91. 1461 г. марта 22. Настольная грамота тверскому епископу Геннадию

From the synodal collection No. 562, l. 27–28; was published, according to the same list, in the first volume of Historical Acts under No. 68. Desk certificate for archbishops and bishops According to the grace given to us from the Most Holy and Life-Giving Spirit, to appoint archbishops and bishops, according to the custom of the appointed cities in bishoprics, as from the beginning the divine conciliar holy apostolic church betrayed: according to the same thing, our humility, with the existing God-loving archbishops and bishops, and those who were themselves at that holy election and installation, archbishop and bishops: Jonah, Archbishop of Veliky Novgorod and Pskov, Theodosius, Archbishop of Rostov and Yaroslavl, with his voluntary charter, Euthymius, Bishop of Suzdal and Torus, David, Bishop of Ryazan and Murom, ... 2852, Gerontius, Bishop of Kolomna, Vasian, Bishop of Sara and Don, and by by the election of the grace of the Holy Spirit, he elected the holy monk Archimandrite Gonnady to the most holy bishopric of the God-saved city of Tver, and installed him as bishop. And for this sake we must, you are my beloved son in the Holy Spirit, noble and faithful Grand Duke Mikhailo Borisovich, and with all your dominion, and noble princes and boyars, and honest dignitaries, and the great priestly and Christ-named all the execution of the holy people, with our blessing, give him the honor, according to the exalted Christ the Gospel testament, to his saints, his disciples and Apostles, saying: “Listen to the speech of you, he listens to me, but if you are rejected, me and the one who sent me will be rejected”; and: “receive the prophet in the name of the prophet, and the prophet will receive the reward; Receive the righteous in the name of the righteous, and the righteous shall receive the bribe.” And for this reason, who knows this, and as if anyone gives honor to the saint, and this honor to ascend to Christ himself, from worthlessness and reward you expect a hundredfold, and you, son, noble and faithful Grand Duke Mikhailo Borisovich and noble princes and great noble boyars, and archimandrites and abbots, and holy monks and monks, and priests and deacons, and all the people named after Christ, have reverence and obedience towards him, as to your eternal bishop, with all humility and love. And he must therefore eat, about the Holy Spirit, the son and fellow servant of our humility Gennady, bishop of the God-saved city of Tver, about the 2853 Evangelical and apostolic and paternal traditions of the rulers, with great strength, and about all his limit, according to the correct notification, to consecrate the church, and in the chetzi and in the deacons and in the deacons ordain, and perform priesthood, and priestly monks, with all sorts of spiritual testing, [in] the spiritual superiority 2854, and correct every church matter, according to the correct tradition, like a permanent bishop of his bishopric, not having any amusement from anyone. And for this reason, this letter of our humility was given, for the approval of this God-loving bishop of the God-saved city of Tver, Gennady, in Moscow, in the month of March on the 22nd day, in the summer of 6969, index 9. In the manuscript, instead of dots, there are the words: “Gennady, Bishop of Tver, by his free charter,” inserted here due to a misunderstanding of the scribe. In the manuscript by abbot. You might be interested in: