70. Около 1451 г. Его же послание к верейскому князю Михаилу Андреевичу с жалобой на Вышегородских соборных попов и горожан, об обиде митрополичьего десятинника

From the collection of Count A.S. Uvarov No. 512 (formerly Tsarskogo No. 366), l. 164 rev.–166. It was published in the first volume of Historical Acts under No. 50; according to the list found in the Synodal collection No. 562, l. 145–146. Variants of this edition are marked A. Messenger from the Metropolitan to Prince Mikhail Andreevich about Yurya, about the stable boy 2683 Blessing of Jonah, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus', about the Holy Spirit to the son of our humility, the noble and faithful Prince Mikhail Andreevich. I am feeding you, my son, complaining about your cathedral priests 2684 on the Vyshegorod priests (name), and on the laity, and on their comrades: my tithe-keeper 2685 Yury, the stableman, according to my salary, went on a tithe, and came to Vyshegorod, and stood in the courtyard of the priest (name): and that priest, with those with your city people, came, that my boyar Yuri, the groom, was killed in the equestrian village, and my nobles were killed; and they beat him, they say, to death; but by the grace of the 2686 Most Pure One, all, God gave, are alive, and for the future two 2687 and three without a century. Otherwise, son, you are a great 2688 ruler, look 2689 yourself and ask your old boyars, did this happen before, under your great ancestors and parents, such dishonor to the Church of God and the saint who preceded me? And you know 2690 you, my son, and behold, that the great prince was Vytautas, also now a king, great sovereigns, being not of our faith, also the princes and gentlemen of that faith, ask, son, what great honor do they hold not only for ourselves, but also for our governors and all our nobles and reserves? 2691 And these being Orthodox Christians, let them mock and dishonor the Church of God, and us too. And I, my son, sent my bailiff after those priests. And I bless you, my son, and pray that you, as a true great 2692 ruler, will defend the Church of God, and me, your father and pilgrim 2693, as powerfully as possible from those townspeople, as God puts it on your heart, so that later 2694 this will not happen for the future; but you will not defend me, my son, and you will beware of 2695 retribution from God, and I will defend against them with the law of God, no matter what Christians are called. 2696 And what if, son, my foreman did something much 2697 somewhere, and you, my son 2698, searched him cleanly, and wrote 2699 off to me; and I would have handed him over to you 2700 without trial, just as he did to you in 2702. And you, son, sharing the Most Pure Mother of God, and sharing your father with me, had great regard for this, and wrote it back to me. And may God’s mercy, my prayer and blessing be about everything with your great nobility and dominion. In the synodal list the title is more detailed: Message from the Metropolitan to Prince Mikhail Andreevich about Yuri, about the stable boy, about the foreman, that he was dishonored by the cathedral priests of Vyshegorod. on your priests at the national teams of A. ask, what kind of care is given and what kind of honor is it to hold? A. Orthodox added to A. The words: that... Christians in the list according to which the message was published in the Acts are crossed out. You might be interested in: