18. 1333–1353. Грамота митрополита Феогноста на Червленый Яр о принадлежности тамошнего края к рязанской епархии

For the publication, two copies from the original were used at different times: the older one belongs to the 17th century and is in the handwritten collection of the Pogodinsky Ancient Repository No. 1563, fol. 84; the newest one was made for Count Rumyantsev, indicating the location of the original - in the archives of the Ryazan consistory (Manuscript. Roman. Music No. 98, pp. 17–18). Under the first is the Greek signature of the metropolitan: Θεόγνωστος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ μητροπολίτης πάσης ‘Ρωσίας καὶ ὐπέρτιμος; in the latter it is noted that the original letter is signed in Greek as follows: “By the grace of God Theognostus, Metropolitan of All Rus'.” It was published in Historical Acts (vol. I, No. 1), with the following note about the date: “Metropolitan Theognost went to the Horde in 1333 and again in 1342, and died in 1353, in the spring. See Novgorod. first letop. ed. Archaeogr. Com. pp. 77. 82. 85. Bishop Kirill of Ryazan is mentioned in the catalog of bishops under 1334. East. Ross. Jer. I, 130. For these reasons, the charter is dated back to 1334–1353.” (note 1 at the end of the volume). Below the text are the most important versions of this edition. Blessing of Theognost, Metropolitan of All Rus', to my children, to the Baskaks and to the centurions, and to the abbots and priests, and to all the peasants of Chervleny Yar, and to all the cities along the Great Crow. I pray to God 1079 that you may be good in soul and body, healthy, and may you fulfill 1080 the natural commandments of God, may you have natural love for your neighbor and for everyone, alms according to your strength, truth, chastity, confession of your sins, so that you will be heirs of the endless kingdom of God. Know 1081, children, before there were many speeches and rebellion 1082, between the two rulers, Ryazan and Sarai, about the redistribution, and I sent my abbot to you, so that he would consider in truth whose redistribution will be; and according to the same abbot’s obedience, I gave a letter to the ruler of Sarai, Athanasius. Now the lord of Ryazan has come to me with his clergy members, and brought to me a letter from my brother Maxim the Metropolitan, and another letter from my brother Peter the Metropolitan - and they control the lord of Ryazan and order him to hold the entire redistribution of that along the Great Crow: and he showed me the third letter from the lord of Sarai Sophony, how that one retreated the redistribution that he should not enter into, not the Sarai redistribution, but the Ryazan redistribution. And having now seen everything, I judged, according to those letters of my brotherhood of metropolitans, that the ruler of Ryazan should keep the redistribution of all that, according to the Great Crow. And even if I had seen these letters before 1083, I would not have sent the abbot to inspect them, nor would I have given the letters to the ruler of the Sarai 1084. And now I have put that letter aside; but I cannot destroy the letters of my brotherhood and metropolitans. 1085 And now I am writing to you and clearly doing the same, as according to those letters of my brotherhood of metropolitans, I govern 1086 the ruler of Ryazan, and he knows how to redistribute everything, according to the Great Crow; and the ruler of Sarai does not need to intercede. And he gave the right letter to Bishop Kirill of Ryazan, just as the metropolitans gave my brothers. And you have love for him and all obedience and submission, and do everything he says to you that will benefit your soul and save you. And whatever church tax there is, give it to him, according to long-standing church custom. And may the mercy of God and the Holy Mother of God, and my blessing, be with you. Added: and the Holy Mother of God. Added: and az - with a note below: “In authentic. this word has been added to the field.” You might be interested in: