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2 hours. The suffering of St. c. Urosha The only son of the Serbian king Dušan, Uroš, was born in 1337. 766 In 1346 he “was crowned with the royal crown, while his father was crowned with the royal crown.” - Serbia has never been as strong and extensive as under c. Dushan strong 767. All of Bulgaria was then under the rule of the ruler of Serbia; the Greek cities of Macedonia, Epirus and Thessaly were also conquered by Dusan. Dusan, a powerful ruler, asked for the hand of the daughter of the French king for his son; but the pope insisted that the king’s daughter not change her Latin confession, and Dusan did not want to see a fan of the pope in the family. Urosh, the son of Dusan, married the daughter of Vlad, the powerful prince of Wallachia. It seemed that Dusan's empire would last for centuries. But Dusan himself shook the foundations of his empire and prepared a sad fate for his son. During his lifetime, relying on his strength, he gave a lot of strength to the six regional rulers of his empire. Eg. Oliver, the “great chief” of Serbia and Strum, minted coins with his name, as an independent ruler. In the Kratovo Monastery, the painting shows the regional rulers of Dushan (six), and below the words are read, as if from Dushan’s face: “Hence the great blame for the fall of my kingdom” 768 . A thought that has long been verified by experience, but people do not listen to experience. – If only the Southern Slavs, through a long series of sufferings, were firmly convinced that their political troubles always depended on their fragmented rule and will not end until they are united under one firm rule of firm autocracy. Dusan, who was not innocent in the death of his father, died amid plans for glory, at the age of 45, on December. 1355 g 769 . After the death of his father, Uroš took over Serbia. It was written: “Stefan Urosh, blessed king, let us cut down and grieve” 770. During his first period of power, he had to deal with a contender for the royal throne. Sinish, his uncle, the ruler of Thessaly, rose with a strong army to drive his nephew from the throne of Serbia: he occupied Zeta and besieged Scutar. But Serbia stood up for Uros and Sines resigned himself. Another power seeker appeared. Nikifor Angel, even with the consent of the queen, Urosheva’s mother, occupied Thessaly with a sword in his hand, because the queen’s sister was betrothed to him. But Greek intrigues were not liked in Serbia and Nikephoros was pacified in 771. In the first years of his reign, Uros was both an independent and an active ruler of Serbia. In 1357 there was a severe famine in Serbia 772. Uroš tried to alleviate the disaster by buying bread in Dubrovnik. In 1357–1358, he gave Dubrovnik several charters - on trade, judicial system, lands, duties 773. Particularly remarkable is the obligation taken from the Ragusians to pay every year 1000 perpera to the Jerusalem church of the arch. Michael, where the monks of the monastery of St., driven out of Ston by papism, retired. Nicholas 774. In 1362, he humbled the Ragusians who fought with his governor of Kotor. In case of disputes, they are ordered to present the case to the king’s court, and not to deal with his governor themselves; Vojislav, by his will, issued a letter to Dubrovnik with a promise not to violate the terms of the salt farm, and the republic was instructed to regularly pay taxes to the king 775. Following the example of his ancestors, he built himself a sanctuary - the Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary on Skopje. “From his youth he was devoted to the Lord, fatherly gave rest to widows and orphans, pacified quarrels and established peace, had mercy on the poor, defended the offended” 776. Meanwhile, evil also grew - the willfulness of the governors. Each of them acted on personal grounds and wanted to be independent. Smart, Christian patriots advised Uros to replace the rich and arrogant governors with people who were moderate in their desires. “But Urosh did not have much firmness against the proud magnates. – He especially trusted Vulkashin. Vulkashin and Dusan were distinguished by trust more than other tycoons. He and his brother Ugljesh were great janitors of Dusan 777. But our passions, if they do not see a curb on themselves, even against our will, even without consciousness, carry us along the path of vice and villainy. This is what happened with Vulkashin. “First he took control of Bosna to be closer to the central government of Serbia. Then he declared himself the king of Bosnia, and his brother Ugljesh turned out to be the despot of Romania 778. Only the ruler of Srem, Prince. Lazar and his son-in-law Vulk Brankovic remained sincere in their attitude towards Uros. Blazh. the king saw this and suffered especially for the expected troubles of his homeland. Now a terrible sword has appeared against the eastern and southern Christians. Sultan Murat took possession of Odrip and moved the capital here from Brussa. Turkish hordes plundered Bulgaria 779. Now more than ever, Serbia needed Dusan. Vulkashin had as much passion for power as Dusan; only he didn’t have Dushan’s intelligence or courage. A Bulgarian newcomer, he had no love for the country that had given him so much; he completely indulged in selfish plans; It would be good for him and his family, he thought, but let the rest go as it goes. He took power from the good Urosh; then, without blushing, he appointed only a small province for its maintenance. The further he went, the more menacing the dangers became for Urosh. To protect his life, Uroš retired to the Danube to the prince. Lazarus; with him he was related through Milica, the wife of Lazar, who came from the Nemanjic family. - The appanage rulers, to whom Uroš reported Vulkashin’s impudence, gave him the word to subdue Vulkashin by force of arms next year. Vulkashin, having learned about this, turned to his sister and Urosh’s mother with magnificent promises - to do everything for Urosh; he managed to assure his sister so much of his devotion to Urosh that she, at the request of Vulkashin, urgently demanded and summoned her son to her in Skopje for reconciliation with Vulkashin. – Vulkashin met Urosh with honors like a king 780. Meanwhile, the insidious villain prepared the comrades of his planned crime. “He invited Urosh to go hunting, to the Kosovo field. - Tired of the hunt, Urosh got off his horse at the well and bent down to get water. At that moment Vulkashin hit him on the head with a mace and he fell dead. On a dark evening, with his hired comrades, Vulkashin carried the murdered man to the monastery Assumption Church, which is near Pestrich. In the monastery, of course, they said that this was an unexpectedly deceased hunter. The deceased sufferer was laid in the church tomb, which had been ready for a long time; The sad church is still intact, although deserted. – The blessed one, being 31 years old, suffered on December 2, 1367 781 Vulkashin did not enjoy the fruits of secret villainy for long. Although he forced him to recognize himself as the main ruler of Serbia, while even the mother did not know about her son’s murderer, everything was soon lost. – Sultan Suleiman came to Serbia with 70 thousand troops. Necessity gathered the Serbs near Vulkasin. The Serbs were defeated on the Kosovo field; Vulkashin's brothers, Uglesh and Goiko, were killed; Vulkashin was carried out of the bloody battle by a horse; but when the villain lay down to rest, the squire, seduced by his rich attire, cut off his head. This was on Sept. 1370 in the same place where the villain rushed about with a villainous plan 782. Meanwhile, the body of the righteous sufferer turned out to be incorrupt and his glory was manifested in healings. He was laid with honor in the Nerodimlo church. Subsequently, from the horrors of Mohammedan fanaticism, it was transferred to the Srem Yazak monastery 783. 5 o'clock. Repose of the Venerable. Nectaria bitelsky When the Turks intended to capture Bitel, the mother of Nicholas, later Nektaria 784, while working on the threshing floor, fell into a short sleep and saw: the Most Pure One commanded her to flee with her husband and children and hide somewhere; The Turks, the Most Pure One said, are ready to capture the entire region. When the one rewarded with the vision announced this to her husband, without any delay the whole family left their native place; the Turks then plundered and devastated Bitel 785; and the pious family saved their lives from terrible savages. Nikolai's parent was already advanced in years and therefore, with the consent of his wife, settled in the monastery of the unmercenaries, located on the mountain adjacent to Bitel; he took his son Nikolai with him. Here he accepted monasticism with the name Pachomius and labored diligently for the Lord. Local Christians had a good habit of giving part of the fruits of the earth to the benefit of the monastery of those without money. Such an offering happened every year, on St. Kozma and Damian. One day, when the pious were cheerfully commemorating the saints, the supply of grape wine ran out. - Pachomius took an empty vessel and a candle to wash it. But suddenly he feels that the vessel is full of wine. The brothers and guests came together to see this miracle, taste the wine and it turns out to be aromatic and pleasant to the taste, which has never happened before. Everyone glorified God and the unmercenaries who so wonderfully rewarded love for them. Nicholas, striving for a higher life and worried about visiting the laity, went to Athos. Here he asked the ascetic Dionysius to take him under his control. When Dionysius asked Elder Philotheus for advice on this, he, who was personally unfamiliar with Nicholas, called both him and his father by name and lovingly accepted him as his novices. Soon Nicholas accepted monasticism with the name Nektarios and unconditionally surrendered himself to the will of Elder Philotheus. In vain did the spirit of malice try to stir up Nektarios against the elder; not having time to do this, he aroused anger in another novice of the elder against Nectarius himself; he directly began to tell Philotheus and Dionysius that if they did not send Nektarios away, he would kill Nektarios. In vain did the elders admonish the unfortunate man and ask him to pacify his heart; - in order to give room to anger, the elders suggested that Nektarios withdraw from them for a while until the envious brother came to his senses. Nectarius passed on to Archpriest Daniel. When did the blessed one die? Philotheus and Dionysius, unable to bear the bad temper of the novice any longer, told him: let him go wherever he wants, but he accepted Nektarios to himself. Dionysius and Nektarios were engaged in handicrafts and, feeding themselves, gave alms to the poor. Blazh. Dionysius, full of days, died. Saddened to the depths of his soul by the separation from his beloved elder, Nektarios turned with all his soul to eternity: he redoubled his prayers, fasting and labors. Lately he had been suffering from a severe illness; but he endured the suffering patiently. Purified by his exploits and illness, he peacefully surrendered his spirit to God on December 5, 1500. Five years after his death, the disciples opened the coffin and a fragrance filled the air. The relics were placed in the ark and the monk was depicted on the top board of the ark. Fatherland of St. Gregory, ktitor of the Athos monastery of Gregoriates, was Serbia. This is what legend says and this is what is said in his service. The traveler Barsky, on his first visit to Athos, saw many Slavic books in the Gregory Monastery, a monument to the fact that the Slavs labored here, although later the Greeks took over the monastery. In the west of the monastery, a quarter of an hour’s journey from the monastery (about a mile), the cave in which the venerable ascetic labored is still known. Grigory. The monastery built by the monk was dedicated to the saint. Nikolai. But both in ancient times and now, in honor of its founder, it is called Grigorieva. According to the acts of Athonite, they found the signature of St. Gregory under the act of 1405. Unfortunately, both the act and the description of the life of the saint disappeared somewhere. According to the Greeks, both the papers and books of the monastery, and the relics of St. Gregory was carried away by Serbian monks from Mount Athos in the fire of 1761. If only this were true 786! 10 o'clock. Memory of the blessed despots John and his parents Stefan and Angelina Brankovich It is not easy to find in history rulers whose lives would be as full of vicissitudes and misfortunes as the life of the blessed one. Serbian Despot Stefan Brankovich and his family 787. In 1457, the Turks took possession of Serbia and despot George Brankovich died as a wanderer in Belgrade. The youngest son Lazar, having driven out the elder and poisoned his mother, assumed the rights of a despot, but died a month later. Stefan was the middle son of the despot George. From his youth he was distinguished by meekness, was respectful to his parents, loved his brothers, was excellently educated, and especially knew the Holy Scriptures. When the father, for the peace of Serbia, was forced to give his daughter to Sultan Murat, Stefan and his sister went to the court of the Sultan. - Here Stefan was strongly seduced by a luxurious life and indulgences in ambition and vanity; but Stefan remained firm. Then court envy managed to arouse political suspicion against the sons of the despot. Such brave people as the sons of a despot are dangerous for the Turkish government, they told the Sultan. - And the Sultan, who swore an oath to his father not to touch either the life or health of the despot’s children, ordered them to be blinded; Stephen was sent to Cappadocia. After the death of his brother, Stefan, hearing that the fanatical Turks had burned the beautiful Milesevsky monastery and were preparing to ruin Serbia to the end, decided to return his inheritance. The Serbs, who retired with him to Srem and Banat under the protection of Hungary, proclaimed (1460) Stephen a despot. He entered into marriage with Angelina, the daughter of the Albanian prince George and the granddaughter of St. the sufferer Prince Lazar. He had two sons and a daughter. In Kupinovo, he built a beautiful church of the Evangelist Luke. – He lived quite calmly. But the Turks did not like this very much: they feared the power of the despot. Serb hired servants captured him and sent him in chains to Dalmatia. Freed from his bonds, he returned again to Serbia, but with sorrow he saw that the capital city of his ancestors, Smederevo, was in the strong hands of the Mohammedans, and his compatriots had lost heart, and it was impossible to enter into any agreements with the fanatic Turks. The last Bosnian ban surrendered to the Turks on the word of an oath not to take his life, but the fanatic sheikh killed him with his own hands; - no, he said, there is no need to keep the word given to a Christian 788. Therefore Stefan retired to Skenderia. But the Turks did not give him peace in Albania either; They sought his death there too, trying to exterminate the family of despots Brankovich. He was forced to flee with his wife and children to Italy 789. The sad wanderer, feeling the nearness of his death, Oct. 1, 1476, wrote to the Ragusians, with whom his ancestors were in a special alliance: “I see that my end is near. – I don’t grieve over my death, but I worry about my Angelina and my children George, Mary and John... I entrust to you before God, before the Most Pure One and the saints, my Angelina and my children; whatever you do for them, God will do for you. Do not leave them - show the love for them that you had for our ancestors... I have nothing to write about wills - I do not leave Angelina and my children neither silver, nor gold, nor populated estates... I entrust them to your dominion” 790. – The despot died far from his homeland. 8 years after the death of Blessed. Stefan the good Angelina transferred the incorrupt remains of her husband to Kupinovo, near Srem 791. Vuk Brankovic, Angelina's nephew, then ruled Serbia and spread terror and death in the army of Mohammed when it attacked him. Angelina and her sons, out of respect for the name of the despots Brankovich, enjoyed the honor of their fellow tribesmen. After the death of Vuk Branković, George was the ruling despot; but he soon transferred his right to brother John, and he himself accepted monasticism with the name Maxim and became an archbishop. John, married to the daughter of Stefan Jaksic and the niece of the brave Dimitri Jaksic, assumed the rights of a despot. The Jakšićs bravely fought the Turks for the freedom of the Serbs. The despot was engaged in the affairs of internal government and lived as an ascetic. In 1496, “the autocratic lord of the Serbian land, John the Despot,” donated several lands to the Krušedolu monastery, including Kupinovo, where the relics of his father lay 792. Due to frequent attacks by barbarians, the despot moved further from the borders, to the town of Berkasovo; here he lived for a short time and died Christianly in 1503, leaving one daughter 793. Good Angelina continued to do good to the poor and monks, although she herself lived almost in poverty. This is what she wrote to the leader. to Prince Vasily of Russia with Elder Eugene: “The humble nun Angelina bows to the ground of your mercy. She prays to the Lord and His Most Pure Mother and the holy Despot John, her son, that you may be granted long-term health, salvation and victory over your enemies, for the joy of Christians and lasting consolation, and after a long life - an eternal reign with Christ, where there is inexplicable joy and unwavering light. Your Grace, of course, heard about my son, the despot John, how he went over to God. After his death, all the property we had was taken by the Hungarians; now we have nothing but hope in God and your mercy. That’s why we sent our elder, Hieromonk Eugene, to you with some speeches, and you deigned to listen to him and trust him. With it I sent your grace the armor of the son of my despot John. One more word, sir! I bought a place for a hundred gold pieces and want to build a church in the name of St. John Chrysostom Fr. Therefore, I bow to you and ask, please give us your alms to build that church, so that it will be your church in eternal remembrance. In that church I want to lay my husband, St. Despot Stephen and St. John my son. May the all-merciful God grant you health.” She asked for another letter to lead. the prince then for the Athos Panteleimon Monastery 794. Wonderful wife! “Because of the holiness of life, people to this day call her matter Angelina,” says a Serbian historian, and another writes that she was adorned with all sorts of virtues 795 . The third says: “after the death of her husband, she created a church near Krushedol and took monastic vows, gathered her sisters to herself, lived in a manner pleasing to God and betrayed her spirit to God and was quickly buried near her husband” 796. Description of the martyrdom of St. George († 1515) reports the following news: “God is doing his own thing in our days. When I, a sinner, came to my senses, I heard from my life about the despot Stephen: he died and was buried, leaving a wife and two children, and 8 years later he manifested himself with signs and wonders; Having dug up the coffin, they found it whole and unharmed, just as it had been buried, and a fragrance still emanated from its body; placed in cancer remains to this day. Then his son John owned the land of Srem; he also died and was buried, leaving a wife and one daughter; three years later he also manifested himself, like his father, and is also honored” 797. The relics of the righteous despot John and his righteous parents Stefan and Angelina rested in the Kruszedol monastery, on Frushka Mountain; but the fanatics did not give them any peace 798. 20 o'clock Repose of St. Daniel, Archbishop of Serbia Blazh. Daniel was a man of great intelligence and education, strict life and love for his fatherland 799. The son of rich parents and the only one remaining with them after the death of his brothers, he was their favorite son; out of love, they did not want to exhaust him with teaching, but he himself begged them to entrust him to a good teacher and soon turned out to be a gifted and best student. Upon completion of his studies, he was accepted into service at the court of Cor. Milutina 800. The king loved him and distinguished him with his attention; but honors did not captivate his heart. Once, accompanying the king who was visiting the Sopochansky monastery, he talked in the monastery with the elder monk about spiritual salvation and after that he disappeared into the Konchulsky monastery, where he accepted monasticism. Archbishop Eustathius (1286–1304), having learned about his monastic life, in consultation with the king, ordained him as a hieromonk and then as abbot of the Athos Hilandar monastery. Here he spent time in fasting, prayer and deeds. Quite some time passed like this. And then a storm arose on Mount Athos: the crusaders expelled from Palestine and settled out of mercy in Romania began to riot, like worthy disciples of the pope; They added to their various abominations that they decided to completely settle on Athos in order to live at the expense of the Athos monasteries. They plundered monasteries, not sparing any shrine. Khalandar was besieged. Since the atrocities of the crusaders flocked to the monastery and its servants, there soon became a lack of maintenance; many of the brethren, fleeing hunger, were captured and deprived of their lives. The crusaders broke into the monastery with armed force, but were repelled. The Hilandar abbot did not act according to the thoughts of humane socialism. Why not give everything to these people, i.e. those who did not want to take on any work, but wanted to live at the expense of others and even do abominations? But it is clear that the socialism preached today is not something new at all, but a long-known sin, strictly persecuted by a mature mind. Father Daniel, having made orders for the property and protection of the monastery, came to the cor. Milyutin. The king kept him with him until the end of the siege; but he, having received benefits, hurried to the unfortunate monastery and with difficulty made his way into it; he bought a ship of wheat and hired several soldiers to guard the monastery. Three years and three months of St. the mountain was under siege until Milutin dispersed the Frankish vagabonds 801. At the end of the siege, Daniel moved to Karea. When discontent arose between the brother kings - Dragutin and Milyutin, Daniel, ordained bishop of Banya 802, was a mediator-peacemaker between the brothers and, having rejected the war, convinced Dragutin to abandon forever the enterprises that were offensive to the feelings of Christians 803. Having completed his Christian work, Daniel returned to his beloved Karean solitude. Then, at the request of the suffering Prince Stephen, he took an active part in the reconciliation of father and son 804. After this, Daniel prepared to go to Jerusalem; but the king, calling him to himself, appointed him to rest in the patriarchal monastery. Upon the election of Blessed. Nicodemus as archbishop was given the Kholm See to Daniel 805. He witnessed the death of cor. Milyutina. The new king Stefan loved him even more than his father, since he vividly felt gratitude for his participation in delivering him from captivity. When the king's cousin Vladislav persuaded the Bulgarian prince in his favor and against the king, in the council of Stephen's nobles it was decided that the work of a mediator could be carried out more successfully than others by the Bishop of Kholm, Daniel, and - Blessed. Daniel happily fulfilled his assignment in Constantinople and from the Bulgarian prince 806. – Regardless of the honors and signs of love that he showered on Bl. King of Daniel, Daniel again retired to Athonite solitude. Upon death, blessed Nicodemus Serbian Council (in 1325) elected Daniel as archbishop 807. In this rank, Daniel zealously took care of converting the Bogomils who lived near Prilep to Orthodoxy 808, and also successfully repelled the attacks of the pope 809. – During the Bulgarian War (1330) he remained with the king for advice 810. Serbia lent him the building of many churches and the cultivation of vineyards 811. He crowned Dushan to the kingdom, although with sorrow for his relationship with his father 812. Blazh. Daniel, with his love for the Lord, loved enlightenment and his homeland 813. He collected information about the past of Serbia and wrote a Genealogy, where in the first part he eloquently described the affairs of the Serbian rulers, and in the second - the life of the Serbian high priests 814. Reposes blissfully on December 19th. 1338 815 The Serbian Church sings to him: “the miracle of the announcement (according to the narrative), you shone with the deeds of God’s virtues, you saved the faces of the monastics, you established the bishop’s seat, without hesitating the heretical attack, ruling the Church of Christ, Reverend Father Daniel, the wise: fell asleep You are as if sleeping, but your body is intact and incorruptible, quickly preserved and provides healing to those who are sick from various ailments and drives away demons. For this reason we pray to you, pray for our souls to be saved” 816. 24 hours. Memory of Rev. Nicholas, a former soldier The Reverend Father Nicholas, as the ancient Slavic legend says, 817 was first a warrior and commander of warriors. When imp. Nikifor opened war with the Bulgarians, Nicholas also went “with his soldiers.” – The expression of the legend: “go out with them” itself indicates that Nicholas was the head of a special, non-Greek, army. Since the legend was written by a Slav, it is completely unknown in Greek, and it is natural for a Slav to talk about a Slav, it is clear that blessed Nicholas was a Slav and the leader of the Slavic squads 818. This was natural for the empire: it usually hired Slavic squads 819 for war; especially under Nicephorus, when they made an intensified recruitment of troops; They could not do without Slavic free squads. - So blessed. Nicholas went on a campaign with the Slavic squads. During the hike, he stopped for the night at a hotel. After having dinner with the hotel owner, he went to bed. In the dead of night, the hotel owner’s daughter quietly approaches his bed and, waking him up, carried away by lust, challenges him to fornication. “Stop it, girl, don’t desecrate your virginity,” the governor told her. Ashamed, she walked away from him; but then, after a little time, he approaches him again with the same sinful desire. “He sent her away again. And the third time she comes, inflamed with lust. - Unhappy! - the governor says to her, - how do you not understand that by destroying your virginity, you become the subject of laughter and contempt of people and destroy your soul? Then, don't you see that I'm going to battle? How can I defile my body when death is before my eyes? The girl left in shame. When the day came, the governor stood up and prayed to the Lord and went on his way. The next night in a dream he sees himself in some bright place and near him a strong man, with his right leg lying on his left. – Do you see the troops, one against the other? - asks the unknown person. - Yes, sir, I see that the Greeks are gaining the upper hand over the Bulgarians. “Look here,” said the unknown man, and put his left leg on his right. The righteous governor sees that the Bulgarians have recovered and are mercilessly crushing the Greeks. When the battle ended, the unknown man said: “Look closely at the lying corpses.” He looks and sees the entire field covered with corpses; only one place is not occupied by anyone. Then the Strong One says to him: “What do you think about this?” “I don’t understand what this means,” said the governor. “This empty place,” he continued, “was ready for you. But because last night you defeated the evil lust that rose up against you three times, you are delivered from death. Then you will serve me.” - Righteous Nicholas, hearing this, was horrified and, jumping out of bed, began to pray. The war went on exactly as the righteous man saw in his dream. On July 20, 811, the emperor entered Bulgaria and quickly took Bulgarian cities; Even the palace of Prince Grubosh was taken and Nikifor ordered to put his seals on the prince’s expensive things, considering them his property. The troops were ordered to mercilessly put to death everyone: elders, children, wives. Rude, not prepared for war, asked for peace once or twice. The Emperor wanted to crush Bulgaria. His army was located in a valley surrounded by mountains. - Grubosh ordered to quickly occupy all the gorges of the mountains and block the exits with strong abatis. In two days his will was fulfilled. On July 25, the Bulgarians set fire to the forests on the mountains and at night descended onto the plain in a dense mass. The Greeks had no salvation from anywhere. The army was exterminated, all military commanders fell, the emperor was also killed; his son managed to escape from general extermination, but, wounded, he lived only for a year; carts, weapons, state treasury, and the emperor's treasures became the property of the Bulgarians 820. Righteous Nicholas, seeing the fulfillment of his vision, thanked the Lord for his salvation. Straight from the battlefield, in tears for his fallen soldiers, he went to the monastery. Having accepted the schema, he served the Lord diligently for several years. His successes in spiritual life were such that he was one of the visionary and great fathers. "The Life of St. Urosha, m. dekem. 2, memory of St. and blessed Uros, young martyr, king of the Serbs,” written with the help of reliable sources, around 1595. About the year of Dushan’s death, Maykov’s remarks are correct, pp. 241, 242. In a letter dated January 10, 1356 it is written: “my royal authority prescribes and commands that if the mother of my royal majesty, the empress the queen, wants to take something from them (Dubrovichan) from the auction; then my royal majesty gives them something for something and does not take it without ransom.” (Spomenn. No. 44). Urosh's mother was a queen, and Dusan's mother was a queen. Track. Jan. 10, 1356 Urosh was king and controlled the royal power, and Dusan was no longer in the world. In the synaxar (l. 74) there is a strange mistake about the time of Dushan’s death and his years. Miklosic's mother Urosh's first queen was Elisabeth, in monasticism Eugenia (Monum. No. 234). So in the charter of 1357 on coins: Urosius imperator, Uros king. Glasnik III, 231–233; VI, 195–198; VII, 208–215. Zap. archaeol. total IX: 175, 176. About Sinis and Angel in Maikov pp. 259–261. Chronicle in Glasnik XI, 147. Serbian Komneni in Glasnik XIII, 284–305. Letop. in Glasnik I, 165; XI, 147. In Avramovich's monuments No. 45, 49, 50, 53, 54. In letter No. 47 dated April 24. 1357 “Knezov of my kingdoms, kon tremble kukyu of my kingdoms.” Miklosic Monum. No. 148. Glasnik II, 197–199. In 1332, Dusan ceded Ston to the Ragusians, so that they would pay 1000 perpera a year for it. The fanaticism of papism soon demanded that the monks of the monastery of St. Nicholas left Moan; at the same time they promised to give them 400 perper for two years. In 1347 they moved to Jerusalem. monastery of St. Michael, built by K. Milyutin. Soon Orthodoxy was completely ousted from Ston. Makushev about Ragusa pp. 10, 11, 69–71, in Reading. total ist. 1865 About the relation of c. Dushana's chronicle to Orthodoxy. in Glasnik V: 67, 68. Norov has a colored triodion of 1374, written “to the holy archangel of the Serbian Church at Jerusalem” (Journal of Min. Enlightenment, 1836, part XI, 537). Avramovich is remembered. No. 55, 56. Miklosic No. 154. This is what the ancient service says. Glasnik IX, 260. Izv. acad. V, 400. About the advice of Uroshu letop. at Rajic II, 792. Safarik is remembered. page 54. Arkia za povestn. III, 54. Byzantines at Stritter Serbica r. 335, 340. U o. Porfiry (p. 54) spoke to the despot John Uglesh about the construction of the Simopetra monastery, on the occasion of the healing of his daughter, in October 6872 (1364). Charter of Despot John Uglesh in 1368 on the subordination of churches to the Greek patriarch - inter acta patriar. conztant. 1, 558–556. Vindob. 1860. In Grigorovich (p. 52) “Caesar Uglesh, ruler of the Serbian and Danubian regions,” in 6931 (1423) gives the village of Vrane to the Hilandar. But here there is a mistake in the meaning of the year. According to the chronicle, Uglesh was killed on the Kosovo field in 1370 (Glasnik V, 76). Chalcondyl Hist. r. 33 ed. Bonn. Fraiso lib. 8, 11. r. 46 ed. Bonn. Raicha East. 2: 613, 648, 676. Serb. letop. in Glasnik V, 68–72. In Treskavets there is a stone with the inscription: “m. genvara have time servant of God. Dabizhiv, Enochier (cupbearer) of Tsar Urosh in all Srbian lands, Grch and Pomeranian, in l. 6875 (1367)", 10 months before the suffering death of the king. (Grigorovich p. 139). In 1320, Prince Dabizhiv became the king's ambassador to Ragusa. (Spomennitsa from Dubrovačka archive 2, 2. Belg. 1862). Dabizhiv was also included in the Sopochan synod. See Hilferding Serbian names records. in the Sopochansky memorial - in Izv. acad. VII, 325–330. An extract from the life of Uroshev - from Hilferding, in Zap. geogr. total XIII, 223–225. Letop. in Glasnik V, 72–75. Note in Miklosic's typica: Monumenta serbica p. 177. Zap. geogr. total XIII, 325. Chronicle in Glasnik V: 76, 77. “Isaiah’s opinion of the theft Vlakashin” in Miklosic: Chrestomathia palæoslovenica, Vindob. 1854. According to Tsarostavnik (Raich II, 693), Sept. was killed. 26. 6879–1370 Raicha II, 678. Serblyak l. 76. Summer. in Glasnik 75, 76. Life of Rev. Nectaria, from Νέον εκλόγιον, ex. in the Athonite Patericon 2, 39–44. Bitel, as the Bulgarians now call it, by Kedrin in 1014. Bushel, by the Arab Edrisi (Tafel de provinciis p. 34) Butili, was the capital of the Bulgarian king Gabriel, - Cedienus 2. 460, ed. Bonn. Athonite Patericon 1, 400. Notes from a fan, pp. 274, 275. Description of the monasteries of Mount Athos, p. 127. St. Petersburg. 1859 According to the legend of 1579, “the Serbian monastery of Grigoriat.” Avramovich Athos antiquities p. 76 in Beograd 1847 Life of St. Stefan Brankovich and his children can be seen in the life of his son, Archbishop. Maxima; this life was published in Glasnik XI, 125–130. Netri at Gammer in East. Ottomans 11, 552. Service and Synaxarion to Righteous Stephen the New, Serbian Despot, in Serblyak on October 9. Chronicle Glasnik V: 93, 103–111. - Others mistake Angelina for one with Militsa, the wife of the Prince. Lazarus; but this is a gross mistake. Miklosic Monum. serb. No. 442. The charter of the Ragusians, which despot Brankovic hopes for, is in Miklosic No. 203. The later chronicle (Safarika Memories 2, 82) says that “the relics of the holy passion-bearer Stefan, the son of the despot Gyurg, were transferred to the city of Kupinik” on February. 15, 1466 But the describer of the suffering of St. George, who saw the relics, writes that they were transferred 8 years after death. Diploma ed. in Miklosic: Monum. serb. No. 463. By letter of 1495, John promised the Pavlov Monastery to give out everything that was promised by the ancestors. Monum. serb. No. 462, in Glasnik V: 224, 225. Raicha East. 3: 243–247, 312–324. Letop. in Glasnik V: 111, 112; I, 169; XI, 154. In the memorial of the Gračanica monastery it is written: “Lord remember the pious and Christ-loving nun Angelina, Archbishop Maxim and his brother despot John” (Izv. Academician V III, 57). In the Athonite Protat memorial: “we also pray for the ever-memorable servants of God Demetrius the King and John the Despot and with them the murdered Orthodox Christians” (Record of a devotee of the holy mountain, p. 126) “Demetrius the King” - Prince Dimitri Yakshich, a brave fighter against the Turks, the son of the King of Russia, uncle the wife of John the Despot (Raicha Ist. 3, 288–292). Relations between Russia and the East, St. Petersburg. 1858 18, 19. Letop. in Glasnik V, 111. Martyrdom of St. George - in Letop. archaeol. total St. Petersburg 1864 Serbian chronicle from Safarik in Pamyatn. 2, 63. Rajic 3, 324–325 - inaccuracies about the relics. In 1716, the savage vizier ordered the burning of the relics of St. Stephen, Angelina and John; only parts of them remained. Glasnik V: 112, 93. Serblyak, in Belgrade, 1861 l. 85–94. There is also a special service for Angelina on July 30th. But the service is right. Both Angelina and Stephen are praised to John. The life of Daniel, described by his disciple, is also known to Raich (II, 544) - in the Rumyantsev Museum, p. 157. An extract from it is in Glasnik VI, 35-41. Life of kr. Milutina says about Milutina: “in his youth he had a teacher and mentor, blessed in the Serbian archbishopric Daniel, a holy and reverend husband” (Serblyak l. 55). But Milyutin († 1320) was much older than Daniil († 1338). Therefore, it is incredible that the latter was the educator of the former. This is what Daniel's disciple says. According to his information, compared with Milutin’s letter and genealogy, this attack of the Franks on Athos ended in 1296. Theodud Master, whose news was published in Anecdota Boissonadi II, 226, dates the devastation of Athos by the Catalans to 1308. But the advantage remains with his contemporaries. Daniel's words in Zap. geogr. total XIII, 302. Glasnik VI, 38. Daniel says that at the burial of the cor. Helena († Feb. 6, 1306) he held the rank of Bishop of Bath. Letop. in Glasnik V, 57. Daniel - in Raich II 421, 422. Since at the burial of K. Helena in February. 1306 Daniil was already the bishop of Banya, then the reconciliation of Dragutin with Milyutin and his mother was accomplished without a doubt in 1305. The news of Daniel is in Raich II 531, 533. Glasnik VI, 40. The student's news is from Raich II 554, 555. Service: “To the saint of Christ, teacher of divine traditions, Christ showed you, as a true shepherd, to the verbal flock, to the Serbian people, whom you saved from temptations and strengthened their being in Orthodoxy.” Raicha II, 579. Glasnik VI 41; V, 57. In Grigorovich (Putesh. 19). Gospel of 1329, written “by command of the Reverend. Mr. archbishop all Srbian lands and Pomeranian kiras. Danila, then ruling on the throne of St. Saint Kiri Sava." Maikov (p. 50) knows the translation of the Helmsman, attributed to the arch. Daniel. Genealogy in the Rumyantsev Museum pp. 155–157. Original in hilandar; three lists in Karlovtsy and Lviv University Library. Disciple of Daniel: “to proclaim the life pleasing to God of his, the blessed kings of the Serbian lands, and again the good actions of the life of the immaculate archbishop.” After Daniel, only notes by year and short chronicles were written. Safarik (in Monuments) published three chronicles: one ends in 1453, the other in 1503, the third, published according to 8 lists, goes, according to some lists, to the 17th century. The Tronosha Chronicle, published in the 5th hour of the Glasnik, is distinguished by its completeness and its compiler shows a desire to present events in their connection. It ends with the first quarter of the XVI century. Another short chronicle in Peyachevich’s Latin translation was published in “Ar.” Kukulevich 3, 3–30. In addition to the brevity and dryness of the news, another oddity is visible in the Serbian chronicles: their chronological testimony is mostly incorrect. Raicha II, 614. According to the news of the chief priests (Glasnik VI, 41), Daniel was archbishop for 14 years and 3 months. According to the Serbian charter (Glasnik XI, 193) “Dec. 19 Prestavise Archbishop Daniel.” His predecessor Nicodemus died in May 1325, see August. 30 hours The legend is read in the charatean menaion of the Pshinsky monastery of the 14th century. The ancient text of his app. in Izv. acad. VIII, 154–156. The same thing, with a few changes in words, in the oven. prologue and in the fourth on December 24th. Taking into account the antiquity of the manuscripts where the edifying legend is found, and taking into account the historical circumstances of Bulgaria, we can confidently assume that the legend of the righteous was composed during the reign of Ts. Yasene 2. According to Akropolitus, Yasen the elder “said about himself that he was rewarding the damage caused to Bulgaria by the emperor. Vasily, and just as he was called the destroyer of the Bulgarians, so he is the destroyer of the Greeks.” The son of Yasen the Elder imitated his father, restored the Bulgarian nation, and collected the relics of the holy Slavs in Ternov. Some inaccuracy of the legend about St. Nicolae also indicates that it was written around 1230. Eg. in 711 the emperor hired 3,000 Bulgarians to defend the empire. Chertkov about the War of Svyatoslav p. 142. Other evidence from Tafel, De Thessalonica p. 513. This is how Theophanes Chron describes the war. 329–330. Zonara lib. XV, 98. Kedrin Hist. n. 380 (2, 481 s.), Glykas, Manassi (in Chertkov p. 82). Slavic prologue: “the power of all death was by murder, so even with Tsar Nicephorus, having allowed God, little came back from them,” or as in the Chetya-Minea, “it was hardly possible for Tsar Nicephorus himself with a small retinue to escape.” But all historians say that Grubosh made a cup from the royal skull; Georgy Amartol adds one remark: “no one could clearly say how the king was killed.” Chronicle p. 677. In the Greek menea for June 23: “memory of the Christians who died in Bulgaria under Tsar Nicephorus.” In Serbian Synaxar 1340, on June 23, the following legend: “under Nikifor, the kings, Father Starozhnov (Stavrakia), in the ninth year of his kingdom, the army happened to be a Greek from Bulgaria; I conquered the abyss of the tsar in the rusty way and therefore, in victory, took the food and drink from the adjacent, staring at the eels of the bulgar and the power of the Grinch howl, attacking, the very same tsar and synclite of everything and howl, not strict being yasha and having committed a lot of murder in them, not sparing a single nor that same king. Where did he come from so many languages, without having ceased from life, he ran up into the thick mountains; And as long as they were alive, they did not want to turn away from Christ, so they fled from the godless, in various and evil investments, they were and received a crown of torment.” Glasnik XVI 39, 40. Zap. acad. VI, 109. Therefore, according to the Greek legend, the Bulgarians forced the prisoners to renounce their faith and many of the Greeks managed to escape in the forests and mountains, while the king, his entire retinue, a huge number of troops died.