79. Около 1458 г. июля 25. Его же послание к полоцкому архимандриту Каллисту, по случаю избрания его в местные епископы

From the collection of Count A.S. Uvarov No. 512 (formerly Tsarsky No. 366), which contains two copies of this message: l. 225 vol.–227 and l. 304–305; the first was published in Historical Acts, vol. I, 270. In this edition, both lists are taken into account; the latter, as more serviceable, is included in the text. Message to the one appointed to rule 2759 Blessing of Jonah, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus', about the Holy Spirit to the son of our humility, the holy monk archimandrite, and by the grace of God 2760, the present vicar of the Polotsk bishopric, named the abbot of that sacred capital, Elder Callistus. Your diploma, our son, has come to us, and with the knowledge of everything, you write to our humility and punish us with speeches, remembering your previous good firstfruits in the angelic image and ordaining yourself from our humility in that good soul-saving feat: and then, son, you do great things, that you remember the previous best and do unforgettable things for God and for yours. spiritual benefit. Also, son, and then you proclaim to us, how is it that God pleases, and the great sovereign, our lord and son, the great king, God put on the heart and the Most Pure Mother of God, and all the noble Russian princes and boyars there, and the priests, and all the people of Christ named 2761 of the Lord of our Orthodox Christian 2762 faith, our children, loved you, so that you can be their 2763 bishop; otherwise, to my son, we also pray to God and His Most Pure Mother of God for this, and we thank God’s love for mankind a lot, so that God will complete the good work he began with his mercy; and we, our son, are very happy about him. And what, son, are you writing about the appointment and for something 2764 is still not summary: otherwise, my son 2765, God knows that the great one wanted to be in the house of the Most Pure Mother of God, in St. Sophia 2766, and with the great ruler and with the great King, since he was in his fatherland, in the Lithuanian land, and wanted the health of the great reign I want to see, and bless, and pray to God for him (and no matter where my son may be, I am his constant worshiper), but with my son’s old age and because of my weakness at that time, I could not go to him. And will God give our son, the great ruler, our son, the great 2767 king, to bring him closer to his homeland, and we will be notified about him, and even if we can, God will give us strength, strengthen our old age with health, and we will not remember the separation 2768: and we, having prayed to God, in every way want to be with him, but by God’s grace and by his great mercy, and according to the great ruler, the great king, by command and salary, and your work, our son, is pleasing to God, then God will accomplish it. And may God's mercy and my prayer and blessing be on everything with your great true Orthodoxy. Pisana July 25. 2769 In another list: A messenger from Metropolitan Jonah to the holy elder Callistus in the Polotsk bishopric. Those. at the local cathedral. There are no words: Lord, our great son. The final words (“And mercy...”) are taken from the first list. You might be interested in: