king of ros

Chapter 242 Tripartite Church
It was not until June 1061 that Rostislav returned to his home city, Moscow in Northeast Rus.

In fact, the prince of Moscow had already arrived in Kyiv in March, but he was delayed in Kyiv for a while before continuing to move forward.

Most of this time was spent on rectifying immigrants. After seeing the achievements of the Prince of Moscow in the north, the efforts of his rich and noble returnees, and the wonderful performances of the Alexei Troupe, these add up to a very attractive There are many Russians, and Rostislav's immigration team has expanded a lot.

There are also those who did not follow Rostislav's father's old ministry back then. These people decided to join the ranks of immigrants of the Moscow princes this time, and Rostislav promised these nobles corresponding territories. Of course, these have to be developed by themselves.

For those who returned home with wealth, they enjoyed a lot during their stay in Kyiv. The admiration and admiration of their relatives and friends in the past made them extremely comfortable. At the same time, their display of wealth attracted many immigrants to the princes.

While Alexei promoted the good life in Northeast Russ through a series of plays, he gained a great reputation in this Rus' mother of cities.

The citizens of Kyiv liked the plays brought by Alexei very much, and many wealthy people even rushed to invite their troupe to perform. This playwright can be said to have gained both fame and fortune.

Alexei really wanted to stay in Kyiv like this, but since his benefactor Rostislav had spoken, he could only leave with the prince. After all, Rostislav was his foundation no matter what.

Rostislav needed Alexei's troupe, they were an important part of the Muscovite prince's internal and external propaganda, otherwise he would have kept the troupe in Kyiv.

In addition to rectifying immigration, Rostislav is witnessing one thing, otherwise he would have left long ago.

That is three points of the Metropolitan Diocese of Ross, in other words, three points of the Church of Ross!Witness his uncles three-point loss of Rose Church.

Three points to the Rus Church, this is the tone set by the three Yaroslavitches after the death of their grandfather.

As for why this tone was set, it was because the three brothers believed that since the three brothers divided up Ross's territory, Ross's religious authority should also be divided up.

Rus has been converted to Christianity for three generations. The church has become an important part of the power system of Kievan Rus. The management of many fields has been taken over by the church, which is already an indispensable part of the power composition.

It’s just that the imperial capital has been stuck on this matter and refused to approve it. Although Ross is a border region of faith that needs a united front, this request is too much anyway. It is impossible for Constantinople to agree to it. The best thing to do is to treat your own authority as nothing.

Moreover, the imperial capital was also negotiating with Ross with this matter as a bargaining chip. With the shrewdness of the patriarch of the imperial capital, how could he nod and agree to this matter so easily, and he had to exchange something.

And in the ensuing stalemate, the Church of Constantinople discovered that there was a civil war in Hungary, so they asked Grand Duke Ross to try to see if there was a way to convert Hungary to Orthodoxy, which happened to be the same as that of the uncle. The idea of ​​enhancing Kievan Rus' national influence coincides with each other.

So there is the next thing about the three Rurik brothers intervening in Hungary. In fact, the second uncle and the third uncle are not very happy about this incident. They are not the Grand Duke of Kyiv. International influence is of little significance to them. The main thing here is Uncle earns fame.

But it is different when it comes to the three-point Rus Church. This is the main reason why they went to Hungary, and the cities behind them also want the same. Both Chernigov and Pereyaslav want to be equal to Kyiv. status.

Especially Chernihiv, it was ruled by the wise man's brother Mstislav for a period of time in Yaroslav's era. At that time, it was the center of half of Rus and existed on an equal footing with Kyiv.

(Yaroslav and Mstislav shared the rule of Rus equally. It was not until Mstislav died and Yaroslav took over his territory that Yaroslav became the Grand Duke of all Rus, not one of the duopoly.)
It is also in economic competition with Kyiv. The economic status of the two is actually very similar. This city is always trying to break Kyiv’s Russian dominance. It can be said that it is Kyiv’s biggest challenger.

Now that they have the chance to get their own metropolitan and be on an equal footing with Kyiv in terms of religious status, Chernihiv is naturally extremely enthusiastic and frantically encourages their princes to complete this cause.

Moreover, Chernihiv just happened to complete the Transfiguration Cathedral, which is a magnificent existence on the same level as Hagia Sophia in Kyiv.

Mstislav, who once ruled half of Rus, laid the base for it, and Sviatoslav finished the church.

And strictly speaking, Yaroslav decided to build Hagia Sophia in Kyiv after seeing Mstislav building the Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernihiv.

The Transfiguration would have been completed had Mstislav not died too early.

This church can be used as the residence of the metropolitan, so Chernihiv's desire to compare with Kyiv has become stronger.

Rostislav was mainly in the south to witness this event, witnessing the envoys from the imperial capital announcing the canonization of Metropolitan Kyiv, Metropolitan Chernigov, and Metropolitan Pereyaslav.

As one of the five lords of Rus today, the prince of Moscow naturally wants to participate, and the witch prince of Polotsk is also here. After all, this is a major event that affects the whole of Russia.

During the ceremony, Rostislav only felt that it was extremely absurd. If the former Metropolitan Hilarion knew about this, he would probably be pissed to death.

The authority of the Ross Church established by him and Yaroslav was split up by his sons like a joke.

Yes, authority is just authority, because although the power of the metropolitan is three-pointed in name, in fact, Kyiv, as the birthplace of the Ross Church, is also the most powerful place, and its religious strength still crushes everyone.

What's more, the tithes of the whole Rus are paid to the tithe church in Kyiv. This is the rule established by Vladimir. Taxes donated to the Church.

So it is said that the tithe of the whole Rus is actually still in the hands of Kiev, and the right to appoint is actually still there due to the large number of Kyiv priests. Even these two important powers are still there, let alone other powers. After all, financial power And appointment rights are the most important.

It can be said that although Chernihiv and Pereyaslav have been promoted in the religious ranks, their actual power has not been improved at all, and it can be said that they have improved a lot.

That's why Rostislav felt that this was a farce. The whole thing looked so absurd and unbelievable.

Moreover, this incident is not good for the Ross Church and the spread of Christianity, and even has a lot of disadvantages. This incident has a strong impact on the low authority of the Ross Church.

But why didn't his three uncles know about these things?Of course they also know, but for more important things, they can only do so.

The uncle wants to unite the whole of Russia, whether it is brothers or the people, he needs to unite. Some problems can be suppressed in the Yaroslav era, but they cannot be suppressed by brothers, so he has to do this.

The second and third uncles are all faced with the need for this authority to consolidate their positions, and there is also a strong desire for the authority of the religious center in the cities behind them, so they can only do this.

After witnessing this farce and child's play ceremony, Rostislav bid farewell to his uncles, all of which really made him feel awkward.

The prince of witchcraft left earlier. He had no interest in the one-man show of the descendant of Yaroslav, and it was extremely embarrassing to be among this group of people.

The uncles were quite enthusiastic about his departure, and they gave him a lot of gifts when he left. After all, everyone still remembered, but Rostislav saved them in Hungary.

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