69. 1451 г. февраля 9. Митрополита Ионы жалованная грамота старцу протодиакону Михаилу на наместничество в Вильне, Новогородке и Гродне

From the collection of Count A.S. Uvarov No. 512 (formerly Tsarskogo No. 366), l. 307 rev.–309. It was published, without the name of the governor and the date, in Historical Acts, vol. I, No. 48. I, and in Acts relating to legal matters. ancient life Ross. vol. II, No. 167. The exact same letter given to Archimandrite Akakiy for the Kiev governorship is placed in Uvarov’s collection on pp. 183–185; in the variants it is marked with the letter A. In the same collection (fol. 196) there is also a letter addressed to the former Kyiv governor, Elder David, about the surrender of church property to his successor, the above-mentioned Akakiy; the latter was published in Acts of History. Vol. I, No. 48. II and below under No. 76. How to write from the saint to his deputy Jonah, by the grace of God, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus'. With God's help at the beginning, and with all the boyars, they discussed, and made this elder and protodeacon, in the name of Mikhail 2680, the governor of their metropolis, ordered him to keep our place 2681 in Vilna, and in Novegorodok, and in Gorodnya, and in all cities and places and villages, wherever there are my metropolitan churches, which from the old days were drawn under my brother, under Metropolitan Photius, to that our metropolitan viceroyalty, and all church justifications and courts and spiritual affairs were ordered to be corrected by him, and the villages of the church and ours were built, people were to be watched and monitored in every possible way, as it was before us, under my brother, under Metropolitan Photius. Our same viceroy, with the blessing of our humility and punishment, must straighten out all ecclesiastical and spiritual affairs, with great strength, and consecrate the divine churches of Christ with holy antimensions, and consecrate the old ones, with the name of our humility, to the glory of God and in the pilgrimage of the great king and the great prince Casimir the prince, and the noble faithful princes and princesses, and lords and all the great Orthodoxy, according to all the divine and sacred rules and the church’s correct income; also a deacon and a deacon, and a living monk and a layman who wants to be ordained a deacon and become a priest, with all sorts of spiritual testing, worthy gives his letters, in the name of the path, to the Holy Spirit, a son and fellow servant of our humility, to the bishops existing under the border of our most holy metropolis of Kyiv and All Rus', by will whoever wants to be appointed, from whomever he wants: and they, without any hesitation, ordain and perform in the priesthood, with the blessing of our humility, and according to the letter, decided along the path, our above-mentioned governor Michael. But you, beloved sons of our humility in the Holy Spirit, noble, faithful and Christ-loving princes and lords, and archimandrites and archpriests, and abbots and mestiques, and priests and deacons, and all the people of Christ and the church, honor and have him in everything and you will be obedient to his good punishment sent to you from our lips humility, for the salvation of your only-begotten, immortal souls. And also, sons, I bless you all in full, so that our deputy in income and in church duties does not run away from anyone 2682, so that he does not complain about this to the great king. And which, sons, you have the honor and love to hold for this monument of ours, and not only to him and not only to ourselves, but to my Creator Christ the Master, from whom you want and desire to receive the kingdom of heaven for endless centuries. This sheet was given in Novgorodka, February 9, Indict 14. The letter addressed to Akaki begins like this: Jonah, by the grace of God, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, has granted Akaki. let's run away A: offended Act. No. 48. You might be interested in: