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Introduction
by Andrei I. Pliguzov

Acknowledgments

DOCUMENTS OF THE RUS' METROPOLITANATE

1. Encyclical by Metropolitan Maksim "to all true-believing Christians"

2. Epistle by Patriarch Niphon [I] of Constantinople to the Great Prince Mikhail [Iaroslavich of Tver']

3. Letter by Akindin, monk of the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God, to the Great Prince Mikhail [Iaroslavich of Tver']

4. Apocryphal admonition by Metropolitan Petr and an excerpt from a laudation addressed to Petr

5. Iarlyk by Taidula, wife of a Khan of the Golden Horde, to the Orthodox clergy with an address to the Russian princes

6. Iarlyk by Taidula, wife of a Khan of the Golden Horde, to Metropolitan Theognostos

7. Epistle by Metropolitan Theognostos to Tartar officals, hundreders, the clergy, and laymen of Cherlenyi Iar

8. Epistle by Archbishop Vasilii [Kalika] of Novgorod to Bishop Fedor [the Good] of Tver'

9. Sermon by Metropolitan Theognostos

10. Letter serving as a pass by Taidula, wife of a Khan of the Golden Horde, to Metropolitan Aleksii for a journey to Constantinople

11. Epistle by Metropolitan Aleksei to the clergy, Tartar officials, hundreders, and boyars of Cherlenyi Iar

12. Iarlyk by Khan Berdibek [Makhmud] of the Golden Horde to Metropolitan Aleksii

13. Last will and testament by Metropolitan Aleksii

14. Epistle by Metropolitan [Kiprian "of Lithuania and Little Rus'"] to Hegumen Sergii [Radonezhskii of the Troitse Lavra] and Hegumen Fedor [of the Simonov Monastery]

15. Epistle by Metropolitan Kiprian ["of Lithuania and Little Rus'" ("of all Rus'"?)] to Hegumen Sergii [Radonezhskii of the Troitse Lavra] and Hegumen Fedor [of the Simonov Monastery]

16. Epistle by Metropolitan [Kiprian "of Lithuania and Little Rus'"] to Hegumen Sergii Radonezhskii of the Troitse Lavra and Hegumen Fedor of the Simonov Monastery

17. Epistle [by Metropolitan Kiprian to Hegumen Fedor of the Simonov Monastery or Hegumen Sergii Radonezhskii of the Holy Trinity Lavra]

18. Iarlyk by Khan Tiuliakbek of the Golden Horde given to Mikhail [Mitiai], candidate for the Metropolitan See

19. Epistle [by Metropolitan Kiprian to the Great Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich]

20. Epistle by Patriarch Neilos of Constantinople to Bishop Dionisii of Suzdal' establishing an archbishopric in Suzdal'; also a certificate of ordination issued to Dionisii for this see

21. Letter of credence by Patriarch Neilos of Constantinople to the patriarchal exarch, Archbishop Dionisii of Suzdal'; also an admonition against Pskovian heretics

22. Epistle prescribing monastic rules by Archbishop Dionisii of Suzdal' [exarch to Patriarch Neilos of Constantinople] to the cenobitic Pskov Snetogorskii Monastery of the Birth of the Mother of God

23. Acknowledgment of debt issued by Metropolitan Kiprian and Archbishop Fedor of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to Nikolaios Notara, "diormineft" and attendant [of Emperor Ioann V of Byzantium]

24. Verdict by Patriarch Antonios [IV] of Constantinople and the minor council of the Church of Constantinople excommunicating the late "Russian" Metropolitan Pimen and ordering the transfer of Pimen's riches to Metropolitan Kiprian and Archbishop Fedor of Rostov and Iaroslavl'

25. Epistle by Metropolitan Kiprian "of all Rus'" to the Vladimirskii Monastery of Sts. Constantine and Helen

26. Epistle by Patriarch Antonios [IV] of Constantinople to Novgorod responding to the envoys sent by Metropolitan Kiprian and the people of Novgorod

27. Epistle by Metropolitan Kiprian to the Pskov clergy

28. Epistle by Metropolitan Kiprian to Pskov; also a deed declaring the Church lands and villages inviolable

29. Epistle by Metropolitan Kiprian to the people of Pskov

30. Admonition by Metropolitan Kiprian to the people of Novgorod

31. Guarantee from Bishop Ioann of Lutsk to King W`adis`aw of Poland

32. Deed from Metropolitan Kiprian to Archbishop Ioann of Novgorod

33. Epistle by the Great Prince Vasilii Dmitrievich and Metropolitan Kiprian

34. Agreement between the Great Prince [Vasilii Dmitrievich] and Metropolitan [Kiprian] stipulating the Metropolitan's fiscal responsibilities

35.I Epistle by Metropolitan Kiprian to the widow Fedosiia giving her full ownership of her late husband Filipp's property

35.II Last will and testament of Filipp's widow Feodosiia

36. Metropolitan Kiprian's response to Hegumen Afanasii concerning various liturgical and disciplinary questions

37. Apocryphal admonition from Metropolitan Kiprian

38. Last will and testament by Metropolitan Kiprian

39. Certificate of ordination by Patriarch [Matthaios I] (Antonios?) of Constantinople to Metropolitan Fotii for the see "of the Metropolitanate of all Rus'"

40. Compilation ascribed to Patriarch Antonios [IV] of Constantinople

41. Epitaph for Metropolitan Kiprian written by Hegumen Grigorii [Tsamblak] of the [Niametskii] Monastery

42.I Epistle by Archbishop Ioann [I] of Novgorod to one of the volosts of his diocese

42.II The rite of "God's Judgment" performed after a liturgy before the icon of the blessed martyrs Gurii, Samon, and Aviv

43. First [apocryphal?] admonition by Metropolitan Fotii to the Great Prince Vasilii [I] Dmitrievich

44. Second [apocryphal?] admonition by Metropolitan Fotii to the Great Prince Vasilii [I] Dmitrievich

45. Foreword and afterword by a compiler of an abridged collection of iarlyks given to the Russian Metropolitans by Khans of the Golden Horde

46. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to Archbishop Ioann [I] of Novgorod, the clergy, and to laymen of Novgorod

47. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the Kyivan Cave Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God

48. Oration by Metropolitan Fotii read on Annunciation Day and for the renovation of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross

50. Confession of faith by Metropolitan Grigorii [Tsamblak of Kyiv] delivered during his ordination

51.I Epistle by the hierarchs of the Ruthenian lands to the Great Prince Ivan Mikhailovich of Tver'

51.II Epistle by the Council of the Bishops of the Ruthenian lands to Metropolitan Fotii accusing him of the simoniacal heresy and announcing the ordination of Grigorii [Tsamblak] "as Metropolitan of the Church of Kyiv and all Rus'"

51.III Epistle by the Council of the Bishops of the Ruthenian lands to Metropolitan Fotii accusing him of the simoniacal heresy and announcing the ordination of Grigorii [Tsamblak] "as Metropolitan of the Church of Kyiv and all Rus'"

52. Encyclical by Metropolitan Fotii to the Bishops of the Ruthenian lands announcing his refusal to acknowledge the hierarchical authority of Metropolitan Grigorii Tsamblak and demanding all hierarchs and Christians to sever communication with Grigorii

53. Epistle by Metropolitan Grigorii Tsamblak to the Great Prince Ivan [Mikhailovich] of Tver'

54. Epistle by [Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople] to the Great Prince Vasilii [Dmitrievich]

55. Epistle by Emperor [Manuel II] of Byzantium to Metropolitan Fotii concerning Grigorii Tsamblak

56. Epistle by Emperor [Manuel II] of Byzantium to the Great Prince Vasilii [I] Dmitrievich of Moscow

57. Epistle by the Great Prince Vytautas of Lithuania to the Great Prince Ivan Mikhailovich of Tver'

57.II Epistle [by the Great Prince Vytautas of Lithuania] announcing the ordination of Metropolitan Grigorii Tsamblak

58. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov reproaching the priests their negligence

59. Admonition by Metropolitan Fotii to the Orthodox clergy and laymen of the Great Duchy of Lithuania

60. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov

61. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov responding to the writing of the Pskov priests

62. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the clergy of Pskov

63. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov repealing the power of the cross-kissing statute

64. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov concerning the responsibilities of priests

65. Quit-rent charter by Metropolitan Fotii to Archimandrite Iosif of the Nizhegorodskii Cave Monastery of the Ascension and to its churches and monasteries

66. Epistle prescribing monastic rules by Metropolitan Fotii to the cenobitic Pskov Snetogorskii Monastery of the Birth of the Mother of God

67. Admonition by Archbishop Semion of Novgorod to the people of Pskov; also a deed transferring all tax collections and property of the Novgorodian See to Pskov

68. Confirmatory epistle by the Great Prince Vasilii Dmitrievich and Metropolitan Fotii

69. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the clergy of Pskov responding to the epistle sent to the Metropolitan by the assembly

70. Epistle by Patriarch [Joseph II] of Constantinople to Metropolitan Fotii announcing that the Constantinople Council has excommunicated Metropolitan Grigorii Tsamblak

71. Formulary of a certificate of ordination issued by Metropolitan [Fotii] and the Council of the Hierarchs [of the Ruthenian lands] to "Hieromonk So-and-So," ordained Bishop of Vladimir and Brest

72. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the Kyivan Cave Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God concerning the fulfillment of monastic rules

73. Epistle prescribing monastic rules by Archbishop Semion [I] to the hegumen and monks of the cenobitic Pskov Snetogorskii Monastery of the Birth of the Mother of God

75. Ordination ceremony for Hieromonk [Emelian/Evfimii? of the Derevianitskii Monastery of the Resurrection] as [Arch?]Bishop [of Novgorod?]

76. Fragment of the ordination ceremony for Archbishop Evfimii [I the Bearded, "Bradatyj"] of Novgorod; his confession of faith

77. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov concerning the plague in the Pskov land

78. Epistle by Archbishop Evfimii [I the Bearded] of Novgorod to the Pskov priests

79. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov condemning the heresy of the strigol'niks

80. Encyclical by Metropolitan Fotii to the priests and monks of the Metropolinate of Kyiv and all Rus'

81. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov

82. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the people of Pskov

83. Encyclical by Metropolitan Fotii to the laymen and clergy of the Great Duchy of Lithuania concerning God's plagues

84. Benedictory epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to the monk Pavel [Obnorskii] for the consecration of the Church of the Holy Trinity and the foundation of the Obnorskii Monastery of St. Paul

85. Fragment of the inventory of the property of the Lutskii Krasnosel'skii Monastery of the Savior compiled in the presence of Bishop Aleksei of Lutsk

86. Epistle by Metropolitan Fotii to Bishop Il'ia of Tver' responding to the envoys of Tver' sent with the Metropolitan's boyar

87.I Last will and testament of Metropolitan Fotii

87.II Last will and testament of Metropolitan Fotii

88. Epistle prescribing monastic rules by Bishop Iona [of Riazan' and Murom], Metropolitan-elect to the Russian see, to the Nizhegorodskii Cave Monastery of the Ascension

89. Formulary of a list of candidates for an anonymous diocese composed by the command of Metropolitan Gerasim "of Kyiv and all Rus'"

90. Encyclical by Isidoros, Metropolitan [and Legate to Pope Eugene IV], to all Christians of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Holy Roman Empire and Rus' announcing the Florentine Council's decision to reunite the Eastern and Western Churches

91. Epistle by Isidoros, Metropolitan of "Kyiv and all Rus'" and papal Legate, to the elders, voivods [officers?], the church executive agents and all Orthodox of Holm

92. Epistle by Prince Aleksandr Vladimirovich of Kyiv to Metropolitan Isidoros "of Kyiv and all Rus'" confirming the latter's statutory provisions

93. Epistle by the Great Prince Vasilii [II Vasilievich] to Patriarch [Metrophanes II] of Constantinople describing the sessions of the Muscovite Council

94. Epistle by the Great Prince [Vasilii II Vasilievich] to Emperor [John VIII Palaiologos] of Byzantium describing the sessions of the Muscovite Council

95. Formulary of an epistle by the Minor Council of the Metropolitanate to Prince Dmitrii Iur'evich [Shemiaka of Halych] demanding that Shemiaka obey the Great Prince Vasilii [II] Vasilievich

96. Fragment of an epistle [by Metropolitan Iona? to the people of Viatka?] urging the supporters of [Prince] Dmitrii Iur'evich [Shemiaka of Halych] to stop their feud with the Great Prince [Vasilii II Vasilievich]

97. Formulary of an epistle prescribing monastic rules by Metropolitan [Iona] to the archimandrite and brethren of an anonymous stauropegial cenobitic monastery

98. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the people of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania announcing his election to the Metropolitan See of Kyiv and all Rus' by the Council of the Russian Metropolitanate

99. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Prince Aleksandr [Olel'ko] Vladimirovich of Kyiv

100. Epistle by King Kazimierz [IV] of Poland, Great Prince of Lithuania, and by the Polish Seim confirming the King's acceptance of Metropolitan Iona's authority as Metropolitan of Kyiv and Rus' in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

101. Appointment charter by Metropolitan Iona to Archdeacon and Monk Mikhail for the locum tenency of Vilnius, Novogrudok, Gorodnia

102. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Sir Mikhail Kezkgailovich [Chancellor of the Great Duchy of Lithuania]; also a letter of credence to Monk Iona, the Metropolitan's locum tenens in Krichevsk

103. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to King Kazimierz [IV] of Poland, the Great Prince of Lithuania; also a letter of credence to Monk Iona, the Metropolitan's locum tenens in Krichevsk

104. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona [to King Kazimierz IV of Poland, the Great Prince of Lithuania] thanking him for restoring unity to the Kyivan Metropolitanate and for transferring the Kyivan See to Iona

105. Formulary of a heading to an epistle addressed to King Kazimierz [IV] of Poland, the Great Prince of Lithuania from Metropolitan [Iona]

106. Epistle by the Great Prince Vasilii [II] Vasilievich to Emperor Constantine [XI Palaiologos] of Byzantium announcing the election of Bishop Iona of Riazan' and Murom as Metropolitan "of Kyiv and all Rus'"

107. Valedictory by Metropolitan Iona and the Metropolitan Council to Bishop Daniil of Vladimir and Brest confirming Daniil's rights as a prelate

108. Testimony and confession by Bishop Daniil of Vladimir and Brest delivered before Metropolitan Iona and the Metropolitan Council

109. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the laymen of Viatka demanding that they defer to the Great Prince [Vasilii II Vasilievich]; also a letter of credence to the Metropolitan's envoy, Hegumen Nafanail of Kineshma

110. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the clergy of Viatka ordering it to defer to him and to compel its spiritual children to recognize the authority of the Great Prince [Vasilii II Vasilievich]

111. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Archbishop Evfimii II of Novogorod demanding that the Novgorodians recognize the authority of the Great Prince [Vasilii II Vasilievich] and announcing the excommunication of Prince Dmitrii Iur'evich [Shemiaka]

112. Safe-conduct issued by Metropolitan Iona to a certain Greek named Demetrios

113. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Archbishop Evfimii [II Viazhishchskii] of Novgorod

114. Compilation assembled on the basis of Metropolitan Iona's last will and testament

115. Formulary of a certificate of ordination issued by Metropolitan Iona and the Metropolitan Council to Hieromonk [Mikhail Pestrutskii] for the Bishop See of Smolensk

116. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Bishop Mikhail of Smolensk warning him that Prince Ivan Andreevich of Mozhaisk has hostile intentions towards the Great Prince Vasilii [II] Vasilievich of Moscow

117. Confession by Archbishop [Byval'tsev] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to the Metropolitan Council

118. Formulary of a letter of credence issued by Metropolitan Iona to a certain prince [Prince Aleksandr Vladimirovich of Kyiv?] via the Metropolitan's envoy

119. Appointment charter issued by Metropolitan Iona to Archimandrite Akakii for the locum tenency of Kyiv

120. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Davyd, his Kyivan locum tenens, confirming the authority of Archimandrite Akakii as the new locum tenens

121. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Iona] to Prince [Aleksandr Vladimirovich or Simeon Aleksandrovich] of Kyiv requesting him to let the Metropolitan's locum tenens in Kyiv [Davyd] go to Moscow and guaranteeing his unimpeded return to Kyiv

122. Fragment of a formulary of an epistle [by Metropolitan Iona to Prince Simeon Aleksandrovich of Kyiv requesting him to let the Metropolitan's locum tenens in Kyiv, Davyd, go to Moscow]

123. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the people of Pskov concerning land affairs and church controversies

124. Fragment of an epistle [by Metropolitan Iona to Patriarch Gennadios II Scholarios or Isidoros II of Constantinople]; also a letter of credence to the Great Prince's envoy, Ivan Vladimirovich

125. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the secular authorities of the Novgorod Republic

126. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Bishop Simeon of Polotsk in response to Simeon's epistle

127. Letter of credence issued by Metropolitan Iona to his secretary, Vasilii Karlo, and to Stepan [the Bearded], secretary to the Great Prince Vasilii [II] Vasilievich

128. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Archbishop Evfimii [II Viazhishchskii] of Novgorod concerning civil strife and discord in Novgorod

129. Absolution sent by Metropolitan Iona to Archbishop Evfimii [II Viazhishchskii] with Monk Evmenii, the Metropolitan's confessor

130. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Archimandrite Kallist, locum tenens of the Polotsk Diocese and bishop-elect

131. Formulary of a letter of credence issued by Metropolitan [Iona] confirming the authority of his envoys in the Great Duchy of Lithuania

132. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the people of the Great Duchy of Lithuania ordering them not to recognize Metropolitan Gregory ["the Bulgarian"]

133. Formulary of an encyclical by Archbishop [Feodosii Byval'tsev] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to the clergy [of Rostov, Iaroslavl', Beloozero, Uglich, Mologa and Great Ustiug]

134. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Prince Mikhail Andreevich of Vereia and Beloozero

135. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Archbishop Iona of Novgorod

136. [Later version? of an] epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the Bishops "of the great Lithuanian lands"

137. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Bishop Mikhail of Smolensk ordering him not to recognize Metropolitan Gregory [the Bulgarian]

138. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Iona] to the Ruthenian bishops ordering them not to recognize the authority of Metropolitan Gregory [the Bulgarian]

139. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Bishop Evfimii of Chernihiv and Briansk ordering him not to recognize the authority of Metropolitan [Gregory the Bulgarian]; the epistle also announces the arrival in Moscow of King [Kazimierz IV's] envoys

140. Formulary of an oath by the members of the Metropolitan Council confirming their loyalty to Metropolitan Iona and their refusal to recognize the authority of Metropolitan Gregory

141. Conciliar epistle by the bishops of northeastern Rus' to the Orthodox bishops of the Great Duchy of Lithuania confirming the lawfulness of Metropolitan Iona's ordination and ordering them not to recognize the authority of Metropolitan Gregory [the Bulgarian]

142. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Bishop Moisei of Tver'; also a letter of credence for Vasilii Karabuzin, envoy of the Great Prince Boris Aleksandrovich [of Tver']

143. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to the laymen and clergy of Viatka

144.I Formulary of an epistle by Priest Vlasii of Kamenets-Podol'sk to Metropolitan [Iona?]

144.II Formulary of a heading to an epistle addressed "to the highest Lord So-and-So"

145. Formulary of a safe-conduct issued by Metropolitan [Iona] to an archimandrite of a Greek monastery

146. Formulary of an admonition to a presbyter and of an address by Archbishop [Feodosii Byval'tsev of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to the Council of Diocesian Priests annually]

147. Admonition by Archbishop [Feodosii Byval'tsev of Rostov and Iaroslavl'] to a newly-ordained priest or to a hegumen of a monastery

148. Formulary of a certificate of ordination issued by the Metropolitan Council of Rus' to Archimandrite Gennadii [Kozha of the Otroch Monastery of Tver'] for the bishopric of Tver'

149. Testimony and confession by Bishop Gennadii Kozha of Tver' condemning Metropolitan Gregory [the Bulgarian]

150. Epistle of condolence by Metropolitan Iona to Prince Iurii Simeonovich Lingvenievich on the occasion of the decease of his wife, Princess Sof'ia

151. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Khan Makhmutek of Kazan' asking him to render assistance to Agafon, the Metropolitan's envoy

152. Epistle by Metropolitan Iona to Prince Shaptiak in Kazan' requesting that the servants of the Metropolitan's envoy, Agafon be kept from harm

153. Epistle prescribing monastic rules by Metropolitan Iona to the Vladimirskii Bogoliubov Monastery of the Birth of the Mother of God in response to Hegumen Veniamin's petition

154. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Iona] to the laymen [of the Perm' land?]

155. Formulary of the heading and signature to an epistle by Manuel the Greek to Metropolitan Iona

156. Formulary of a certificate of ordination issued by Metropolitan Iona to a certain hieromonk to become Archimandrite to the cenobitic Vladimirskii Monastery of Sts. Constantine and Helen belonging to the Metropolitan dependency

157. Formulary of a certificate of ordination issued [by Metropolitan Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to a certain bishop for the ordination of a certain deacon as priest of the church "So-and-so"

158. Epistle [by Hegumen of the Pskov Monastery of St. Nicholas] to Metropolitan [Iona] refuting an accusation of heresy

159. Epistle by the Minor Council of the Russian Hierarchs to Bishop Gennadii [Kozha] of Tver'

160. Formulary of an epistle by Archbishop [Feodosii] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to Archbishop [Iona] of Novgorod announcing Metropolitan [Iona's] death

161. Fragment of an agreement by Archbishop Iona of Novgorod issued to the Metropolitan Council to have Archbishop Feodosii [Byval'tsev] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' ordained as Metropolitan "of all Rus'"

162. Agreement by Bishop Vassian [Strigin Obolenskii] of Tver' to have a metropolitan elected; also an oath of allegiance to Metropolitan Gerontii and a denunciation of Metropolitan Spiridon Satan and all future hierarchs ordained "by the Latins or in the region of the Turkish [tsar]"

163. Formulary of an epistle by Archbishop [Feodosii Byval'tsev] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to a certain prince concerning the cutting of beards

164. Fragment of a consolatory epistle [by Archbishop Feodosii Byval'tsev of Rostov and Iaroslavl'?] to Princess [Mar'ia?] concerning the death of her husband, Prince Ivan Danilovich [Iukhotskii?] and of her mother-in-law, Princess Agrafena

165. Oath of allegiance by Bishop Gennadii [Kozha] of Tver' to the newly-ordained Metropolitan Feodosii; also a denunciation of Metropolitan Gregory [the Bulgarian]

166. Epistle by Metropolitan Feodosii to Archbishop Iona of Novgorod

167. Permission by Patriarch Joakeim of Jerusalem to the Great Prince Vasilii [II] Vasilievich [the Dark]

168. Formulary of a safe-conduct by Metropolitan Feodosii to Archbishop Iona of Novgorod for an unhindered journey to Moscow

169. Deed by Metropolitan Feodosii to Archbishop Iona of Novgorod for church villages, lands, and waters and an authorization to collect church taxes

170. Safe-conduct by Patriarch Joakeim of Jerusalem issued to the laymen and clergy "of the entire land of Rus'"; also a letter of credence for Protosynkellos Joseph

171. Certificate of ordination issued by Metropolitan Feodosii and the Metropolitan Council of Rus' to Protosynkellos Joseph for the Metropolitanate of Caesarea Philippi by the blessing of Patriarch Joakeim of Jerusalem

172. Formulary of a safe-conduct by Metropolitan [Feodosii] for the people of Novgorod and Pskov, issued to Metropolitan Joseph of Caesarea Philippi

173. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Feodosii] to [Bishop Evfimii] of Chernihiv and Briansk

174. Formulary of an excerpt of an epistle prescribing monastic rules by Metropolitan Feodosii to Hegumen [Ioakim?] and to the brethren of the Pesnoshskii Monastery of St. Nicholas

175. Statute by Metropolitan Feodosii to the people of Pskov in response to the envoyship of Archbishop Iona of Novgorod

176. Testimony by Archbishop Iona of Novgorod delivered before Metropolitan Feodosii [Byval'tsev] promising not to recognize [Metropolitan] Gregory [the Bulgarian]; also permission to have Bishop Filipp [of Suzdal' and Tarusa] be elected as the new metropolitan

177. Statute by Metropolitan Filipp to Archbishop Iona of Novgorod and to the people of Novgorod confirming the inalienability of villages and estates bequeathed to churches and monasteries

178. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Filipp] to Bishop [Gennadii Kozha] of Tver' ordering him to petition the Great Prince [Mikhail Borisovich] of Tver'

179. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Filipp] to the Great Prince [Ivan III Vasilievich]

180. Discourses of envoys from the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich to Archbishop Iona of Novgorod

181. Annalistic account of an epistle (discourses of envoys) by Metropolitan Filipp to the people of Pskov urging them to recognize the full spiritual authority of Archbishop Iona of Novgorod

182. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to Archbishop Iona of Novgorod warning him that a defrocked monk has fled from Moscow to Novgorod

183. Protective charter issued by Metropolitan Filipp to Hieromonk Feofil of the Viazhishchskii Monastery of St. Nicholas and to the envoyship of Novgorod

184. Protective charter issued by the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich to Hieromonk Feofil of the [Viazhishchskii] Monastery [of St. Nicholas]

185. Epistle by Metropolitan Filipp to the people of Novgorod urging them not to betray the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich

186. Epistle by Metropolitan Filipp to the people of Novgorod condemning their disorder and revolt

187. Epistle by Metropolitan Filipp to the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich

188. Formulary of an admonition by Metropolitan [Feodosii? Filipp?] to the clergy of a certain city and its districts

189. Blessing by Metropolitan Filipp to the people of Pskov to establish the Church of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem as the sixth cathedral in Pskov; also an epistle prescribing this new cathedral to follow the same ecclesiastical canons as the other cathedrals in Pskov

190. Formulary of a confession by Bishop [Feodosii] of Murom and Riazan' delivered before Metropolitan Filipp and the Metropolitan Council of Rus' during his ordination

191. Formulary of an epistle prescribing monastic rules by Metropolitan [Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to a certain stauropegial monastery

192. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to the archimandrite of a certain stauropegial monastery who runs the monastery improperly

193. Formulary of a consolatory epistle [by Metropolitan Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to a certain [prince?] concerning the death of his young son

194. Formulary of a consolatory epistle [by Metropolitan Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to a certain prince or princess concerning the dead

195. Formulary of an epistle by Metropolitan [Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to certain princes who have seized an appanage which, according to their father's will, should have passed to their mother

196. Formulary of a charter issued by Metropolitan Filipp to his merchant exempting him from taxes and other kinds of financial obligations on his goods and trade while he is on the territory of the Kyivan Metropolitanate

197. Epistle by Metropolitan Filipp to Hegumen Spiridon of the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra requiring him to pardon Monk Pamva, release him from monastic prison, and return the goods and horse taken from him

198. Certificate of ordination issued by Bishop Filofei of Perm' to Hieromonk Iakim for priesthood in the Church of the Ascension; also a release

199. Fragment of a formulary of a release issued by Metropolitan [Iona? Feodosii? Filipp?] to a certain priest allowing him to serve in another diocese

200. "Exposition of our true Orthodox faith" by Metropolitan Spiridon-Savva of Kyiv

201. Administrative charter by Archbishop Feofil of Novgorod to the clergy of Pskov prescribing them to pay taxes as in the past to the Metropolitan's locum tenens, [Ivan Fominich?], on holding a church court, travel expenses, and per diem allowances

202. Epistle by Archbishop Vasiian [Rylo] of Rostov to Metropolitan Gerontii accompanying an agreement to have Vassian [Strigin Obolenskii] ordained as Bishop of Tver'

203. Agreement by Bishop Vassian [Strigin Obolenskii] of Tver' to have a metropolitan elected; also an oath of allegiance to Metropolitan Gerontii and a denunciation of Metropolitan Spiridon Satan and all future hierarchs ordained "by the Latins or in the region of the Turkish [tsar]"

204. Fragment of the ordination ceremony for Bishop [Vassian Strigin Obolenskii] of Tver'

205. Agreement by Bishop Feodosii of Riazan' and Murom addressed to Metropolitan Gerontii to have a bishop ordained and to decide any great church affairs

206. Epistle by Archbishop Vassian [Rylo] of Rostov to Metropolitan Gerontii accompanying an agreement to have [Gerasim Smerdkov] ordained as Bishop of Kolomna

207. Epistle by Patriarch [Jakovos II? Joakeim?] of Jerusalem to Metropolitan Gerontii blessing him and his flock

208.I Formulary of an epistle [by Hegumen Paisii Iaroslavov of the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra?] to the Great Prince [Ivan Ivanovich "the Young"? his spiritual son?] calling upon the Prince to "stand firm in defense of his fatherland" against [the army of Khan Akhmat of the Golden Horde?]

208.II Admonition [compiled from fragments of various articles from the apocryphal "Admonitory Chapters" by Emperor Basil I of Byzantium to his son and heir, Leo, subsequently Emperor Leo VI the Wise of Byzantium]

209. Epistle [sent to Kremenets or Borovsk] by Archbishop Vassian [Rylo] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to his spiritual son, the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich

210. Epistle [sent to the Ugra River] by Metropolitan Gerontii and the Metropolitan Council to the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich blessing him, his son Ivan, and his brothers Andrei, Boris, and Andrei [the Younger] Vasilievich, and the whole Russian army for the upcoming battle

211. Epistle by Archbishop Vassian [Rylo] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to Hegumen Nifont of the Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery

212. Confession by Archbishop Vassian [Rylo] of Rostov delivered before Metropolitan Gerontii

213. Formulary of a petition by Archbishop Feofil of Novgorod to the Metropolitan Council to be released from the archbishopric

214. Epistle by Bishop Vasilii of Romanov Torg in Moldavia to Metropolitan Gerontii about consecrating churches in Moldavia

215. Formulary of a petition by Archbishop [Sergii] of Novgorod to Metropolitan Gerontii and the Metropolitan Council to resign from the archbishopric

216. Formulary of a petition by Bishop [Fedor?] of Suzdal' and Tarusa to the Metropolitan Council of Rus' to resign from the bishopric

217. Epistle by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] to Prince Boris Vasilievich of Volok

218. Formulary of an epistle by Archbishop [Gennadii Gonzov of Novgorod] to Bishop Prokhor [of Sara and the Don]

219. Epistle by Archbishop Genadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod to Bishop Nifont of Suzdal' [and Tarusa]

220. Epistle by the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich to Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod

221. Epistle by Metropolitan Gerontii to Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod

222. Petition by Archbishop Ioasaf [Obolenskii] of Rostov and Iaroslavl' to Metropolitan Gerontii and the Metropolitan Council to resign from the archbishopric

223. Epistle by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] to Ioasaf [Obolensky], former bishop of Rostov and Iaroslavl'

224. Permission by Bishop Vassian [Strigin Obolenskii] of Tver' to Metropolitan Gerontii to ordain hierarchs and to decide other church affairs

225. Annalistic account of a permission by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod given to the Metropolitan Council to have Archimandrite Zosima [the Bearded] of the Moscow Simonov Monastery ordained "as Metropolitan of all Rus'"

226. Fragment of a report concerning the arrival [of Georg von Turn, envoy to Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire,] to Moscow

227. Epistle by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] to Metropolitan Zosima [the Bearded] declaring his allegiance to the Metropolitan

228. Epistle [by Archbishop Gennadii Gonzov of Novgorod] to the Council of Bishops

229. Decision by Metropolitan Zosima and the Metropolitan Council condemning the heresy in Novgorod and Moscow

230. Encyclical by Metropolitan Zosima and the Council of Hierarchs to all Christians of the Metropolitanate telling of the anti-heretic session of the Council of Muscovy

231. Epistle of repentance by the heretic Dionisii to Metropolitan Zosima [the Bearded]

232. "Demonstration of the paschal tables" by Metropolitan Zosima

233. "Writing on Alpha" by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod explaining how to use the paschal tables he has composed

234. Encyclical by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod to the clergy of the Novgorod Diocese

235. Permission by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod for the Metropolitan Council to have Hegumen Simon [Chizh] of the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra ordained as Metropolitan

236. Fragment of the ordination ceremony of Hegumen Simon of the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra as Metropolitan "of all Rus'"

237. Decision by the Metropolitan Council to elect Hieromonk Evfimii [Podrez of the Troitze-Sergieva Lavra] as Bishop of Sara and the Don

238. Certificate of ordination issued by Metropolitan Simon to Monk Kornilii [Fedorov, son of Kriukov]

239. Petition by Bishop Filofei of Perm' and Vologda to Metropolitan Simon to be released from the bishopric

240. Epistle by Metropolitan Simon to Prince Matvei Mikhailovich, locum tenens of the Great Prince in Great Perm', to all laymen and clergy of Great Perm'

241. Epistle by Metropolitan Simon to the clergy of Great Perm' and all Perm' provinces

242. Fragment of an encyclical [by Metropolitan Simon] to the white clergy and monks

243. Epistle by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod to Metropolitan [Simon]

244. Decision by the Metropolitan Council, confirmed by Ivan [III Vasilievich], "Sovereign of all Rus'," and the Great Prince Vasilii Ivanovich

245. Decision by the Metropolitan Council, confirmed by Ivan [III Vasilievich], "Tsar of all Rus'," and the Great Prince Vasilii Ivanovich

246. Formulary of a certificate of ordination issued by Archbishop Genadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod to a certain sexton [of the Church of St. John the Baptist?]

247. Certificate of ordination issued by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod to Subdeacon Leontii Filipov of the Church of St. Nicholas in Dvorishche

248.I Epistle by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod to Metropolitan Simon

248.II Excerpts concerning the rules of ordaining priests, deacons and subdeacons [by Archbishop Gennadii Gonzov of Novgorod, sent to Metropolitan Simon along with epistle no. 248.I?] taken from the Nomocanon

249. Petition by Archbishop Gennadii [Gonzov] of Novgorod to Metropolitan Simon to resign from the archbishopric

250. Epistle by Metropolitan Simon to the locum tenens in Pskov, Prince Dimitrii Vladimirovich [Rostovskii], to the latter's locum tenentes

251. Safe-conduct by Metropolitan Simon for all Christians of the Metropolitanate, issued to Monk Gerasimos of the Xeropotamou Monastery of the Forty Martyrs of Sebasta on Mt. Athos

252.I Petition by Bishop Nikon of Kolomna to Metropolitan Simon to resign from the bishopric

253. Petition of Nikon, former bishop of Kolomna, to Metropolitan Simon asking him to solicit before the Great Prince Ivan [III] Vasilievich and before his son, the Great Prince Vasilii Ivanovich

254. Formulary of a consolatory epistle by Metropolitan [Gerontii? Zosima? Simon?] to a certain widow "afflicted with sorrow" for her dead husband; also an absolution for the latter

255. Formulary of an epistle by a certain [Greek?] wandering deacon to Metropolitan [Gerontii? Zosima? Simon?] asking for alms

256. Fragment of a formulary of an epistle by Monk Dementii of a certain monastery to Metropolitan Simon asking to meet him

257. Epistle by Metropolitan Simon by Bishop Nifont of Suzdal' and Tarusa requesting to have Andrei Ivanov ordained as deacon of the Church of the Resurrection in Iur'ev [Pol'skii]

258. Formulary of a certificate of ordination "to Hieromonk So-and-So" for "the most holy Bishop See of the blessed city Such-and-Such" issued by Metropolitan [Gregory the Bulgarian] "of Kyiv and all Rus'" and the Council of the Hierarchs of the Ruthenian lands

259. Encyclical by Patriarch Dionysios [I] of Constantinople "to the entire Russian land and to Great Novgorod" demanding that the people recognize the spiritual authority of Metropolitan Gregory "of Kyiv and all Rus'"; also a letter of credence for the patriarchal exarchs, Metropolitan Neophytos of Kyzikos and Archimandrite Khristofor of the Fedorovskii Monastery

260. Formulary of an epistle by a certain Metropolitan [Gregory the Bulgarian?] "of Kyiv and all Rus'" to an unknown bishop ("Canon and Punishment concerning Murder")

261.II Epistle [by Bishop Misail of Smolensk, Metropolitan-elect of Kyiv, and by the Orthodox nobility] to Pope Sextus [IV]

262. Epistle by the Orthodox nobility of the Great Duchy of Lithuania to Patriarch [Dionysios I? Maximos IV?] of Constantinople asking him to confirm the ordination of Archbishop Iona [Hlezna] of Polotsk as Metropolitan "of Kyiv and all Rus'"

263. Certificate of ordination issued by Patriarch Niphon [II] of Constantinople to Metropolitan Makarii [the Devil] of Kyiv

266. Confession of faith by Bishop Iosif [Bolharynovych] of Smolensk delivered before Patriarch Niphon [II] of Constantinople

267. Confirmatory epistle by the Great Prince Aleksander of Lithuania to Bishop Iosif of Smolensk, Metropolitan-elect "of Kyiv and all Rus'"

268. Certificate of ordination issued by Patriarch Joakeim [I] of Constantinople to Metropolitan Iosif [Bolharynovych] of Kyiv

269. Certificate of ordination issued by Patriarch [Pachomios I] of Constantinople to Metropolitan Iona of Kyiv

270. Permission by Metropolitan Josyf [II Soltan] "of Kyiv and Halych and all Rus'" to the townspeople of Vilnius to serve liturgies on a portable antimension

271. Decision by the Metropolitan Council of Kyiv

272. Epistle by Metropolitan Josyf II Soltan to the townspeople of Vilnius

273. Absolution issued by Metropolitan Josyf [II Soltan] of Kyiv to Hieromonk Zakkhei

Bibliography

Andrei Pliguzov is Research Assistant to the Director at Dumbarton Oaks.