Philipp Kolychev was from a noble boyar family, and at the age of 30, he entered the Solovetsky Monastery, where he became an abbot, then gained a reputation as a righteous man and in 1566, Ivan the Terrible appointed him Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus, to be his support. However, the plan cracked when Philipp refused to bless the tsar, because he began committing atrocities. In conversations with the tsar, the metropolitan tried to reason with him, so Ivan started avoiding meetings. But Philipp did not give up and began writing letters, which the tsar, in anger, tore up and shouted that they were just empty papers, Filka's diplomas. Interestingly, these letters have not survived to our days because the Terrible destroyed them, but the metropolitan was a brave man, and thus he always spoke the truth to the tsar face to face, which other courtiers heard, and by their efforts, this story has passed through the centuries.