On Temporal Career of the Future Patriarch of Moscovy Ioakim Savelov
The article deals with the worldly career of Patriarch Ioakim Savelov, who was promoted to the rank of Captain in the Regiment of dismounted formation ("soldatskij stroij") commanded by Iurij Gutsov, just shortly before taking of monastic vows. This unit exactly formed the main force of the first Russian garrison in Kiev, where the future Patriarch left military service and became the lay brother of Mezhigorskij monastery