92. 1461 г. марта 22. Повольная грамота тверского епископа Геннадия, на избрание и поставление нового митрополита, по смерти Ионы, с изъявлением неизменной верности как Ионе, так и его преемнику

From the collection of Count A.S. Uvarov No. 512 (formerly Tsarskogo No. 366), l. 336; was published according to the same list (without end) in the first volume of Historical Acts, No. 274. In the synodal collection No. 562, fol. 97–98 the same document is given in the form of a sample and in this form is printed in the Ist volume of Additional. to Act. Histor. under No. 12, where it was adopted by one of the Lithuanian bishops) in the Makaryevsky Minaia-Chetiy (August, fol. 1530 successful. sp., l. 765 synod. sp.) it was rewritten in the name of the Tver bishop Vassian, ordained in 1488 (cf. legend No. 109). The end of the charter is issued according to these two lists. Approved by the lord of Tver By the grace of the Lord God Almighty, the beginningless Father and the only begotten and co-begotten 2855 Son of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the omnipotent Holy life-giving Spirit and the prayers of our most pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, and with the blessing of my lord Jonah, Metropolitan of All Rus', behold Gennady Bishop of Tver, like the Holy Spirit of our brethren To the God-loving Archbishop of Veliky Novgorod Jonah, Archbishop of Rostov and Yaroslavl Theodosius, and to all other God-loving bishops of the most holy Russian metropolis, of this entire sacred council, I gave this document, with my signature and seal, to you, my brethren, to all God-loving apostles and bishops, giving notice to your shrines about the great work of God, that my master and father Jonah, the Metropolitan of All Rus', gave me evil, from that great degree of holiness, in the Tver bishopric, I accepted ordination with you, my brethren, God-loving archbishops and bishops: and even more than the almighty Almighty Lord God will command our common father Jonah, the Metropolitan of All Rus' to be in seven lives, and we all have his father and superior in everything; and after his departure to God, whom God will choose and the grace of the Holy Spirit, and our holy father, Metropolitan 2856 Jonah of All Rus', will bless whom in his place, on the Russian metropolis, to the throne of the Most Pure Mother of God and to the tomb of the holy wonderworker Peter: and you, in the Holy Spirit, my brethren, God-loving archbishops and bishops, appoint him whom will bless the Metropolitan at that great table in the house of the Most Pure Mother of God and at the tomb of the great wonderworker Peter the Metropolitan. And for whatever need I do not keep up with you, with my brothers, then I am appointed to be: otherwise with you, with my brethren, with the God-loving archbishops and bishops, for this divine and great work in all one person, to this day, according to my charter, is motionless. And from my master and father Jonah, Metropolitan of All Rus', or whoever after him will be another metropolitan at the throne of the Most Pure Mother of God and at the tomb of the great wonderworker St. Peter, do not retreat from me in any deeds; and I will not approach Metropolitan Gregory, or whoever another metropolitan will be appointed from Latin, nor have any communion or connection with him. 2857 And for this strengthening I have given my letter of permission to you, my brethren, with my signature and seal. The words: “Father... him” are taken from other lists. This is where Uvarov's list ends. Instead of this point, in the charter of Vassian of Tver (see legend) the following is stated: “and to the metropolitan to Spyridon, called Satan, who sought (read: sought) orders in Constantinople, in the region of the godless Turks, from the filthy king, or whoever another metropolitan is appointed from Latin, or from the Tours region, I do not approach him, nor I have no communion or connection with him.” Cp. p. 451, note. 3. You might be interested in: