Biography Hilarion

Hilarion – Metropolitan of Kiev. Information about him are scarce. We only know that he was a native Russian, one time was a priest in the prince's village Berestove early to give yourself monastic feats. According to their education and ascetic life, II soon became known, he fell in love with the Grand Duke and is desirous of the last, in 1051, the Cathedral of Russian bishops IV was raised Russian Metropolitan. This was the first placing the Metropolitan of the Russian natural and Russia.

The name of AI related compilation of church charter (Nomocanon) square. Yaroslav, referring to last year reign of this prince. Apparently, IV did not stay Metropolitan: already under the 1055 mentioned in chronicles other metropolitan Yerem. Time of death, MI is also unknown. Mitropa. AI is one of the most famous writers of our primary literature. From Op. I. reached us: "Word on Law and Grace," written before placing the IV in the Metropolitan, "a confession of faith, pronounced, suggest, on the occasion apart;" Instruction on the benefits of mental to all Christians "(attributed by some researchers, however, Hilarion) and "word to his brother-Stylites, we meet in a Serbian Miscellany XIV – XV century. Content from the first-mentioned works can be seen from its title: "On the law of Moses and given the grace and truth of Jesus Christ by the former, and how the law otide, but grace and truth all the earth, and faith in all languages, Stretch, and to our language, Russian, and praise to our king as Vladimir, they have a baptism byhom, and prayer to God from the land of all ours.

The word is a testament to quickly penetrate into Kievan Rus' Byzantine education. Representative of this, new in Russia, the element is not only the author himself, but for a whole circle of persons to whom it draws its "word" and which he calls "preizliha nasyschshimisya sweet book, a circle of persons who are good" are led by the book. " Remarkably in the artist his inspiration, the entire first half of the word – as if a continuous scream of delight ancient pagan, conscious of poverty of the old faith, the relatively new ideas and concepts brought about by Christianity.

It is fascinating in the Christian novoprosveschennom metropolitan and national pride with which he recalls the "old Igor" and "glorious Sviatoslav" – "not in Uhud Bo and not to unknown lands vladychetvovasha," proudly declares the writer – but in the "Russian ordeal knowledge and all you hear is the end of the earth. "The Confession of Faith" – the contents of dogmatic, different theological precision and clarity of presentation. "Instruction on the benefits of psychic" and "word to his brother-Stylites" – a short and rather common to the content.

Hardly mentioned works quite exhausted literary activity Mitropa. I. "Can not let just one of the researchers observed that people, practice a little in the works, could suddenly write a word of art as the" Sermon on Law and Grace, J., and expressed with such theological precision, even as it differs "Confession Faith. "Excerpt from speech Mitropa. I." On the Law and Grace "is already in Karamzin. (" East. Educat. Ros. "(I, NB the. 284), which is why some call it" Life of Vladimir, "In 1844 monument from the original XVI century. has been issued by Prof.. Gorsky in "Surf. to create. St.'s father" (Vol. II, 204 – 299), along with two other yet again open Gorsky, essays and .: "The Confession of Faith" and "The Teachings of the benefits of mental to all Christians." In 1848, "The Tale of the law" was republished Undolskim of more ancient list of XIV – XV century. (Reading Mosque. Total. East. and Ap. Russian. ", 1848, £ 7, p. 21 – 41, and separately:" Slavic-Russian manuscripts in parchment book Tsarskago ", Moscow, 1848). Somewhat later reissued Kupriyanov was" Instruction on the benefits of psychic ", we meet them in slightly different wording, and in the earlier list, XII – XIII century. (in Izvestia I. Ak. Science ", V, 222 – 224, here are the options on another manuscript, XIV cent.)." Word II, Mitropa. Kiev in his brother-Stylites "was discovered by Professor. Petrovski in a Serbian book XIV – XV century. and published it in" Proceedings of Kaz. University "(1865, 1, 47 – 84). The publisher suggests that" Mitropa. AI could be if not the originator, then, at least, a copyist existed already teaching (transferable, Greek). Sreznevsky believes a word belonged to Kyiv Mitropa. I.("Ancient. Pam.", 19).