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Matvey’s reference is The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters (1692–1725) was a club founded by Peter I of Russia. The group included many of Peter's closest friends, and its activities centered mostly around drinking and revealing. The group was not without controversies; some of its parodies against the Church in particular were heavily criticized. Peter I of Russia had a large group of friends and followers. Some were childhood friends who had been with him throughout his stay at Preobrazhenskoe or before. Together, the "cohesive group" often wandered the countryside and interrupted noblemen, asking for food and shelter for the night. Known as the "Jolly Company'', it had anywhere from 80 to 200 members. In addition to the vast variety of food, games, and events at the parties the Jolly Company held, there were also substantial amounts of alcoholic beverages. In time, the Jolly Company held more and more parties within Moscow itself, often within the home of Franz Lefort. Lefort, however, had limited funds, and he could not often afford to host the Tsar. To assist Lefort, Peter first built Lefort a large dining hall, and when that grew to be too small, he built him a fully furnished stone mansion with a banquet hall that could hold 1,500 men. The hall would become "a kind of clubhouse" for the Jolly Company, even when Peter or Lefort was absent. The Jolly Company eventually formed a group known as The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters, which had a "Prince-Pope", a college of cardinals, bishops, archimandrites, priests, and deacons. Deacon Peter created several rituals, ceremonies, and commandments for the group, which involved primarily heavy drinking requirements, and was the leader of the group, despite his lowly title. The group ended up including every man of power within the Tsar's government, and even real clergymen as well.