Просителна грамота на Перущенския манастир „Св. Теодор Тирон и св. Теодор Стратилат“ до руския цар Алексей Михайлович от 1647 г. 2. Текст на грамотата. 3. Манастирското пратеничество в Москва
An Appeal for Support from the Perushtitsa Monastery of St Theodore Tiron and St Theodore Stratelates to the Russian Tsar Aleksey Mihaylovich from 1647. 2. Text of the Appeal. 3. The Embassy of the Monastery in Moscow

Summary/Abstract: The article contains an edition of the appeal for support from the monastery of St Theodore Tiron and St Theodore Stratilates near Perushtitsa addressed to the Russian Tsar Aleksey Mihaylovich at the end of 1647. A hypothesis is proposed that the letter was composed by the famous copyist and calligrapher Vasiliy of Sofia, who usually worked together with a close relative or student of him called Stefan. Based on unpublished Russian documents, the journey of the abbot of the Perushtitsa Monastery, Hieromonk Isaiah, to Moscow is described. On February 4, 1648, he and his two companions were received by the Metropolitan of Kiev, Silvestr Kossov, who gave them a letter of recommendation to allOrthodox Christians. By the end of February, they arrived at the Russian border in Putivl’, and on March 13, they departed for the Russian capital together with Bishop Cyprian of Campania. They arrived in Moscow on March 28 and were immediately received in the Kremlin, where they presented their petitions and documents and received gifts and money. On April 22, the tsar solemnly received the delegations led by Bishop Cyprian and Abbot Isaiah in the Golden Throne Chamber in the Kremlin. At the end of April, the envoys from the Perushtitsa Monastery visited the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, and on May 8, 1648, they received donations and permission to leave Moscow and to return back to their country.

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