Fyodor Rtishchev

Feodor Mikhailovich Rtishchev (Russian: Фёдор Миха́йлович Рти́щев; April 16, 1625,[1] Chekalinsky uyezd – July 1, 1673, Moscow) was a boyar and an intimate friend of Alexis I of Russia who was renowned for his piety and alms-deeds.

[citation needed] It is thought that it was Rtischev who instigated the revision of service-books which led to the Great Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church.

[citation needed] During the great famine in Vologda (1650), Rtischev sold much of his property, including clothes and house utensils, in order to raise funds for the famine-stricken city.

[3] Remembered as the earliest patron of Russian education, Rtischev founded one of the first schools in Moscow, where he invited Epiphanius Slavinetsky to instruct the students in Greek language.

Eudoxia was chosen by Natalia Naryshkina as the first Tsarina for her son Peter I of Russia due to her relation to Fyodor.