129. Митрополичья наказная грамота о монастырском общежитии

From the synodal collection No. 562, l. 99–101; was published according to the same list in the 1st volume of the Act. Archaeogr. Expedition under No. 381. I. Wed. legend No. 127. MESSAGE FROM THE METROPOLITAN, WHY SHOULD ARCHIMANDRITE AND BRETHREN GO IN A COMMON MONASTERY Behold... the Metropolitan of All Rus', gave this letter of his to the most honorable monastery, to the common monastery... to the archimandrite... and to the holy monks and monks, and to all the brethren of that monastery in Christ. That they beat me with their foreheads, but they say that they previously had a bogharado common life in the monastery, orderly and in accordance with the rules, about Christ with love in everything; and now they have committed sin for the sake of ours, according to the last time this is necessary and the unrest for the sake of the zemstvo, taught them to live that life not according to the statute, not according to the tradition of the Holy Fathers of the common life of the rite and statute, and from some brethren it is depraved. And I... the Metropolitan of All Rus' gave this letter of his to this most honorable monastery to this archimandrite... and to all the brethren who are now in that monastery in Christ, also for this reason, whoever is in that monastery, the archimandrite and the holy monks and monks of that monastery, may they hold and walk according to this letter of mine for the future, holding a common monastic life, according to the tradition of the monastic order and charter, having reverence for everything to their spiritual superior, the archimandrite; and he, with spiritual love, must have every concern for their salvation and for the entire monastery building and for the needs of his brothers, and to unite with them at meals, except for his cell; but in the oprichnina there are common monastic fraternal meals, according to the general monastic life of the authorities, and there are no other meals except for the brethren, except for the great guests who come, and then let it be according to rank. And both the abbot and all the brethren maintain a common charitable life, and every monastery parish, whether alms, prayers, or magpies, or inscriptions, bread, or anything else in the monastery parish, or goods, the archimandrite knows everything according to his word and in consultation with all his brethren. And which brother will be chosen for the monastery parish, will be in charge of the church building, and the cellarer and the merchant will be arranged, or which brother will be sent to the monastery service: and then the archimandrite chooses everything and assigns it to every thing, with the knowledge and love of all the brethren he builds and directs whom the brothers will choose, and with his blessing. The archimandrite also receives the monks who come, along with all the brethren, according to his word. And whoever destroys the instructions given in this charter of ours and begins to neglect our seven scriptures, and does not have a life for the sake of God to live, a union and a union of spiritual love between himself, or who has a brother without the archimandrite’s words and blessings, and without brotherly knowledge 3291, to trade, or sat down to build for himself, and the Metropolitan of All Rus' ordered the archimandrite that a destroyer of rites and a libertine of the common monastic life, to be condemned to the monastery's needs, and to be expelled from the monastery. And whoever the holy monk, or the monk, or that same spiritual abbot, the archimandrite of that most honorable monastery, has to do otherwise, and he will appear before God, like a destroyer of the rites of the holy Fathers of the faithful monastic life of the common rite and charter in that most honorable monastery; and will he come to his senses and not be punished with pure repentance... 3292, and will not come to his spiritual superior, to the archimandrite, and to all the God-gathered flock of his brethren: and such, for this reason and from our humility, will receive spiritual punishment and unblessing, until he puts his pure repentance before God. It is repeated here again in the manuscript. There is something incomprehensible in the manuscript here: a refuge for him. You might be interested in: