Addressing his children and everyone who would ever read his message, Prince Vladimir Monomakh (1053-1125) urges them to have God's fear in their hearts and do good, bearing in mind that the days of man on earth are fleeting and terrible to die not repenting of their sins. Desire to record ...

The plot of “The Tales” is based on the oral traditions that existed in Southeastern Europe about the Romanian prince Vlada, who ruled in 1456-1462 and in 1477, who for his cruelty was nicknamed Tepes (“The Plotter for the Count”) and Dracula (“Dragon "). The author of the Russian legend about him was, most likely, the great clerk ...

Prince Alexander was the son of Grand Duke Yaroslav. Alexander was taller than the others, his voice was like a trumpet, and his face was beautiful. He was strong, wise and brave. A noble man from a Western country named Andreiash specially came to look at Prince Alexander. Returning to his, Andreiash ...

In the city of Murom, Prince Paul ruled. The devil sent a flying serpent to his wife for fornication. She appeared to her in her form, and to other people seemed Prince Paul. The princess admitted everything to her husband, but he did not know what to do. He told his wife to ask the serpent, from which death could come to him. The serpent told ...

In a great state, in a glorious city in Anton lived-was Guidon. He once learned about the beautiful Queen Militris and embraced her. Militris's father gave his consent.Three years later, a son was born to the young, and they called him Bova. But Militris had long been in love with King Dodon and dreamed of seeing him. ...

The events of Life belong to the end of the 4th - beginning of the 5th century. (the reign of the Roman emperors Arcadius and Honorius). A wealthy and noble man Efimian lives in Rome, he observes the commandments of God, and devotes special attention and care to the poor, wanderers, orphans, widows who are sick, and everyone eats with them. ...

The tale of Cyril the sinful to Vasily, the abbot of the Caves, about the Belorussian man and about the minority, and about the soul, and about repentance. The plot of the work goes back to one of the apologists of "The Tale of Barlaam and Joasaph." This monument, like other parables of Cyril of Turov, was built on the interpretation of allegory. Main ...

Cyril the monk is a parable about the human soul, and about the body, and about the violation of God's commandment, and about the resurrection of the human body, and about the final judgment, and about torment. The orator and preacher Kirill Turovsky (XII century) uses in his parable the well-known story about the soul and body, which appear here in the images of a blind man ...

“Prayer,” like many other works of ancient Russian literature, is deprived of a narrative of events. The whole text is the appeal of Daniel the Sharpener to the prince, his petition for mercy. The main thing that Daniel suggests relying on in his life is his own mind. “My clothes are scarce, but there is a lot of reason.”...

Hegumen Daniel from the Russian land wanted to see the city of Jerusalem and the entire Holy Land. He came to Jerusalem, went around the land of Galilee and decided to describe everything that he saw. He hoped that many, having read about this, would be drawn to “holy places and thoughts” to holy places. Coming to Jerusalem, Daniel Sixteen Months ...

Prince Andrei Kurbsky is one of the best governor of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, a friend and adviser to his youth. In the 60s. many of these advisers fell into disgrace. Anticipating that something would come to pass over him, Kurbsky in April 1564 ran over to the side of the Polish king and addressed the tsar with an open message....

Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich had twelve sons from different wives. The third oldest was Svyatopolk. Svyatopolk’s mother, a nun, was tidied up and married as Yaropolk, brother of Vladimir. Vladimir killed Yaropolk and captured his wife when she was pregnant. He adopted Svyatopolk, but did not like ...

Here are the testimonies of the past years about when the name “Russian land” was first mentioned and what the name comes from and who earlier began to reign in Kiev - we will tell about this. About the Slavs After the flood and the death of Noah, his three sons share the Earth among themselves and agree not to transgress in possession ...

“The Story ...” begins with the prayer of Innocent, the author of the work, who asks the Lord to help him in his work. This is a traditional technique used in everyday literature. Then begins the narrative itself, conducted in the first person. On Thursday, the third week after Easter, Elder Paphnutius ...

The action of Life takes place in the VI century. and unfolds in Egypt, Jerusalem, in a monastery on the Jordan and the Jordanian desert. The most likely author is Jerusalem Patriarch Sofroniy. The noble Elder Zosima spent his whole life from infancy (at the beginning of the Life he is fifty years old), he has been working in one of the Palestinian ...

The pious parents of St. Theodosius lived in the city of Vasilyev. When their son was born, on the eighth day he was given a name, on the fortieth - they christened him. Then the blessed parents moved to the city of Kursk. The boy grew up, went to church every day, avoided children's games, and his clothes were shabby and in patches....

Nestor, monk of the monastery of the Pechersky monastery, the legend about why the monastery was called Pechersky During the reign of Vladimir Svyatoslavich, a pious husband lived in Lyubec, who wanted to become a monk. He came to the Holy Mount Athos and in one of the monasteries there he accepted monasticism. His hair cut ...

In 1175, the Prince received once in the possession of his father Vyshgorod, the residence of the Kiev princes, but he chose to retire to the north and founded the stone city of Bogolyubovo, not far from Vladimir. Having loved Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos from a young age, Prince Andrew erected the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in the city center....

The life and patience of the reverend father of our Abraham, enlightened in much patience, a new miracle worker among the saints of the city of Smolensk. The faithful and pious parents of Abraham have twelve daughters, but they pray to God to give them a son, which is done according to God's providence. When on the eighth ...

In 1458, the merchant Afanasy Nikitin was supposedly sent from his native Tver to Shirvan land (in the territory of present-day Azerbaijan). He has travel letters with him from the Grand Duke of Tver Mikhail Borisovich and from the Archbishop of Tver Gennady. Merchants are still with him - all in all, they go on two ships....