Перенесение честных мощей святителей Киприана, Фотия и Ионы, Киевских и всея России чудотворцев

In April 1472, during the reign of the Christ-loving Grand Duke of All Russia Ivan Vasilyevich 3477 under His Grace Metropolitan Philip 3478 in the glorious city of Moscow, the foundation of the holy and great cathedral Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary began. And when they began to dismantle the first church, which was built by St. Peter the Wonderworker 3479, and dismantled it to the floors, then at that time the coffins of the former Russian hierarchs, the Right Reverend Metropolitans Cyprian, Photius and Jonah, were discovered. On May 28, at the beginning of the second hour of the day, their coffins were dug up, and then the Right Reverend Metropolitan of All Russia Philip came with the archbishops and with him the entire Moscow clergy, the right-believing Grand Duke John Vasilyevich also came with his son, the mother of the Grand Duke, his brothers, princes George, Andrey, Boris and Andrey, all the dignitaries of the Grand Duke's court, the princes and boyars, and many Orthodox Christians, residents of the glorious city of Moscow, husbands and wives. Having sung the psalms appropriate for this occasion, they first took the coffin of Metropolitan Cyprian of All Russia and placed it in a prepared place in the newly founded church in a special ark on the right side, and then they took the coffin of Metropolitan Photius and placed it in the same place. The sacred vestments and omophorions that were on the saints turned out to be incorruptible, despite the many years since the day of their death, for after the death of Metropolitan Cyprian, 65 years passed without eighteen days, and after the death of Metropolitan Photius, 41 years passed without thirty-four days. After the relics of Saints Cyprian and Photius had been transferred, they came to the tomb of Saint Metropolitan Jonah, and when immediately after this the lid was removed from it, such a strong fragrance spread that everyone standing around this place heard it. At the same time, everyone saw that the holy relics of the saint were completely intact, only the body had dried to the bones, and the clothes in which he was dressed were also intact and untouched by decay, and yet after his death he was then 11 years and 2 months old. Taking the saint’s coffin, they placed it on top of the ground on the left side of the church. The blessed Prince John and the Right Reverend Metropolitan with the multitude of Orthodox people then thanked God for this and ordered to celebrate the memory of the discovery of the honorable relics of the saints on the 27th day of the month of May. Here, of course, is Grand Duke John Vasilyevich III, who reigned in Moscow from 1462 to 1505. This was Metropolitan Philip I, who occupied the Moscow see under Grand Duke John III from 1465 to 1473. Of course, Saint Metropolitan Peter, who in 1325 moved from Vladimir to Moscow and at whose insistence the first stone Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God was built by Moscow Prince John Kalita. You might be interested in: