98. 1463–1465 г. Его же послание Псковичам, о неприкосновенности вотчин новгородского владыки и о возвращении отнятых у него церковных пошлин

In the Pskov chronicle, under the year 1465, it is written: “That same summer, the Pskovites and Novgorod spoke about the ruler’s land and water, which the Pskovians had taken from Novgorod... And the Pskovians sent their ambassadors to Veliky Novgorod (the names of the ambassadors follow), and the ruchi so spoke to their elder brethren: behold, the waters and the master’s land and all the dues. in the old days; and that for two years they had bread from that land and caught fish in the water, and thus fed the great prince’s strength, because of course the Germans did not help us in their truce” (Pol. Collected Let. vol. IV, p. 229). This determines the time for writing the letter. It was published in the first volume of Historical Acts under No. 277, according to Tsarsky’s collection No. 366 (now Count A.S. Uvarov No. 512), fol. 332–335; The same list is also published here. The certificate with Foma went to Pskov, that they don’t obey Blessing of Theodosius, Metropolitan of All Rus', to the house of the holy life-giving Trinity, to the fatherland of my son, the noble and blessed Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich of All Rus', in Pskov, to the sons of our humility, the sedate mayor and the old mayors, and the eternal 2875 people, and merchants and all the Lord's named people, To the Orthodox Christians of the entire Pskov land, from the Lord God Almighty from above grace, mercy, peace, and blessing on our humility. Now, sonically, I am writing to you about what the son and fellow servant of our humility, Jonah, Archbishop of Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, sent to me about the Holy Spirit, his boyars, and he is complaining about you, about his children, about what you have done there, in Pskov, from ancient times given to the Church of God's Wisdom, land and water, and lessons, and tribute, and bread, and the duties that were from the beginning, under his former brethren, the archbishops of Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, and you now offend the Church of God in everything, and you take away lands and lessons, and tributes, and bread, and water, and duties, from the Church of God, and do not rule over your father, the archbishop of your old days, in anything. And for this reason I am writing to you: knowing of these things, that the cathedral church of St. Sophia of God, the Wisdom of Heaven, is the earthly heaven, in which the great sacrament of God is performed, God’s care, and the divine service is legitimized in it, all fruitfulness ascends to God in heaven, Christ is eaten and distributed in bodies to the world and as a supply for souls, revives everything that comes with a clear conscience [and] secretly sanctifies 2876 of them; In it, God in the Trinity glorifies the faithful quickly and benefits the faithful, who have care and providence and honest friendship for his holy church, and takes revenge on everything that offends the holy church, as the Apostle writes about these, saying: “If anyone scatters the church of God, God will scatter him, for it is terrible, child, to fall into the hands of the living God.” Yes, for the sake of writing to you, to observe all the justifications and laws and duties of the church without offense, in the old way, and not to take anything away from the Church of God without the truth: whatever is established and approved by the court of the holy cathedral apostolic church, whether it is given, bought [or] for a church house, and then everything will remain with you from the holy church inviolably until the end of the age. And you, sons, from yourselves, hold the attraction of your archbishop, touching him in no way: for this was given [for] a bloodless sacrifice, for the saved souls of your fathers and forefathers who died before, and inscribed in eternal remembrance, supplications for their sake, who, like a man, bear flesh, sin before God, so that they may receive freedom and receive mercy; who has been given to the churches of God in a pious and God-loving manner, even if he has brought little as a gift from God, from whom he expects to receive countless gifts from his gracious right hand, eternal memory is created in the holy church and with the righteous, and the voice of prayer for them will be heard by the Lord, and he will release from eternal bonds, grant mercy and satisfy the good. You are naturally children of the Holy Church, having been blessed by her with holy baptism, and having received spiritual birth and adoption, receiving from her the grace and gift of the Holy Spirit, in the communion of the Holy Mysteries of the most pure body and blood of Christ our God, with faith, in the remission of sins and in eternal life, in which all the fulfillment of the Orthodox Christian faith is accomplished: and for this sake, sons, look with attention, understanding all the previously spoken verbs of this message of ours. And I bless you, my children, so that you will judge well about such things, and do good: how will the Church of God's Wisdom be abused from you and what will naturally be taken from it, land and water, tribute and dues, bread and duties, and you would give everything to the house of the holy Church of God's Wisdom and to your father Jonah, Archbishop, according to the old days, it was all a gift God is sanctified. And you will know how terrible the prohibition of inattention and negligence was placed by God on those who offend the churches of God, in revenge for the offense of those who do unrighteousness and offend the holy churches; This is what is written in the holy rules: “If anyone wrongs his brother with violence and robbery, he will be tormented mercilessly by the city law, in revenge for unrighteousness.” Likewise, children, God will not allow His church to be offended by an unjust judgment; He will repay vengeance. And for the sake of fear, I am writing to you, my sons, out of my holy duty, so that something will not be sad for you, according to the legalization of the holy rules, since, sons, the Church of God will not offend anyone, and does not tolerate offense: and you will correct yourself to it. And may God's grace and mercy be upon you, and on His Most Pure Mother, and on our humility, always with your Orthodoxy. You might be interested in: