112. 1484 г. Отреченные грамоты: I) новгородского архиепископа Сергия и II) суздальского епископа Феодора

In the synodal collection No. 562, according to which both of these charters are published (fol. 169 vol. and fol. 186), the first of them (not yet published anywhere) is turned into a completely nameless form; in the latter (published in the first volume of Act. History under No. 94) only the name of the abdicating bishop is omitted. – For their belonging to the named rulers, see the notes below the text. I. Message, named, to the Metropolitan of All Rus' from the Archbishop of Veliky Novgorod, on the abandonment of the archdiocese Seaz Sergius 2915, humble archbishop of Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, I ask and pray and with my forehead beat my lord and father Gerontius 2916, Metropolitan of All Russia, and about the Holy Spirit of his brethren, the archbishop and bishops: Rostov and Yaroslavl Archbishop Asaph, Suzdal Bishop Theodore, Bishop Semyon of Ryazan and Murom, Bishop Gerasim of Kolomna, Bishop Prokhor of Sary 2917 and other God-loving bishops and all the holy councils of the entire Russian metropolis. I ask forgiveness for the fact that until now I have been shepherding from God the flock of the Archbishopric of Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, and I have found great weakness 2918 (and I testify to the Holy Spirit), even though I can act for nothing as a saint; and for this sake I left that great degree of priesthood, the Archbishopric of Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, and died in humble monastic form; and from now on I can no longer act as a hierarch, nor can I be called an archbishop. And my lord and father Gerontius, Metropolitan of All Rus', with the archbishop and bishops and with all the sacred councils of the entire Russian metropolitanate, will elect and install in that great degree of holiness, in my place, the archbishop of Veliky Novgorod and Pskov; If God continues to live with us, there is no way for me to act as a saint, nor to be called an archbishop, but to remain humble in my monastic life. And he signed this document with his own hand. II. Letter to the bishop, name 2919 Behold, the humble Theodore 2920, bishop of Suzdal and Tory, this is written about what you have achieved with your brow to your master Gerontius, Metropolitan of All Rus', before the archbishop and bishops: before Asaph, archbishop of Rostov and Yaroslavl, before Semion, bishop of Ryazan, and before Gerasim, bishop Kolomna, and before the Sary Bishop Prokhor, and before all the councils of the great metropolis of all Rus', and through my petition I received from him blessing and forgiveness for my boldness, even though I wanted to shepherd Christ’s flock of verbal sheep, I was not able to support and govern him 2921, but for the sake of my weakness I left my bishopric and the degree of my priesthood Suzdal and Torus. And for now, even if God commands me to live, and I don’t want to act in any way according to the hierarchical traditions, nor to intervene in any affairs, nor to be called a bishop, nor to teach, but I teach to be, even though I am not a 2922 bishop, I left all the hierarchical works and with this writing I renounced everything, and deigned to live in a monastery, in a monastic 2923 life remaining 2924, in subjugation and in all obedience and until my last breath 2925, protecting my soul outside 2926 from the networks of hostile spirits of wickedness 2927, according to the spoken word of our Lord Jesus Christ: “no one, he said, lay your hands on a plowshare 2928 and in vain back, ruled in the kingdom of heaven.” For unto him is glory and dominion forever, amen. 2929 The name of Sergius is revealed by itself from the following circumstances: a) the renounced letters of his predecessor Theophilus and successor Gennady came with names (see No. 110 and note 1 to the next letter); b) Gennady's successor Serapion was deposed by the council (in 1509), next. could not leave the renounced letter; c) Serapion’s place was taken by Macarius, later Metropolitan; Meanwhile, in the synodal collection there are no acts later than the first quarter of the 16th century. All these rulers, with the exception, of course, of Theodore of Suzdal, are named in the following charter; and in the list of the real one there is a dull name everywhere. The local chronicle speaks about this great weakness that came upon Sergius: “I was amazed: when I saw him in the Euthymian porch, sitting in one duckweed; sometimes I see him at noon at St. Sophia sitting without a hood and without a robe; I took him sick to Trinity at the Sergius Monastery.” Floor. Collection Years. Vol. III. pp. 243–244. The present charter was, apparently, the most commonly used model for later acts of this kind; according to it, for example, they wrote their renunciation letters: in 1501 Philotheus of Perm (synod. collection No. 562, l. 197), in 1504 Gennady of Novgorod (ibid., fol. 221 vol. and Act. Arch. Exp. vol. I, No. 384) and Nikon of Kolomna (fol. 219 and Act. Ist. vol. I, no. 114). Therefore, in order not to print the same text several times, it is enough to indicate here only those discrepancies in later letters, with the help of which it was possible to restore them in their own form. Theodore, the former bishop of Bryansk, was appointed to Suzdal in 1483, but the following year he abdicated the see and soon died. See Stroev's Lists of Hierarchs, pp. 654–655. The letters of Philotheus, Gennady and Nikon begin like this: “To Mr. (from Nikon - the Sovereign) the Most Reverend Simon, Metropolitan of All Rus', beggar, sir, your pilgrim (much-sinful monk, former Bishop Nikon of Kolomna) I strike with my forehead. For the sake of my weakness... It’s already missing from other documents. in Chernesky in other documents. This is where the similarity between Nikon’s charter ends. It ends like this: “And you, sir, have mercy for God’s sake, bless and forgive me, a sinner, and remember me in your holy prayers, so that the all-merciful Lord our God, by his mercy and the prayers and supplication of his Most Pure Mother and all the Saints, and by yours, sir, holy prayers, may guide me on the path of repentance and bestow zeal and reason for salvation.” Attached to the letter, by the hand of Nikon himself, was the following request to the metropolitan: “To the Most Reverend Metropolitan Simon of All Rus', the many-sinful monk, the former bishop of Kolomna Nikon beats his forehead. For God's sake, sir, have mercy, and grieve for your son Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich, the sovereign of all Rus', and grieve for your son Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich, sovereign of all Rus', grieve for me, so that the sovereign may have mercy, for God's sake, and let me go, a sinner for the Volga; and you, sir, forgive me and bless me; and I hit you with my forehead a lot. And I wrote this prayer and signature with my sinful hand.” and until his last breath Phil. and Gen. In Gennady’s letter, the synodal list preserved the date and signature: “And it was written in the summer of 7000 on the 2nd, June 26. And this signature was signed by Gennady, the former apxbishop, with his own hand and his seal.” You might be interested in: