Abstract
Our study represents a prosopographical reconstitution of Hieromonk Hierotheus, one of the personalities of the Moldavian Church in the 18th century, a spiritual son of Putna Monastery, who was called to the holy ministry towards the end of his life, shepherding the Bishopric of Huși for almost a decade. Born into an old family of Transylvanian Romanians, John Borș (the future Hierarch Hierotheus) was married in Dumbrăveni, Moldavia and had two children, Elijah and Anastasia. After the death of his wife in the 1730s, he was tonsured a monk at Putna Monastery, where he was abbot for a short time between 1742 and 1743. He was enthroned bishop of Huși in 1744, where he guided the faithful until the first part of 1752. He spent the last years of his life at Putna Monastery, where he was buried.
Keywords
Bishopric of Huși, eighteenth century, Hierotheus Borș - Bishop of Huși, Moldavia, Putna Monastery
