135. 1464 г. апреля 4. Настольная грамота митрополита Феодосия протосингеллу Иосифу, поставленному, с согласия и по наречению иерусалимского патриapxa Иоакима, в митрополиты Кесарии Филипповы

From the collection of the Pogodinsky Ancient Depository (now the Imperial Public Library) No. 1287, l. 136 rev. – The significant fact of the appointment by the Russian (now autocephalous) metropolitan of an equal epapxa for the Eastern Church is also noted in our contemporary chronicles. Wed. “East. Russian Church" Macarius, vol. VIII, p. 351. By the grace given to us from the Lord God Almighty, and by the election of the only begotten Son and Word of God Christ Jesus, and by the action and power of the Holy and life-giving Spirit, even now, by the blessing and path of 3424 Joachim, patriarch of Jerusalem, by the will and advice of the autocrat 3425 Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich of All Rus', I Theodosius, Metropolitan of All Rus', with the entire cathedral of the great Russian church of our most pure Lady Theotokos, of her most honorable Dormition, in the most eminent and God-protected city of Moscow, of the great Russian autocracy 3426 scepter and place 3427 spiritual of our metropolis, with all the archbishops and bishops, with general advice and reason, established I am the Metropolitan of Pro[to] Singela Cyrus Joseph, who was previously named by Patriarch Joachim of Jerusalem to be the metropolis of the God-saving city of Caesarea Philippi, and fulfilled it according to the rite and custom and charter of the holy conciliar and apostolic church, before his appointment to confess with every notification the holy Orthodox faith, as it one-wise and one-willed and promised by the holy seven ecumenical council, the commandments and tradition of God's chosen teaching of Christ Jesus. The verb is in every way not involved in itself 3428 and is not associated with the Florentine Latin Council, and all its God-hating and unclean traditions are ultimately rejected, as well as Isidore, the passionate apostate of the Orthodox faith, and his disciple Gregory, is of the same wisdom to him, since their all-pernicious teaching is unanimously known by the right hatred of the hated and trampled, and abominably was imputed to him. And for the sake of his acquisition of an Orthodox and honest old man and a reasonable man, able to supply and arrange and adorn the throne of the Caesarea church with divine teaching, according to the tradition of the holy Apostles, and correct all of God’s sacred church performances and govern and observe Orthodox souls, according to the will of God and according to the holy rules, and shepherd the flock of Christ, God’s chosen, under the shadow of the holy church, on the grass true wisdom of God, and to shut up in the fence of the holy commandments, to keep from the evil teeth of the beast, and to save everything that is possessed from anxiety and from many things of rebellion, destructive and pernicious heretics, with a pastoral and kind eye. And let him have the power, by the grace of the Holy Spirit and according to the above-written tradition, to decide and bind and forgive the sins of those who come to him, according to the Savior’s commandment, which says: “Whose sins you hold, they hold on to, and let go below, they will be forgiven.” Therefore, to have the will to install bishops, ordain priests and deacons, ordain readers and subdeacons, according to the holy rules, in his metropolis of Caesarea Philippi. So, Orthodox princes and governors and dignitaries and boyars and ranks, great and small, and every age of Orthodox Christianity, Metropolitan Kecapius of Philip, have love and humility for him and divine obedience and spiritual good obedience, as I will return to God’s saint and builder his mysteries. And he must take care of your souls and guide the hedgehog to the commandments of our procession to the heavenly Jerusalem, where the righteous spirits dwell, according to his holy duty, and will find mercy from our Lord Jesus Christ on the terrible day of his second coming, in the present century - peace and health and remission of sins, and in the future - the kingdom of heaven. And it was delivered quickly in the summer of 6900 hundredth 72nd, April 4. You might be interested in: