Chapter 1
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January 1st. Resolution on the report of the cathedral archpriest of the Archangel Cathedral on the election of a church warden to this cathedral (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 1. No. 9067).
Resolution on the consistory decision on measures to collect the debt for the house from the deacon (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 1. No. 9068).
Resolution on the attitude of the Right Reverend Bishop of Polotsk and Vitebsk Isidor (Nikolsky) on permission for a priest elected by schismatics who want to join Edinoverie to establish a church and serve in the Moscow Edinoverie Church (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 79. No. 9229).
Letter to Archbishop Parthenius (Chertkov) 1: “If your inspector is morally sick, you must either treat him immediately or change him immediately. This place requires a worthy person, and the multitude of your seminary requires a vigilant one” (PO. 1872. Book 2/3. No. 9. P. 40. No. 25).
January 3. Letter to Archbishop Gabriel (Gorodkov): “Blessed is the Flightless One, born for our salvation, renewing for us not only summer, or summers, but also eternity! May he also be your renewal in spirit and body, in strength and action, to spread His blessing and grace to the multitude of souls and hosts of souls redeemed by Him” (CHOIDR. 1868. Book 2. P. 46).
Letter to Archbishop Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky): “The denunciation of frequent service during the review of the diocese brought you benefit, not harm, rightly being turned into praise for your action” (CHOLDPr. 1870. Book 12. P. 35. - Materials).
Letter to Archbishop Ignatius (Semyonov): “It is fitting for those who have been worthy of the pastoral ministry to gather and meet at the humble manger of their Divine Shepherd and unite in glorifying Him, in love for Him and in brotherly fellowship with each other in His name. This is how I understand your conversation with me these days, and I accept it with spiritual consolation, and I answer with a sincere heart” (CHOLDPr. 1871. Book 4. P. 44. - Materials).
• Letter to Archbishop Kirill (Bogoslovsky-Platonov): “It is better to submit comments on the statute of the Consistory without delay. And I slowed down. But the Holy Synod reminds us all, and rightly so. It’s better to look around little by little than to suddenly be overwhelmed by a pile of comments when the task is due. But if you notice one thing before and another after, there will be no trouble. I have been told by some of our brethren that some of the rules of the charter are burdensome. I answered: imagine about this; if the majority of the bishops present, one must hope that the presentation will be respected; and if the majority remain silent out of philanthropy, they will harm the representation of those who love truth” (DC. 1888. Part 3. No. 12. P. 439–440). ,
January 6. Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “The matter of the lives of Fr. Mark and Fr. Seraphim's life did not continue as well as it began. It seemed over, and I don’t know why I wrote to you in diminutive terms that there is hope. But our primary caution against false miracles is sometimes used in great excess. I did not remain silent and, as others have noted, I did not harm the truth, because I represented it in peace; however, the life of Fr. The mark is allowed to be printed with the exception of some places, and the life of Fr. Seraphim lies up to the best discretion, how it can pass through the narrow gate. Pray that God will arrange something beneficial. Now the life of the Zadonsk recluse George 2 is being examined; we need to see how this ends. And in this life an important testimony is made about. Seraphim, whom Fr. George did not see, but from whom, through a messenger, he suddenly received an admonition not to leave his place, while George really struggled with the thought of leaving the Zadonsk Monastery” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 185. No. 216).
January 7. Letter to Bishop Nicholas (Sokolov): “It is fitting for those who have been worthy of the Pastoral ministry to gather and meet at the humble manger of His Divine Chief Shepherd, and to unite in glorifying Him, in love for Him and in brotherly fellowship with each other in His name. This is how I understand your conversation with me these days, and I accept it with spiritual consolation, and I answer with a sincere heart” (CHOLDPr. 1870. Book 11. P. 19. - Materials).
January 9. Resolution on the consistory report on the project of distributing churches into deanery districts: “The consistory in vain did not begin to judge the 3rd paragraph of the decree of the Holy Synod under the pretext of silence about this in my resolution. This silence only meant that this point did not require a special order from me, but demanded execution. That in the division of Moscow they adhered to the previous custom is respectful. And in dividing the districts it was necessary to adhere to my administrative resolution, which indicated the geographical, and not the archival, position of the churches; for the deans, for supervision, must walk on the ground, and not in the archives” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 2. No. 9069).
Resolution to submit a temporary audit committee to check the reports on the Dmitrov and Zvenigorod schools: “The report shows 70 rubles. 75 kop. per canvas, without indicating how many arshins: the explanation says that for a hundred arshins, without indicating at what price, but according to the calculation, the price of an arshin turns out to be 70 kopecks. and 3 half rubles, which fractionality, according to the current course of the coin, is incredible” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 72. No. 9216).
January 10. Resolution on the consistory report with orders to implement the draft Charter of spiritual consistories (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 2–3. No. 9070).
Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Now I have read your letter, Father Viceroy, and I rejoice in your hearing and vision of the servants of God, like the ancient ascetics, and that at least I am not deprived of hearing, and for this I thank God and you. Both the legend about them and Peter’s answers are like sheets from the Patericon. The idea is new to me that human temptations are more severe than demonic ones. But the sayings of such people should be noticed and turned into instruction, and not tested. If, through your medium, I am worthy of serving the servants of God in some way and they do not reject this, I will accept this as mercy from them for my unworthiness and as the mercy of God. Now I am revising and adding to the Catechism 3. Pray that the door of words will be opened for me to speak the mystery of Christ and offer unflattering milk to the children of faith” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 187. No. 218).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev)1: “I don’t see, Your Eminence, the possibility of ordaining Svetovidov as a priest 4 . Order to quickly look for honored inspectors of district schools to join the Rozhdestvenskoye (in Palashakh) priestly place with the support of an orphaned family” (Letters. 1887. P. 34).
January 14. Letter to Archbishop Arkady (Fedorov): “But recently I was greatly concerned by the information that your Eminence, having arrived in Yekaterinburg, did not stay at the house of the Most Reverend, but with some priest, from there they ordered their service in the cathedral, that the Eminence came to you at the priest’s house, but was not at your service in the cathedral. If this is so: then it is difficult to understand why this is so. But it is true that it was not edifying for co-religionists to see such a lack of unity between representatives of a single church. In my opinion, it would be better for you to express your displeasure to the vicar a hundred times in writing or verbally, and, if necessary, to convey your displeasure to your superiors, rather than to reveal to the flock the lack of unity between you” (DC. 1877. Part 3. No. 12. P. 527).
January 17. Resolution on the proposal of Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev) to determine the position of deacon by lot: “As with respect for election it was impossible not to respect the advantages of teaching, then the lot was used to resolve doubts” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 3. No. 9071).
Resolution on the petition of the widow of a priest for the appointment of a professor at Bethany Seminary to a priestly position in Moscow (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 3. No. 9072).
January 18. Resolution on the submission of the rector of the Moscow Epiphany Monastery, Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilyovsky), about a three-year trial for tonsure as a monk: “Submit for tonsure whether the three years of trial required by law have been completed, without questioning the case with increased haste, in which no special need is seen” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 3–4. No. 9073).
Resolution on an extract from the consistory journal about a priest who did not appear at the Assumption Cathedral to deliver a sermon (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 4. No. 9074).
January 19. Opinion regarding the laws on the metrics of schismatics: “1) No special metrics should be introduced for schismatics. 2) Instruct the parish priests to register those born and dying among schismatics, upon their announcement, in the parish registers separately from the Orthodox. 3) At the same time, strictly confirm that this is done free of charge and that schismatics are treated with the meekness, love and edification due to a priest. 4) To declare to the schismatics that since it is impossible for them to weaken the power of the general laws and order established in the state, then, subject to this order, they must, for their own benefit, announce to the priests of the parishes in which they live, the births and deaths, and if they do not announce, then they will have no one else to blame but themselves if, through this omission, they are deprived of legal documents regarding their affairs. 5) The form of the metrical record about schismatics can be as follows: “after such and such an announcement, such and such a son was born to him.”
6) With such announcements, priests should not enter into a judgment about the legality of the marriage of those giving birth, but register the person born according to the announcement” (Opinions. Vol. II. P. 453).
Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilevsky): “I am bored that there is no easy way to solve the case of the unfortunate book. You are in vain complaining about the remarks: they were not written by a theologian 5 . If he made a mistake three times and pointed out one mistake of the theologians: shame on the theologians, not him. He does not offend Lavra when he says that you do not protect her dignity. The two errors indicated in my proposal were noticed by the Right Reverend Metropolitan of Kiev 6, having not at all heard that we had something to do with this. In your justification, you refer to books written almost thirty years ago, by a person who was then much more inexperienced than you, and was self-taught 7: thus, if you like, you can have a co-culprit, but not an excuse. It's time for you to correct what was previously left unchecked by people whose predecessors turned a blind eye. The Holy Synod did not officially approve either the Church Biblical history, or the Church after Biblical times: but they were published by the Commission of Theological Schools After - Biblical, without a doubt, borrowed the expression from the Biblical: divided church.
The author of the Bible 8 had no time to revise his long-standing work: and the teachers of this book still wandered in someone else’s footsteps without reasoning, although they were often reminded of this. Last year, I bothered to review Church Biblical History, although not all of it, after learning that they were starting a new edition: when it comes out, it will no longer be suitable to justify your mistakes. Seeing that you theologians still do not know how to get on a firm foot in theology, and not having time to do theology, I am now revising the catechism in order to, if possible, convey in it what was previously postponed to theology, but which your theology does not complete. And you, theologians, would do better if you did not force others, who are busier than you, to finish the work of your duty” (Additions. 1883. Part 32. Book 2. pp. 681–682. No. 14).
January 22. The resolution at the consistory ruling in the case of withholding the military allowance reads: “The disorders of the spiritual Board are getting out of proportion. Due to the preliminary consideration of the difficulty of this case and due to lack of hope for the good action of the Board, he was not entrusted with either conducting an investigation or judging this case, but was only ordered to take interrogations from the priest and clergy and present them for further consideration, but the spiritual Board carried out the investigation and judged. If it was decided to carry out an investigation, then it was necessary to take evidence from the deacon, and justification from the accused: but this was not done. Therefore, the spiritual Board should be reprimanded for its willful and disorderly action, with instructions to those present to take into account that such disorder may lead the authorities to the need to change those present, and, for the convenience of the presence, appoint new ones present to clergy places in the city instead of the current ones” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 4. No. 9075).
January 24. Resolution on a consistory decision on the dismissal of a sexton who was drunk during the wedding (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 5. No. 9076).
January 25. Resolution on the deacon’s request to allow him to repair the house and build a new wooden outbuilding (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 5. No. 9077).
Resolution on the report of the builder of the Ascension David Hermitage about the suicide of a hieromonk who was damaged in his mind: “...the leniency by which those living in a monastery are not worthy of monasticism and the priesthood are tolerated in it, is not always truly useful. If this one, who did not live up to his calling, would be excluded from the world, perhaps there, living in public, according to his own taste, he would better preserve his mind, and the monastery would not leave a regrettable memory” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 5–6. No. 9078).
January 26. Resolution on the report of the builder of the Belopesotsky monastery with the presentation of statements about the monastics and Balti for 1838 GOL (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 6. No. 9079).
Resolution on the priest’s petition for the wedding of persons whose birth and baptismal information is not included in the registry registers (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 6. No. 9080).
Resolution at the consistory ruling in the case of the priest granting the property of the dean more than 300 trees from the church forest: “The Spiritual Board does not understand the matter of the priests and their wives as they should. When the dean took the forest, they were afraid of the strong one; when the plunder was great, they felt sorry, but the fear of the strong prevented them from reporting, which is why they appointed their wives as informers, who, of course, would not be removed from their posts. Such behavior of the clerks, although not right, is worthy of leniency, and the act of their wives is worthy of praise” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 7–8. No. 9081).
January 27. Letter to A. N. Muravyov: “Humility alone can bring peace to the soul. The soul is not humble, constantly torn and agitated by passions, dark and vague, like chaos: establish its strength in the focus of humility; then only the true light will begin to appear in it, and a harmonious world of right thoughts and feelings will form” 9 (Letters. 1869. pp. 60–61. no. 43).
From the memoirs of A. N. Muravyov: “Then I decided, following the example of my Letters on Worship, to write 10 other letters for the appeal of a young friend, “On the salvation of the world by the Son of God,” in order to develop before him, in one brief review, partly philosophical, the entire deep system of Christianity. Of course, I borrowed a lot here from the Fathers of the Church, especially from Great Athanasius, and from Christian thinkers, such as Pascal. The Bishop of Moscow did not refuse to review this work, difficult in its subject, and, thanking God, it bore fruit in its time, contributing to the conversion of the young man, although not at that moment, but when, having become more experienced, and with great humility, he began to look at the truths of the Faith” (Muravyev. P. 59).
February 3. Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I wish, Father Viceroy, that this letter finds you back in good health. But I am concerned about your headache, which does not allow you to go out. This time I would like to be closer to you, and to know whether you are helping yourself and how, and, perhaps, to give you the idea of whether to call on Grigory Yakovlevich Vysotsky 11. I pray to St. Sergius that he will arrange for help for you, if you need any” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 188. No. 219).
February 4. Resolution on the petition of parishioners to refuse to appoint a candidate elected by them and who completed a seminary course to the priestly position (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 8. No. 9082).
Resolution at the consistory resolution on allowing the widow of the deceased to be a trustee of the almshouse established by him: “Shops built by a benefactor on church land, with the right to dispose of them after his death, are church property in the full sense. Therefore, the giving of these shops according to the law can only be done by the clergy and church elder with the approval of the spiritual authorities” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 8–9. No. 9083).
Resolution at the consistory ruling on the reprimand of the priest who entrusted church services
vestments and utensils to a drunken sexton who lost them: “To the priest, for leaving
church things in the hands of a drunken sexton, and for letting him go to buy
smoking tobacco, instead of weaning him off this absurd whim, reprimand him” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 9. No. 9084).
February 5th. Resolution on a priest’s petition asking for a move from one place to another to settle his daughters (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 9. No. 9085).
Resolution at the consistory decision on the dismissal of a priest for indecent actions and a drunken lifestyle: “... the priest says: I don’t know if any of the peasants saw me drunk. Anyone who has not been drunk should know that he has not been seen drunk... The Seminary Board should pay careful attention that the degree of student and full approval in behavior are given to people proven in honest and constant behavior. This is required both by the holiness and dignity of the priesthood, to which seminary certificates open the way, and by the very benefit of schools and students. For now the authorities, out of trust in the seminary’s certificates, are applying for church degrees without the approval of the parishioners: and if unsuccessful certifications will shake the trust in the seminary’s certificates, then for the production of a place, in addition, approval from the parishioners will be required, through which obtaining a place will necessarily become more difficult than it is now” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 9-13. No. 9086).
Resolution on the proposal of the board of the Moscow Theological Academy that the teacher appointed to the Perm Theological Seminary in the class of civil history and French, who did not appear at his appointment, should be fired (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 72–73. No. 9217).
February 6. Resolution on the report of the rector of the Serpukhov Vysotsky Monastery on permission to construct a new iconostasis with comments on its plan: “At least small icons should be hung on the royal doors, so that those entering the priesthood can venerate according to their rank” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 13. No. 9087).
Resolution on the attitude of the Moscow military governor-general on the consideration of schismatic books: “... to examine the books... especially written ones, whether they are schismatic works, what they contain and by whom, and how long ago they were written” (DC. 1890. Part 3. No. 12. P. 644).
February 7. Letter to Archbishop Hierotheus of Tabor 12: “Most Reverend Vladyka, venerable brother in the Lord! In fulfillment of the decree of the Holy Synod, it is my duty to inform your Eminence that, according to the letter of His Beatitude Athanasius 13, Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Sovereign Emperor has most mercifully deigned that before your return to Constantinople, you arrive in St. Petersburg to bring thanks to His Imperial Majesty for the Monarchy’s generosity to the Church of Jerusalem and to receive the blessing of St. Synod on the path ahead. I hope that your Eminence will not delay in fulfilling this and arrive in St. Petersburg before Easter” (DC. 1891. Part 1. No. 2. P. 315).
From the memoirs of Bishop Nikodim (Kazantsev) 14: “I submitted a translation of the Greek letter to Metropolitan Philaret of the Archbishop of Mount Tabor Hierotheos (Vladyka instructed me to do this). The Bishop admired the pronunciation of the Greek speech of this Most Reverend Hierotheus at the Synod: “The most pleasant pronunciation, majestic, sweet, better than any music” (The Hierotheus was at the Synod: he gave a speech. He brought from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to the Synod a gift of a model of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, which is above the Holy Sepulcher, the model is lined with mother-of-pearl. It was placed on the table of the presence in Synod). I don’t remember what this Hierophey’s letter to the Vladyka was about. He was not made the Patriarch of Jerusalem, after the death of the Patriarch, because they said then that he was in Russia, and there he gained the favor of the Tsar, the Nobles and the Synod! As if this is a crime! It seems that he is now the Patriarch of Antioch. In 1839 and 40, when he was in St. Petersburg, he was, it seems, less than 40 years old” (Kazantsev. P. 79).
February 11. Death of the actual Privy Councilor, Count M. M. Speransky.
February 12. A Council was held in Polotsk, at which, on the day of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the Act of reunification of the Uniate Church with the Orthodox Church was proclaimed.
February 14. Proposal to the Holy Synod with the presentation of a copy of the revised Catechism (Opinions. 1905. p. 51).
Resolution on the petition of the priest and the elder for the construction of a new iconostasis: “... the construction of the iconostasis should be allowed so that there is not a cup above it, for this is not accepted by the ancient church rite, but either a cross or the image of the Lord Pantocrator” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 13. No. 9088).
February 15. Resolution on the consistory decision on the case of allowing the groom of elderly children to marry a widow: “To the priest of Kiro-Ioannovsky, if he is a parish priest, so that if he is treated about this marriage with undoubted evidence, regarding the late entry into marriage, offer edifying reasoning and spiritual advice, however, so that over the years he does not stop entering into marriage, because there can be marriage for one community-based mutual assistance” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 13–14. No. 9089).
February 20. Opinion on the issue of defrocking clergy: “The significant difference between defrocking and the so-called defrocking now consists only in the fact that one is defrocked for a crime committed and proven, but defrocked for a declared inflexible intention to commit a crime, i.e., for the intention to reject the grace of the priesthood and enter into a marriage not permitted by the priesthood. In former times, people of this latter kind entered into a second marriage without permission, knowing that according to the rules it was impossible to obtain permission for this. The spiritual authorities subjected such people to canonical eruption, as the 3rd rule of the 6th Ecumenical Council says. In modern times, when, according to the structure of the state, it became impossible to leave the priesthood without at the same time being formally assigned to another rank, and to be assigned to another rank requires formal dismissal from the spiritual authorities, priests desiring a second marriage saw the need to ask to be removed from the priesthood, in order to at the same time give some plausibility to the reproachful eruption.
The spiritual authorities could not recognize such requests as correct and legal, and therefore always try to reject them with admonitions: but in fairness they recognized such actions as somewhat better than a willful violation of the rules of the priesthood; and gave the eruption of such people the condescending name of defrocking. As for penance, this: church rules recognize defrocking as such a grave spiritual punishment that even in those cases in which a layman is subjected to prolonged penance, the priest is considered to have been punished enough by the fact that he is forever deprived of the priesthood” (Opinions. 1908. P. 7).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “Now, Your Eminence, I have confirmed the opinion of the consistory, and not yours. You know that I am more willing to unanimously correct the opinions of the consistory. The issue is not about truth or untruth, but about generosity towards the clergy or about frugality for the most reliable maintenance of the church house and its income. If you are not too convinced of the necessity of your opinion, you could tell me your thoughts and show me the matter before the official expression of your opinion. I say this in no way limiting your freedom to express opinions, but providing you with more convenience in cases of perplexity” (Letters. 1887. p. 34).
February 21. Letter to the governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Should you have given someone’s image into the desert, especially one that would not present the ascetics with anything worthy of them? Are you introducing alien rumors into their silence? Wasn’t it enough to give a humble name in memory of the prayer? – May the Lord preserve the simplicity and silence of His servants inviolate. The fact that your illness has eased calmed me down. I would like to know that you are completely healthy and have been to Moscow. Sudden deaths were noticed both in Moscow and near Moscow. I also heard from the Minister of Internal Affairs that they blame imported fish. I was very interested in the revision of the Catechism (which, by the goodness of God, was completed and was accepted with favor by the elders) and the translation of the rules of the holy fathers” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 188. No. 220).
February 22. Letter to Bishop Arkady (Fedorov): “Mentioned by Your Eminence
the letter of your vicar 15, in which he seeks peace and forgiveness, it seems to me, shows that what is undesirable in the relationship between him and you can be completely corrected, and, moreover, in the quietest way; Will the Reverend continue to follow the path on which you now see him, and will you, with condescension and love, give him your hand to keep him on this path? Do the favor, pay all your attention not to punishment for the past, but to the well-being of a person to follow the path of peace and common good. For the vicar to accept requests with displeasure for the local, this absurdity is difficult to imagine. But do me a favor, show the Eminence his deviations and guide him on the right path” (Letters. 1888. pp. 97–100).
February 23. Letter to mother: “Forgive me for my usual guilt that I rarely write. This winter, it seems, I am more constrained by a lot of work than before. Thank God that health does not completely hinder the work” (Letters. 1882. pp. 345–346. no. 393).
February 28. Resolution on a consistory decision on permission for an artillery captain to marry a girl from the nobility (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 14. No. 9090).
Letter to Bishop Evlampius (Pyatnitsky): “Please, let us not strictly judge the affairs of others, for which we are not responsible, but let us carefully look at our paths, so that we may guide our steps steadily in the paths of truth and peace” (Letters on Spiritual Life. P. 526).
March 1st. The Charter of the Spiritual and Educational Administration of the Holy Synod has been published. It said: “Having delved into the need for a close connection between the governance of the Orthodox Church and the education of youth, for the sacred service of it, We recognized it as good to concentrate in the Holy Synod, as in the single main spiritual government of Our Empire, the highest management of the spiritual and educational part, which hitherto was entrusted to a special Commission of theological schools, and to entrust supervision of the universal implementation of the laws existing in this part to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod.” (PSZ-2. No. 12070).
From the memoirs of Bishop Nikodim (Kazantsev): “On March 1, 1839, by the personal Decree of the Sovereign, the Commission of Theological Schools was closed. Its affairs were transferred to the Synod. At the same time, the Offices of the Synod and the Chief Prosecutor were expanded, the Spiritual-Educational Administration and the Economic Administration were created on a large scale, with an increase in persons, who, however, were all secular, with large salaries, from the Spiritual-educational capital. Bishop Filaret, talking about this with me, said: “This is what you have lived to see here: under you, the Commission was abolished!” It was said in a soft tone, with a half-smile: I didn’t understand her then, and I don’t understand her clearly now. Sorrow mixed with joy. In fact, secular people also sat on the Commission: Meshchersky, Golitsyn, Chief Prosecutor: they, of course, interfered with the spiritual ones. Meanwhile, the Great Filaret himself could not yet sufficiently say what would be good and what would not be good from this innovation” (Kazantsev, p. 53).
Resolution at the presentation of the conference of the Moscow Theological Academy about the censor's oversight in a book on church history: “It is urgent to explain to the censor that the harm of oversights in this matter extends to readers and, what is also very important, to the opinion about the dignity of theological schools and educated clergy, and to confirm the observance of all possible accuracy and caution in the matter of censorship” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 73–74. No. 9218).
March 4th. Opinion about abuses in the management of the Podolsk diocese: “According to the secret note about abuses in the Podolsk diocese 16, so that with respect for the diocesan Bishop 17, whose good intentions are known, and with precaution against indecent publicity, we agree on the duty of finding out the truth and taking sufficient measures against evil, it would be possible to divide the different subjects of the note into different cases, and give to everyone especially movement, depending on the subject” (Opinions. 1905. pp. 56–57).
Evlampius (Pyatnitsky, d. 1862) - later Archbishop of Tobolsk and Siberia. Resolution on the consistory ruling in the case of the removal of a priest for careless storage of church funds: “... the disorder in the storage of church funds is clear. The note: I took five rubles in silver without specifying from whom, the very form shows that the money was taken from the church and it should have been put in the depository instead, for when they borrow money from a person, they write from whom exactly” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 14–15. No. 9091).
March 6. Opinion on the comments of the Moscow Spiritual Consistory on the application for the first time in practice of the “Charter of Spiritual Consistories”: “The spirit of the rules of the statute is not understood, which consists in the fact that someone demoted to a clerical position is sent to a certain place where the parishioners have not seen his misdeeds, and therefore can look at him more calmly. The church, neither near nor far, is not offended when a priest, due to the degree of his misconduct, who has deserved a temporary ban, and not deprivation of the priesthood, corrects the office of the clergy. Sending to monasteries is used, but sometimes it is not sufficient. It is difficult and harmful for monasteries if you fill them with many people of bad behavior. It is harmful for the parish when it is left without a priest, so that the guilty and unworthy to serve will take income for themselves. We must have compassion for the guilty, but we must protect the innocent parish. When a secular official is removed from office for misconduct, the law does not ask whether the family is poor or rich. We must have mercy on those in need, but we must correct the guilty” (Opinions. 1908, pp. 11–12).
March 6. A meeting of the Holy Synod took place, at which the acts on the return of the Uniates to the Russian Orthodox Church were approved and the Lithuanian diocese was formed.
Resolution on an extract from the consistory journal about the priest’s refusal to visit and give communion to a parishioner leading a drunken lifestyle: “Let the priest with meekness exhort this parishioner to improve his behavior, and when he sees him in order, let him not deprive him of visiting the shrine and the blessing of the church” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 15–16. No. 9092).
Letter to Archbishop Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky): “A rumor about some disagreement between you and the head of the province has reached me; but I also know that he testifies to the contrary. And one Astrakhan resident, who visited me the other day, told me that they still thank you in Astrakhan for your active management, and they regret you. I hope my poor memory will preserve this testimony of a kind and impartial person, but are the words of an unreasonable person worth memory, are they worth sorrow?” (CHOLDPr. 1870. Book 12. P. 35. – Materials).
March 7. Resolution on the deacon’s petition for permission to sell his house for demolition (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 16. No. 9093).
Resolution at the consistory ruling on the case of permission to enter into a repeated
marriage due to the unknown absence of the wife (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 16–17. No. 9094).
March 8. Resolution on the petition of the church warden and parishioners of the Moscow Trinity Edinoverie Church for permission to have an artos at the church: “I remember there was a review about this, and according to old printed books, this order did not turn out to be appropriate for parish churches, and it is inconvenient to apply it to them, because it is impossible to fulfill everything that is prescribed in it for monasteries and is conveniently performed in them” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 17. No. 9095).
Resolution on the consistory report on the awarding of priests of the First Moscow Cadet Corps (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 17. No. 9096).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “Tell the cathedral archpriest that the search for the imminent dilapidation of the minister’s wing came from the Holy Synod, but now the matter has been explained to the Holy Synod, and there is no trouble in it. The commission of theological schools has been abolished and the highest part of its affairs has been transferred to the Synod” (Letters. 1887. P. 35).
March 10. Letter from E. V. Novosiltseva: “You are asking whether you are worthy of performing a hereditary act of charity. Which of us will dare to call himself worthy in any case before God? So this is a general concern. But the thought of our unworthiness should not depress us or discourage us, but should lead us to humility and humble prayer. It would be no better or more reliable if we recognized ourselves as worthy. However, the destinies of the Lord are many, and He deeply tests hearts and intentions and with an all-seeing eye sees deeds and their consequences: and therefore we cannot always understand why the bad is sometimes allowed and the way for the good is not opened” (Letters. 1911. P. 200).
March 11. Resolution on the consistory ruling on keeping the sword from the sexton (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 18. No. 9097).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Sergius Lavra about a novice noticed in a dissolute life, to whom the cathedral asks permission to issue a passport and remove him from the monastery: “A passport is not given by force. It is inconvenient for a novice to simply return his dismissal by a decree: for, since he is already listed in the clergy, then, having received only a dismissal in his hands, he would become no rank, that is, a vagabond, and everything would be the fault of the spiritual authorities” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 64. No. 9199).
Resolution on the presentation of the board of the Moscow Theological Seminary on the dismissal from the post of rector of the Don Theological School due to illness (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 74. No. 9219).
Letter to the governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Do yourself a favor, pay attention to the order of affairs in times when they do not forgive what is done in good conscience, if it is not done according to the accepted forms” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 189. No. 221).
March 13. Letter to A. N. Muravyov: “It is true that this is a Turkish grammar, and there are many things in it that are different from what we have in Russia. The Preface should either be completely destroyed, or written completely differently. What is printed under the title Introduction is offensive, tempting and harmful to holy places. Glorifications of the Sultan are unpleasant for the Church and inappropriate in Russia. It’s time for Clement to learn not to miss such absurdities” (Letters. 1869. pp. 62–63. no. 45).
March 14. Report to the Holy Synod on the translation of the letter of the Patriarch of Jerusalem: “1) Translation of the letter of the Most Reverend Athanasius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, on the canonical election of the Most Reverend Hierotheus as his successor, which the Most Reverend Hierotheus, in this very letter, advises the Most Reverend Hierotheus to announce to the benefactors and defenders of St. places 2) Brief information about the charity collection in favor of St. places according to the book given by the Holy Synod. Therefore, I most respectfully present the translation of the document in the copy certified by the Right Reverend Hierotheos, with the attachment of another list of the corrected translation, and the economic note in the original” (DC. 1891. Part 1. No. 2. P. 314).
Resolution on a consistory decision to reprimand a local priest and deacon for arguing over the accounting of church money (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 18–19. No. 9098).
Resolution on the commission's report on the renewal [update. – Comp.] of the church of the Cathedral Chudov Monastery with proposals for construction and the amounts for construction (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 64–65. No. 9200).
March 15. Resolution on the report of a member of the consistory that the Consistory did not receive a case about the burial of a priest who suddenly died (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 19. No. 9099).
Resolution on the dean’s report about a deacon who fell during the service of the Liturgy and bloodied the floor: “Although the fall of blood on the church platform occurred without any guilt or crime, however, in order to ward off any doubt of conscience, except for the purge of the bloody place, clean the water, sprinkle the altar and the church, and especially the place that was bloody, and read the prayer set out in chapter 42 of the large breviary, with the proper use of middle words in the following manner: “who allowed the shrine of this bloodless sanctuary to be insulted by the touch of human blood.” Then perform service” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 19–20. No. 9100).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “Yesterday, Your Eminence, I sent you a letter with the minister Peter. Here is a continuation and addition. This man, having served for a long time and well, recently began to act strangely. Everyone recognized that his mind was damaged; and I, in order to entertain him, giving a new turn to his thoughts, decided to send him to Moscow. Indeed, in the last days, as he was busy with this thought, he was better. But after his departure, the more fully collected information about his actions shows that his return to St. Petersburg could be harmful for him and for the house to be restless. It is inconvenient for the Economist to give this order alone, because Peter, when leaving, had already promised to rip out his beard. But, I think, he will obey you, just like me, when you give him orders as necessary, without showing that they are needed due to the state of his mind” (Letters. 1887. P. 36).
March 16. Resolution on an extract from the consistory journal that the hierodeacon cannot be accepted into another monastery for drunkenness, violent character and unauthorized absences from the monastery (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 20. No. 9101).
Resolution on the consistory decision on the prohibition of further construction of the bell tower, begun without permission, with a deviation from the plan and facade given for this building (Resolutions. vol. 4. pp. 20–21. No. 9102).
Resolution on a consistory decision on the removal of a sexton from the place for drunkenness, riotousness and slander (Resolutions. vol. 4. p. 21. No. 9103).
Letter to A.N. Muravyov: “I am sending two Patriarchal letters and a statement of faith with lists. The remaining two are written off. The text of the statement of faith was established as it seemed to me necessary and possible. Whoever sees the best, let him do it” (Letters. 1869. P. 63. No. 46).
March 20. Resolution on the presentation of the board of the Moscow Theological Academy on the verification of inventories of the Kostroma Theological Seminary (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 74. No. 9220).
Resolution on the presentation of the board of Bethany Seminary opinion on the case of the students who were guilty of theft: “To destroy the evil example, expel both of them from the school now and transfer them to the consistory, showing in evidence that they were expelled for offenses against good morals. For minors, do not bring them to court, but leave them to parental correction, about which to report to the consistory” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 75. No. 9221).
March 23. Letter to Prince S. M. Golitsyn: “This winter, in addition to ordinary work, which gives a lot of work, but about which there is nothing to say, I spent a lot of time and labor on translating the rules of the holy councils and the holy fathers, and, thank God, it is finished. I hope the printing will end soon. I also revised and greatly expanded the lengthy catechism, which is also published in this updated form. My secretary is truly sicker than me; yet we bear one another's infirmities; and how I don’t want to change him, and he doesn’t want to change me. Let us endure, in the hope of God’s mercy” (Letters. 1884. P. 28. No. 29).
March 25. Signing by Emperor Nicholas I of the Act of Reunification of the Uniates. The former Greek Uniate bishop Joseph (Semashko) 19 was appointed head of the Lithuanian diocese, followed by his elevation to the rank of archbishop.
From the memoirs of A. N. Muravyov: “The time of the annexation of the Union, as I have already said, was the most brilliant for our church, because then everything still remained in its primitive order, despite the growing influence of Count Protasov. The Holy Synod was in full force. Four metropolitans, which has never happened before or since, with two Archbishops and two Protopresbyters, sat in it when the Lithuanian Archbishop Joseph appeared at this sacred meeting to proclaim unity and when the Archbishop of Tabor read a welcoming speech from the Patriarch of Jerusalem, while presenting the relics of the First-Called Apostle as a gift from him” (Muravyev. S. 61–62).
March 26. Easter. Consecration of the Imperial Winter Palace, restored after the fire, by Metropolitan Philaret (Amphitheater).
Metropolitan Philaret was most mercifully ranked in the Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, 1st degree, with the highest rescript: “Your long-term service to the Church and the Fatherland has always been decorated with varied and difficult activities; always, by word of conviction and by the action of supervision, preserving the integrity of the flocks entrusted to you and taking care to increase the number of sons of Orthodoxy, you also especially brought tribute to the common good of the church in the rank of member of the Holy Synod with an experienced knowledge of its needs and tireless diligence in various parts of the highest Spiritual Administration. Giving full justice to such merits and wishing to again show Our Royal favor towards them, the Most Merciful, etc.” (Letters to St. Anthony. T. 1. P. 193).
March 28. Resolution on the petition of a merchant widow to protect her daughter from insults to the abbess (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 21–22. No. 9104).
Resolution on a consistory ruling on reprimanding a priest for oppressing clergymen (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 22–23. No. 9105).
Resolution regarding the Minister of the Imperial Household, Prince P. M. Volkonsky with a request to inform whether it is possible to break the chapel at the Church of the Ascension in the village. Kolomensky (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 79–80. No. 9230).
Relation to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Count N. A. Protasov, on receiving the highest letter of all-merciful inclusion of His Eminence Metropolitan Philaret in the Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, 1st degree. The consistory was offered a list of the highest charter of co-ranking (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 83–84. No. 9239).
March 29. Resolution on the report of the consistory on the opening of a diaconal vacancy at the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 23. No. 9106).
Resolution on the report of the Moscow Trusteeship for the Poor of the Clergy on the placement of a deacon in an almshouse: “To place and confirm that he should live in honor and not enjoy mercy to which he has no right; for he must be nourished by his son and son-in-law” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 78. No. 9226).
Letter to the governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “The adventures with the servant of God Peter are very unfortunate. You see that for the desert dwellers, the multiplication of things is food for temptation. The knapsack drew attention to him, prompted him to ask questions and suspect whether he was a tramp and had stolen what was in the knapsack. Wouldn't concern have reached Elder Serapion and Vasily? – It’s good that you let me know about this. Why be annoyed with police officials when they execute police laws? They have laws for vagabonds and none for desert dwellers; Moreover, if the desert dwellers are freed from police laws, tramps and thieves will be called desert dwellers. It is impossible to make the nineteenth century the fourth or fifth and the Vologda province the Thebaid. Let us be more careful in the future, and now let us pray that the Lord will shelter His servants from human rebellion, to which our imperfect reasoning plunges them” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 191. No. 224).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Truly Christ has risen! “I mutually kiss you, Father Vicar, and all the brethren of the holy monastery with the kiss of joy, love and unity in the Lord” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 191. No. 225).
Letter to the Minister of the Imperial Court, Prince Π. M. Volkonsky: “Your Grace, please, demand that I notify you whether it is possible to allow the destruction of the chapel in the name of St. located at the Church of the Ascension in the village of Kolomenskoye. Great Martyr George, if it does not deserve preservation due to some historical event. I have no information about this, and I have now made an order about the search for it on the spot, the consequences of which I will not fail to bring to the attention of your Lordship in due time” (DC. 1892. Part 2. No. 4. P. 655).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “The Emperor looked upon the Holy Synod with unusual favor. All members and those present (except for the Eminence of Kazan, who was awarded last year 20) and the Chief Prosecutor, received signs of the highest royal favor" (Letters. 1887. P. 37).
March 30. Resolution at the consistory ruling in the case of the marriage of a schismatic married to an Orthodox woman: “It is desirable to provide possible leniency to the confused situation of the family. It is possible, and it is not contrary to the decree of the Holy Synod, to do the following. 1) Peasant Dmitriev, at his request, to join the Edinoverie church. 2) His marriage should be sanctified and confirmed in the church of the same faith. 3) Take a signature from him that he will not deviate into schism, and that his wife and children born before him will not be prevented from fulfilling Christian duties in the Orthodox Church. 4) Children who may be born in the future should be baptized in the dominant Orthodox or Edinoverie church, with the consent of the parents” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 23–24. No. 9107).
Resolution on the report of the housekeeper of the Trinity Metochion in St. Petersburg about the insanity of a full-time servant of this metochion (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 65. No. 9201).
March 31st. Letter to his mother: “I’m thinking of going to Moscow as usual: but I haven’t asked for permission yet” (Letters. 1882. P. 347. No. 394).
Letter to Bishop Nikolai (Sokolov): “Our fellow believers have little unity with the Church, but here they do not see this enough and follow the thought, however well-intentioned, that they should be lenient and spare their old habits, in the hope that perfect unity will follow in their children” (CHOLDPr. 1870. Book II. P. 20. - Materials).
Letter to Archbishop Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky): “I earnestly thank you for your advice on updating the catechism, to further strengthen the teachings of the Orthodox Church. But the catechism has already been revised, and two parts of it have already been printed. However, I had the idea that you are presenting, and made the necessary comments to guard against the wrong teachings of the Roman Church, without giving speeches of a polemical nature, which is not very characteristic of the catechism” (CHOLDPr. 1870. Book 12. P. 36. - Materials).
Letter to Archbishop Kirill (Theologian-Platonov): “In mutual greetings on the bright feast of the Resurrection of Christ, we share and give each other that joy and that peace that our risen Lord Himself spoke and created and, by sharing, we do not deplete, but multiply. That there will be many different opinions about Charter 21 is not surprising, and it is useful that there be no few. My Consistory presented a thick notebook of comments, which for the most part I recognized as respectful. What will happen after consideration remains to be expected. Do not be angry for the lack of elevation of the monastery. The treasury will not increase the amount allocated to the spiritual department by a single ruble. There is no other way we can increase expenditure in one item than by taking it away from another. Therefore, judge what kind of frugality is needed” (DC. 1890. Part 2. No. 5. P. 53–54).
Letter to Archbishop Parfeniy (Chertkov): “About the ailing inspector, I remember, I told Your Eminence that either it is necessary to heal him well, or to eliminate him, so that he does not harm many. Your seminary, unusually crowded and scattered with its inhabitants, especially requires a vigilant inspector” (PO. 1872. Book 2/3. No. 9. P. 40. No. 26).
April 1st. Comment on the draft ruling of the Holy Synod in the case of the provision by Hierotheos, Archbishop of Tabor, of semi-annual reports on the collection of donations: “It seems that it is necessary to say this: although instead of the semi-annual reports proposed by the Holy Synod, one final one was presented, and was not attested to in the Consistory with the book; but how can this be attributed to anything other than the Eastern clergy’s unaccustomment to the accuracy of office work according to accepted forms, but there is no doubt about this; then take note of the presented report” (Opinions. 1905. P.59).
Letter from M. M. Tuchkova: “If you wish, I’ll say that I don’t miss your work. And that sometimes there are difficulties in them, I ask you not to be bored, if you cannot avoid them” (Letters to Abbess Maria. pp. 49–50. no. 33).
Letter to Archbishop Ignatius (Semyonov): “In mutual greetings on the bright feast of the Resurrection of Christ, we share and give each other that joy and that peace that our Risen Lord Himself spoke and created, and by dividing, we do not deplete, but multiply. With such reflection and feeling I accepted your kind greetings; and with a grateful spirit I pray to the Risen One, may your spirit be filled with His holy joy and abundance of peace, and may your life and your sacred service continue in peace for the good of the church” (CHOLDPr. 1871. Book 4. P. 44. - Materials).
April 2. Resolution on the decree of the Holy Synod on the imprisonment of noblewomen - mother and daughter - in the Novodevichy Convent: “Instruct the abbess to be placed in a special cell and entrusted to the supervision of a prudent old woman, so that their relations with others living in the monastery are only for blessed reasons with the permission of the abbess; and regarding their acceptance of any outsiders or leaving the monastery, when it was deemed necessary, the permission of the Eminence was sought” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 80. No. 9231).
Letter to the Lavra’s governor, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Today for the first time I was in the court church restored after the fire. So, they say, another smaller church has been restored, still and better than before. I haven't been there yet. “May the Lord bless and preserve the house of the Tsar and Russia” (Letters to St. Anthony. pp. 192–193. No. 226).
April 3. Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “The weather here is unpleasant too. A cold acquired during Holy Week and on the first day of Easter (March 26) made it difficult for me throughout the week. The Servant Peter knew how to deceive the governor at the Lavra, presenting himself as decent so that he would not be detained there. It would be nice to take him to the hospital, but will they admit him? Ask Nikolai Aleksandrovich Novikov if it would be possible to take him to the house 22 under his command, where they know how to treat patients of this kind” (Letters. 1887. P. 38).
April 4. Resolution on the report of the acting treasurer of the Volokolamsk Joseph Monastery on the death of Archimandrite Gabriel (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 24. No. 9108).
April 8. Comments on the proposed inscription on the monument over the grave of Metropolitan Joasaphat Bulgak: “It’s good that there is no unnecessary expression of the Greek Uniate churches in Russia. For admirers of the memory of the deceased, I would suggest writing: it is the body or mortal remains that rests, not the ashes. For what right do they have to claim that the body of the deceased will certainly rot and turn to dust? (Opinions. 1905. P. 60).
April 10. Resolution on the report of the dean of the monasteries that the body of the deceased Archimandrite Gabriel was interred and an audit of the deceased’s belongings and money was carried out (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 25. No. 9109).
April 12. Resolution on the dean’s report about the drunken behavior and indecent actions of the sexton (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 26. No. 9110).
Resolution on the report of the Construction Commission on the relocation of the Moscow Alekseevsky nunnery to Krasnoye Selo (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 26. No. 9111).
Resolution on the report of the housekeeper of the Troitsky Sukharevsky metochion on the appointment of a full-time servant to the hospital (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 66. No. 9202).
April 13. Letter to Prince S. M. Golitsyn: “I am very comforted by the favorable participation accepted by Your Excellency for the High Monarch’s mercy towards me. Accept my most ardent gratitude and wish me to justify the generosity of the Most Pious Sovereign with deeds and not in vain to belong to the rank of zealots of the exploits of St. Vladimir. The other day I am thinking of sending you, for your curiosity, one of the first copies of the catechism, which is now being printed 23 . The wanderings of the teachers of the law prompted me to add to it so that now the Holy Synod has recognized it as a guiding book not only for schools, but also for Christians in general. The greatest additions have been made in the doctrine of revelation, Holy Scripture and Tradition, and in the doctrine of the church; the doctrine of beatitude was written again, and protections from the chaff scattered by the non-Orthodox were placed in places” (Letters. 1884. P. 29. No. 30).
April 15. Resolution on the report of the housekeeper of the Trinity Sukharevsky metochion that a full-time minister cannot be released from the hospital due to insanity (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 66–67. No. 9203).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra about the false accusation of the builder of the Makhrishchi monastery: “Looked. “It’s as if everyone agreed to carry out a messy job from beginning to end.” According to the Highest authorized report points, this matter should have begun in the spiritual, and not in the secular department. The council acted illegally and offensively to the honor of the monastery and to the dignity of the abbot, allowing the bailiff to interrogate the abbot, and, moreover, deciding to do this without the knowledge of the authorities. Be more careful in future” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 67. No. 9204).
April 19. Resolution on the economist’s report presenting a brief statement of expenses for March: “Blind allocation for hats and boots is not suitable. Tell the economist what, who needs what, should be issued with receipts, which should be taken into account when revising the report” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 67. No. 9205).
April 20. Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilyovsky): “I don’t think that I am partial to the book: History of the Russian Church 24. If you find anything in it that requires dogmatic correction: tell me. But other people's mistakes do not justify ours; and because our mistakes are pointed out to us, we should not be bored with our place and wish for another, in which we can meet our troubles, perhaps even more painful if we, moving ourselves from place to place arbitrarily, stumble upon them. Don’t think that you didn’t try to correct and make up for these unintentional oversights as easily as possible. But you see things as you want to see them: but they go their own ways, and you can’t build your own railroad for every business. Thank God that the authorities, although they stand up for mistakes, do not lose their favor towards you” (Additions. 1883. Part 32. Book 2. pp. 685–686. No. 15).
April 21. Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “From the cold, which has bothered me quite a bit since the last days of the holiday, I am coming back to life a little, and I can do a little” (Letters. 1887. P. 39).
April 23. Resolution on a consistory decision with a request to add six months to the prescribed period for performing the office of a priest for a banned priest for intemperate life and reprehensible actions (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 26. No. 9112).
Resolution on the presentation of the board of the Moscow Theological Academy on the monetary remuneration of the inspector of the Kazan Theological Seminary: “I find it indecent that the judgment on the remuneration of the inspector Archpriest Vishnevsky was signed by the inspector Archpriest Vishnevsky, that is, he was a judge in his own case” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 75–76. No. 9222).
April 24. Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Thank you, Father Viceroy, that you took part in the royal mercy to my humility 25 and brought a prayer to the Lord for the most pious Sovereign. Pray that God will help me to justify the mercy of the generous and magnanimous Monarch and to use it in favor of serving the Church and him” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 193. No. 227).
April 25. Letter to A. N. Muravyov: “Please explain your words to me. Timothy was installed as Archbishop of Alexandria in 380; and Saint Chrysostom this year or next will become a Deacon. Timothy died in 385; and Chrysostom, this year or next, was promoted to Presbyter. When and why did Timothy become an enemy of Chrysostom?” (Letters. 1869. pp. 63–64. no. 47).
Letter to A.N. Muravyov: “The Greek helmsman calls Timothy the most holy, and at the same time Bishop. I told Archimandrite Plato to deal with the Pandects; and is there something to change it for? Let them see the old title” (Letters. 1869. P. 64. No. 48).
April 30. Proposal to the Holy Synod with a note about the essay “A Brief Look at the Rites of the Molokans”: “To baptize another time would mean to crucify Christ a second time. If we admit this wisdom, then it would follow that to baptize for the first time means to crucify Christ for the first time. Is this stupid? Repentance before the church has been abandoned. It is not true that it has been completely abandoned. And before they did not shout about their sins in front of the whole church, but went through repentance before the church according to certain degrees, just as those who are subjected to public penance go through now (Opinions. T. add. p. 619).
May 1st. Response to the offer from His Imperial Highness the Sovereign, the heir to the Tsarevich and Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich and on behalf of the entire august family of nine silver lamps to the Holy Sepulcher in New Jerusalem: “For special happiness I accept the order of His Imperial Highness to bring them for their intended purpose. Whether it pleases God, it would be desirable for me to fulfill this personally, so that before that very shrine, which kindled a holy feeling in the soul of the Sovereign Heir, which should forever be marked by the lamps brought now, I would offer a conciliar prayer for the longevity and prosperity of His Highness, as well as His August Parents, and for the entire Imperial family" (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 84–85. No. 9240).
Letter to Adjutant General A.A. Kavelin: “Probably, His Highness deigned to see that above the lower St. Sergius Church in Borodino, the upper one remains without an internal structure. At the first inspection of the diocese entrusted to me, I found this church and the exterior of the building had been damaged since 1812, and through voluntary donations I corrected it. To arrange the interior, an opportunity presented itself to me when the Alekseevsky Monastery in Moscow was moved to another place 26. One ancient iconastasis with ancient icons from the local church, which was not needed for the new location of the monastery, was transferred to the upper Borodino church, adapted to its space, and it was prepared for consecration” (DC. 1880. Part 2. No. 8. P. 492).
May 2. Attitude to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod on the reading in parish churches of state-owned villages on three Sundays in a row of decrees on the elections of volost and village leaders: “If, following the example, as is now required, every year three Sunday days are used in the church for the reading of decrees on elections, such readings in churches on holidays will multiply: the church of God, at the Divine Liturgy, will often turn into a place of secular gatherings, and right there, where they listened to the Divine Liturgy, it will be necessary, perhaps, to listen to the civil reading for just as long, then instead of the desired attention to the civil reading, will not the opposite effect occur, a decrease in the people’s reverence for the church of God, and for what is read, sung and sacredly performed in it for its essential purpose” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 27–28. No. 9114).
Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilevsky): “Andrei Nikolaevich Muravyov wrote letters about the salvation of the world by the Son of God and, going to Moscow for his family reasons, by the way there he wants to submit this work to the censor. I read it and I don’t foresee any doubts” (CHOLDPr. 1872. Book 4. P. 78. - Materials).
Letter to Archbishop Gabriel (Rozanov): “The Most Reverend Hierotheus, Archbishop of Tabor, who was in Russia on behalf of the Most Blessed Patriarch of Jerusalem (and has already been elected as his successor), returning to his homeland, wishes to come to Your Eminence, not alone, as a stranger, but with me, your old acquaintance. I willingly accompany him and greet you with my charter, and through his lips” (Letters. 1888. pp. 80–81).
May 3. The death of Elizaveta Mikhailovna Khitrovo (1783–1839), daughter of M. I. Kutuzov, close friend of A. S. Pushkin, acquaintance of St. Philaret (Correspondence, p. 444).
May 5. Opinion about the divorce case of the spouses: “...since the Church, by the word of the Lord, prompted by its concern for the preservation of the marriage union, resorts to the need to dissolve it only in favor of an innocent person who does not want to remain in communication with another who has violated the purity of the marriage, then to refrain from dissolving the marriage of the Kupreyanovs, based on the suspicion that lies with the plaintiff himself. However, if he wishes, provide him, where and properly, with evidence that suspicion fell on him only by an unexpected coincidence of circumstances, but in fact he remains innocent before the law of marriage” (Opinions. 1908. P. 15).
May 6. Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “It seems that I forgot to warn you that it is time to stop writing to me in St. Petersburg. God willing, I won’t live here for a week. Bless on the way” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 194. No. 228).
May 9. Report to the Holy Synod about the construction of a new church: “Archimandrite Platon of the Moscow St. Danilov Monastery reported to me that the nobles, the Moscow first-ranking merchants... and the 1st guild of commerce advisers... erected in this monastery, according to Bove’s plan, a new warm stone church, in the name of the Holy Trinity, with two chapels, magnificently decorated it and provided it with utensils at their own expense: the church builders did not consider the value of this donation. It is my duty to inform the Holy Synod about this” (CHOLDPr. 1873. Book 11. P. 141. - Materials).
Resolution on a consistory decision on the removal of a banned priest from his place for the presence of a female person in his house (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 28–29. No. 9115).
Resolution on the determination of the Consistory on a priest who is not considered guilty of impudent acts based on the complaint of the sexton’s widow, and therefore is not considered removed from the dean’s post, but dismissed (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 29–30. No. 9116).
Resolution at the consistory decision on the dismissal from the place and sending to a monastery for two months of a banned priest who opposes the orders of his superiors: “...to be removed from the place and sent to a monastery means leaving the family without housing and food; and therefore it is necessary, when leaving a place, either to immediately leave it to look for another, or to assign it to the clergy” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 30. No. 9117).
Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilevsky): “It is neither pleasant nor harmless to see the oversights of the leaders of a higher educational institution, and especially in such circumstances when a conclusion about non-Orthodoxy is quickly drawn from an accidental error, and a person’s error is turned into a criticism of the class” (CHOLPr. 1872. Book 4. pp. 77–78. - Materials).
Letter from E. V. Novosiltseva: “Whether my illness was dangerous, I don’t know, it just required a lot of medical help, which, thank God, was timely and effective. Besides, laugh if you like, I extracted two recipes from two dreams; and I think that they were important” (Letters. 1911. pp. 200–201).
May 11. Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I’m afraid, Father Viceroy, there will still be difficulties for the servant of God Peter and for us if they send him to you. Why will you accept it? He is not ours, but a passerby. Why will you keep him when he has no appearance? Write what will happen and what you think” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 194. No. 229).
Letter to Archbishop Smaragd (Kryzhanovsky): “Several years before this, Chaadaev became known from a magazine article in which he, not like a good son, speaks about both the Eastern Church and Russia. The Emperor judged this in Solomonov's court: he ordered a doctor to be sent to Chaadaev to see the state of his brain and nerves. Chaadaev admitted that the article was written in moments of madness. Since then, I have not heard about him and have not been curious: your complaint shows that this patient did not even take advantage of the royal healing. When I arrive in Moscow, I’ll see what he says. There is a good feature in the abolition of the Commission of Spiritual Schools - the concentration of spiritual government on academic subjects in the Holy Synod. There were hunters who wanted to sit in the K.D.U. and dispose of its capital, which would not sit in the Holy Synod. How the details of the new management will be processed, time will tell. Let us pray for the welfare of God’s holy churches, and let us carefully guard the guard of the Lord at all times” (CHOLDPr. 1870. Book 12. P. 37. - Materials).
May 13. Diary entry: “Much. Glyceria. From St. Petersburg." (Diary).
May 15. In the city of Vitebsk, Metropolitan of Kiev Philaret (Amphitheater) announced the Synodal Charter on the reunification of the Uniates.
May 21. Liturgy and prayer service in the Assumption Cathedral on the namesake day of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and on the birthday of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna. The sermon was delivered by the archpriest of the Trinity Church on Arbat, Sergius Ioannov (MV. 1839. No. 41. P. 274).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I am sending you a copy of the new edition of the Catechism. Give another copy to the Bethany treasurer” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 195. No. 230).
May 21. Resolution on the consistory decision on approving the opinion of the Serpukhov spiritual board on leaving the novice of the Davidic Hermitage under suspicion regarding the bringing of two female persons into the abbot's cells and the drinking of wine with them (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 30–31. No. 9118).
Resolution on the consistory decision in the case of appointing the son of a provincial secretary, who was baptized as a female infant, a new male name: “Would the Consistory delve into the rites and prayers; then I would have seen how incongruous it is to name a twenty-year-old baptized person according to the rite of an unbaptized baby and to ecclesiasize after the rite of a forty-day-old baby, that is, to begin to introduce into the church someone who has been in it for so many years, and, without a doubt, partook of the Holy Mysteries. Do the following. 1) Tell the youth to prepare to receive the Holy Mysteries, and during confession and communion of the Holy Mysteries, give him a name, which, having been used during the sacraments, will be firm for him” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 31–32. No. 9119).
May 25. Resolution on the report of the abbess of the Serpukhov Vladychny nunnery that a girl who lived in the monastery for about a year, without the knowledge of the abbess, left the monastery unknown where and does not appear at the monastery (Resolutions. vol. 4. p. 32. no. 9120).
Letter to the governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I wish that in these crowded and difficult days your service to you and the brethren will not be tiresome, but edifying to those who come” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 195. No. 231).
May 26. Report to the Holy Synod: “I arrived within the boundaries of the diocese entrusted to my administration on the 16th day of this month and began the performance of local duties by inspecting some churches located on the way from Moscow and near Onago. I arrived in Moscow on the 17th day” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 85–86. No. 9241).
Resolution on the petition of the landowner s. Arkhangelsky for permission to erect a cemetery church instead of a tent to preserve the bodies of the dead until the time of burial at the resting place of his wife (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 32. No. 9121).
Resolution on a letter from the hieromonk of the David Hermitage with a request for his protection from the builder of this hermitage and the investigator, who recognize him as incapable of living in a hostel (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 80. No. 9232).
May 27. Resolution based on the dean’s report that, according to the doctor’s testimony, the priest is close to madness and measures must be taken to prevent the patient from causing harm to himself and others (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 32–33. No. 9122).
May 31st. Resolution on the dean’s report that during the clarification of misunderstandings between the abbess and the novice, it became known that her relatives and the solicitor were in the novice’s cell without permission for a meeting about her affairs (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 33. No. 9123).
May. Corrections and additions have been made to the draft order for caretakers of orphanages: “But a Christian child cannot be left without an indication of Christian dogmas until he or she enters school. When you teach him to pray with the sign of the cross; when, during prayer, turn his gaze to the image of the Lord Jesus crucified, or, like a baby, carried in the arms of the Blessed Virgin: childish curiosity will demand an account from you, what does this mean? Then begin to feed your young soul with Christianity; just know how to apply it to age; offer simple verbal milk to the baby of nature, together with grace” (Opinions. T. add. P. 46. No. 12).
June 1st. Resolution on the petition of the priests and the clergy for permission to build a new iconostasis according to the attached plan (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 33. No. 9124).
Resolution on the report of the Volokolamsk spiritual board at the request of the landowner to transfer peasants from two parishes to one nearby (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 33–34. No. 9125).
June 3. Letter to brother Nikita Mikhailovich: “I am very sorry, dear brother, that yesterday I could neither postpone nor stop the conversation that was requested and promised in advance. And having freed himself from people, he sent for you: but they no longer found you. I don’t foresee such a difficulty today” (Letters. 1882. P. 347. No. 395).
June 4. Resolution on the archpriest’s petition for his temporary dismissal from the priesthood due to illness (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 34. No. 9127).
Resolution regarding the Moscow chief police chief on the secondment of a deputy when sending a mentally ill priest for treatment (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 80–81. No. 9233).
June 5. Resolution on the petition of the elder and parishioners of the Trinity Church for the transfer of a priest to the place of another who is negligent in his duties (Resolutions. Vol. 4. S 34. No. 9126).
June 8. Resolution on the testimony of a priest about the performance of a procession of the cross with the blessing of water in concelebration with another priest on the occasion of receiving the icon of the “Burning Bush” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 35. No. 9128).
Resolution on the priest’s testimony that he expelled the banned priest from the altar: “The priest is to blame for the fact that during Lent, in his alternate week, the service began not from the first day, but when from Wednesday or Thursday, which is especially unforgivable with two priests; that he served only one presanctified liturgy per week; that on Saturdays he did not serve small vespers” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 35–36. No. 9129).
June 9. Resolution on the petition of the Archimandrite of the Novoglutvinsky Monastery with a request for a visit to His Eminence to receive the saint's blessing (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 36. No. 9130).
Resolution on an extract from the consistory journal on the case of the construction of two chapels at the Serpukhov Trinity Cathedral (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 36. No. 9131).
June 10. Presence at the ceremonial meeting at Moscow University on the occasion of the end of the academic year (MV. 1839. No. 48. P. 320).
Resolution on the petition of a banned priest for permission to resume priestly service (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 36–37. No. 9132).
June 13. Resolution on the consistory decision on the refusal to marry a minor (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 37. No. 9133).
Resolution on the petition of a sexton dismissed due to old age for an increase in the trusteeship benefits due to him and his wife: “Both have the appearance of poverty and are becoming impoverished in the fortress. Trusteeship to consider” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 78–79. No. 9227).
June 14. Letter to mother: “I rejoice, Gracious Empress Mother, at your arrival. Now I am not inviting you, preparing for the service tomorrow in the Cathedral for the day of St. Jonah. When I return, I hope to see you” (Letters. 1882. pp. 347–348. no. 396).
June 15. Letter to the governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I hope to be with you, if God wills, at ordinary times. But this year there will be a difficulty that it will probably be necessary to rush to Moscow for a thanksgiving service on the occasion of the wedding of the Grand Duchess 27 . Therefore, hurry to remember what to talk to me about, and then hurry to talk. And I remind you that on the day of the academic exam, according to custom, we must have guests. It will be, I think, 28 days” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 195. No. 232).
Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilevsky): “I am returning to you some translations that I have left behind. Translations of the Holy Scriptures are unsatisfactory. The translations from the Theological Dictionary are decent: but some articles are weak in places, and some were not worth the trouble to translate” (CHOLDPr. 1872. Book 4. P. 79. - Materials).
June 17. Resolution on the landowner's petition for permission to elect a clergyman for the church, for the maintenance of which she contributes money to the Treasury and builds a house for the clergyman (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 37. No. 9134).
June 18. Resolution on a report from a landowner about the drunken life of a priest, who also involved the clerics in drunkenness: “Denunciation is serious and, unfortunately, is likely at the first sight, because the priest was previously convicted of intemperance. Therefore, necessity requires taking quick and decisive measures against temptation and harm” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 81. No. 9234).
June 20. Resolution on the examiner’s certificate about the sexton who asked for initiation into the surplice: “At the all-night vigil it turned out that the sexton read the psalms stupidly, with stops in the wrong place and with errors in words. The Eminence has to test it again, so that those who are lazy in preparing themselves for initiation will not remain forever semi-literate” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 37. No. 9135).
Resolution on the decree of the Moscow Spiritual Consistory to the abbess of a nunnery on the appointment of a peasant woman to the number of sisters: “Due to valid circumstances presented by the abbess of the Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery, it is seen necessary that the novice named in this decree should leave it” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 81. No. 9235).
Between April 25 and June 22 (no date). Letter to A.N. Muravyov: “Again, Gracious Sir Andrei Nikolaevich, Svyatoslavsky and I are guilty before you, just like last year. The day before yesterday I learned from your parent that you were expecting an answer from me, and yesterday I found your letter... I don’t want you to know that the church in Chudov was consecrated last Sunday” (Letters. 1869. pp. 65–66. no. 49).
June 17. Letter to A.N. Muravyov: “I answered your letter. Is it possible to have something else from you: it would be nice to know from you if you know anything about the time of the Sovereign Emperor’s arrival in Moscow, whether directly to Moscow, or past it to Borodino, and from there to Moscow. I received orders to be in Borodino: but I don’t know anything, when to be there, or what will be needed there. It’s not very convenient to make decisions by chance” (Letters. 1869. pp. 67–68. no. 50).
Letter from A.I. Zhadovskaya 28: “There is no need to explain to you how much I appreciate your letter, from which I learned about the longed-for health of the Empress and through which, like through a bright window, I looked into the luminous circle of the beloved Royal family” (Dch. 1868. Part 1. No. 4. P. 292).
June 23. Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I thank you for treating strangers, Father Viceroy, but I don’t thank you for being stingy for me and subjecting me...to the temptation of complaining about my stinginess. The buns should have been larger. Then, in case of need, dividing in half would not be so meager” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 196. No. 233).
June 24. Liturgy and prayer service, the Word was pronounced in the Assumption Cathedral on the birthday of the Emperor and Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna (MV. 1839. No. 51. p. 343).
Letter to mother: “I wish you, Gracious Empress Mother, a good journey. I wish relief to my brother, and also to my daughter-in-law. And I ask all of you to be complacent in trust in God’s mercy” (Letters. 1882. pp. 34–35. no. 397).
June 25. Pronunciation of the Word on the 6th week after Pentecost: “To teach a believer the faith does not mean to teach a scholar, and is this not unnecessary work? This may seem so with a superficial comparison of words, but not so with a thorough examination of the matter. And the scientist needs to renew acquired knowledge and acquire new ones, in a word, to study: otherwise one must fear that what he has learned will be obscured by oblivion and, stopping, he will lag behind science, which is constantly moving forward. In the same way, or even more, the believer needs to constantly learn faith, both speculatively and actively: for otherwise, one must be wary that the light of faith that shone in the heart, without prudent observation and support, will not go out, like the lamps of the holy fools known in the parable of the virgins” (Works. Vol. 4. P. 101).
June 26. Presence at the annual exams on the Law of God at the Moscow Commercial School: he asked questions to students and gave them instructions (MB. 1839. No. 85. P. 622).
Letter to A. N. Muravyov: “Let me report that Svyatoslavsky and I are somewhat thinner than you think. And I’m not so bad as to allow him to print out anything that comes to me, and he’s not so impudent and dishonest as to open other people’s letters and read out the numbers. Here's the thing: we, in the old age, are not accustomed to putting a number on the forehead of a letter, above respectful or friendly appeals, as if it were a brand on the forehead of a criminal; but we always look for numbers where they were written in the old days, and where we can write for sure: given or written, that is, at the end of the letter. I didn’t find the number here, and I told your parent that there wasn’t one, and then when I started reading the letter again to respond, then I saw that there was a number on the letter. Now excuse me. I need to finish my business for the road, but I’m dizzy from the fact that this morning I served in Simonovo, and in the afternoon I was at the other end of Moscow for an exam at the Commercial School” (Letters. 1869. pp. 70-71. No. 51).
June 30. Proposal to the Holy Synod to include the Life of St. Dmitry of Rostov at the beginning of the September book of Chetyih-Menya (DC. 1879. Part 1. No. 2. P. 261).
Resolution on the dean’s report presenting an inventory of the newly built church and church property: “The picture of Tamar returning the deposit to Judas is completely indecent for the church” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 37–38. No. 9136).
July 6. Letter to A.N. Muravyov: “I don’t see the manuscript of Alexander Skarlatovich 29, although the Committee has received it, and I will hardly have time to see it now, because I am hastening to return to Moscow, in the hope of performing a prayer of thanks for the completed blessed marriage of the Tsareva’s first-born daughter” (Letters. 1869. P. 72. No. 52).
July 8. Resolution on the petition of the daughter of a Polish nobleman for permission to get married: “The main document on the groom’s freedom to get married is, that is, a certificate of permission from the military authorities. The lack of a certificate from the spiritual father of the groom and a written expression of consent from the mother could result from ignorance of these needs, and it is inconvenient to seek replenishment of this deficiency, because it is inconvenient for the military man to continue the period of absence from duty.” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 38. No. 9137).
Resolution on the consistory decision on issuing a metrical marriage certificate to the captain-captain (Resolutions. vol. 4. p. 3839. No. 9138).
July 9. A prayer service after reading the manifesto on the marriage of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna and Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg in the Assumption Cathedral, then a liturgy service. The sermon was delivered by Archimandrite Mitrofan of the Znamensky Monastery (MB. 1839. No. 55. P. 379).
July 10. Resolution on the archimandrite's report about the accidental spilling of the Blood of Christ from the chalice (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 39. No. 9139).
Letter to A. N. Muravyov: “I stayed in the Lavra from June 27 to the 7th day of this month and did not see how time passed in exams, examinations, in ordinary Divine services, and in private ceremonial services for holidays and for ordinations. I think that these days I will send you a draft for correcting erroneous passages in the book On Heresies and Schisms in the Russian Church. Is it possible to show Count Nikolai Alexandrovich 30, and I also ask you to tell me whether the corrections seem satisfactory to you?” (Letters. 1869. P. 73, 75. No. 53).
July 12. Resolution on the petition of a banned priest to resume his priestly service (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 39. No. 9140).
Resolution on the consistory ruling in the case of monetary expenses for the Trinity Edinoverie Church and the printing house attached to it: “Concerning the decrees of 1808 and 1809 cited by the consistory, it must be borne in mind that their specific meaning is the exclusion of Edinoverie churches from sending candle money, but that these decrees do not cancel the ancient church rule on the condition of all church property under the supervision of the bishop” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 39–41. No. 9141).
July 13. Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Thank you, Father Viceroy, for the information about accompanying the body of Prince Bagration 31. Hieromonk Philaret gave me a letter through others, but they say he is sick” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 196. No. 234).
July 15. Letter to the mother: “Let us submit, Gracious Empress Mother, to the destinies of God 32. Comfort your sorrow with hope in God. Advise the same to your daughter-in-law. I can hardly, but I wish, if the Lord wills it, to be with you” (Letters. 1882. P. 348. No. 398).
July 16. Letter to the mother: “Order the enclosed text, Gracious Empress Mother, to be used tomorrow on the poor” (Letters. 1882. P. 348. No. 399).
July 17. Letter to Archbishop Gabriel (Gorodkov): “My relative in the village of Ramenok, Priest Joseph Afanasyev, having the need to place his son, who was studying at the Seminary, in a decent place, asks for my intercession before Your Eminence. Since he accepts participation in the sorrows of those around him, I could not refuse him participation. Therefore, I humbly ask you to show your son his mercy, which he, according to his dignity, is capable of receiving” (CHOIDr. 1868. Book 2. pp. 46–47).
July 19. Resolution based on the dean’s report that due to an addiction to wine and trembling hands, the priest is incapable of safely performing sacred services (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 41. No. 9142).
Resolution on the consistory certificate in the case of the dismissal of the prosphora girl from her position and the appointment of a sexton’s widow in her place (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 42. No. 9143).
July 20. Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I ask, Father Vicar, that fourty-day prayers be offered in the Lavra for the newly deceased Archpriest Nikita and for those who cry and are sick, looking forward to Christ’s consolation” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 196. No. 235).
July 21. Visit to the Luzhetsky Monastery in Mozhaisk.
July 22. Consecration of the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in the village. Borodino.
July 23. Consecration of the Church of Saint Righteous Philaret in the Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery. Pronunciation of the Word upon the consecration of the church: “It was a good idea to dedicate the church to God in the place where so many thousands of those who labored for the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland laid down their temporary life, in the hope of accepting eternal life. Those of them who sacrificed themselves, in pure devotion to God, the Tsar and the Fatherland, are worthy of the crown of martyrdom, and therefore worthy of participating in the church honor that has been given to the Martyrs since ancient times, by dedicating churches to God over their tombs. If some of these souls, leaving the body, suffered some of the burdens of sins, some of the impurity of passions, and, for their relief and purification, require the power of church prayers and the bloodless sacrifice made for them: then for their feat, more than other deceased, they are worthy to receive this help” (Works. Vol. 4. pp. 106–107).
July 25. Report to the Holy Synod on the review of some institutions of the Moscow diocese: “At the end of the last and at the beginning of the current month, the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, the Bethany Monastery, the Theological Academy and the Bethany Seminary were visited, and, finally, the initial training school established in the monastery for ministers and other children of secular rank, the Lavra School of the Initial learning is a success. The number of students, according to the list presented, extends to 155. Efforts are made to teach them the most necessary prayers and reverent attention in worship, and especially reverent preparation for receiving the Holy Mysteries at the time established by the church.
Thank God, all this has such an impression on children that this young crowd does not create rumors in the Lavra, but has a modest and pleasant appearance. In half of the current month, I visited the cities: Bronnitsy and Kolomna, the monasteries: Novogolutvin and Starogolutvin and some urban and rural churches in this side. On July 21, I visited the city of Mozhaisk and the Luzhetsky Monastery on 22 days. in the upper village of Borodino, unconsecrated since 1812, the church was consecrated by me, with the permission of His Imperial Highness the Sovereign Tsarevich, heir to the throne, in the name of the Mother of God, in honor of her Smolensk icon. At the same time, splendid sacred vessels were brought into this church, a gift from His Imperial Highness the Sovereign Heir. 23 days, in the Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery I consecrated a church in the name of St. righteous Philaret, and at the same time the renewal and consecration of this newly built monastery was completed. Why was the procession of the cross near its fence carried out with prayer singing? This fence has been completely rebuilt, with special symmetrical buildings at the corners instead of towers.
Only the bell tower inside the monastery remains low and wooden; however, the monastery has a clean and handsome appearance. While I was away from the diocese for 24 days, I had the opportunity to personally fulfill the most important order of the Holy Synod regarding the position of the body of the infantry general, Prince Bagration 33, in the place most highly appointed” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 86–88. No. 9242).
July 26. An order to the Archpriest of the Epiphany to inspect the churches inside and out and, if necessary, correct shortcomings on the occasion of the supposed highest procession of the Emperor along the road to Mozhaisk through Klin, Voskresensk, Savvin Monastery and the village of Kubinskoye (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 42. No. 9144).
Letter to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Count N. A. Protasov about the review of some institutions of the Moscow diocese in the summer months (Opinions. T. add. pp. 47–49. No. 13).
July 27. Resolution on the report of the abbot on the behavior of the supervised banned priest (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 42–43. No. 9145).
A resolution on the journal definition of the consistory with an order to the local dean to hand over the inventory of the Intercession Cathedral to officials appointed by the Construction Committee and to submit a receipt for the acceptance of the cathedral to the consistory (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 43. No. 9146).
Resolution on the priest’s report that the master’s cross was stolen from him along with other things: “As the master’s cross is a sign given by the authorities, not produced privately by artists and not sold for sale, and therefore very noticeable, then please refer me to the Chief of Police, so that it would be good enough to instruct someone who should, paying attention to these circumstances, make efforts to find it sign when the kidnappers are already open” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 43. No. 9147).
July 26–28. Letter to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Count N.A. Protasov, about the consecration of the monument on the Borodino field: “The monument stands in an open field, on a hill, at a distance of about three-quarters of a mile from the church in the village of Borodino. On the front side of it towards the field there is an image of the Savior not made by hands, and at the top is a cross. It is not closed, and they say there are no preparations to close it until the time of the grand opening. It seems to me that this is consistent with the nature of the monument. With a monument of a purely civil nature, there is nothing more to do than open it; it is fitting to consecrate a monument that has a sacred character. The same, by the will of the most pious Sovereign Emperor, was done with the Alexander Column. The project of the ceremony of spiritual rites, at the opening of the monument on the Borodino field. 1) On the 26th day of August, in the morning, at the monument, in front of the image of the Savior on it, on the western side, a clothed table with a holy cup of water will be placed, and with it two clerics in surplices for security.
2) The clergy will gather in advance in the Smolensk Church in the village of Borodino. 3) At what time will a religious procession to the monument take place from this church with prayer singing. 4) At the beginning of the procession there will be two banners of the church in the village of Borodino, two of the Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery and two of the Mozhaisk Cathedral. Then the cross and the altarpiece image of the Mother of God will be carried. In the procession there will also be an icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk from the Borodino Church, due, among other things, to respect that the icon of this name was present during the Battle of Borodino in the army and was carried among the regiments before the battle. 5) The choir, 20 deacons, 24 priests, 6 archpriests and 4 archimandrites in uniform vestments, according to custom, should walk two in a row, followed by the bishop. 6) Upon arrival at the site, the procession will position itself in two rows on the sides of the monument and the water will be blessed. 7) When it is sung: O Lord, save Thy people, and the cross is immersed: the bishop will present the Sovereign Emperor with a cross for kissing and holy water for sprinkling.
8) Then, to consecrate the monument, the bishop will walk around it, sprinkling it with holy water” (Opinions. T. add. pp. 51–53. No. 14).
July 29. Resolution on the report of the archpriest of the Archangel Cathedral that during the gospel service in the cathedral a holy fool tried to undress: “At the place of residence [of the holy fool], the archpriest, with the assistance of the parish priest, will secretly find out under what circumstances and for how long... he has been recognized as a holy fool, whether he is in a state of sanity, whether he is Orthodox and whether Christian duties, whether he said anything about what happened to him in the cathedral and whether one should be afraid of new adventures from him” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 43–44. No. 9148).
Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Forgive me, Father Viceroy, if I speak nonsense. Former treasurer Anastasius is more worthy of approval than other members of the Council. He disturbed order and sinned for his own benefit; others, without any, even illegal, benefit, helped him disrupt order and sin. They will say: by indulgence. No condescension commands one to share in the sins of others and help them. If you had fulfilled what was prescribed, that is, checked the money and the receipts and expenditure records correctly every month, you would either have protected him from sin, or would have stopped him at hundreds, but now, by the grace of your condescension, he is entangled in thousands, and if he does not have anything to pay, then you, who incorrectly verified this, will pay extra. This was written in the first minutes after the news of the shortfall with the former treasurer. Now I would like to speak more quietly. But so be it. Read what was written, at least as a confession, what I thought upon receiving the news” (Letters to St. Anthony. pp. 196–197. No. 236).
July 30. Resolution on the bishop's opinion on the appointment to the priestly position of a deacon from the students of the middle department of the seminary, who sings from notes with errors: “A deacon who sings erroneously does not know, therefore, the affairs of the clergy. The order requires that you first learn the clerical business in order to be fit for the priesthood” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 44. No. 9149).
July 31st. Resolution on the dean’s report that the sexton, during the religious procession, violated decorum, walked with a bundle into the holy gates of the Novodevichy Convent: “From what was in my eyes, the sexton’s testimony is not entirely fair. One thing can be assumed that, having found himself in a difficult position, out of confusion, he moved on to an even more absurd position. The dean should have vigilant supervision so that the priests, deacons and clerics walking in the procession, in vestments, inviolably observe the order and continuity of the procession, do not allow themselves to be entertained by extraneous objects or conversations among themselves, so that the order is carefully observed during the return procession We made every effort to ensure that the procession of the cross was uninterrupted by outsiders, and finally, so that the clerics, who were not in the procession, but were carrying the priests’ belongings, walked completely separately from the procession - either in front or behind the onago” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 44–45. No. 9150).
July. From the memoirs of Bishop Nikodim (Kazantsev): “I was assigned to a series of priestly services and preaching. I entered this new service in July 1839 and continued it (or I was kept) for two whole years <...> During this time, I upset Metropolitan Philaret more than once. The prosecutor gives me scientific assignment. I'll write it and give it to him. He will like my work and propose it to the Synod. The Synod will be upset: either I don’t feel well, or it’s not the right time, or my business is not needed, or I offend someone or something in a hostile manner. Filaret will call me. “Why did you write this?” I'll explain. “But this is not good, that’s why,” Filaret will say. I'm silent. Then Filaret: “Why didn’t you come to me? Why didn’t you ask? Why didn’t you show me your work?” I was silent. Here, it seems, Filaret thought that I was disobedient to him, that I was a seeker of protection from the secular. Not at all. I was just stupid, I didn’t think it was necessary, I thought I was following an order. Here, by the way, I often touched upon the Moscow Theological Academy.
This was very annoying to Vladyka, and he often reproached me for being ungrateful to the academy that educated me” (Unpublished article by Bishop Nikodim Kazantsev. P. 100).
August 1st. Resolution on a letter from the professor of the Moscow Theological Academy and censor Archpriest Golubinsky presenting comments made on Sturdza’s book “Letters on the Offices of the Holy Order, with a manuscript attached”: “There are still places in the book that cannot be left as they are. For example, is it really true that the development of lust naturally precedes the development of conscience? What is this “hereditary idle parish?” <...> The Slavic Bible does not say: I will hear what the Lord speaks in me” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 81–82. No. 9236).
August 9. Resolution on the soldier’s petition for a divorce from her husband, which she asked for eight years ago: “Upon taking the case from the consistory, it turned out that it was decided on February 11; that execution has not yet been done... do the following: oversee the immediate execution of the decision; on this request, conduct a legal review” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 46. No. 9151).
Resolution on the dean’s report about the sexton’s violent actions during the division of hay: “The priest does not deny that the priest’s grass was mowed in his favor. Consequently, the clergy were offended, and the priest should have satisfied them, which would have prevented strife. Order the case to be examined by a verbal court, and henceforth to make denunciations with caution” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 46. No. 9152).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra that the former treasurer declared arrears of money and presented a loan letter from a retired guard captain with an obligation to pay the money within six months: “Encourage Hieromonk Anastasius so that, without bothering himself and his superiors, he clears the arrears with money, and then uses the loan letter for himself at his own discretion, or at least makes the transfer of the letter legal accuracy Meanwhile, his property (about which he shamelessly says that he needs it: why does he need an electric machine or a globe and land maps?) must be kept under sequestration relentlessly. The salary and income he deserves should be immediately converted and used to replenish the arrears” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 67–68. No. 9206).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra that the cathedral examined the statements on the receipt and expenditure of sums presented by the former Lavra treasurer, the cathedral hieromonk, and discovered a shortage: “From Hieromonk Anastasius, take an explanation at what times and on what occasions he took such a significant amount of Lavra sums” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 68–69. No. 9207).
Resolution on the petition of the deacon’s widow for the provision of trusteeship benefits to her and her daughter: “She has a son as a clerk. Leave this insincere and illegal request without action” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 79. No. 9228).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I don’t want to judge you and thank you for your advice: don’t get angry. The letter on the occasion of which you are writing this, I wrote as much as I felt, without anger at all, and even without great grief; I just wanted to present to you the appearance of the matter, and when I noticed that the expressions were harsh, then I admitted it. The letter to which I am now responding seemed to me more regrettable than the matter” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 198. No. 237).
August 11. The interior decoration of the Cave of the Holy Sepulcher in the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery was consecrated, then a liturgy and prayer service were served (MB. 1839. No. 69. p. 492).
August 12. Resolution on a consistory certificate requesting the election of a sexton: “Ask the petitioner: 1) Did the election take place in the church, as the law requires? 2) Did all the parishioners really agree?” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 46–47. No. 9153–9154).
August 13. Resolution on the priest’s request to transfer him to another place due to the poverty of his parishioners: “The priest takes care of himself and only mentions the matter of service in passing. The consistory should instruct the dean to find out why 900 people in this parish were not at confession, whether the priest’s negligence was the reason for this, and whether the priest tried to reason with them and bring them to the sacrament, and present about what followed” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 47. No. 9155).
August 14. Proposal of the consistory to appoint a Lavra hieromonk to the place of treasurer at the Iveron Chapel of the Chudov Monastery (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 69. No. 9208).
Letter to Archimandrite Macarius (Glukharev): “Because you ask for my forgiveness, I do justice to your humility. My soul does not require to forgive you, being, by the goodness of God, always at peace with you, despite the fact that I did not agree with some of your opinions and assumptions. If there is any sin of yours before the eyes of God, I pray with you, may it be forgiven, and resolved, and blotted out by the grace of Christ” (CHOLDPr. 1872. Book 6. pp. 98–99. - Materials).
Letter from E. V. Novosiltseva: “May the Lord who knows the heart accept your humble confession of guilt before God and inability to do good without the grace of Christ, and may He grant you forgiveness of sins and the grace of good deeds, and especially in the fellowship of His Divine table. But without providing ourselves with a general recognition of guilt, let us practice self-knowledge, and let us catch ourselves in sinful and passionate thoughts in order to mortify them, each with a corresponding blow of self-condemnation and repentance, constantly directing ourselves to pure thoughts and to achieving dispassion... do not disturb yourself with suspiciousness; but simply with humility repent of the imperfection of prayer or the violation of its order and try to make up for what happened by paying attention to prayer and its order in the future” (Letters. 1911. P. 202).
Between July 10 and August 17 (no date). Letter to A.N. Muravyov: “I read “Letters to a protégé.” There is good in them, and especially in those in which borrowing is noticeable. And whether the censorship is cut or not, you shouldn’t be angry. For example: is it good to recommend Mosheim or Neander to a priest, and is it even good to recommend Tertullian and Origen? I was in Borodino. I don’t know if I’ll have enough strength to stay there any longer. Pray that I have the strength to do what is due” (Letters. 1869. pp. 77–78. no. 54).
August 17. Letter to A.N. Muravyov: “It would not be difficult for me to see Brother 34 in peace: he lived and served as befits a priest of God, and I hope that he will still pray for me. He was late for treatment because he did not want to leave his position at the important time of Lent. The last words that could be heard from him before his death were: I thank you, Lord. When I will rest, I don’t know. After a difficult journey to Kolomna, I was in Borodino, Savvino, and Voskresensk. The construction of the Cave of the Holy Sepulcher is finished, and, in my opinion, good. On the 12th day of this month we consecrated it with a procession and prayer, which we offered with peace and love for the Most Pious Sovereign, beloved Heir, and the entire blessed Royal House. I don’t know where, probably from the academic administration, I received two copies of the Church Biblical History and the Church History of the Right Reverend Innocent, a new edition. I immediately paid attention to the amendments and found that they were not made in the introduction. I turned to the director of the printing house, doubting whether he had received all my sheets.
My sheets turned out to be intact, and the proofreader was to blame for not making corrections. Now two or three osmoshki are being reprinted. Let this be known to you, in case you come across a faulty copy in St. Petersburg” (Letters. 1869. pp. 79–81. no. 55).
August 20. Resolution on the report of the Kolomna spiritual board on the surrender of the former key keeper of the Kolomna Assumption Cathedral by the priest to the newly appointed key keeper of the cathedral sacristy and church property: “The actions of the key keeper deprive him of trust. He took over the sacristy for a very long time, therefore, he had the opportunity to look around, but he signed a general report on the acceptance, not mentioning the dilapidations, and soon afterwards he entered with a report on the dilapidations, without explaining which things and which ones, and asking for dumb permission to mark as dilapidated the things he liked” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 47. No. 9156).
Resolution on the presentation of an opinion from the Board of the Moscow Theological Seminary on the case of non-payment of money to a tradesman by the rector of the Kolomna Theological School, which turned out to be slander (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 76–77. No. 9223).
A letter to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Count N.A. Protasov, with a review of the contents of the note, which contained some comments regarding clergy and churches in Moscow: “... A note containing comments regarding clergy and churches in Moscow was forwarded to me, with a request for notification of the conclusion and disposition. In it, by the way, it is noted that in many churches in Moscow, during the all-night vigil, parishioners place a penny and a penny in the hand of the censing priest, like a beggar. The following churches were set as examples: Smolenskaya, on the Smolensky market, and Trinity, on the Arbat. On this subject, which was in my attention before, I took again, partly verbal, partly written, testimony from deans and some local priests” (Opinions. T. add. pp. 57–58. No. 16).
A report to the Holy Synod that in some churches at all-night vigils on feast days, during incense before the reading of the Gospel, parishioners give it to the priest in the hand, and to the deacon they place a small offering in the cup: “I propose to do the following. To prescribe that the clergy’s acceptance of donations from parishioners during censing and after censing, where it has not stopped, be stopped from now on. Are there any parishioners, knowing the needs of their clergy and wanting, according to ancient custom, to give him an offering for the sake of the holiday, at the end of the service, they will decide to put something into the general circle of income of the clergy: this cannot be forbidden” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 88–89. no. 9243).
August 21. Liturgy and prayer service in the Assumption Cathedral on the anniversary of the coronation of Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich. The sermon was delivered by Archimandrite of the Zaikonospassky Monastery, rector of the MDS Joseph 35 (MB. 1839. No. 68. P. 485).
Resolution on the deacon’s request to transfer him to the Cosmodamian Church: “The Eminence has to consider whether it would be convenient to transfer him, and in his place to appoint a parishioner who, under his father’s priest, to be a deacon would not be in accordance with the rules” (Resolutions. Vol. 4, pp. 47–48. No. 9157).
August 22. Resolution on the dean’s report that during the all-night vigil, a peasant suffering from epilepsy fell and urinated on the floor: “Wash the floor where there was uncleanness, bless the water, sprinkle the entire church and serve. The dean could himself order this without interrupting the service for a long time, for the altar remained inviolable, and the incident arose not from a vice or crime, but from illness” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 48. No. 9158).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra on whether it is possible to send the manuscript of 1406 “The Pentateuch of Moses” found in the Lavra library to the board for transfer to the synodal chief prosecutor and from him to the minister of public education for transfer to the archaeographic commission: “If there is a Lavra manuscript, then the cathedral will present it to me, and the attitude towards it will demand her to do her business, and in time will remind her to demand her return; for more than once those taken from spiritual places of antiquity perished in the hands of others” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 69. No. 9209).
Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Pray, Father Vicar, to St. Sergius, that he may bless my journey to Borodino, expected shortly after next midnight, and may the service there be prosperous in peace and pleasing to God. The prayer at the opening of the monument is more important here than ever before, because the monument has a Christian character: on it is the image of the Savior, the head of the head and the cross <...> Your letter of the 13th day puts an end to our mutual misunderstandings. May the Lord forgive us our restless thoughts and help us to understand each other more perfectly in love” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 199. No. 238).
August 26. Celebration of Borodino celebrations in connection with the 25th anniversary of the end of hostilities in Europe. Consecration of a monument-chapel on the Borodino field.
August 27. Resolution on the consistory ruling on the case of the priest’s failure to prepare a sermon for delivery in the Great Assumption Cathedral on the occasion of the birthday of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 26–27. No. 9113).
August 28. Resolution on the priest's testimony about the excuse that he could not receive the sacristy on time: “The excuse is unsatisfactory. In two weeks he took over the sacristy; and for six months I could not sign a report, as if the illness immediately after the end of the appointment took away my hand and did not allow me to write the lines” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 48. No. 9159).
August 29. Report to the Holy Synod about the celebration of the opening and consecration of the monument on the Borodino field: “On the morning of that day in the Church of the Mother of God, the Icon of Her Smolensk, in the village of Borodino, now belonging to the Sovereign Tsarevich, heir to the throne, the consecration of water and the divine liturgy were performed, because at 8 o’clock a procession to the monument was scheduled. Before the onset of this time, the Sovereign Emperor suddenly arrived at the church, accompanied by a few, in order, as he himself deigned to explain, to invoke God’s blessing for the beginning of the holiday. Having prayed, he returned, expressing to me his highest will that he would order me to know when it was time to begin the religious procession.
Soon afterwards, the Sovereign Emperor left the palace, accompanied by a brilliant retinue, to the army and the monument, greeted, in addition to military honors, by the solemn cries of the army and people. The Sovereign Emperor, having surveyed the readiness of everything, sent an order to begin the religious procession, which immediately set out from the church in the presentation of banners and a cross, while singing the verse: O Lord, save your people. In the procession there were two bishops, four archimandrites, archpriests and priests of the diocesan and army departments 98, deacons and other clergy 36
The Sovereign Emperor, in his own person, deigned to give orders to the army, or, as the military say, commanded them to pray: and one hundred and twenty thousand soldiers stood in prayer before God. Then began a thanksgiving prayer service to the Lord God, according to the faith of the Tsar and the faithful army and people who saved Russia in the time of temptation. The prayer before the end of the onago was kneeling. At the end of it, it was sung: We praise God to you; and at that time I approached the monument and sprinkled holy water first on the image of Christ the Savior, and then on the entire monument, walking around it” (Opinions. T. add. pp. 54–56. No. 15).
August 30. Liturgy and prayer service in the Assumption Cathedral on the heir's name day and on the birthday of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna. The sermon was delivered by Archimandrite Mitrofan of the Znamensky Monastery (MV. 1839. No. 70. P. 503).
August 31st. Resolution on the presentation of the board of the Moscow Theological Academy on the matter of review by Archbishop Arkady (Fedorov) of the Perm seminary: “By writing in the journal not to fulfill the proposal of the Eminence, allegedly because it was not necessary, the seminary board completely went beyond the limits of obedience and decency. If there really was no need, the seminary Board would have observed the virtue of obedience, and there would have been no evil. If the proposal required something inconsistent with the charter, then the seminary Board would not have the right to refuse to carry out the proposal on its own, but was obliged to ask permission from the highest authorities” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 77–78. No. 9224).
Letter to mother: “To your question about when you should come, I delayed answering, being preoccupied with the trip to Borodino and the orders for the ceremony there. Thank God, the orders were settled, and my strength was sufficient; and the service was not as difficult as one might have feared. The celebration was majestic. 120 thousand soldiers (the Sovereign EMPEROR himself deigned to tell me this number) prayed with us. The Sovereign EMPEROR was in desirable health, cheerful and merciful. Now in Moscow there is to be a meeting of the Sovereign EMPEROR and the foundation of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior” (Letters. 1882. pp. 348–349. no. 400).
September 1st. Resolution on a peasant’s petition for his dismissal from the Znamensky Monastery, where he was sent to clear his conscience for weakly supervising a coachman who had run over a Moscow bourgeois woman with a stagecoach: “The conductor looks after the order of the journey; and it’s the driver’s job to drive the horses: and therefore his immediate fault is whether he drove badly and crushed a person” (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 48–49. No. 9160).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Glory to God, Father Viceroy, the Borodino service took place in peace, and it was not difficult. I thought of sending you a list of my report to the Holy Synod, so that you could see the day and the matter somewhat” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 200. No. 239).
September 4. Meeting in the Assumption Cathedral of Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich, heir Alexander Nikolaevich, Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg, etc., then the Word was spoken to Nikolai Pavlovich before his entry into the Assumption Cathedral after the opening of the Borodino monument: “Most pious Sovereign! With reverence your ancient throne city heard how you, giving honor to the exploits of the past generation, at the same time taught the exploits of the present and future generation - how you sanctified glory with piety - how you delighted the alien life of the military camp for the warriors - by your example. Finally, Your ancient throne city sees You, and with joyful glances it now especially seeks to see in Your eyes the reflection of the joy that recently illuminated Your Blessed House” (Works. Vol. 4. P. 112) - and a prayer service was served. The Emperor was presented with an icon of Christ the Savior (MV. 1839. No. 71. P. 507).
September 5. A prayer service in the Assumption Cathedral on the name day of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna. The liturgy was served by the vicar bishop of Dmitrov Vitaly, the sermon was delivered by priest Mikhail Ternovsky (MV. 1839. No. 72. P. 515).
Resolution on the opinion of the Right Reverend Vicar on allowing a banned priest to seek a rural priestly position: “The language of approval is known. I don’t want to condemn, and therefore, in order not to say something completely untrue, they take away a small particle from approval and say: quite good behavior, implying that it would be unfair to say decisively - good” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 49. No. 9161).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Thank God, Father Viceroy, we met the Sovereign Emperor safely in Moscow. What remains for me is the difficult day of the foundation of the church 36. Pray that the Lord bless this ministry to be accomplished in peace” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 200. No. 240).
September 6. Resolution on the petition of the church warden and parishioners with a request to give them books to collect donations for a new bell: “It is impossible to burden the zealous with many collected books, so that tired zeal does not cool down” (Resolutions. vol. 4. p. 49. no. 9162).
Resolution during the interrogation of a sexton who refuses to buy a house that is allegedly not worth the price due to its dilapidation (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 49–50. No. 9163).
September 7. Resolution on the abbess's petition for permission to take from the safe treasury five hundred rubles, allocated according to the will for the remembrance of the soul, and use this amount for the repair of the clergy's houses (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 50. No. 9164).
Resolution on the construction of chapels: “The law does not allow the construction of chapels where there were none; and ancient custom allowed for their construction for good reasons, and not simply arbitrarily or for profit. Deeds of piety should be performed for pious reasons, and not for selfish reasons” (DC. 1879. Part 2. No. 5. P. 125).
September 9. Consistory proposal: for the celebration of the foundation of the church in the name of Christ the Savior, the Moscow clergy should gather in the Assumption Cathedral for the procession of the cross (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 50. No. 9165).
Resolution on the consistory decision on the recovery of money from the priest (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 50–51. No. 9166).
Resolution on the consistory certificate with a request for the election of a sexton (continuation of the resolution of August 12): “As the petitioner took approval illegally and does not know whether all the parishioners agree to accept it, then instill in him so that the parishioners and the authorities do not make it difficult by improper searches” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 46–47. No. 9153–9154).
September 10. The foundation stone of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior 37 was completed, at the site of the foundation the Word was pronounced in the presence of Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich, the heir-cresarevich Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich, Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich and others (MV. 1839. No. 74. P. 553): “For some important matters there is a special destiny of the Providence of God, according to which one the chosen one is given a sublime thought, and the other is given a majestic fulfillment. So David, grateful to God for the establishment of his kingdom, thinks of creating a church for Him in Jerusalem and is confirmed in this by conferring with Nathan. The thought is beautiful; The Prophet invented it; The Prophet approved, however, the two Prophets did not guess the fate of Providence until it appeared to them. God appoints Solomon as the executor of David's thought. He will build a house for My name, and I will rule his throne forever (2 Samuel 7:13).
So Alexander the Blessed, grateful to God for the salvation of His Kingdom, is thinking of creating, for sacred memories and grateful prayers, the Church of Christ the Savior, in the Capital, which was a burnt offering for the salvation of the Fatherland and was reborn from the ashes. His thought is proclaimed; The Church blessed the initiative of the Blessed One. You were the only one of His Brothers who stood next to Him then, and now we see that even then the Almighty indicated to You to fulfill the Sacred vow of the Sovereign Brother with the Sovereign hand. So, Russians, in modern events we are reading the ancient book of the God-ruled Kingdoms! Sacred times pass before us in the deeds of our Kings! What a consolation for faith! What hope for the Fatherland!” (Works. Vol. 4, pp. 113–114).
From the memoirs of N.V. Sushkov: “Innocent 38 wondered why Moscow Metropolitan Philaret, such a great preacher, spoke from a notebook. This surprise, as if on his own, was expressed before the Bishop by Archimandrite Anthony, the Lavra governor: why, he asked, don’t you talk to the people in the church without preparation, as Metropolitan Plato often did? And in your ordinary conversation, write every word you say in a book... “I lack courage,” answered the Vladyka. There were, however, cases when I dared to speak without a notebook and with almost no preparation. So, at the ordination of Agapit as Bishop of Tomsk in the Assumption Cathedral, I decided to speak to him already during the reading of the Apostle. And what I said then, I forgot at the end of the speech. Three days later, when I was driving somewhere, I remembered what I had said, and on the way, in the carriage, I wrote down Another time, during the ceremonial laying of the church in the name of the Savior in Moscow on September 10, 1939: “I didn’t think of speaking at all about this case, out of precaution, so as not to detain the Tsar, and is it even necessary to say - I didn’t have time to ask the Minister of the Court, Prince Volkonsky.
Already on the way to the laying site, the thought occurred to me that it would be bad to leave a gap; I thought a little and came up with thoughts; spoke and got into such a conversation that he would have been ready to talk for an hour or more at the end of his speech” (Sushkov. App. P. 74).
September 11th. Resolution on the request of the lieutenant’s wife that the malt mill move its building only three arshins from the petitioner’s house (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 51. No. 9167).
September 12. Resolution on the widow’s petition to support her mother’s ban on her son’s marriage: “Instruct the local priest to try to admonish this matter to a peaceful end, presenting to the son that it would be useful for him, without rushing to marriage, to acquire the mother’s consent by gentle means, and presenting to the mother that marriage is a free matter and it is a sin to prevent an old son from doing so for such an unimportant reason that the bride does not seem happy to her.” young" (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 51. No. 9168).
Resolution on the consistory ruling that the widowed merchant asks for permission to get married: “Grant the applicant to present in legal form proof of his widowhood or about the certificate of the dean to communicate with the local consistory to inquire whether it is genuine and whether it agrees with the metric registration” (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 51–52. No. 9169).
September 15. Resolution during the interrogation of the sexton, who testified that when he is confirmed as guardian of the children from his first marriage, he is obliged by his wife’s will to contribute a thousand rubles to the Guardianship Council, but did not do this, but undertakes to correct everything according to the will within a year: “The sexton appointed a six-month period and did not fulfill it; and now he appoints another year. If this is so, then until the end of the century he will set deadlines and will not fulfill what is due” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 52. No. 9170).
September 16. Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilyovsky): “As for the introduction and outline of psychology, do not be too afraid. This was sent not to impose, but to get an opinion. Tell the whole truth with firmness, but without ridicule and disdain” (Additions. 1883. Part 32. Book 2. P. 687. No. 16).
September 18. Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “On the feast of the Saint, I wish, out of duty, gratitude to his prayers, which helped my unworthiness in the difficulties of this summer. However, time is already short as the long journey approaches. Don’t wait, but ask the Reverend to bless me to come and fall at his feet” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 201. No. 242).
September 22. Resolution on the petition of the elder and parishioners for the appointment to a deacon's place of a graduate of the Moscow Theological Seminary: “It is not considered convenient to appoint the son of an archpriest as a deacon of the same church, according to the resolution of the Spiritual Regulations” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 52–53. No. 9171).
September 25. Pronunciation of the Word about church prayer on the day of remembrance of St. Sergius: “Those who have little knowledge of matters of the spirit may ask: why do people who themselves have the gift of prayer, cultivated by exercise, and even bearing miraculous fruits, require outside prayer assistance, or even full action? Paul asks himself someone else's prayer out of humility; Peter does not save himself from prison by rejecting his own will, by devotion to the will of God's Providence; Meanwhile, the same Peter and the same Paul in prayer for others are made much more free and bold in faith by love of mankind and compassion; and therefore they truly save others with their prayer, and are not ashamed to be saved by the prayer of others” (Works. Vol. 4, p. 116).
September 28. Pronunciation of the Word upon the consecration of the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in a house established by the Moscow City Society for the education of poor children and charity for the elderly and infirm: “How? - another will say, - I believe in the consubstantial Trinity, in the Lord Jesus Christ the God-Man, in His saving suffering, death on the cross and resurrection, in His ascension to heaven and the coming judgment, in the gracious mysteries of the Holy Spirit; I reject all non-Orthodox wisdom: isn’t this pure faith in God, whatever my relationship to people? - There is no dispute, my fellow believer, that this is the true Apostolic faith in the essence of its dogmas: but there may be doubt as to whether you really have it and how you have it. Because you have it in the Word of God and in the Creed: because it belongs to God, His Prophets, Apostles, Fathers of the Church, and not yet to you.
When you have it in your thoughts and memory: then you begin to assimilate it to yourself; but I still fear for this property, because your faith in your thoughts, perhaps, is only a deposit by which you must receive the treasure, that is, the living power of faith. How to get it? - with the heart, as the Apostle Paul says: with the heart he believes in the truth (Rom. 10:10)” (Works. Vol. 4. P. 122).
Resolution on the dean’s petition to exclude the remark to which he was subjected in the wedding case due to the fact that the marriage took place earlier than he became dean (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 53. No. 9172).
September 29. Resolution on the sexton’s petition to order the priest to marry his daughter: “To convince the priest that this is not contrary to any law and that he is stopping in vain” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 53. No. 9173).
September 30. Resolution on the dean's report on permission to place icons in the ark in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord and the Mother of God of Vladimir on the embankment of the store line (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 53–54. No. 9174).
Resolution on the petition of the hierodeacon of the Cathedral Chudov Monastery to transfer him to the Moscow Danilov Monastery due to poor health (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 69–70. No. 9210).
October 3. Resolution on the petition of the Mallow of the Forerunner Church to assign her daughter to any place, since there is nothing to support her: “Instruct the dean to explain to the widow of the Mallow that she is angry unreasonably, that her daughter has no right to any place of office... she must be careful not to anger God by unfounded grumbling against her superiors” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 54. No. 9175).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra that the former Lavra treasurer did not record either in the parish or in the expenditure the illegally taken amount of 500 rubles: “One hundred rubles assigned for the poor can be given to him as a matter of conscience; and the four hundred rubles assigned to the brethren can be waived only if the brethren forgive him” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 70. No. 9211).
October 6. Resolution on the decree of the Holy Synod with the forwarding of a book for distribution to Archimandrite Makariy (Glukharev), who is a missionary of the Tomsk diocese, for preaching the Word of God to nomadic foreigners - to record the collection of voluntary donations for benefits to foreigners accepting Christianity: “The book was handed over to Archimandrite Makariy (Glukharev), and he was given instructions to use it with modesty, offering it only to people who voluntarily and with zeal are disposed to do good, moreover, drawing their attention to the essential goal of the mission, the enlightenment of foreigners with the Christian faith and confirmation in it” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 82. No. 9237).
Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilevsky): “It is hardly convenient to make vaults under the library; It seems the building won't allow it. And it’s enough, I think, to make good rolls, and try so that the lower floor is not dull and untidy” (CHOLDPr. 1872. Book 4. P. 79. - Materials).
October 13. Letter from E. V. Novosiltseva: “The failure to fulfill our desires evokes a feeling that we did not suspect in ourselves: it comes out; let us enter into self-knowledge; Let us condemn ourselves, call on repentance, prayer and love for our neighbor to help us correct ourselves; and let us give Glory to God, Who will not interfere with the improvement of some of our external affairs, but thereby opens for us the path to the improvement of our spiritual home” (Letters. 1911. pp. 202–203).
October 18. A letter to the Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod, Count N.A. Protasov, with a review of the contents of the note, which contained some comments regarding clergy and churches in Moscow: “1) The custom of accepting donations from those present in the church during censing to the clergy serving at parish churches is as old as collecting donations in a mug for the church. 2) With the increasing education of the clergy, when the sense of decency became more discriminating, this custom in many churches ceased by itself, especially where educated parishioners agreed with the priest in a sense of decency. Therefore, I would propose to do the following: Let deans and local priests explain to parishioners the reason for this cessation, namely, that the attention and reverence due to divine services would not was violated among them by extraneous matters, and especially so that the sacred - and the clergy, while offering prayer and praise to the Lord God, were not distracted by the cares of everyday life.
If somewhere the parishioners, knowing the needs of their clergy and wanting, according to the ancient custom, to give him an offering for the sake of the holiday, decide at the end of the service to put something into the general circle of income of the clergy: this cannot be forbidden. The note forwarded to me, in relation to your Excellency, dated July 14, No. 2454, contains, among other things, the remark that the two hieromonks at the Iveron Chapel serve with disdain and haste prayer services, and treat pilgrims rudely.
The treasurer, Hieromonk Alexy and Hieromonk Innocent, who were at this chapel for several years, are sober people and constant in their positions; complaints and denunciations against them about faulty service or rude treatment did not reach me, but for some time there was a disagreement between the servants at the chapel and the Nikoloperervinsky abbot who supervises them. As in the note communicated to me, Moscow churches are compared with St. Petersburg, then, for the accuracy of this comparison, it cannot be ignored that Moscow churches in general are incomparably limited in ways than Petersburg, but, on the contrary, abundant in objects that require vigilant guarding. The longer the church is open, the greater the fear that the vigilance of the guard will not last for the entire time. From this, the rule was derived in Moscow that ancient churches should not be open for too long, but should be guarded more strictly and reliably; and, in my opinion, it is necessary to keep this rule in effect” (Opinions. T. add. pp. 61–63).
Letter to Archbishop Gabriel (Rozanov): “Not only in your letter to me do you boast, but also in public leaflets it is printed that you sang the Lord’s Prayer in the mosque. This means that you have been publicly accused or have accused yourself of violating church rules. Is it not allowed to pray with heretics, especially in a Mohammedan mosque, and even more so the highest of prayers, which we want to say in church during the liturgy, we prepare for this with a special prayer. That the Mohammedans, listening to you in the mosque, were silent, this was their modesty. But if they decided to insult you, you would be subjected to this in such a way that you would not have the right to ask for satisfaction. It’s good that this didn’t happen, but what followed is not good. The Mohammedans are outraged by your invasion of their mosque and fear that they will be oppressed in their faith; Your local authorities are concerned about this. We must also pay attention to acting in peace with the civilian authorities. Peaceful authorities support each other in a matter of general benefit and make its progress successful and reliable” (Letters. 1888. pp. 82–83).
October 23. Report to the Holy Synod with an opinion on the manuscript under the title: “Admonishing Epistle to the Pomeranians and Re-Baptists”: “The author of the epistle says: I know that you will not read it. So, is it really necessary to write and print in order not to be read? And since the work is full of reproaches rather than arguments, then, in fairness, one can be afraid that they will either not read it, or that it will produce irritation rather than edification” (Opinions. Vol. II. P. 455).
October 25. Resolution on the consistory decision in the case of permission to perform a church commemoration of a peasant who was found dead near the village: “To decide whether a person who died from drinking strong drinks and cold deserves a Christian church commemoration, one must take into account whether he has been to confession and St. communion at the appointed times and whether he ended his life in unrepentant rigidity, indulging in drunkenness” (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 54–55. No. 9176).
October 26. Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilevsky): “The matter of the books you are ordering is not as easy as you thought. For so many years I have been explaining that the days are evil, and that even innocent things must be done carefully: they do not listen to me; my fears come true, and again they don’t look around so much as complain. Send me a register of the books that you ordered for yourself and those for the Academy, and whether there are any doubtful ones between them, tell me why they were subscribed. They assure me that you not only refuted Strauss, but also wrote out his very book” 39 (CHOLDPr. 1872. Book 4. P. 80. - Materials).
October 30. “Evidence in the reports is accepted for consideration, and only in special cases is it given a reason for inquiry. If any cold testimony from the boss is taken as the beginning of an investigation, then there will be a lot of consequences; and the path of sincerity in certifications will be hampered by fear” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 78. No. 9225).
November 4. Resolution on the testimony of the priest that before serving the Liturgy he felt unwell: “Is it true that the priest... at the beginning of the Liturgy felt unwell, he could not serve, since there is another servant, or at least precede another one in good time, who due to weakness has the need to leave soon so that he can use the Holy Gifts. Without doing this, he casts doubt on himself, and is subject to further investigation, whether he acted carelessly with the shrine, and what he calls ill health, whether there was a disorder in life” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 55. No. 9177).
November 11. Report to the Holy Synod with reviews of the essays of students of the Kyiv Theological Academy: “The essay about John Maksimovich is decent, but not without errors. For example, the writer says that Maksimovich, with the preponderance of his own spirit over alien influence, goes into living activity in the royal path of the cross. But this book is not Maksimovich’s own work, but a translation from a foreign Latin work. The writer calls Skovoroda a folk sage: apparently he does not know his cruel heretical opinions. However, for hard work, in my opinion, this student can be elevated to a master’s degree” (Opinions. Vol. additional p. 626).
No later than November 11. Letter 40 to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “The Spiritual Educational Administration is sending these days the architect of the academy [of arts. – Compiled] by Professor Shchedrin to inspect the buildings of the house purchased for the seminary and for a decisive conclusion on what to do with them. G. Shchedrin is a well-disposed person. I ask you to enter into immediate communication and consultation with him to complete this matter with benefit and trustworthiness. For my part, I do not have to indicate any special type. The construction business is afraid of its master. So that the premises are adjusted to the need and convenience, you, in addition to the rector, will help with this, knowing the circumstances of the seminary. Hello to you; but I think I want to get sick and today I’m already sitting at home. I ask for your prayers for the Lord’s mercy on my humility and unworthiness” (Letters. 1887. P. 40).
November 13. Resolution on the report of the builder of the Nikolaevskaya Berlyukov hermitage that the forbidden hieromonk, sent to the hermitage for dishonorable acts, lived soberly during penance and he can be returned to his original place: “Does the Builder praise Daniel: then why is he in a hurry to get rid of him?” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 55. No. 9178).
November 15. Relation to the synodal chief prosecutor at the request of the abbess who arrived from Jerusalem to allow a temporary stay in St. Petersburg with the presentation of documents (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 89–90. No. 9244).
November 19. Letter from E. V. Novosiltseva: “Be that as it may, people are going crazy: but providence allows them to do crazy things with a wise purpose. If slander or a bitter reminder comes, then through this we are given a touchstone to test our virtue. If we accept it with patience and humility, thank God, there is hope that our work of love for our enemies will not burn out. If we are indignant, then through this experience we are given a reminder and encouragement to strive even more, so that our gold will be purer, our work more perfect. This is how you can benefit from the slander of a bitter reminder; and no enemy can harm us if we do not harm ourselves with impatience and mutual hostile feelings” (Letters. 1911. pp. 203–204).
November 21st. Resolution on the submission from Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev) of Prince Golitsyn with a request to deliver to his Excellency a legally completed certificate of marriage performed in the church of the village of Khovrina (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 55–56. No. 9179).
Letter to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “Thank you, Father Viceroy, for the blessing from St. Mitrofan. It came to me, who was beginning to suffer from an illness that threatened to be difficult, but, thank God, after two weeks of treatment, it seems that I am recovering, although today I am still in my idle cell. Buy bread for the poor. Take five hundred rubles from me for this, so that I may have a share in their prayers” (Letters to St. Anthony. pp. 201–202. No. 243).
November 22. Resolution on the petition of the priest’s daughter for permission to live in the hotel of the Vagankovsky cemetery and monitor the cleanliness: “The petitioner is seeking this place, obviously, in order to beg money from visitors, which could lead to anxiety and criticism” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 56. No. 9180).
The consistory resolution stated that, by law, monastics cannot make wills, which means their property must go to the monastic treasury. Consequently, the will of the deceased hieromonk should be left unexecuted, and the funds remaining after him should be considered the property of the monastery (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 56–57. No. 9181).
Attitude to Bishop Arseny (Moskvin) of Tambov and Shatsky regarding the dismissal of a novice of the Sanaksar Monastery to his department (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 90. No. 9245)
Letter to the actual Privy Councilor A.D. Guryev: “... I instructed the Consistory to order the dean to carefully inquire and report whether the priest and the clergy are violating their duties, since the law does not allow depriving clergy of their places without investigation and trial, would Your Lordship please order those who know the actions and behavior of the clergy on the spot to make a correct denunciation with evidence for legal consideration” (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 90–91. No. 9246).
November 23. Letter to his mother: “I was slow in answering because, by the way, I was sick and the illness threatened to be difficult, but with successful treatment, thank God, I am recovering, and tomorrow I hope to be in the Church” (Letters. 1882. pp. 349–350. No. 401).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “I am returning to you, Your Eminence, the case about Gorshkov’s donations. Talk to the consistory, is it possible to handle the matter in such a way as to ask him for a medal, because he does good in someone else’s parish and because beneficence to Edinoverie churches and Edinoverie schools requires special encouragement” (Letters. 1887. p. 41).
November 24. Opinion on measures to prevent unrest in the provinces on the occasion of the spread of absurd talk of landowner peasants about freedom: “... secretly instill in the three Right Reverends the subordinate clergy, so that in teachings to the people, as required by the present circumstances, they are often reminded how sacred the duty is to obey the authorities and especially the Highest authority, how necessary, with a power of attorney, is obedience to the government, which, of course, knows better than private people the public benefit and not may not desire the welfare of his subjects; how dangerous is the gullible adherence to reckless or ill-intentioned suggestions, from which self-will and disorder arise, by which social prosperity is destroyed and the inevitable disasters that occur increase” (Opinions. 1905. pp. 62–63).
The resolution on the journal definition of the consistory that, according to the report of the dean, it is reported that the church building is being redeveloped into residential quarters, from which it follows - to ask the Moscow Mining Board to remove the cross and dismantle the dome of the former house church: “According to the ancient pious observation, so that the place of the holy throne and the holy altar is not converted to worldly and low use, it is necessary that the round-shaped part of the building, which was an altar and, by its very roundness, clearly represents the nature of the altar structure, is now dilapidated and used for storing household items, was dismantled and destroyed” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 57. No. 9182).
November 25. Opinion about the most submissive petition of Prince K. Melikov for permission to remarry: “The relationship mentioned is not one for which the marriage would be subject to dissolution. Due to her minor age, the spouse could ask for a divorce immediately upon reaching adulthood; but this right is lost when both admit that they lived married for several years. The petitioner, having admitted his guilt, cannot complain about the consequences. Satisfying the request would represent news harmful to the purity and strength of marital unions. It is known how easily people become terminally ill and suddenly become completely healthy again according to medical evidence” (Opinions. 1905. pp. 64–65).
November 28. Resolution on the testimony of the priest and deacon about the wedding: “Marriage outside the community. The deacon says that the bride and groom did not have documents, and the priest says that the bride only had a travel document. They say that there were publications: but since the bride arrived just before the wedding, there could not have been publications a few days in advance, or were completely invalid” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 57. No. 9183).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “The health of the Empress, thanks to God, is in its desired state. She's leaving. May the goodness of the Lord strengthen this. We need to pray about this every time the Church calls us to prayer for the King and his house. But now, they will say, circumstances do not require establishing special prayers in the church for this purpose. And what do you want to do with an age that is so often afraid of fear, where there is no fear, and where there can only be salvation? Several copies of the sermon on the Dormition of the Mother of God will be sent to you, for you and for distribution from me to whom it will be blessed, for example, the Most Reverend Anastasius, Fr. Paisiya, Countess Varvara Alexandrovna In the Savvina Monastery in the altar I saw an image of the Last Supper, in which not one bread, but many, is presented on the paten. This is like a Latin custom. The Gospel says: take bread. The Apostle says: we are one bread, we are one body, for we all partake of one bread.
See if there is this error in the image in the altar in the Trinity Cathedral, and beware that this does not happen in the church of St. Nikon” (Letters to St. Anthony. pp. 202–203. No. 244).
November 29. Letter to Archimandrite Philaret (Gumilevsky): “In some assignments, our Academy, thank God, is more efficient than others. But it seems that the order of the Holy Synod to translate the interpretation of St. remains unfulfilled. Chrysostom on some message. The same thing seems to be behind the Bethany Seminary. Soon the Holy Synod will come to the conclusion of these matters, which have been going on, I think, since 1834. Deal with it, move these matters forward and notify me, so that, if possible, I can issue a confirmatory decree and remark” (Additions. 1883. Part 32. Book 2. P. 687. No. 17).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “With this, His Eminence, 70 copies of the word will be sent to you for the consecration of the church in the house of the bourgeois school. Please take the trouble to present a copy from me to Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich, Prince Sergius Mikhailovich 41 and Pyotr Ivanovich Ozerov 42; Deliver 30 copies to the mayor for distribution to citizens, and distribute the rest to the clergy, acquaintances and those who wish” (Letters. 1887. p. 41).
December 1st. From the memoirs of Bishop Nikodim (Kazantsev): “On Filaret’s Day, December 1, 1839, I obliged myself to serve with the Vladyka of Moscow in his courtyard. Filaret said thank you, but through clenched teeth. Then I just thought that I was annoying with my obsession. No: Vladyka protected himself and me from slander and suspicion; then they insisted that Nicodemus was a child in himself, like any young Rector; but that Filaret cherishes him for reasons that everyone found in his black soul, clutching at the first thing that came his way, always to reproach Filaret. True, I always called Filaret to Count Protasov and Karasevsky and did not allow him to be humiliated in front of me, but this was only fairness on my part. And Filaret only appreciated what was in me and how I seemed to him. For tea, after mass, I went to the Ekonom of the courtyard (Innocent, now Archimandrite, abbot of the Andronikov Monastery). The Metropolitan at this time had nobles wearing ribbons and stars. Their crews blocked Troitskaya Street and the courtyard square. (I was on November 8th with Metropolitan Seraphim (the day of his angel). There are many people, but only spiritual ones.
And there are almost no secular nobility” (Kazantsev, p. 59).
December 2. Letter from E. V. Novosiltseva: “I am glad that Fr. Macarius of Altai1 is pleased with Moscow, and I wish that he would carry from it a peaceful memory of it. Take the trouble to tell him that I have received his letter and give him the kiss of peace in the Lord. I regret that Countess Vera Nikitichna was exhausted again. - Upset? Isn't it time for us to establish our hearts in the Lord, Who is our peace, so that the external battles of sorrows do not shake us and disturb our inner peace? Then your health would suffer less from grief. Tell her soul: peace be with you” (Letters. 1911. P. 205).
December 4. Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra with a request to allow the return of papers issued by his superiors to a Lavra novice who did not want to remain in the clergy: “The petitioner, in accordance with his desire, to be excluded from the ranks of novices, the Council noted that the full case for his admission to the Lavra, which was necessary for consideration, was not presented” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 70–71. No. 9212).
December 5th. Resolution at the consistory ruling on sending a priest to the Pesnoshsky monastery for a month for failure to fulfill his duties with a ban on priestly service for two weeks: “The following must be added to the priest’s guilt. If he had acted with a good disposition: he could, saving the peasant a working day, perform the baby’s funeral service on Sunday evening and then lower it into the ground after the three-day deadline had been fulfilled, which could have been done without the peasant. It is indecent that a priest demanded a peasant’s burial through a secular one” (Resolutions. Vol. 4, pp. 57–58. No. 9184).
December 6. Resolution on the consistory determination that the deacon’s seizures should be recognized as painful: “There is no dispute that the deacon’s actions arose from painful seizures: but what actions? On November 2, 1837, he caused confusion during the divine service and, returning from the cemetery, in his surplice, jumped up and shouted: I am the king. On May 20, 1839, during Matins, mixed up in the service, he fell and lay there until the end of Matins. It is clear that this happens unforeseen, and therefore one cannot help but fear that this does not happen during the most important times of the priestly service and during the bearing of the Holy Gifts, from which insulting and disastrous consequences may occur for the shrine” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 58–59. No. 9185).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “Call, Your Eminence, Fr. Archimandrite Andronievsky and instruct him to visit the classrooms of the local school, find out whether they are heated enough and whether it happened there that I heard that a student got a dangerous illness from the cold in the classrooms. Let him tell the rector 43 that if there is a shortage of money for heating, it is necessary to present it to the authorities in good time, and not starve the children with cold. Call the archpriest of the Kazan Cathedral 44 and demand from him, although unfinished, what I instructed him to write on one schismatic notebook, and send it to me” (Letters. 1887. P. 42).
From the memoirs of Bishop Nikodim (Kazantsev): “On the day of St. Nicholas, December 6, 1839, I, as a successive archimandrite, had to preach a sermon where the main bishop’s service was (Emperor Nicholas celebrated his namesake on that day). The service took place in the Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral. Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow served. The archimandrite speaking the sermon does not serve on this day; He speaks his sermon in the sacrament, in a robe. Filaret ordered me to preach the sermon “Be the name of the Lord!” and sat down at the royal doors to hear my sermon and see me myself. A misfortune ensued: the sermon was rewritten by someone else’s hand, and not by me (before I always rewrote it myself); written by an illiterate clerk; There is absolute darkness in the cathedral (on the lower floor); I don't learn my sermons by heart. Therefore, I had a chance to pick up the notebook. And bring it close to your eyes, read it as a lesson, constantly worrying only about not misrepresenting your speech. It was very sad! This was the only opportunity in my life to preach a sermon in front of such a great connoisseur of ours.
Filaret, however, listened carefully to my entire sermon; told me its contents. He did not praise (but without reproaching) my natural evidence of the immortality of the soul. (In a church sermon this is almost unnecessary, said the Bishop.) However, he responded favorably to the sermon. This was said by the Bishop not in church, but at home, much later. After mass, the Metropolitan went to see the local Archpriest, Timofey Ferapontovich Nikolsky 45... He only stayed here for a cup of tea. Here, between several secular ones, was Gorgoli, a deep old man with many stars. He recently painted (at his own expense and almost with his own hand) the Nikolaevsky altar. On the walls of the window, in a high place, are depicted, in a colossal form, the four Evangelists, with symbols - Angels. It seems that there are only symbols without Evangelists. At Ev. Mark's lion is huge and terribly ferocious. Philaret said: "In the spiritual world, the celestials, there is no ferocity. You would do better if you gave the Angels a softer appearance." Gorgoli listened and humbly bowed, as a sign of agreement and as if asking for an apology” (Kazantsev. P. 58).
December 8th. Report to the Holy Synod with an opinion on three abstracts of theological and historical teaching about the Church Fathers presented by the conferences of theological academies - St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kyiv: “In the abstract presented from the conference of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, it is necessary, in addition to lessons on this subject, to compile and teach special notes containing the explanation of the holy fathers of the dogmas of faith. There is no reason why special notes are supposed to be taken, separate from the lessons, and one task is divided into two. Saint Basil the Great did not re-establish the order of the liturgy, but organized and dedicated by the Apostles included it in the book, and not in more detail than before, but in an abbreviated form, as Saint Proclus says, with the special help, however, of the Spirit of the Lord, so that the word of the priesthood would be full of the pure light of dogmas and by the power of prayer.
There is no doubt that the writer of the summary did not have thoughts alien to Orthodoxy, but, probably, from reading new books, without strict caution, he borrowed a word expression invented by lovers of reforms who want dogmas and worship to be established in the Middle Ages, so that in the new centuries they would have the right to establish both in their own way, that is, to destroy. This summary mentions the sad division of the Church of Christ into Eastern and Western. The expression is again inaccurate and not strictly consistent with the teaching about the unity of the Orthodox Catholic Church <...> The plan for the teaching about the fathers of the church, presented from the conference of the Kyiv Theological Academy, is brief; but in it the composition of the teaching is quite definite, and it is shown what attention should be paid to in each father, how to divide the entire teaching into periods, what is the character of each period, although, to tell the truth, the centuries do not always readily obey our desire to characterize. For example, the first three centuries are attributed to the polemical-apologetic direction of writings. But does this characteristic include the writings of St. Ignatius?
<...> In moral terms about St. Clemente noted that he condemns the vice of envy, exhorts to repentance, putting aside envy, submission and obedience to the will of God, etc. If we describe the books of St. Fathers: then the descriptions will be long, uniform, unsatisfactory for indicating the character of the writer, and inconvenient for retention in memory. It is necessary to speak briefly about the content of each paternal writing; and then indicate especially important places and special thoughts of the writer, and it is better to cite his exact sayings rather than retell them in your own words <...> In the abstract presented from the conference of the Moscow Theological Academy, the concept of the church fathers as holy writers is strictly defined, but it is rightly suggested to add about some church writers who are close to the character of the fathers or require attention in connection with the history of the fathers <...> The series of fathers ends here Saint Demetrius. I would advise adding St. Tikhon of Voronezh” (DC. 1879. No. 4. Part 1. pp. 500–503).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “I repeat that I agree to buy flour for the poor if you find it necessary to buy a thousand pounds. And organize the distribution with attention, so that feigned poverty does not take away from true poverty” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 203. No. 245).
December 9. Resolution on the consistory decision on the sending of clerics to David's Hermitage for intemperate living and insulting the priest: “When, according to witnesses, both clerics during a divine service, being drunk, show indecency, then leaving them both in place means not bringing the sanctity of the service to safety” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 59. No. 9186).
December 10. Resolution on the dean’s report that the landowner took several sacred vestments from the church for safekeeping and did not return them, having gone to Moscow for the winter: “The Reverend will try to find out the whereabouts of the landowner in Moscow and, through the local priest, will explain to her the wrongness of her action and invite her to return the vestments to the church. Is there, more than aspirations, there was no success in this: then the Consistory should take legal measures” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 59–60. No. 9187).
Resolution on the report of the archimandrite of the monastery that the hieromonk, while performing the proskomedia, forgot to remove the sponge from the chalice, which was noticed only after the end of the liturgy. The sponge was washed with wine and water: “Is water used for the same thing as wine, why is it not done the same with it?” (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 60. No. 9188).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra with a request to allow the salary left after the deceased clerk Boldyrev, 178 rubles. 22 1/2 κ., assign it to his son, who serves as a scribe in the cathedral office and receives 28 rubles. 22 1/2 kop. to support the family: “It is incredible that the salary amounted to such a non-round number, ending with two kopecks and money. Submit an addition" (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 71. No. 9213).
December 12. From the memoirs of Bishop Nikodim (Kazantsev): “On December 12, 1839 (the birthday of the late Emperor Alexander Pavlovich), we served with Metropolitan Philaret in the fortress, in the Peter and Paul Cathedral. The Bishop caught a cold. In the cathedral, when you come to serve, it is 11 degrees Celsius, but when you finish the service, it will be only 3 degrees. Moreover, some strong and piercing current of air goes from the church to the altar, through the royal doors. Some lady advised Vladyka to have a warm cassock with down, and that’s why he caught a cold (they said). Filaret deeply honored the memory of the great Alexander; for in addition to what many people know, he knew something that, perhaps, is still not known about this great Sovereign” (Kazantsev, p. 59).
December 18. Resolution on the report of the commission for the restoration of the church of the Chudov Monastery that Count S.P. Potemkin notifies the abbot of the Chudov Monastery about his donation of a carved gilded decoration in the arch of the relics of St. Alexis with one silver and two gilded bronze lamps for burning oil (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 71. No. 9214).
December 19. Resolution on the report of the builder of the Nikolaevskaya Berlyukovskaya Hermitage on the occasion of the construction of a new cathedral church: “Shouldn’t we advise the Builder, instead of useless cells placed under the magnificent name of towers, to build quadrangular buildings at the corners wider than the proposed towers, with a round roof, as was done in the Borodino Monastery. Such buildings, just like towers, decorate a corner, but are more durable, and can be used for cells or something useful for the monastery” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 60–61. No. 9189).
Resolution on the dean’s report that, in pursuance of the decree of the consistory, he repeatedly impressed upon the subordinate clergy about the establishment of home schools for the initial education of parish children: “Explain to him that the concern of the authorities is that the children learn and especially receive initial instruction in the faith and Christian duties; and therefore it doesn’t matter if there is a school at the church with few people because there is a specific school in the village, but the priest needs to ensure that the children in the specific school receive Christian instruction” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 61. No. 9190).
From the memoirs of Bishop Nikodim (Kazantsev): “On December 19, I visited Metropolitan Philaret. Between conversations, he said: “And foreign newspapers are frightening with something hostile against the Faith and the Church in the future 1840.” Then we started talking about false prophets, about Stilling. It is a pity that the Vladyka’s speeches were not recorded at that time. They are certainly interesting. Filaret was not carried away by these false prophets: I know that for sure. However, he was not indifferent to them, at least he did not despise them. Here I remember a circumstance: Borodino abbess Maria Tuchkova (native of Naryshkin) showed me the Bible of Metropolitan Philaret, which he gave her. Bible in eighth, stereotypical, Bible Society, without quotes below. The Bible is full of notes and notes in Philaret’s hand and ink. I remember the marks about the Apocalypse: above some Angel with a trumpet it is marked on the field: “Mrs. Gion?” It is worth looking for this Bible and purchasing it for the common treasury in memory of the great Philaret” (Kazantsev, p. 60).
December 21st. An inscription was made on the book for collecting donations in favor of the Borodino Convent: “If there are benefactors who do not write down their names, the person accepting the offerings should try to recognize them, write them down and forward them to the monastery to offer prayers for the benefactors” (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 94–95. No. 9248).
Attitude to Count Potemkin regarding the donation from his Excellency to the Church of St. Alexis of various gilded decorations, with St. his relics, with three lamps (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 95–96. No. 9249).
Letter to Count S.P. Potemkin: “Your Excellency, dear sir! The commission on the restoration of the cathedral church in the Chudov Monastery reported to me about the offering of your lordship, together with those who worked, to the church of St. Alexy, a carved gilded decoration. I, as a servant of St. Alexy, have the duty to thank for the work of pious zeal for him. As a sign of the blessing of St. Alexy, accept from the monastery his holy icon through cathedral governor" (DC. Part 1. No. 1. P. 127).
Letter to Prince S. M. Golitsyn: “The dawn of the Nativity of Christ has already risen in the church. It's early because the day is long. Word of St. Gregory the Theologian, song of St. Damascus excites us: Christ is born; praise! Let us submit, let us rise up, and glorify Christ before those who believe in Him; Let us glorify the one who is being born, before those who find in Him a new birth for themselves to a good and blessed life; Let us glorify Him who descended to earth, before those who hope through Him to ascend to heaven” (Letters. 1884. P. 30. No. 31).
December 21st. Resolution on the petition of the abbess of the Spaso-Borodinsky nunnery for a petition to enter the rank of monastics: “Since the petitioner, not only from the time of the establishment of the monastery, but also earlier, from the time of the establishment of the hostel, has been living a life characteristic of the monastic order, the Consistory should therefore prepare a proper presentation to the Holy Synod” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 61–62. No. 9191).
Resolution on the petition of the sexton and the sexton for their mutual movement: “Because there are no reasons, and there is no consent of the priests and parishioners; and experience has proven that such an exchange of places is sometimes combined with cunning and deception, then leave it without respect” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 62. No. 9192).
Resolution on the request of the sexton's widow to choose in place of her late husband someone worthy of marriage with him in order to receive shelter for her with her young children and her husband's elderly mother with two minor sons: “If there is someone who has already been appointed to the place, then it is impossible to remove him without guilt. However, the bishop will ask the local priest whether he and the parishioners truly approve of the petitioner and want to provide her with the requested help, and in this case he will think about how to arrange for her” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 62. No. 9193).
Resolution regarding the assistant trustee of the educational district that the director of the school of the Moscow province invited a priest to teach girls to read in Russian, the Law of God and Russian grammar and asks to inform whether there are any obstacles to this from the spiritual authorities: “Would you like to explain to the director that in official relations it is not enough to indicate the priest by name and patronymic, but it is necessary to indicate the place of service” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 82–83. No. 9238).
Letter to the Governor of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (Medvedev): “The matter of the life of Fr. Seraphim and the recluse George are silent. I do not remind you of this in anticipation of the Eminence of Kyiv, whose opinion is favorable on this matter. I’ll ask next year, because now I’m sitting at home again, having caught a cold on the 12th day in the Peter and Paul Cathedral” (Letters to St. Anthony. P. 204. No. 246).
December 23. Proposal of the consistory to search for the Lavra hieromonk who is in unauthorized absence (Resolutions. T. 4. P. 62. No. 9194).
Resolution at the consistory ruling that the sexton filled in the records in the search cord book, tore them out and burned them: “It is obvious that the sexton wanted to hide what happened, to tear out the sheets; but later he came to his senses, realizing that the number would expose him: Send him to the nearest monastery for a week to work, so that he learns to respect church documents” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 62–63. No. 9195).
December 24. Resolution on the decree of the Holy Synod on the nomination of priest John Veniaminov to the rank of archpriest (DC. 1879. Part 1. No. 2. P. 261).
December 26. Resolution on the petition of a professor at the Moscow Theological Seminary for appointment to a priestly position: “Service in the church does not tolerate delay: the petitioner must first receive dismissal from the school service in the established manner in order to receive a priestly position without difficulty” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 63. No. 9196).
Resolution on the report of the cathedral established at the Lavra on what the late Boldyrev’s salary of 178 rubles consisted of. 22 1/2 kopecks, while his son, who works in the office, receives 23 rubles. 22 1/2 kop. plus 5 rub. surplus: “The salary is assigned by position, and not by family” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. pp. 71–72. No. 9215).
December 27. Resolution on the report of the committee for verification of consistory amounts with a request: instead of the deceased priest, appoint another to two members to complete the reports verified by him (Resolutions. T. 4. pp. 63–64. No. 9197).
A resolution on the journal determination of the consistory with a request to elect another priest who is on trial instead of the priest elected as confessor: “The election of a weak and dubious confessor does not show in the electors the zeal for their spiritual edification that is due, and especially to the priesthood,” (Resolutions. Vol. 4. P. 64. No. 9198).
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “I thank you for the word of consolation and good wishes, inspired in you by solemn remembrance, the word that God made flesh and dwelt in us... May this word, which is light and life, shine with its joy in your spirit and may it give you renewal of life and strength to use them in serving the word of truth... I am with sincere love in the Lord" (Letters. 1887. P. 44).
December 28. Determination of the Holy Synod on the case of immigrant marriages:
“1) The diocesan authorities order that in each parish into which immigrants arrive, the parish priest immediately compiles a personal list of minors, indicating the families to which they belong, and the diocese, district and parish from which they are resettled, and submits it to the consistory. 2) The consistory shall forward such lists to the consistory of the diocese from which the immigrants came, to mark, according to metric records, the year of birth of each person, and then return these lists to the newly populated parishes, so that they will be ready for a certificate of age during marriages” (Opinions. T. additional p. 620).
December 30th. Letter to A. N. Muravyov: “Look what the pencil says; and would you not command that the ink should say this or something similar?” (Letters. 1869. P. 81. No. 57)
Letter to Bishop Vitaly (Shchepetev): “Another time I was sick, Your Eminence, having caught a cold on the 12th day of 46 in the Peter and Paul Cathedral. Headache; and if I start working, it hurts more. The high cost, I think, is more difficult than it seems to us from St. Petersburg. In the Borodino Monastery they eat empty gray cabbage soup and barley porridge and remain silent. Having learned this, I gave the collection book without asking, so that complete famine would not occur. I remember the sin of my oblivion today. Before my departure from Moscow, Chamberlain Lvov 47 asked me to find a priest capable and zealous to work with him in the institution he proposed for the religious and moral edification of artisans on holidays. I also asked about the location of the proposed establishment, but forgot the answer. Find out about this and give advice on who to use” (Letters. 1887. pp. 42–43).
December 30 or 31. Letter to A. N. Muravyov: “Look how difficult it is to accept things with certainty from Latin letters... Where has it been heard that signatures under some act constitute a special chapter? This was invented by the Latin translator” (Letters. 1869. P. 82. No. 58).
Parfeniy (Chertkov, d. 1853) – Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk.
Georgy (Mashurin, d. 1836).
New edition of the Long and Short Catechisms, published in 1839.
Vasily Efimovich Svetovidov – master of the 11th year (1834–1838) of the MDA, mentor of the Bethany Seminary.
A. N. Muravyov (d. 1874) - church writer and publicist.
Filaret (Amphiteatrov, d. 1857) – Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia.
Innokenty (Smirnov, d. 1819) - Bishop of Penza and Saratov, to whose expressions the censor referred to justify the fact that he missed the phrase “divided church” in Rudnev’s work.
Saint Philaret speaks about himself.
This text was proposed by Metropolitan Philaret A.N. Muravyov for insertion into his letters “On the salvation of the world by the Son of God.”
Alexey Petrovich Akhmatov - future Chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod from 1862.
Doctor of Metropolitan Philaret.
Hierotheos (d. 1885) – later Patriarch of Antioch.
Nikodim (Kazantsev, d. 1874) - later Bishop of Yenisei.
Evlampy (Pyatnitsky, d. 1862) - later Archbishop of Tobolsk and Siberia.
Kamenets-Podolsk and Bratslav diocese.
Kirill (Bogoslovsky-Platonov, d. 1841).
Joseph (Semashko, d. 1868) - later Metropolitan of Lithuania and Vilna, in 1833–1839, while still a Greek Catholic bishop, contributed to the movement of the Greek Catholic Church in Russia towards reunification with the Orthodox Church. During his joint ministry with two Uniate bishops in Polotsk, on February 12, 1839, an act of annexation of the Uniate Church with the Orthodox Church was adopted.
Vladimir (Uzhinsky, d. 1855) – Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk.
Moscow house for the insane.
Edition of the Catechism of 1823, expanded and supplemented.
A. N. Muravyova. Awarding the Order of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir
In 1837, this monastery was transferred to Krasnoe Selo near Sokolnichye Field, and a church in the name of Christ the Savior was erected in the same place.
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1819–1876) - the eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas I Pavlovich, married Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg in 1839.
Agrafena Ivanovna Zhadovskaya (died in the late 1840s) - the spiritual daughter of Archimandrite Photius, devoted herself to virginity and a life of prayer. She settled in Moscow to be able to live in the same city with Metropolitan Philaret. Aunt N.I. Sushkova.
The Sturdza manuscript is a translation of the lengthy Catechism into Modern Greek. Alexander Skarlatovich Sturdza (1791–1854) – diplomat and writer, researcher of political and religious issues.
Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (1765–1812), prince, infantry general.
On July 14, 1839, Nikita Mikhailovich Drozdov, the brother of St. Philaret, who served in the rank of archpriest in Kolomna, died at the 40th year of his life.
Prince Bagration, having received a serious wound in the Battle of Borodino, went for treatment to the estate of his friend Prince Π. A. Golitsyna in the village. Simu, Yuryevsky district, Vladimir province, where he died. He was buried inside the parish church. In 1839, the remains of the prince, by order of the emperor, were transferred to the Borodino field, where a monument was erected in honor of the fallen heroes.
We are talking about his recently deceased brother Nikita Mikhailovich.
Joseph (Kobylsky-Bogoslovsky, d. 1892) – consecrated Bishop of Dmitrovsky, vicar of the Moscow diocese in 1842; later Archbishop of Voronezh.
The foundation stone of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow took place on September 10, 1839 in the presence of Emperor Nicholas I.
“After the liturgy, participants in the solemn procession began to gather in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin on Red Square. At 11.30, Nicholas I and his retinue arrived at Cathedral Square, and the religious procession moved to the site of the foundation of the church. At the head of the procession were the invalids of the Patriotic War of 1812. Behind them, behind the miraculous icons of the Iverskaya and Vladimir Mother of God, were officials of the Commission for the Construction of the Church, generals who participated in the War of 1812, one hundred deacons, priests and archpriests, nine archimandrites and three bishops. Next came Metropolitan Philaret, followed on horseback by the emperor, the heir to the throne, other members of the august family, members of the State Council, ministers, palace officials, and generals. The bells were ringing. The best choirs in Russia sang - the court and synodal ones. At the laying site, Metropolitan Philaret addressed those present. Then, after singing “We praise God to you” and proclaiming the long life of the entire imperial family, the artillery on the embankment fired, and bells began ringing in Moscow churches.
The procession moved in reverse order to the Kremlin. More than 10 thousand people took part in the celebrations, three combined battalions of guards regiments, 21 infantry battalions, 6 cavalry squadrons, a battalion of cadets of the Moscow Corps" (Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. M.: Planeta, 1992. P. 50).
Innocent (Borisov, 1800–1857) – Archbishop of Kherson and Tauride.
The book of the German philosopher David Strauss (1808–1874) “The Life of Jesus, Critically Revised” was published in 1836 (the first Russian translation in 1907).
Undated letter, received November 11, 1839.
Pyotr Ivanovich Ozerov (1773–1843), senator, chamberlain.
Rector of the Don Theological School priest Yakov (Mirolyubov-Platonov).
Master of the first graduating class of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, student of Metropolitan Philaret.
On the day of celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Emperor Alexander I, he served in the cold and windy Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Dmitry Mikhailovich Lvov is a trustee of the Moscow Orphanage.