On the history of sermons and writings of Innocent, Archbishop of Kherson

Contents of Novitsky's Letter 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 Letters of Archimandrite John From a number of materials for the biography of Innocent, we bring to the attention of readers letters to him by F.A. Golubinsky, John (Sokolov), Bishop of Smolensk and Archpriests I.S. Kochetova, G.I. Pavsky and Feofil Novitsky (brother of the famous Kyiv professor-philosopher Orest Novitsky), introducing the progress of Innocent's scientific work and the difficulties with which he had to fight when publishing his works. We are publishing these letters without abbreviations, in full, by the way, and because at least the first four - Golubinsky, Ioann, Kochetov and Pavsky - themselves belong to the number of remarkable Russian historical figures. In the era to which these letters belong, these were the main representatives of theological scholarship in Russia, luminaries of spiritual science, who enjoyed loud and well-deserved fame not only in Russia, but more or less beyond its borders. F. Golubinsky, professor and doctor of philosophy at the Moscow Theological Academy. An acquaintance of Schelling and Hegel, if not the creator, then the main representative of Christian, strictly scientific philosophy in Russia, Golubinsky stood at the head of the scientific corporation of this academy, which flourished and became famous, under the auspices of its direct leadership, by the scientific life of the ever-memorable Metropolitan Philaret. Living and working exclusively for the audience, Golubinsky left behind almost no published works. Only a few years ago his lectures on speculative theology were published, and at present, his wonderful lectures on philosophy, in good notes from his listeners, are published in the Moscow spiritual magazine: “Readings in the Moscow Society of Lovers of Spiritual Enlightenment.” John Sokolov, who died in the early seventies in the rank of bishop of Smolensk, a student and admirer of Golubinsky, the chosen one and tonsure of Metropolitan Philaret, became known as one of the first-class Russian theologians even when he was a bachelor of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy (in the department of church law), where he was later a professor and inspector (from 1841–1856), and later and rector, sharing the glory of learning with Macarius Bulgakov, author of the famous system of dogmatic theology, later Metropolitan of Moscow. A Muscovite by birth, a graduate of the Moscow Academy, all his life he breathed the patriotic atmosphere of his native Moscow and the beneficial trends of S.T. Aksakova. With depth of thought and remarkable competence in the field of his canonical specialty, he combined remarkable talent and rare journalistic talent. The fruit of his scholarship is his two-volume “experience of a course in church jurisprudence” and a number of canonical articles that glorified the “Orthodox Interlocutor”, which was edited by him when he was the rector of the Kazan Theological Academy. The fruit of his journalistic talent are his sermons, which were reprinted from the “Orthodox Interlocutor” entirely by secular newspapers and magazines, and read throughout Russia. Along with the originality and originality of the content, these sermons were an innovation both in presentation and manner of speech; he created, one might say, a completely new type of journalistic preaching in our preaching literature. Of his sermons, only a part was published in a separate book in Smolensk, the rest in the “Orthodox Interlocutor” and “Christian Reading”. Archpriest I.S. Kochetov, Doctor of Theology, is one of the few representatives of this highest academic rank in the white clergy in general, and at one time, one of three (the second was Bazhanov, the third Nevsky; the fourth in time was M.I. Bogoslovsky, made a doctor much later), for a long time stood at the head of the clergy of the northern capital, respected and revered by all for his deep mind, open and noble character, well known to both society and the entire population of the capital, thanks to the extreme versatility and breadth of its activities. Rector of the populous metropolitan theological school, rector of the cathedral, professor of the theological academy, teacher of the law at Lyceum 1, member of the spiritual censorship committee, ordinary academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, member of the consistory, member of the guardianship for the poor of the ecclesiastical rank, teacher of the law at the Tsarskoe Selo school for maidens of the clergy, member of many committees and commissions, and finally, one of the main editors of the magazine “Christian Reading” and the author of two learned works on theology, which earned him a doctorate - he was everywhere with his energy. They said about him that this amazing man was at home and belonged to the family only during dinner and sleep (which, however, did not stop him from giving all his children an excellent education - the eldest of his sons is a famous emeritus professor at Kharkov University). His life and work are depicted in his biography compiled by Archpriest M.F. Arkhangelsk. In relation to Innocent, this was one of his few friends and sincere supporters in difficult times for him, who remained faithful to him throughout his life. Archpriest G.P. Pavsky, the fourth of the four, a famous Hebraist and linguist, is depicted in our detailed biography of him, published in Russian Antiquity for 1880. When reading his letters to Innocent, it should be borne in mind that they were already written at the time when the matter of his translation of the Old Testament into Russian was completed - a matter in which Innocent not only did not support his former friend and colleague, but also openly spoke out against him. Warsaw Archpriest F. Nowitsky, whose letters also contain information related to the history of Innokenty's scientific works, was his friend at the Kyiv Academy. From Novitsky’s letters it is clear with what difficulties the writing of his works itself was associated; He had to look for the most necessary works for him, now in Warsaw, now in Moscow, now in St. Petersburg! We place the letters themselves, if possible, in chronological order. No matter how desirable it was for me, in accordance with your request, to forward to you a copy of the criticism that appeared in Warsaw on the famous work of the Right Reverend Metropolitan Philaret, I did not dare to send it to you by mail, because it is subject to prohibition not only in the Kingdom of Poland, but also in the Russian Empire. In order, however, to give you at least some information about it, I hasten to say that the aforementioned criticism was published in Warsaw in 1831, in Polish, without permission from censorship, without indicating the place of printing and printing house, and also without the name of the publisher of the translation, under the title: Zgodnośc i roźeśc mizdzy Wsehodnim i Zachodnim Kościolem, czyli pomyst lus potasczenin odstepnes Cerkwi Greckeij z Kościolem Rzymsko-Katolickim. Dzielo losefa Hermanna Scmidta Kapelana w Pohr przy Aschafenburga po Niemezka pisane, a pirez Fryderyba Schlegela wydane, przetozone zás i przeksztatane po polsky przez Franciszka Siarczyhskiego, kanonika Warszawskiego, Warminskiego, Przemyst. Prowaszska laroslawskiego, a nad ksiegozbierem imienia Opolinskich we Pwonie Pizelozienego, a nad ksiegozbierem. imienia Opolinskich we Pwonie Pvzelozienego, z ruznemi waznemi iego dodatkami widawcy, in the 8th part of the sheet, on XXIX and 533 pages. The main purpose for which this book was printed first in German, and then, in large volume, in Polish, is so that Christians professing the Greek faith, especially the sons of the Greek-Russian church, are convinced of the truth of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and attract them to unite with this latter; therefore, to seduce them from the Orthodoxy of the Eastern Church. This goal was combined with the special intention of the Polish translator and Polish publisher of the book, in the eyes of the Poles, to elevate the Roman Church and humiliate the Greek-Russian with suggestions incongruous with its merits, through the publication of such opinions and judgments as those of the same translator and publisher; together or separately, contrary to religious tolerance and political relations of the Kingdom of Poland to the Russian Empire: 1). they insult the Orthodox Greek-Russian Church and its faith, explaining that this church: a) is only the Photius sect, and therefore, instead of the Eastern one, it should be much more correctly called the schismatic Greek-Russian Church; c) bases the teaching of his faith on the helmsman’s book, calling it inspired; c) he confuses the dogmas of faith with church rules, teaching what neither the Nicene, nor the Constantinople, nor other councils below decreed or recognized, and d) that the religion of this church, which has no spiritual life, is established only on appearance and does not penetrate the hearts of the Russians, who are therefore in constant indignation against that power, from whose obedience they have voluntarily rejected (i.e. papal). 2) In order to exalt the power of the pope, they humiliate or misrepresent the dignity and action of royal power in Russia and in other states in which the Roman Catholic confession is not dominant; attributing to this power various arbitrary powers regarding the management of the church, and even tyranny. 3) They blame either the clergy of the Greek and Russian churches, attributing to them gross ignorance and insane superstition, then the secular writers of the same faith, calling them seekers of books for deception, then, finally, the Russian people in general, presenting them as blind and stubborn. Especially, the nameless publisher of the translation, indignant at the Right Reverend Metropolitan Philaret, for the conversations he composed about the Orthodoxy of the Greek-Eastern Church, contrary to the decency observed by educated writers, insults him with censures, calling him an unscrupulous person, a nit-picker, a distorter of arguments, and sometimes carried away by passions and prejudices alone. However, if your Reverence, for complete information, wishes to have the aforementioned criticism in the original, then would you be willing, through the mediation of His Eminence Metropolitan Eugene, to communicate on this subject with the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, to whom, as well as the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Public Education, such criticism was communicated last year, in three copies; later, after Mr. Krasovsky’s return to St. Petersburg, you can receive an analysis of this book, made by us, by order of his lordship. With this duty, I submit to express to you, Most Reverend Father Rector, my most sensitive gratitude for inviting me to be a correspondent of the Kyiv Academy. No matter how burdened I am in my current position, with official duties and special assignments, but accepting such an offer for your high attention, I hasten to express my full consent, in the hope of justifying in this case, through my feasible efforts, both your trust in me and my gratitude to the place to which I owe all my well-being. With a feeling of true respect, Warsaw Archpriest February 14, 1834. G. Warsaw. With all the searches I made, we did not have the book V. P. required. Judging by the content, which they deigned to point out in their review, which was so flattering for me, I have reason to think that this should be the work of Mr. Matsievsky, under the title: history of the primitive Christian church among the Slavs, recently translated into Russian. Believing that you do not yet have such a book by V. P., I made it my duty to forward you, gracious archpastor, one copy of it, for the necessary consideration. At the same time, I also hasten to convey a special little book that I received the other day, in which, by the way, on page 56, there is criticism of the aforementioned work of Mr. Matsievsky. Our poor historiographer! For clarifying the truth, he must now be subjected to the malice of his fellow believers. The publication prepared by V. P of the translation of our liturgy into Polish will, without a doubt, bring significant benefits, especially in this region, where many, due to frivolity and fanaticism, and most due to lack of understanding of the sacred rites of our church, have hitherto become stagnant in stubborn opposition to Orthodoxy. The thought of this subject has occupied us for a long time; but, knowing more closely the spirit of the people and then observing the course of local circumstances, we did not dare to discover it ourselves, so as not to give rise to the unraveling of our aspiration, hitherto covered by the appearance of tolerance and mutual friendship. Now heavenly providence, as if accelerating the development of this plan, among the Gentiles itself, showed us a new mediator, similar to the one we previously acquired in the person of Mr. Matsievsky. One Polish lady, known to us for her well-intentioned nature, recently translated into Polish the liturgy, actually the hierarchical one, set forth by Muravyov, in order to enlighten her fellow citizens, and is preparing it for publication. Thus, we are on the sidelines, but things are going well! It seems to me that this experience of the zeal and determination of the noble Polish woman should not remain without success, for her voice, as one of the same earth, is more likely to shake the soul of a Pole than the convictions of an outsider Slav. As soon as this work comes out of print, I will hasten to communicate it to V. P-vu, in the confidence that you, gracious archpastor, will not leave us with your translation. Our former comrade Mr. Popov, known at the academy as Korachago, who is now in charge of the affairs of the Greek-Uniate churches in the government commission, is also interested in this creation. Ustryalov’s essay on the Principality of Lithuania, which was given to me by V. P., will be provided by me in a Polish translation in a short time. I should have done this a long time ago, but with my numerous and varied activities, I have not yet been able to fulfill this promise. Cathedral Archpriest Theophilus Novitsky Oct. 31 days 1840 Warsaw. I charge myself with a pleasant duty to congratulate your Reverence on receiving the royal favor and express to you my sincere desire that the small cross of St. Vladimir, with which your chest is now decorated, will soon be transformed into a large one and multiply the decoration of your worthy chest with a brilliant star. I do not consider it necessary to write to you how much those who know and respect you are delighted by this undoubted proof of the merciful, or better yet, fair attention of the Holy Synod to you, and the favor of the august monarch. I think that many have already written to you a lot about this. The same kindness that was shown to your reverence was expected by Father Polycarp, who had become outdated in the rector’s professorial chair; but God put it on the Tsar’s heart to write him another favor - to decorate the Annensky Cross with his imperial crown. The same thing happened with the rulers of Irkutsk and Novocherkassk, they were waiting for the Vladimir crosses with stars - they received crowns for the Annen crosses. My unworthiness had a similar experience: they cut a hat and a crown came out. For everything, thank God! For the copies of Passion Week, I offer your Reverence my most ardent gratitude. I pray to God that He will grant you, by His grace, to strive more and more in preaching His word, for the consolation and edification of those who hear and read your teachings. Of the four copies, yesterday I handed one to Stefan Karpovich Sabinin 2 - one of those who respect your talents. “He came the day before to see St. Petersburg and receive the grace of the archpriest.” I won't have the other three. There are a lot of hunters reading your writings. I thank you very much for the honor you did me by inviting Russian preachers to participate in the publication undertaken by your academy. This work promises a lot of benefits, and will earn a lot of gratitude from lovers of church eloquence, especially Russian, and does a lot of honor to your academy. I am diligently ready to serve this publication in any way I can, that is, by delivering materials, of which I have quite a lot. Now I am sending you thirty-six sermons, printed from one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five to 1762. This is a good supply for the first volume of your proposed publication. And I am not short of materials for other volumes. But I can’t serve you with anything other than materials. In order not to send you anything unnecessary and inconsistent with your assumptions, for this purpose it is advisable for me to have a plan for your work. At the request of your Reverence, I am sending the features of the active teaching of the faith in two copies - as many as happened at home. During the holidays I intend to review this little book and make a new edition. The second edition is almost all sold out. I have all the student experiences of all three theological academies; The only thing missing is the latest experiences of your academy. I bothered many because of them; but all in vain. I decide to make one last attempt, to disturb your Reverence; maybe I won’t be successful. May 25th, 1835. St. Petersburg. It is my pleasant duty to congratulate your Reverence on your new honorary title, which, by all rights, has long belonged to you. – Yesterday, the Imperial Russian Academy, having accepted in full respect your excellent merits in the field of Russian literature, by the unanimous consent of all the members present, elected you to be one of its actual members. I am very pleased to congratulate you on this new honor before you receive a diploma for it, according to the form. P.S. I bring my gratitude to your reverence for the experiments you sent to your academy, about which I troubled you with my most humble request. Don’t attribute it to my impoliteness that I thank you so late. I am not at all to blame for this. The package was addressed to the Petropavlovsk schools 3; it was accepted and printed by the inspector; I kept the books for a long time, then donated them to the school library. And I only found out about this the other day, when the inspector asked me what to do with the experiments of the Kyiv Academy, which were sent without any paper? I ordered them to be brought to me, guessing that they belonged not to the school library, but to my library, unless I was mistaken in my guess. We don't have any news yet. The fate of those who studied at the academy and, according to rumors, some students, has not yet been decided by the commission of theological schools. A decision is expected soon. Our censorship committee suffered a lot under you; but now much more. Sometimes they only reprimanded him; and now, as we hear, the censors will have to pay for the costs of publication. After this, God save us from censorship as from soldiery. I thank you most earnestly for the “holidays”, for “Bright Week” and for the sermons of Fr. Averkiya. I’m afraid to talk about the inner dignity of these gifts, so as not to seem like a flatterer; although it is difficult not to talk about what the mind and heart admire. “Bright Week” is as bright as a diamond. A diamond is valuable even without praise. May the Lord God, by His grace, grant you to invest many, many such diamonds into the treasury of the church; and according to His goodness, may He reward you a hundredfold for your diligent labors in the edification of souls and hearts zealous for piety, for your apostolic labors, may He invest you with apostolic power in His church. Reading your writings, I often imagined with sorrow in my heart your poor health; but at the same time, I am comforted in spirit by seeing how the power of God is made perfect in your weaknesses. ABOUT! May it last for a long, long time in these weaknesses! Let the outer man decay; he was created for decay; If only the inner one was so brightly renewed all the days. It is not a little consolation to see how different the outer man is, thicker and thicker in all his relations; and under this thickness it is impossible to notice even traces of the spiritual life of Christ. But I started talking; forgive the indiscretion of language. Your Reverence is asking what you should do so as not to be a useless member of the Russian Academy? My answer to this is simple and short; be present in it more often - in absentia, that is, send it some of your works and translations. She accepts with gratitude everything that relates to the Russian language, Russian literature and everything that is written in good Russian, and in a good spirit; He prints all this and rewards those who worked for everything. Moreover, the Academy would be very pleased to receive a copy of all works and translations. V. For this she will send you her works. By order of V. c., in this mail I sent to the board of your academy 5 copies of the “active teaching of the faith” and 10 copies of the “outline of Christian duties”. Order them to send 45 rubles for these. I only received the “Outline of Duties” from the printing house yesterday. With the new edition, some corrections and additions have been made, that is, several new patches have been sewn to the old caftan: is it not an update? Books of “duties” 4 I sent 8 more copies addressed to V. c., - two bound and six copies in paper, which I humbly ask you to hand over to the addresses; I ask you to use unaddressed copies at your discretion. I wish your “Vertograd” 5 to grow quickly and bear much fruit. Grow and multiply, fill the baptized world with your useful and pleasant works. And somehow we have a bad harvest for everything. Our news: the third day was the consecration of Fr. Archimandrite Nil (Isakovich) as Bishop of Vyatka; today the funeral service was held for Pavel Vasilyevich Krinitsky 6; Ten days before this, the funeral service for Stefan Ivan was performed. Raynovsky 7; at the end of October our academy lost three experienced mentors: K.I. Delectorsky, F.F. Sidonsky and Ya.Ya. Predtechensky 8; I feel sorry for these young people, especially since the dismissals from these academies were out of the blue. The opening of four new vicariates is expected in the next few days. December 11, 1835 St. Petersburg. It is my most pleasant duty to congratulate your Eminence on the all-joyful holiday of the Resurrection of Christ, and with all my heart wish you to spend it in complete joy of spirit and in bright joy of heart. You and the entire Kiev Metropolis have great reason for joy and joy on this holiday. On the day of the Resurrection of Christ, the Sovereign Emperor bestowed a new father on your orphaned metropolis, a true father; Instead of a red egg, the Monarch granted a white hood to His Eminence Philaret, with a rescript for the Kyiv metropolitanate. And so I have the honor to congratulate Your Eminence and the entire Kyiv flock on the new archpastor - with such a one as one could wish for and ask from God, as great and rich mercies. You prophesied it. Once again God, through the mouth of the high priest, pronounced His will. What did I say - again? The laws of God's Providence are unchangeable. The circumstances of the church change, and with that, that which can be changed without any change in the very essence of the subject changes. You can change: a miter for a miter, a golden shield for an icon, a breastplate for an omophorion, an efud for a sakkos; but the bishop is all the bishop; and was, and is, and will be, an interpreter of God’s destinies, an instrument of Providence. I believe so, I even see so in many experiences, to which I include the present one. The one whom the voice of the people appointed for the new one was appointed to the ancient capital: this means that the voice of the people is not always the voice of God. However, I dare not say this decisively. The royal heart is in the hand of God. What God puts on his heart, the king’s right hand writes. Novgorod is older than Kyiv; he also takes precedence in the Holy Synod; it can happen..., but I started talking and forgot the proverb: what is above us is not up to us. His Eminence of Moscow became somewhat unwell on the holiday and did not accept congratulations. Probably, from strict fasting his bodily strength was exhausted and could not withstand the excess of spiritual joy. The Right Reverend of Tver was healed of his eye disease and already served on the holiday. It was better for the local oculists to decide: he should be without his left eye; and the merchant Oreshnikov canceled their decision; and left him with both eyes. However, the oculists are right and Oreshnikov is not to blame. If they continued to treat the Eminence according to their method, his eye would certainly burst. Oreshnikov treated him with simple means known to him alone, and the bishop’s eye remained intact. It is a pity that the government does not buy such a useful secret from this merchant, who has already protected many hundreds of people from complete blindness. In asking for your holy blessing on myself and my entire family, I have the honor to be, as I always have been, with sincere high veneration and complete devotion. April 19, 1837. St. Petersburg. P.S. On the second day of the holiday, I congratulate you on the holiday: guilty, but guilty with intention; I wanted to combine two congratulations into one. That it is late for me to have the honor to respond to your Eminence’s last letter is due to two reasons: I hoped to have the pleasure of bringing both congratulations and gratitude to your Eminence, but I did not have the chance to congratulate you, and so far there has been no opportunity to thank you. I hoped to congratulate you on your new flock. Your name was among the candidates for the Oryol diocese, and some said it was true that you should be archpastor in your homeland. But the election fell on the senior officer. It's nice to visit and stay in your homeland. But is it pleasant to rule your homeland, where there are many relatives and friends? And therefore I do not dare express my regret that your Eminence is not assigned to be in your homeland. I was preparing to express gratitude to your Eminence for the new book you promised, “The First Week of Great Lent”; but the bookseller, from whom you allowed me to expect this book, has not yet fulfilled your instructions entrusted to him, and thus deprives me of two consolations - both to read the book and to thank its author. I don’t know who this bookseller is; otherwise I would have gone to him myself and received from him both the “First Week” and the “Bright Week” that he had not previously delivered, a new edition, and would have accused him of a double fault. Lovers of spiritual Orthodox education are looking forward to your “Collection of the Church Fathers” with great impatience. I know that this work is much less than your strength. But I think that in some cases, you encounter obstacles that are quite caring and worrying. If someone else had been engaged in this work, then of course the Holy Synod would have given him detailed instructions for management. But on the enlightenment and prudence of your Eminence, you can calmly rest all foresight. However, I am sure that you have drawn up a plan for your collection according to which our pious and Orthodox public will, for their edification, read in it the teaching of the church fathers, which is together the teaching of the entire church, which is accepted, defined and approved by it; and you will not find in it opinions that belong to one or another father, and not to the church - only to this or that century, or the spirit of the time, and not part of the eternal, unchanging truths. Your goal, of course, is not the curiosity of the mind, but the edification of the heart, not learning, but decorum, not foreigners, but Russians. But I'm guilty, I'm guilty. I started talking, chattering; generously forgive my immodest talkativeness and graciously send your archpastoral blessing. July 17, 1840. St. Petersburg. P.S. Recently, Alexey Ivanovich Voitsekhovich went to the hungry provinces to look into the poverty of the clergy, according to the reports of the Eminences. I have the pleasant duty to congratulate your Eminence on the upcoming holiday of the blessed Resurrection of Christ. I most earnestly wish that He who gladdened heaven and earth with His resurrection will fill your heart with spiritual joy to the point of overflowing. I also have the honor to congratulate Your Eminence on your safe arrival to your new flock. I consider it unnecessary to wish that your new flock will love you with the most sincere love; she has probably already met your Eminence with all the signs of sincere respect, unfeigned devotion and with truly childish, unfeigned love; and she betrayed her whole soul into her hands - into the will of her archpastor. Simple-hearted sincerity is a distinctive feature in the spirit of my region. I wish that the favorable climate of this country will strengthen the bodily strength of your Eminence and that the grace of God will enable you to fight more and more in good deeds for the benefit of St. church, in the affirmation of the Orthodox faith. I bring to your Eminence my sincere gratitude for your gracious attention to my little books. I sent the 30 copies of the Inscription of Christian Duties you requested with this mail to your Eminence. Price on the wrapper; no postage required. To these I added a copy of another book: features of the active teaching of the faith, which I humbly ask your Eminence to deign to have your gracious attention. Both books are presented in an updated form and in a new edition. Both contain many amendments, changes and additions, which is why the volume of books has increased significantly compared to previous editions. The outline of responsibilities soon spreads across secular educational institutions. But the book: features of the active teaching of faith, requires all my care for its sale. During the first publication of it, good rulers helped me a lot, who recommended it to their flocks and some supplied it to the libraries of the most sufficient churches. I do not despair of such mercy even now, and now even more so since there are already 19 disciples among the rulers. Perhaps they won’t forget the old mentor. I hope that your Eminence will not abandon your mercy, due to your constant goodwill towards me. “The Last Days of the Earthly Life of I. Christ” is considered by Andrei Ivanovich Raikovsky, to whom I informed what your Eminence wrote to me about this manuscript. He promised not to delay the pass and wanted to write to you himself about whatever he found necessary. The confession of I. Damascene returns. It is recognized as not Orthodox; yes oh. It seems to the rector that your Eminence not only did not translate, but also did not read this translation. He wants to write to you about it. Doubtful places are marked with dashes. However, I still don’t know how to get acquainted with our current Orthodoxy. Bless with your holy blessing the one who has the honor to be with sincere veneration and perfect devotion. April 1, 1842. St. Petersburg. Golgotha, for which the reading public has been eagerly awaiting its appearance for so long, - Golgotha, for which, as for a reference book, many, who enthusiastically respect its author, have prepared special, rich tables, come up with beautiful bindings, - Golgotha, for which even strict connoisseurs of literary works predict many publications in a short time, - Golgotha, which has been submitted to the court of a well-intentioned, benevolent judge, full of sincere respect for its author, who zealously desires to hear those loud praises that should accompany its appearance in an educated public - Golgotha, with pure zeal looked at and revised many times, carefully and attentively read and re-read, now with one glance at its grace, with one surprise at its beauty, now with strict attention to its spirit, with a careful comparison of it with the strict and special spirit of the present time, which boldly puts the stigma of heresy on everyone and everything. not Orthodoxy, then with a desire to promote the loud glory of the author, then with an anxious fear for the excellent reputation of the beginning. and for other unkind consequences that cannot but be foreseen - this Golgotha, for its own safety and to prevent any unkind rumors and misunderstandings, noise, din and anxiety, will soon return to its office. This is not according to the judge’s verdict alone, but also in the opinion of everyone who sincerely respects its author, even on the heartfelt advice of the bishop, to whom it was written more than once about it and who, having listened to the judge’s comments, verified the accuracy of their own consideration. He wanted to write about it in his spare time. When two or three witnesses have spoken, every word will become. Every time has its own spirit and every spirit has its own time. In the world it is sometimes good, sometimes in respect, in fashion and in fashion, which is in accordance with the spirit of the present time. In order for Golgotha, at the present time, to appear in glory in the light, for this, in my opinion, it is necessary to remove from it all the flowers, bushes and shrubs that were transferred to it from modern Europe, and with which it is all covered; and in their place, transfer plants and trees from ancient Christian Greece, which bloom well and are rich in fruits. Covered with them, it seems to me that she would appear to the light in grandeur, surprising and arousing sacred awe. In this form, she would not be afraid of the inconsistencies of the rotary light; and glory, as if chained, would stand with her like a consonant trumpet for a long, long time! Forgive me generously that I spoke with such frankness. Sincerity is talkative even to the point of chatter; zeal is not bound by decency. I could not find the history of Polish literature, about which your Eminence once deigned to write to me, from the local booksellers. I recently returned from Arkhangelsk, where I was sent to audit the seminary, which, due to its poor morality, brought this audit upon itself. However, this seminary is probably the same now as you once saw it. The Arkhangelsk road gave me a clear and complete understanding of dense, impassable forests, inhabited only by bears. And in this wild wilderness, the traveler walks day and night, and rides with much greater safety than along the St. Petersburg side in the autumn twilight! How can one not thank the protective government!… ...Our new ruler 9, from time to time, gains more and more love, respect and surprise for himself. Serves almost every Sunday in one of the city churches for its intended purpose. With his favor he captivates the hearts of his flock. In terms of diocesan administration, we are blessed under it. He attended the academy, the seminary and the consistory. Now he is an auditor at the academy together with His Eminence of Poltava. His mind's gaze on all objects is surprisingly bright. The kindness of the heart is in harmony with the lightness of the mind. With all this, he combines a deep knowledge of light with all its subtleties. May the Lord protect him on his high and slippery path. The assignment with which they deigned to honor me has been fulfilled; Nikon's chronicle and the dignified book, of course, have already been received by your Eminence. It's my fault that I was a little slow in sending from. However, this depended on the fact that such old books were not easy to find. Glazunov dug up the chronicle among his stale books; but at first neither Glazunov nor Zaikin undertook to find the sedate book. The name of Your Eminence disposed them to order their boys to rummage through all the old books lying in large piles in their storerooms, and the clerks went to great lengths to go around all the stalls and stalls in the crowded market, and finally, somehow collected one copy from different books. In my haste to send it, I did not bother to cover this difference with the same binding. My attempts to find the confession of faith that Alexander Nevsky sent to the pope, no matter how strong and diligent they were, they remained without success, even almost without hope of success. I looked for this confession in all the libraries in which I expected to find it; I asked everyone from whom I expected to find out about him: and I found nothing anywhere, I didn’t learn anything from anyone. No one has ever read more than what is in the staid book. One of the public library officials volunteered to do this search, due to his diligence. V. and if he finds anything, he will deliver it himself. And this trouble about finding Alexandrov’s confession was the reason that I, having sent the chronicle and the degree book, have not yet written to V. c., and did not submit a report. The cost of purchasing and shipping those books amounts to 19 rubles. ser. Shipping is almost equal to purchase. I would consider it a special honor and pleasure if... V. It was good for you to honor me with your archpastoral power of attorney in the future, in the execution of your instructions. We don't have any news. The health of our ruler 10 is improving, only so slowly that he still does not dare to enter into correction of his positions. The flock is bored, having not seen the service of their saint for a long time. Yesterday we held the funeral service for Fr. Archpriest Myslovsky, whom our best audience respected very well; The hotel-court merchants showed their zeal for him by carrying his coffin in their hands to the very grave on Malaya Okhta; The funeral service took place in the Kazan Cathedral, which could barely accommodate the pilgrims. His place, it seems, will be taken by Fr. Archpriest of the Naval Cathedral T.F. Nikolsky, if there is no influence of outside power and force. No one is again called to be present at the Holy Synod; It has been ordered by the highest order that the former archbishops present be retained for this year. Now there is only one member of the Holy Synod, N.V. Muzovskoy (Eminence Metropolitan Jonah, unwell). March 10, 1846. St. Petersburg. P.S. The local military governor-general Kavelin will be a trustee of the Kharkov University at his own request. This is presented here as certain; who will take his place is unknown. The New Year has already arrived; the congratulatory efforts and traveling around the capital with visits and cards have already ended; letters of congratulations have been delivered almost a long time ago; Now it would be untimely on my part to bring your Eminence congratulations on the New Year; although the year has not yet become outdated, the desires of the heart are always alive and their expression is always timely. So, I will feel shame that I have not fulfilled my duty to you; I will be burdened by the consciousness of my guilt, although, according to the circumstances, it is almost innocent; I will seek my consolation in the hope of the saintly c. V. condescension. At the last meeting at the academy last year, we listened to a letter to. V. to Prince Platon Alexandrovich; admired the news of the new works with which you are preparing to bless the reading public, to satisfy the hearts thirsting and hungry for spiritual food and drink, especially during the days of the Great Pentecost. And I, above all others, admired the news of the completion of that great and useful work which... V. We deigned to study for several years, on behalf of the Holy Synod. Undoubtedly, I believe and am comforted in advance that this work of yours will confirm and strengthen our hitherto shaky concept of true Orthodoxy, about which they now talk so much, but there is almost nothing to listen to. Before the end of the meeting, the prince divided us, sent to. c., sweet gifts, yes gifts, because all members received them with the same joy with which children receive candy brought by their parents from guests. I received two words, which were read that same evening for the entire household to hear and edify. About the serious illness of our most worthy archpastor V. c., of course, we heard it a long time ago and, without a doubt, together with us, grieved in our souls. Now, thanks to the Almighty, who mercifully heard the prayers of the flock for their archpastor, his health is significantly improving; He is not only out of any danger, not only walks around his chambers, but even walks in a carriage. Traces of the lesion in the tongue and hand are almost invisible. In February he hopes to enter into business, of course, if the doctors allow him, according to their laws, according to which they currently do not allow him to engage in any business. The recently opened hemorrhoids, according to the doctors, completely protect the bishop for the future. For the New Year, our capital is delighted with the return of the Sovereign Emperor. Before his arrival, a lot was said here about the consequences of the meeting with the pope, about the bringing of the relics of St. Nicholas; but now all these rumors have fallen silent and by their silence show their groundlessness and infidelity. January 1, 1846. Petersburg. P.S. He will soon bow his head to receive the archpastoral blessing. V. my son, in whom bless your father too. G. official Gruzin was with me. The settlement with him was completed with twenty silver rubles. While grateful, I cannot help but be surprised that this little could be preserved in attention occupied, even burdened, with so many matters, both scientific and governmental. I will always consider it my most pleasant duty to carry out the instructions and orders of your Eminence. For your kind word, before your flock about my book, I bring to. V. my sincere gratitude. With the kind word of the archpastor, I dare to expect the kind attention of the flock. My book owes its rather happy progress greatly to the gracious attention of the diocesan eminences. Some of them made proposals to seminary boards to introduce it in the form of a textbook for theological classes. The Kiev Academic Board allowed this to those boards that reported it. I am very grateful to the Kyiv academic board. In general, the Kyiv district has always looked kindly on my book. She owes this kindness to the very gracious response of the late His Eminence Metropolitan Eugene and the kind attention of V. V. You write that “you still can’t understand why it won’t be made a classic, which it fully deserves. Is it better to waste both time and health on copying out various notebooks, the merits of which have not yet been determined by anyone? Many eminences and many rectors of seminaries write to me similar things. I am consoled by their kind opinion of the book. I share with them regret for the poor seminarians, condemned to the exhausting labor of copying instructional notebooks, which usually change with the change of instructors. I especially feel sorry for those seminarians who copy out my printed book from the mentor’s notebooks... But I can’t do anything to make it easier for them, fearing that my attempts on this subject will be mistaken for immodest seeking and will harm both me and the book. Our light is tricky, or better yet, strange, and difficult to please. No, I find it safer both for myself and for the book - to correct it, distribute and improve it to the best of my ability, and publish it again as needed; and I leave the manner of its use to the will of God. Our spring was very cold. As a result, our apple and cherry trees did not bloom for a long time. When they have blossomed and blossomed, they are struck by frost and remain barren. The beginning of June is still a hot time for us. Everyone is running to their dachas from the city heat. Gardeners are complaining that everything in their gardens is on fire. Because of this, the weather is favorable for hay harvesting. This year the Lord shows me his special favor. In a short time I was honored to receive two favors. In May he was made an ordinary academician of the Academy of Sciences; and on the 1st day of July he received a diamond cross as a reward for his service at the Tsarskoye Selo school for maidens of the clergy. On the day and hour of her wedding, the eminent founder and patroness of this school showered favors on all the employees there. From the boss to the cook, from the dean to the janitor, everyone received awards, according to decency, and the school was awarded a painting painted by the hands of Her Highness. I cannot describe how great the joy of the entire school was on that day. Rewards are pleasant, but such merciful attention is inexplicably more pleasant. I value my diamond cross all the more because on this day, out of the entire spiritual department, I was the only one who received an award for service. I am surprised that the science of agriculture in Russia attracts little attention from landowners and land owners. If anywhere, then here it is especially necessary for landowners to take up this science and manage the income and expenditure of their farm according to the rules. Without this, what awaits them is very obvious. However, it is in the Russian spirit to accept everything new with caution, even if it is very useful. A teacher of agriculture, as a new subject, must be patient. July 23, 1846. St. Petersburg. Your Eminence Vladyka! Most merciful archpastor and father! I most sensitively thank you for your gracious letter dated June 25th and for your dear power of attorney. I'm sorry that I couldn't complete your instructions for a long time; several days - clearing debts to our archpastor 12, who stayed with us from June 26 to July 11, several days - an illness that has not yet passed, tore me away from the activity to which my soul was drawn. But in my illness, reading your conversations served me as delight, reinforcement, and a living reminder of the ineffably merciful healer, the Lord Jesus. It was just like that for me - dolorum dulce... Yesterday I really hoped to finish the matter and send it to Mikhail Petrovich 13; but, stopping at the word on Holy Saturday (“Day day…”), I hesitated for a long time for information on the Lenten Triodion and was late. This word contains truths that are rarely, rarely found among the ancient few teachers of the church, who were given a breadth of heart that was not to the present extent. By the way, here are three sayings from church songs. I found two of them in Triodion; but the third: “Thou hast awakened all who have fallen asleep since the ages” (p. 164), was not found in the entire service of Holy Week. There are similar ones: for example. “Thou hast raised up those who have slept from eternity” and so on: but there is no word here. Therefore, instead of these words, I decided to introduce other similar words from the canon on Holy Saturday: “Hell reigns, but does not reign eternally over the human race: You (have) laid down in the tomb, you have opened the keys of death and you have preached from the ages there a true deliverance to those sleeping there.” If you find this Substitution unsatisfactory or have found those words (thou hast aroused all...) in another place in the church books, unknown to me, or for replacements you will choose another saying (for there are also those in which the word is found: πάντας: so in the Osmoglasnik voice V, week, canto 8, trop. 2, chapter VIII, week, canto 4, trop. 2, πάντας συνανέστησας τοὺς ἐν ἀδει νενροὺς ... Blessed Vel. 7: deliver everyone from mortal bonds...), then I ask you to humbly enlighten me, and I, having recognized yours will, the very next day after receiving your letter, I will write about it to Mikhail Petrovich, who is now in the village of S.S. Uvarov and will return to Moscow no earlier than July 20. It is my duty to report to Your Eminence about some other expressions that I did not dare to confirm. The expression (p. 70) seemed bold and unusual to me and my elders: “he wants to sincerely partake of your body and blood”; We have not seen anything like it anywhere; what was said by the apostle (Heb. 11:14) has already been accomplished once and the glorified flesh of the Lord has no need for additions. In communion He says: take; but he does not say: Give your flesh and blood to Me. In His mysterious body, which is the church (Eph.), our flesh and blood will hardly have a place. Another thing is the spirit and the spiritual body. The more mysterious the idea you propose, the more necessary it would be to support it with the words of some father. Then our timidity would give in; and now I have weakened your words by writing: “I want to communicate sincerely with your spirit and body.” But it would be expensive for me to lure out of you a complete explanation and confirmation of this thought... I have not yet decided to confirm the expressions: page 71... “to become our I.” It seems to contain more of the apostle’s: “I live for the wrong reasons.” Page 76. “I don’t have time to sort out the conveniences of life...” Pp. 104 “The Spirit will not ascend to heaven...”, instead I wrote: The Spirit will not leave the earth... P. 108 Anthony the Great, – Macarius the Great... Page. 112 line 9 “will bring God down to earth,” - omitted... Page. 134 “strikes him also in the Only Begotten Son”... replaced: strikes also the Only Begotten Son, who bore our sins." Page 137 “Paradise of meeting” - “Paradise of eternal cohabitation.” Page 148 “Ah, Lord, wouldn’t it be better... about Your Resurrection,” - omitted. Page 190 “Water will remain simple water,” - omitted... Page 207 “if possible to call him a man,” omitted... Page 209 line 15 “and therefore gullible”... the word “therefore” was excluded. I would like to first explain all this to your Eminence; but fearing to hold on to your conversations for too long, I consider it necessary to forward them to your destination by July 20th. Meanwhile, I will write to Mikhail Petrovich so that he does not refuse to accept new amendments in a week in the places indicated in this letter, if you would like to honor me with a message about them in a letter to me. “And if somewhere I described or rewrote, or did not complete it; Forgive God, sharing, the mind has not reached the point of being young.” Bless, most merciful archpastor, deeply respected by me, bless the most humble servant of your Eminence Father Rector Vifansky and Pyotr Spiridonych Delitsyn ask for your archpastoral blessing. Your Eminence Vladyka! I congratulate your Eminence on the day of the bright Resurrection of Christ and wish you all the best from the Savior, who suffered and rose again for our salvation. You are worthy of Him looking at you with the eye of favor, for you do not cease to serve for His glory and live for the benefit of those who honor His name. Thank you for the Sunday reading, which I have enjoyed over the past year. Not just me, but everyone with whom I had the opportunity to talk about your Sunday reading unanimously thank you for your work and for the choice of useful and edifying articles. And next year, I would like to enjoy your favor and receive your magazine, but I am ashamed to receive it for nothing. However, next year, I hope to be more grateful to you and maybe I will find an opportunity to thank you not in words, but in substance. I spent the whole past year putting my previous philological considerations in order, and this year I hope to finish them and turn my attention to the Bible and churchliness. In these studies, no doubt, you will come across a lot that would be suitable for inclusion in your journal. This is what my financial reward will consist of. I don’t dare offer any other reward. Excuse me that I haven’t written a word to you all year, although I received bows from you through Vasily Borisovich 14. The reason for my not writing is known to you. By the way, the reason was that I was expecting my notebooks from you and, upon receiving them, I thought of answering you. I don’t know why it took you so long. I will really need them now. Please send them as soon as possible. The rough notebooks from which they were copied are lost to me, and those that are not lost are so disgraced that I cannot give them to anyone who wants to copy them. My life flows as calmly as before. I didn’t like and don’t like vanity, but I consider myself lucky that I have enough time for my favorite activities. I have no desire to get acquainted with anyone other than my old and close friends. According to my nature, I always say frankly everything that lies in my heart, and my frankness can harm me given the current ill will. So, I consider solitude to be the best way to calm myself. I am very pleased with His Eminence Nathanael, and he visits me, and I visit him, although not often. If only I could wait for you to be in St. Petersburg, then I would see you often, for I love and respect you from the bottom of my heart. Your Eminence, most humble servant of the court Tauride Church Archpriest Gerasim Pavsky An inspector of the academy is sent from St. Petersburg to the seminary under your supervision, a very meek man and, as I know, kind and enlightened. Taking this opportunity, through it I testify to your Eminence my deep veneration and as a sign of my constant respect for you, and in memory of our friendly conversations at the academy, and in gratitude for the “Sunday Reading”, which I received from there when you were in Kyiv, I am sending you my book: Philological observations on the composition of the Russian language. Delving deeper into the composition of ancient languages ​​and finding in their grammars solid, clear and thorough rules, I decided to put my Russian grammar on solid principles. These three arguments, which I have now published, should offer the path to better grammar and to a thorough knowledge of the Russian language. I myself cannot say how much I accomplished in my intention, but I submit my work to the judgment of the most enlightened men who delved into the composition of both ancient and modern languages. There are probably people at Kharkov University who delve into philological research. After reading my book, please tell one of them. Let them give their judgment about her. Here, too, I communicated my book to several linguists so that they could give me their comments about it. This is how we move forward only through science, when what is said and unsaid by one is complemented and corrected by others. I will not be stubborn in my opinion when I see that a better, more thorough opinion can be put in its place. Since my book, due to its quality, cannot go far and wide, I published it in a few copies. However, several copies have been put on sale and are selling quite well. Now I am waiting for judgment from enlightened people and have already collected several reviews. You will say: these are the activities chosen by a person who could delve deeper into theological truths. But theological truths have already been thought out and processed as much as is required to serve God with faith and love. At the same time, the distillation of theological truths and the clarification of Holy Scripture is associated not only with labor, but also with great dangers. There are quite astute people who will see or deliberately find several heretical thoughts on every page; if they do not see it directly, they will assume it for their own far-sighted reasons. That’s the way people are now. I don’t foresee this danger in philological research. It is permissible to deviate from general opinions and make new assumptions there. If God grants health and people do not disturb me, then my further observations will not be slow to come to light. The mob has already collected everything from me; All that remains is to prepare it for printing. August 11th, 1842. The Odessa archpriest brought me a bow and a blessing on your behalf. Thank you that you remember me from afar, just as you were supportive of me close. I wish you to enjoy better health in your blessed Taurida than you enjoyed here in St. Petersburg. As a native here, I cannot complain about the St. Petersburg climate, but I do complain a little about my summers. They have taken away some of my former health and are gradually weakening my legs in anticipation that I will completely collapse and lose the strength to walk. But what to do! Not far from 70 years, which even in David’s time was considered the full number of human ages. The days of our years are only up to seventy years. I am not afraid to move to another life, knowing that I did not use the days of sunflower life given to me for evil. I am sending you the second edition of my philological observations, to which a new part was added in this edition. Don't blame me for getting involved in such trifles. When there is no opportunity to devote your time to the best, then there is no shame in doing small things. When it is not possible to go beyond the alphabet, then the alphabet is worth keeping yourself and others busy with it, and calling it a book. Archpriest Gerasim Pavsky Your Eminence! Your Eminence Vladyka! Most merciful archpastor! First of all, I consider it my duty to express... In-styu, my sincere gratitude for your kind memory of my unworthiness and gracious trust in me. Together with many others, I heartily regretted that such a fascinating and at the same time deeply instructive reading as “The Last Days of the Savior’s Earthly Life” did not appear in a new edition for a long time. The best proof of how this work satisfies the mind and heart may be that in the academy here there remains only one copy of those years of “Christian Reading” in which “The Last Days” was published and this single copy has long, long been not released either for sale or for reading for fear that good people would not read it. But I don’t understand why the Academy didn’t try to publish those years in a new edition. Your Eminence's manuscripts (5 in number) were received by me on the 15th in good condition. I will use all my strength to contribute, as much as I can, to the new publication. I had already read the first notebook and did not come across anything dubious; only, probably due to hasty correspondence, some notes indicating the numbers in the text of the manuscript itself are missing, other notes do not correspond to the text; in the latter case, I verify them according to the printed statement in “Christ. Reading." In any case, if I come across passages that for some reason arouse bewilderment, I will not fail to first introduce it. V. at the discretion of both the places of this kind and my assumptions regarding their correction. According to your will, I did not announce your manuscripts to the censorship committee; I will announce later, when I have contact with V. c., there will be no obstacles to printing. But I must warn you that, according to the current censorship rules, “The Last Days” must be submitted to the Holy Synod for final approval for publication. Then the public still expects quite a bit of consolation from V. V.; such as: 1) a new edition of “Sedmits”, 2) words to the Kherson flock, 3) a collection of words on the occasion of the latest military events 16. But perhaps, Your Eminence Bishop, you won’t have to wait long. As for us, about whom you deign to judge so condescendingly, I will only say about myself: the seminary service 17 provides too little convenience for scientific works. The Academy is a completely different matter. I wish you with all my heart. V. happy and joyful stay in the capital city and together in my native city; I was born and studied there; I even began my school career from that very monastery, and those very rooms where you now deign to stay; The rector of the district school lived there, and when I was enrolled in this school, they took me to the entrance exam to the rector, the Zlatoust archimandrite. Asking and etc. St. Petersburg Seminary August 7, 1856 St. Petersburg. With heartfelt consolation for myself, I hasten to convey to your Eminence that “The Last Days of the Earthly Life of J. Christ” was returned from the Holy Synod 18 on the 10th of the month with approval for publication. It seems that none of the members of the Holy Synod was entrusted with the manuscript for consideration; however, it cannot be said that it passed through the Synod without censorship... The decree of the Synod itself states only that printing of the manuscript is permitted on the basis of censorship approval. Thus, I consider myself happy and during my entire nine-year service in censorship, I recognize as the best thing that I could have done something to bring this treasure to light from under the bushel of thirty years ago and burial in the books “Christ. Readings." Now I hear gratitude for this from everywhere. Following this letter, the manuscript in its entirety is returned to V. V. I was asked, only by the authorities, to write in ink everything that was written down or drawn by me on the manuscript with a pencil. One can say about St. Petersburg that there is a lot of new things in it, and yet there is nothing new; there are new faces in all departments and at all levels; However, even the ancient one is not a pastime: everything is as before. However, let's wait; maybe we'll see something new. At the beginning of this month, a Cossack (settled), living there in the Melitopol district or nearby, came here on foot from the Crimea; He came directly to the Sovereign Emperor with a request to take care of his, a Cossack’s, spiritual matters that haunt him, and for which he could not find a solution either in the Crimea, or in Odessa, or in Kyiv. The Emperor ordered him to be sent to the Reverend. Metropolitan, and the Bishop instructed me to talk with him. This ego is some kind of dreamer, spirit seer and seer of many other things; however, he seemed to me to be a very intelligent and intelligent man by nature, and at the same time very well read; St. He reads Scripture himself and knows it by heart perfectly. I describe this Cossack in such detail because, perhaps,... V. it will be necessary to deal with him or about him. Three subjects occupy him: 1) an almost continuous (lasting, it seems, five or six years) series of dreams and visions that greatly disturb him; and it must be said that some of his dreams and visions are very significant; no insanity is visible in them, they themselves are quite coherent and sensible; 2) his vows of fasting and prayer, which he made to drive away these dreams, but as a worldly person, busy with family and work, he finds it difficult to fulfill his vows; 3) a strong thought that he may have a talent and calling from God to be useful to others in showing the paths of truth and salvation, but does not fulfill this calling. On the first subject, my conversations apparently calmed him down somewhat; on the second, Rev. The Metropolitan gave him permission. On the third subject, he is not safe in the sense that he can drag others along with him and perhaps found some kind of sect, although now it is not clear that he belongs to any sect; he does not shy away from the church; although he doesn’t like everything about her. It would be good to entrust him to some efficient priest at his place of residence, so that he would admonish him and watch over him. And he complains that the Crimean priests did not want to talk with him; and in Kyiv, without reporting to the Metropolitan, they drove him away from the door. This is what prompted him to go to St. Petersburg and bother the Emperor himself. Now from our ruler, he has been returned to the secular authorities and will surely be sent to his homeland on command without delay. Forgive me, Vladyka, for wasting your time with my scribbling of paper. Asking for your archpastoral blessing, with the deepest reverence I have the honor to be Archimandrite John January 12, 1857. St. Petersburg. (From “Χρ. Read.” for 1886). About the high dignity of his lessons on the Law of God and about their beneficial influence on listeners, among others, see the Notes of Count Sollogub in the “Historical Bulletin” for February and March 1886. Where Kochetov was the rector. This is the title of two works by I. S. Kochetov, which constitute nothing more than a course in moral theology. This was the name proposed by Innocent for publication of a collection of the best works from all centuries and peoples; see about it in Innocent’s correspondence with Philaret in “Christ. Read." for 1884 Chief priest and confessor of their Imp. Majesty Professor at the St. Petersburg Academy. All three became priests in St. Petersburg churches. Anthony, transferred to the metropolis, to St. Petersburg from Warsaw. Golubinsky was a censor in Moscow. Innocent's sermons were also subject to his consideration. Pogodin, who published the works of Innocent. Bozhanov, confessor of Their Majesties. Archim. John was at this time a member of the spirit committee. censorship. Rev. John was at that time the rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. Sent there on October 10th last year.