Ascension Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod and the rector of the Nizhny Novgorod Spiritual Seminary; from January 17, 1799 on, he was an archimandrite in the New Jerusalem Monastery, where he eventually was buried. On the preserved cast-iron tombstone there are relief images and the inscription: "In this place was buried the body of the former igumen of this Stauropegial New Jerusalem Resurrection Monastery, Archimandrite Ieronim, who deceased in the Lord. This took place on 4 June 1802. He lived to be 52 years and 7 months old.

Translations from the German language

 * Guide to parents and caregivers, St. Petersburg, 1798.
 * Zollikofer: Reliable guidance to parents, educators and teachers for sensible Christian children's upbringing.
 * Harwood’s thoughts of the bliss of the pious, Moscow, 1783.

From the sermons of Ieronim were only published:
 * "On the day of the accession to the throne of Emperor Paul", St. Petersburg, 1797.
 * "On the occasion of the consecration of the Church of Mary Magdalene", (M., 1801).

Also published were his poems and speeches in honor of General-in-chief Fyodor Ivanovich Glebov, St. Petersburg, 1776.