68. 1451 г. В начале февраля: I) Послание митрополита Ионы к польскому королю Казимиру; II) его же послание к пану Михаилу Кезигайловичу и III) посольские речи королю от митрополита – по случаю соединения киевской митрополии с московской

From the collection of Count A.S. Uvarov No. 512 (formerly Tsarskogo No. 366), l. 314 vol.–315 and 309 vol.–311. They were published according to the same collection in the first volume of Historical Acts under No. 260. I. To the Great King of Poland To the high, noble, glorious, great Queen Casimir of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania and Russia and Zhamodey and others, and the prince of Prussia, the pilgrim of your great reign, Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus', blesses and prays to God, and beats with his forehead. What has God put in your heart, the great ruler, to want to favor, to straighten out our church affairs: and for this I thank your great reign, and I bless, and I pray to God, and I beat you with my forehead, your common pilgrim. And now, about the same thing, we sent this our governor of Krivchesky, Elder Jonah, to your great ruler, and what about you, the great ruler, about which church affairs should be beaten from us, so that you, the great ruler, would have mercy and have mercy: you would manage church affairs, for the sake of your salvation, so that the church of God, and your prayers, would not be abused by anyone the great reward of your great dominion. And may the mercy of God and the prayer of our humility and blessing always be with your great dominion. II. How to write to the great gentleman 2677 Blessing of Jonah, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus', to the son of our humility, Pan Mikhail Kezkgailovich. 2678 That, son, as God has put on your heart, you grieve over our Christianity and about our church affairs: and for this I thank you, my son, and bless you, and I pray to God for the long-term health of your stay; and for the future, if only you, my son, would have taken care of this, for the sake of his salvation. And now, son, they sent to the great ruler, their son, the great king, and to you, our children, to the great lords, about the same church affairs, this our Krichevsky governor, elder Jonah, and told him about everything that was necessary: what should I, son, have for you, the great gentleman, who speaks our church affairs from us, and I bless you, my son, so that you, his son, having listened to him, to the great 2679 ruler, to the great king, was sad; and about this, son, from God you will receive a hundredfold reward temporarily [and] in the future, and from our humility blessing and prayer. And written... III. embassy to the king or grand duke The pilgrim of your great reign, Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, blesses, and prays to God, and with his brow beats you, the great ruler, for your great salary. Your father and pilgrim Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus', narrates: that you, the great ruler, for the sake of your salvation, in unity established the Church of God, your own pilgrimage to the Kyiv metropolis, according to the old days, and you gave the Kiev table to your pilgrim: and about this is your great dominion, your common pilgrim and father, I thank you, and I bless you, and I bless you, and I pray to God for your health and for spiritual salvation, and to my belly. Your common pilgrim, Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus', narrates: You, the great ruler, the great king, for the sake of your salvation, wanted to favor, you wanted to fulfill all the ancient times of the church, and you wanted to establish the Church of God, your pilgrimage, completely in unity, in your other pilgrimage and rulership, the Galician metropolis, God's churches and the church houses to that of your pilgrimage to the Kyiv church, to St. Sophia and the Kyiv table, should be given according to the old days, and you ordered us to send ourselves here, in that in your dominion: and you, great ruler, would have granted, then you would have fulfilled your great salary, for the sake of salvation, and you would have established the church in sacred unity and in union, according to the old times; and I, your pilgrim, in accordance with my duty, and to my belly, am glad to pray to God for your great dominion, in our eternal continuances to God and in all our prayers, as powerfully as possible. This title shows that the compiler of the collection looked at the original message as an example of similar acts. Probably this gentleman is the same person as Chancellor Mikhail, mentioned at the end of the previous act (No. 67). In the original it goes on to the great again. You might be interested in: