1833 г.

March 29. Metropolitan Philaret's comments on the report of the Moscow committee for censorship of spiritual books On March 15, 1833, No. 4, reports of the Moscow Committee for the Censorship of Spiritual Books for the months of January and February were presented to Metropolitan Philaret, when extracting from the journal of the conference of the Moscow Theological Academy, dated 13 of the same month. In the reports, among other things, the following works were shown approved for publication: a) the biography of St. Mitrofan; b) Askold’s grave; c) defense of the Catholic Church. Having examined the reports, Metropolitan Philaret gave the following resolution. March 29. I consider it necessary to say the following: 1) The biography of St. Mitrofan, according to the charter, the committee hardly has the right to approve when it was not considered by the Holy Synod. 2) It is not superfluous to convey the committee’s opinion regarding the manuscript of Askold’s grave to the Holy Synod for its consideration. 3) Is it up to the censorship committee of the Eastern Catholic Church to defend the Catholic Church (which, judging by the language of the essay, is, of course, Western) for publication? About seven I propose to the conference to judge 261. September 14. Spiritual testament of Metropolitan Philaret In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. This is what the Lord says: build your house, for you are dying (Ex. 38:1). So, the Word of God gives the right and example to make a will in case of death. Let us exercise this right while God, through goodness and patience, grants time. Nothing is mine. All by the grace of God and the good deeds of others. God! Receive my spirit and my being, born in sins, but renewed by holy mystical baptism, promised again in voluntary and involuntary sins, and again in repentance, asking and awaiting justification through Thy grace, deliverance, hedgehog in Christ Jesus, Whom Thou didst propose to cleanse through faith in His blood. Cast me not away from Thy presence. Brothers in the Lord and children of the one holy church! Accept blessing in the name of the Lord and thanksgiving for every good deed unworthy of me, instruction, help, condescension, service. Forgive me, unworthy in everything, for Christ's sake. May God forgive you all for everything for which anyone needs forgiveness. Do not deprive me of my last good deed - your prayers to God for me. Grace be with you all. Amen. Filaret, unworthy Metropolitan of Moscow. He wrote with his own hand in Moscow, at the Trinity courtyard. On the day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord. September 14, 1833. 262 Panagia made of chalcedony and oriental crystal, with a part of the life-giving tree, to the miracle monastery in the image of the Savior or to the relics of St. Alexis, at the discretion of the successor. My books are for the theological schools of the Moscow diocese, wherever they may be needed. What, besides this, is allowed to be called property, half of it is for the poor, and the other for relatives. For me, the heir is my parent, and for her, my father is Archpriest Nikita and sister Agrippina, equally. If it happens that after this another will is made, and this one is not destroyed, then the last one, that is, the newest one, will be valid. I ask the Most Reverend Vicar of Moscow and the Governor of the Lavra to fulfill this. At this, the governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony, was a witness. 263 True with authenticity. Danilovsky Archimandrite Jacob. 264 From the archives of Moscow. spirit. academic; rep. No. 4. Printed in soulful reading, 1867, December. From a copy stored in the papers of Arseny, Metropolitan of Kyiv, in the secret department of the archives of the Holy Synod; No. 320; kart. 1.