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Karpov A. Yu.

Vasilko (Vasily) Konstantinovich (1208-1238), Prince of Rostov, martyr. Eldest son of Konstantin Vsevolodovich († 1218), Prince of Rostov and Grand Duke of Vladimir (from 1216), and Princess Agafya (the name she adopted in monasticism) († 1221 ), daughter of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Mstislav Romanovich the Old. Born in Rostov on December 7, 1208 (In literature, the birth of Vasilko is usually attributed to 1209, but this is apparently incorrect: on June 18, 1210, Konstantin had another son, Vsevolod, which could not have happened if Vasilko was born in December of the previous year. Consequently, it remains to assume that the date of Vasilko’s birth (6717) is indicated in the Laurentian Chronicle according to the Ultramartian style.) On May 23, 1212, the rite of “tonsuring” of Vasilko and his youngest was performed in Rostov brother Vsevolod, which symbolized their transition into adolescence.

In the winter of 1217/18, sensing the approach of death, Grand Duke Konstantin Vsevolodovich sent nine-year-old Vasilko to reign in Rostov, and his younger brother, seven-year-old Vsevolod, to Yaroslavl. (Their third brother, Vladimir, was still too young.) The chronicle preserved Constantine’s dying instructions to his sons: “...Wake up among yourself in love, fear God with all your soul, keep His commandments in everything, and you will accept all my morals...” These are the covenants of his father, the prince Vasilko kept it throughout his life. The Rostov chronicler notes his piety, brotherly love, mercy, concern for the poor and wretched, patronage of churches, as well as his special love for the boyars and care for them.

In accordance with his father's instructions, Vasilko, after the death of his father (February 2, 1218), obeyed his uncle, Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich, who occupied the grand-ducal table in everything. In fact, he did not leave his will until the end of his life, accepting “in his father’s place,” and completely abandoned any independent policy. By order of his uncle, in the summer of 1220, Vasilko sent his regiments - the Rostovites and Ustyuzhans, together with the governor Voislav Dobrynich - on a large campaign against the Volga Bulgarians, at the head of which the Grand Duke put his brother Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich and the experienced governor Eremey Glebovich. The campaign turned out to be extremely successful: the Russians took the Bulgarian city of Oshel and several other cities and returned home with much and rich booty. In the winter of 1220/21, Yuri himself set out on a campaign against the Bulgarians, ordering twelve-year-old Vasilko to personally go with his regiments to join him to Gorodets (on the Volga). Negotiations took place here with the arriving Bulgarian ambassadors, in which Vasilko participated; Yuri, although reluctantly, agreed to peace. The following year, 1221, to commemorate the great victory and “eternal” peace with the Bulgarians, a new city was founded on the Volga, at the mouth of the Oka, Nizhny Novgorod.

In May 1223, again on behalf of Yuri Vsevolodovich, Vasilko was sent to help the southern Russian princes who opposed the Tatars, who first appeared in the southern Russian steppes. Vasilko, together with the Rostovites, only reached Chernigov and here he learned about the brutal defeat of the Russians in the Battle of Kalka (May 30), after which he turned back to Rostov.

In 1224, Vasilko took part in the campaign of his uncles, Yuri and Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, to Torzhok, against the Novgorodians, and in 1226 he accompanied Yuri Vsevolodovich, who came to the aid of his brother-in-law, Prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Chernigov, against Oleg of Kursk. In both cases, things did not come to hostilities: Yuri managed to make peace with both the Novgorodians and Oleg.

Allied relations with Prince Mikhail of Chernigov directly affected the fate of Vasilko. At the end of January - very beginning of February 1228, Vasilko married Mikhail's daughter Maria. The chronicle names Yuri Vsevolodovich as the initiator of this marriage: “...married the Grand Duke Gyurgi... his son Vasilko Kostyantinovich...” The wedding took place in Chernigov, in the Church of the Annunciation, and on February 12, on the 1st Saturday of Great Lent, “the Christ-loving Prince Vasilko came to his Rostov with its princess... and there was great joy in the city of Rostov." Princess Maria Mikhailovna gave birth to her husband two sons - Boris (born July 24, 1231) and Gleb (date of birth unknown).

In September 1228, Grand Duke Yuri Vsevolodovich sent Vasilko along with his governor Eremey Glebovich on a campaign against Mordovians. The troops, however, only passed Nizhny Novgorod and were forced to return due to bad weather: “they beat rain and velmi many days and nights.” For the winter, Yuri himself, together with his brother Yaroslav, set out on a campaign against Mordovians; The Russian army included Vasilko and Vsevolod Konstantinovich with their regiments, as well as the Murom prince Yuri Davydovich. In January 1229, Russian troops burned Mordovian land, poisoned grain, killed livestock and captured a large full, but the “young” warriors of Yaroslav and the Konstantinovich brothers (“younger squad”), wanting to distinguish themselves and capture more booty, “hidden” from their elders, They drove too deep into the Mordovian forests, were surrounded by the Mordovians and were partially killed. Nevertheless, the chronicler reports that the princes “with all the regiments returned to their own good health.”

In the same 1229, a certain disagreement occurred between the princes Konstantinovich and Grand Duke Yuri Vsevolodovich, the essence of which is not clear. According to the chronicle, the culprit of the incident was Yuri's brother, Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich: he "doubted his brother Yurgy, listening to some flattery, and separated from Yurgy Kostyantinovich 3: Vasilka, Vsevolod, Volodimer, and thought of opposing Yurgy, his brother." On September 7, a princely congress took place in Suzdal, at which the reconciliation of the princes took place: “and having corrected all the dislike between themselves, and bowed to Yuri all, who had him as his father and master, kissed the cross... the former were cheerful and gifted with their husbands and parted.” It is curious that on the same day the trial of the Rostov Bishop Kirill I took place, which was presided over by Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, and as a result of the trial, almost all of his property was taken away from the bishop (“all the wealth was taken away from him by some kind of weight that judged Yaroslav taco”). At the same time, Kirill I, already seriously ill, left the department, and in the spring of the next year, Vasilko and his brothers asked Yuri to release the abbot of the Vladimir Nativity Monastery, also Kirill, to the vacant Rostov department, also Kirill, who became the new ruler of Rostov (ordained on April 6, 1231 in Kiev , for which Vasilko specially sent to the Kyiv prince Vladimir Rurikovich and Metropolitan Kirill I).

In 1230, Vasilko with his brothers took part in the meeting of the princes of Yuri and Yaroslav Vsevolodovichs with Metropolitan Kirill, Chernihiv Bishop Porfirius and Kiev Abbot Peter Akerovich, who represented the interests of the Kiev Prince Vladimir Rurikovich and Chernigovsky, Mikhail Vsevolodovich, the Tester of Vasilka. The purpose of the meeting was to prevent a war between Yaroslav Vsevolodovich and Mikhail Chernigovsky over Novgorod. Yaroslav, under pressure from his brother Yuri and the southern Russian hierarchs, agreed to make peace with Mikhail, but this peace did not last long. And it seems that in the fight between Yaroslav and Mikhail, Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich supported not his father-in-law, but his uncle. So, in the fall of 1232, Vasilko and his brothers set out together with Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich to the Chernigov land. The princes burned the city of Serensk (in the present Meshchovsky district of the Kaluga region), and also fought near Mosalsk and “a lot of other things,” “having spent a lot of abundance” (i.e., destroying the grain in the fields), and returned “without peace.”

Under Prince Vasilka, the city of Rostov is decorated. The chronicler describes with admiration the cathedral church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, decorated with unprecedented splendor by Bishop Cyril II: “...its decoration was wonderfully beautiful”; holy crosses and numerous relics of saints were brought and placed in the church “for intercession and protection and confirmation of the city of Rostov and the Christ-lover Prince Vasilkovi, and his princess, and his son Boris” (this was written even before the birth of Gleb).

The Rostov chronicler repeatedly calls Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich “noble,” “pious,” and “lover of Christ.” But the prince’s main feat was ahead.

In the winter of 1237/38, North-Eastern Rus' suffered a terrible blow from the Mongol-Tatar hordes of Batu Khan. Grand Duke of Vladimir Yuri Vsevolodovich left the capital Vladimir and went to gather regiments on the Volga. His nephews Vasilko, Vsevolod and Vladimir Konstantinovich also came to him here. On March 4, 1238, Russian troops suffered a crushing defeat on the City River. Yuri Vsevolodovich himself fell in battle, but the Tatars “by hand” (that is, captured) and “with much need” (that is, with oppression) led Prince Vasilko to their camps, to the Sherensky forest. (This forest was located between Kashin and Kalyazin; later, here, on the Sherinka River, the Sherinsky monastery was founded.) Having encamped, the Tatars, according to the chronicle, “nudisha and (him. - A.K.) a lot ... the custom of the filthy being in their will and fight with them." The prince indignantly rejected these proposals and, on the contrary, began to denounce the wicked. The chronicle cites his prayer to God and his rebuke addressed to the Tatars: “O deaf, desecrated kingdom! You will never lead me to the peasant faith, even if I am in great trouble...” The damned “without mercy” killed the martyr prince and threw his body right there In the woods.

The chronicle says that a certain wife of Popovich saw an abandoned body and told her husband about it. They took the body of Prince Vasilko, wrapped him in a shroud and buried him in a secluded place. When Bishop Kirill of Rostov and the prince's widow, Princess Maria Mikhailovna, became aware of this, the body of the martyr was brought to Rostov, where he was met by many people who shed bitter tears, for the prince was sincerely loved by everyone - both the rich and the poor. The prince was buried in the Rostov Assumption Cathedral, next to his mother, princess nun Agafya.

The chronicle preserved the obituary of Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich, in which there is a description of his appearance and character: “Vasilko is red-faced (handsome - A.K.), bright and menacing in the eyes, well-behaved beyond measure in hunting (hunts. - A.K. .), light-hearted, affectionate to the boyars; no one from the boyars who served him, and ate his bread, and drank his cup, and had gifts, he could not have been with another prince for his love; he loved his servants too much; Courage and intelligence are lively in him, but truth and justice walk with him, for he is clever and able to do everything; and he sits in goodness on his table and his days...”

Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich is canonized by the Church. His memory is celebrated on March 4, as well as on June 23 - in the Cathedral of Vladimir Saints, on May 23 - in the Cathedral of Rostov-Yaroslavl Saints, and on the Sunday after June 29 - in the Cathedral of Tver Saints.

Bibliography

Chronicles: Laurentian, Radzivilov, Novgorod First, Nikon, Moscow Chronicle of the end of the 15th century. (under the years indicated in the article).

Participation in wars: Campaign against Novgorod. Campaign against Mordovians. Campaign against the Bulgars. War with the Tatars.
Participation in battles: Battle of the City River

Prince of Rostov

Before his death, the Grand Duke Konstantin Vsevolodovich decided to divide his estate between his sons. Rostov went to Vasilko, Uglich to Prince Vladimir, and Yaroslavl to Prince Vsevolod. The care of the young princes was entrusted to their uncle, the Grand Duke of Vladimir Yuri Vsevolodovich. But he led his young nephews as if he were his subordinates. By his order, the uncle princes went against the Bulgars in 1220, and in 1223 they went against the Tatars who had appeared in Rus', but to reach Kalki River They didn’t have time - the news about the defeat of the Russian squads found them in Chernigov.

In 1224, again on the instructions of his uncle, Vasilko went on a campaign to Novgorod, and in 1228 - to the troubled Mordovians. Soon after the last campaign, the nephews quarreled with their uncle, and the Konstantinovichs jointly went over to the side Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, but blood ties took their toll, and the very next year peace with the Grand Duke was restored again.

During the Tatar-Mongol invasion of Rus' (1238), Yuri Vsevolodovich called his nephews, mistakenly left Vladimir and stood up with his squad on the City River. The squads of the Konstantinovich brothers approached him there. In the battle that took place on March 4, 1238, Grand Duke Yuri died, and Vasilko Rostovsky was captured.

The Tatars took the prince to their camp in Sherinsky forest and began to demand from him the adoption of their customs and faith. But Vasilko refused with contempt, and then the Tatars executed him and threw his corpse in the forest. Some pious local woman found the body of the unfortunate prince and told priest Adrian about it. He hid the prince’s body in a secluded place, and then handed it over to the Rostov priests for burial.

Karpov A. Yu.

The Rostov chronicler repeatedly calls Prince Vasilko Konstantinovich “noble,” “pious,” and “lover of Christ.” But the prince’s main feat was ahead.

Ostovsky Prince Vasilko(Vasily) Konstantinovich was born in 1209. At the time of the tragic events of 1238, he was no more than 29 years old.

Church memory Blessed Prince Vasilko celebrated annually on March 17 according to the new style. However, the other day, namely December 20, it will be exactly 800 years since the birth of the holy noble prince Vasilko of Rostov. In the summer of 6717 (1209) of the month of December, on the 7th day, in memory of the holy father Ambrosius the bishop, a son was born to the pious and Christ-loving prince Constantine and named him in holy baptism Vasily and there was great joy in the city of Rostov” (Laurentine Chronicle).

The young Prince Vasilko was the sole ruler of the Rostov principality, every Rostovite recognized the power of the prince, and the prince himself was aware of the responsibility for each of the people. At that time, the Rostov principality included such cities as Uglich, Beloozero, and Veliky Ustyug. The chronicle says that Vasilek was handsome in face, bright-eyed and light-hearted, brave in the hunt, and kind to the boyars and servants.

The power of the Rostov principality was not closed, since Prince Vasilko fulfilled military obligations to his uncle, Grand Duke Yuri of Vladimir. So they, together, far from their families and cities, ended up on the Sit River, where on March 4, 1238, an evil battle took place with the Mongol-Tatars.

In the battle, Grand Duke Yuri was killed, and Vasilko was captured by the Tatars and taken to their camps. They forced the prince to accept pagan customs, to be subordinate and to fight with them.

All this was unthinkable for the prince; he refused Tatar food and drink, but on the contrary he reproached them a lot and said: “O deaf kingdom, desecrated. There is nothing you can do to force me to renounce the Christian faith, even though I am in great trouble!” The Tatars only gnashed their teeth, wanting his blood. The holy prince exclaimed: “Thank you, my God! I see a commendable memory of myself. My young life perishes with iron, and my body withers, Lord, accept my spirit, may I rest in Your glory!”

Prince Vasilko was killed and abandoned in the forest. The Russians saw this and placed the prince’s body in a secret place. Bishop Kirill II of Rostov, who was fleeing from the Tatars on White Lake, found him and brought him to Rostov. The story of these events was recorded in the chronicles, and thus the memory of them has reached our time. About a hundred years ago, Saint and Confessor Tikhon, Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov, blessed and approved the ancient veneration of the holy noble prince martyr Vasilko of Rostov.

The memory of the blessed Prince Vasilka will forever remain young and bright. It is interesting and pleasant to read the old Rostov chronicles, you can glean the wisdom of centuries from them, you can try to escape there from the sorrows of our difficult times. According to the Church, saints are “fellow citizens and relatives of God himself,” which means that the joy of meeting them extends both to the temporary period of our short life and to eternity, where centuries will no longer separate us. “In eternal memory there will be a righteous man,” the image of the kind and “bright-eyed” Prince Vasilko, who in the hour of trial showed the firmness of his conscience and his faith, cannot be indifferent to us.

Priest Alexander PARFYONOV.

I came to the famous family of Suz-dal Mo-no-ma-shi-whose in Russian history. His great-grandfather is Yuri Dol-go-ru-ky, his grandfather is the Great Prince Vse-vo-lod III Big Nest († 1212), brother of St. Andrei God-loving (commemorated July 4/17), he-successor and pro-longer of his deeds. After the death of his father, Va-sil-ku was not even ten years old, and became the young prince of Rostov There was an uncle - the great prince of Vladimir, Saint Yuri (Feb. 4/17).

In 1223, for the first time, the ta-ta-ry, “an unknown people”, who came from the depths of Asia, appeared in the southern steppes. It was said for a century that specific authorities are incapable of friendly joint actions in the masses -shta-bang big war. Clouds thickened over Russia, and in 1237 the Tatar tornado hit Rus'. In de-kab-re under the beat-ra-mi of Ba-tyya pa-la Ryazan. The enemies rushed to Moscow, took it and burned it. On February 3, 1238, the Tatar army reached Vladimir - the city fell, the cathedral was burned.

Saint Yuri and his faithful follower Saint Va-strongly decided to fight “for the right” the glorious Christian faith" with "without God in the ta-ta-ra-mi." On March 4, 1238, a battle was decided on the City River. Ta-ta-ram managed to surround the Russian army with unexpected ma-nev-ry. Just now. Few of the Russian warriors escaped alive from this terrible battle, but the enemies paid a high price for -be-duh. Saint Yuri was from the ruble in a desperate battle, Va-sil-ka, from the wound, brought Ba-ty to the headquarters . Despite the flattering promises of glory and the threat of horror to the torment, the blessed prince came from the hall to drink to serve Ba-ty and accept his faith. Ta-ta-ry “much tormented him, death was before him, he was believed to be in the forest of Shernsky.” So, with a prayer for the right-glorious Church and Holy Rus', the sufferer gave up his spirit to God.

The Church honors Saints Va-sil-ka and Yuri as passionate-persistent-movers, heroic-protectors of the Russian land Their holy example inspired Russian warriors in the fight against the hated invaders.

The complete life of the blessed prince Vasily (Vasilko) of Rostov

The holy, blessed Prince Va-sil-ly (Va-sil-ko) of Rostov was near the glory in Russian history the family of Suz-dal Mo-no-ma-shi-whose. His great-grandfather is Yuri Dol-go-ru-ky, his grandfather is the Great Prince Vse-vo-lod III Big Nest († 1212), brother of St. Andrei Bo- go-lyub-sko-go († 1174, commemorated on July 4), he-successor and continuer of his deeds. From Vla-di-mi-ra-on-Klyaz-me, which became the hundred-face of the ancient Ro-sto-in-Suz-dal-principality, All -lod-he-mo-power-but did the de-la of the whole great Ru-si. “The word about half-ku Igo-re-ve” says about him that he can “Vol-gu weight-la-mi splash, and Don she-lo-ma- "We're fucking here."

Saint Va-sil-ko is the eldest of the chicks of the “Big Nest”. The eldest grandson of Vse-vo-lo-da from his eldest son Kon-stan-ti-na, Va-sil-ko (Va-si-liy) was born on December 7 1208 in Rostove, where the prince's father lived. His childhood passed there, and in 1216, when Kon-stan-tin Vse-vo-lo-do-vich became the Great Prince of Vladimir, Rostov was chosen by Va-sil-ku (he was seven years old) as an inheritance for the prince himself.

Military virtue, sacred duty of service to the Motherland, justice and obedience to elders - tra-di-tsi-on The devils of the Russian prince, who defended the land, were with Va-sil-ku. After the death of his father (the Great Prince Kon-stan-tin died on February 2, 1218, Va-sil-ku was not yet ten years old) the uncle of the young prince of Rostov was the great prince of Vladimir, Saint Yuri († 1238 , on February 4). For twenty years, Prince Yuri ruled the Vladimir land, and all these years Va-sil-ko was his closest friend and fellow warrior. The summer scribes note the flowering beauty of Va-strong, his bright and majestic gaze, from-important skill in game fishing, goodness, intelligence, deep bookishness, meekness and kindness in society relationship with the gods: “For whoever served him, whoever ate his bread and drank the cup with him, he could no longer be a servant of another prince.” In 1219, Va-sil-ko took part in the march of the Vla-di-mi-ro-Suz-dal troops against Volga Bulgaria, in 1221 - on the way to the mouth of the Oka, where Nizhny Novgorod was married that year to Saint Yuri.

In 1223, for the first time in the southern steppes, the ta-ta-ry, “an unknown people”, who came from the depths of Asia, appeared for the first time. Their first victim was the allied fishermen with Russia. Russian princes together with the po-lovets-ki-mi ha-na-mi, many of whom received Holy Baptism, decided to repulse the steppe predators before they reach the Russian Land. Saint Va-sil-ko led the auxiliary detachment, sent by the Great Prince Yuri to participate in the community -Russian steppe style. The enemy turned out to be stronger than we thought. It was said for a century that specific authorities are incapable of friendly joint actions in the masses -shta-bang big war.

Va-strong’s detachment did not arrive in time for the resolution of the battle; at Cher-ni-go-va the sad news came to him about the destruction of Russia of the army on the Kalka River on June 16, 1223. This was a bad omen: a thunderstorm was approaching from the start. Va-sil-ko and his friend returned to Rostov.

In 1227 (according to other sources, 1228) Va-sil-ko Kon-stan-ti-no-vich married, taking Maria, the daughter of the saint, as his wife. go Mi-ha-i-la Cher-ni-gov-sko-go († 1246, September 20). The sister of Prince Mi-ha-i-la was previously married to Uncle Va-sil-ka - Saint Yuri. In 1231, Va-sil-ka’s eldest son, Bo-ris, was born.

Clouds were gathering over Russia. May 3, 1230, wrote le-to-pi-sets, “the earth was shaking at lunchtime,” whether that summer there was famine and pestilence in Russia. In 1232, ta-ta-ry zi-mo-va-li, barely reached the capital of Volga Bulgaria. Life went on as usual, Prince Yuri in 1236 married his sons Vla-di-mir and Msti-sla-va, Va-sil-ko gu- lyal on their wedding-bang. And all of them had a little more than a year left to live - they had already taken the Bulgarian land.

In 1237, the Tatar tornado hit Rus'. In de-kab-re under the beat-ra-mi of Ba-tyya pa-la Ryazan. Prince Yuri did not dare to throw his troops to help her, facing a difficult defense on Vladimir's land. Ta-ta-ry offered peace to him, and the holy prince was ready for re-go-vo-rams. But the conditions of the world - tribute and you-greasy za-vi-si-most from ha-na - were not accepted by us. “Glorious battle,” the prince decided, “the best shame of the world.” The first battle with ta-ta-ra-mi was fought at Ko-lom-ny, ko-man-do-val with friend Vse-vo-lod Yuryevich, but was defeated. The enemies rushed to Moscow, took it and burned it. Another son of Yuri, Vladimir, who led the defense of Moscow, was captured.

Saint Yuri and his faithful follower Saint Va-strongly would have decided to fight “for the right” the glorious Christian faith" with "without God we are ta-ta-ra-mi." Or-ga-ni-zo-vav ob-ro-well and leaving in Vla-di-mi-re sy-no-vey, All-in-lo-da and Revenge-glory, Prince Yuri left I went for Vol-gu to gather new troops in exchange for uni-that-wives Ba-you-em.

With him were the ple-my-ni-ki - Saint Va-sil-ko of Ro-stov with his friend, his brothers - Vse-vo-lod and Vla-di -world Kon-stan-ti-no-vi-chi. The Great Prince was waiting for the arrival of the brothers - Yaro-slav and Svyato-slav with their army.

On the empty Saturday of February 3, 1238, I walked quickly and seamlessly along the winter roads, The Ta-Tar army reached Vladimir. Despite the hero's defense, the city's fate was before it. Bishop Mit-ro-fan, for the spiritual strengthening, tonsured in the Angelic image all the remaining princes in the city and the princess. On February 7, the city fell. Afterwards, the Assumption Cathedral became a stronghold of the rulers of the world, preserving the main shrine of the Russian land - the miraculous Vla-di-mir-skaya icon of God Ma-te-ri. That-ta-ry surrounded the forest with trees and brushes and turned it into a huge flaming bonfire. In the fire and in the smoke, together with you, without protection, women and children, Bishop Mit-ro-fan and all -mya of the holy Prince Yuri: su-pr-ga Aga-fia, daughter of Fe-o-do-ra, brides-ki Maria and Khristi-na, grandson-mla-de-nets Di-mit-riy. Sy-no-vya All-in-lod, Vengeance-glory and the previously captive Vla-di-world were subjected-to-you-for-no-yam and for- re-za-ny "before the eyes of ha-na". (In some ancient times, they are all described as saints).

Saint Yuri stood with his troops near Yaro-slav. Having learned about the death of the capital and the death of his loved ones, the prince, in the words of le-to-pi-si, “carried with a great voice with the following for-mi, crying for the right-faithful faith of Christ and the Church." “It would be better for me to die than to live in the world,” he said, “for which reason I was left alone.” Saint Va-sil-ko, who had sung with his Rostov friend, strengthened him for his military feat.

On March 4, 1238, a battle took place on the City River. Ta-ta-ram managed to surround the Russian army with unexpected ma-nev-ry. Just now. Few of the Russian warriors escaped alive from this terrible battle, but the enemies paid a high price for their be-doo. Saint Yuri was killed in a frantic battle. Va-strong-ka, from-ra-nen-no-go, brought Ba-tyya to headquarters.

Ta-ta-ry does he need to “follow the custom of the no-guys, to be in their will and to fight for them.” With anger, the holy prince rejected the thought of betraying his Motherland and right-to-glory. “It’s not like I’m from the Christian faith,” said the holy prince, remembering the ancient Christ -an is-by-ved-ni-kov. “And he was tormented a lot, before he died, he was believed to be in the forest of Shern.” Thus, the holy Prince Vasil-ko of Rostov gave up his soul to God, reveling in the end of his holy passion and patience. tsu Bo-ri-su, first of the princes of Rostov, whom he supported in life. Like Saint Bo-ri-su, Va-sil-ku was not yet thirty years old.

Bishop Kirill of Rostov, having arrived at the battlefield, buried the dead right-glorious warriors -new, I found the body of the holy Prince Yuri (only you couldn’t find his head from the rub-flax in the piles) faithful bodies), transferred the honorable remains to Rostov - to the Assumption Cathedral. The body of Saint Va-strong-ka was found-de-but in the Shernsky forest by the son of a saint and brought-to Ro-stov . There, the prince's wife, children, Bishop Kirill and the entire people of Rostov met with bitter tears and love -th prince and rowed him under his co-church.

De-scribe the sin of Prince Va-sil-ka, le-to-pi-sets so ha-rak-te-ri-zo-val him: “Ry-da-lo na- the birth of a lot of right-to-glory, in vain from the father and feeding the si-rym, sad consolation The movement is great, darkened by the shining star that has set in. God opened the eyes of his heart to the entire church rank. dear, and to all the church people, and the poor, and the sad, as beloved was the father... He washed the man with blood their sins with their brothers."

The sign of God's special love for the people was that the princes were not near the house in the Rostov cathedral council: “Behold, a miracle happened, for even after death God was theirs.” (Later, the mighty powers of the holy Prince Yuri were transferred to the restored Vladimir Assumption Council boron)

The Church honors Saints Va-sil-ka and Yuri as passionate-persistent-movers, heroic-protectors of the Russian Earth. Their holy example inspired Russian warriors in the fight against the hated invaders. The most detailed story about the life and deeds of the holy princes Va-sil-ka and Yuri with the co-guardian Lav-ren-tyevskaya le-to-write, pi-san-naya ino-kom Lav-ren-ti-em according to the good-word-of-the-holy-ti-la, ar-hi-epi-sco-pa Suz- far away, in 1377 - three years before the Battle of Kulikov.