44. 1416 г. сентября 24. Его же грамота Псковичам о снятии с них крестного целования и об отмене уставной грамоты князя Константина Дмитриевича

From the Rumyants manuscript. Museum No. 204, l. 428–430, according to which it was published in the Ι-th volume of Historical Acts under No. 23. Blessing of Photey, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus', in Pskov, to the mayor and old mayors, and to the entire great power of Pskov, the Lord's people of Christ. My son Prince Andrei Alexandrovich 1925 beat me with my forehead about you, about your antiquity, and they naturally sent to me their mayor Yakim 1926, and Vasily, and their other boyars with my letter, which I wrote to you to my children and to the priests, for the sake of your spiritual 1927, not from myself, but from the divine rules, and they sent You naturally came to me with your letter, the last one, kissing my son Prince Kostyantin Dmitrievich 1928; and my son Prince Andrei Alexandrovich and those of your boyars, mayor Yakim and Vasily, told me that from that letter from the new one, from the princess from Dmitrievich Kostyantinova, Christians are seen as dirty and mentally harmful to your entire state; but you want to keep your antiques. Otherwise, sons, if you naturally managed to kiss Prince Kostyantinovo Dmitrievich, and through my writing, which was copied from the holy rules: and you, sons, were fit to do that, having told me the saint. Otherwise, it didn’t work out and they began to kiss naturally and gave the truth among themselves and now you want to live again according to your old days, otherwise you would have to lay down the kiss ordered by Prince Kostyantinovo Dmitrievich: otherwise, son, the rule of the Great Basil 64 says about these: “The laity who change the kiss are excommunicated from holy communion for ten years.” The same 81st rule says: “It is appropriate to be accepted into the church at the age of 12 1929, who betrayed his faith for the sake of it: change is also excommunication 1930 from God.” And the rule of the Holy Apostles 25, and the Great Basil’s rule 10, the same 17, the same 64, the same 82 1931; and these rules say that this is forbidden. And my children did not have time to find and write these rules to you: your ambassador asked us for that word, and they were lucky enough to go on their way. And you, my sons, will look for yourself in the holy rules of those rules that write about this, and you will be convinced of how it is necessary for an Orthodox true Christian to transgress the faith given to God and kiss the honorable cross, but it is appropriate, as soon as one can get rid of that mental harm, to shed the blood of a martyr for Christ in Orthodoxy: that is why one needs to eat. And you, sons of him, look how it would not be harmful to you, and how it would not be harmful to your state, Orthodox Christianity. But Christianity will need that new kiss, and not for spiritual benefit, but for destruction: and you would create that new kiss, if a Christian needs it, and with alms and fasting and prayer help yourself in this. And I bless you, my children, to destroy that new thing, a necessary charter for Christians, and I bless you to keep your old times, even if it will be pleasing to God and according to the holy rules and your entire state, it will not be harmful to the soul, but will also benefit the soul. And try to show help in everything and righteous intercession to the Lord’s poor people, for whose sake Christ shed his blood, and show you to them as intercessors; and reason will enable you to understand its truth in everything. And for this reason, we must naturally take greater care of them and truly acquire the truth, according to Savior’s word in the Holy Gospel: “to him has been given much, and much will be required from him”; and: “A servant knows the will of his master, and if he sins, he will be beaten many times.” And you, sons, would look at yourself in all this, the great Christian people ruling righteously and godly. And may God’s mercy and my prayer and my blessing be with you. And a letter was given in Moscow, the month of September at 24, the indictment was tenth summer. He reigned in Pskov from March 19, 1415 to July 17, 1417. See Pol. Sob. Years. V, 22. Mentioned in the second Pskov. letop. under 1417 Judging by the contents of this letter, one must think that Photius is mentioning here not the letter that is placed above under No. 34, but about some other, now unknown. Konstantin Dmitrievich, younger brother led. book Vasily Dmitrievich, reigned in Pskov twice: in 1407 and in 1412–1414. Floor. Collection Years. T. IV, 198, 201; Vol. V, 22. In the original, 16 is wrong. In the original, 52 is wrong. You might be interested in: