On June 30, 1705, emerging from a nocturnal orgy at dawn, he visited the monastery of the Ruthenian Basilian Fathers in Polotsk, planted himself in front of the statue of the blessed Jehoshaphat, who was represented with an ax driven into his skull, and demanded in a thick voice: "Who put this holy man in such a sad state?" "It was the schismatics," replied Father Kozikovsky, the superior of the order. On hearing the word "schismatics" applied to Orthodox soldiers by a servant of the Pope, the Czar flew into a rage. He ran his sword through Father Kozikovsky and killed him; officers of his suite struck down three other monks, mortally wounding two of them, and slashed the breasts of some pious women who protested the carnage. The same evening Alexis Makarov, the Czar's secretary, wrote in His Majesty's Journal : "Entered the Uniat church of Polotsk and killed five Uniats for having called our generals heretics." The affair made a scandal that reached as far as Rome. But Peter was perfectly indifferent to the fact that far away a few Catholic priests were getting all worked up over nothing.
But the official explanation. Quoted by N. Ustryalov, History of the reign Peter the Great, Volume IV., Part II, App. II. Letters and reports the king and his ministers, p. 337 :
«By n his decree. at. Conf. all general and every mansions declared. The reason Polotsk obesheniya (poveshaniya) one and killing some spiritual Uniate for perpetrated by their slander of his p. a-wu, which has correspondence with the enemy and the indignation of the people against the forces of his p. in., sitsevym followed properly, that whosoever dignity to act knowing detractors, these things evil be construed faith is not nn:
«While his p. in-vu from his generals on the cabin apartments in Polotsk former, rather communicated, way by the aforementioned Uniate spirit continually with the enemy and the Swedes have Sapezhintsy correspondence and opasnyya intentions against the forces of p. at. what they pleased with the arguments through their letters and perenyatyya presteregatelstva of benevolent have, but also in its explicit Kazan (and especially the uniqueness of them, former citizen is, u. in., a monk and otstupivy faith) has always led the nation. book. Litovskago aroused against his troops u. at. and the secret of their pobieniyu eating, though zelo ponositelnyya words clearly on the highest personages as his u. at. and since in his. Polskago August. Notwithstanding his p. at. she despised those of their anger and smashing her generosity, no contrary it has not commanded inflict. But the last one, when it happened in the past-woo go to church and wanting to see their ceremony, I went with several members of the aristocracy the court of his then remembered zlochestivye of not only his in-in with proper honor to receive, but above all, with all bezchestiem, kotorago b of not only such a monarch, but just b, honor, dignity, to demolish them is impossible: for when thou wast his p. at. wanting to see their church rites, would enter into oltar of the church, then began bezchinnymi discharge the same words in it-woo said that it is not worthy of him, for Thou enemy of faith, customs join. Hedgehog n. at. Notwithstanding, according to his blagoutrobiyu, demolished, and nothing otveschaya, went out, and having come to some more so that other jewelry image, asking them: "Whose way?" But these zlochestivtsy abusive otveschali that this image of the martyr their Jehoshaphat kotorago de your co-religionists heretics and apostates, and persecutors, as you are killed. For which the vile blasphemy (vozyarivsya), he commanded his p. at. with him then He got lyudem the add ye scornful men found guilty and traitors take and cause to arrest to conviction, izshed himself away from these bogomerzkih. However, discharge the same, seeing our malolyudstvo; Sim began his p. at. Protivity and people screaming for help, so that more different to them from their chants at the monastery with arms inspector, although their recapture, and that suprotivlenii some of its p. at. people injured, for which discharge the same, were wroth, began themselves so the villains are not sparing a hack, so that four of them against their will u. at. mortally wounded and died, redeem himself worthy of condemnation of the death penalty bezchestnoy. Later the same yakoego y. in the islands former subject and a traitor and an apostate faith and, even angrier, disturber people, for they announced above, the incrimination explicitly so his crimes, sentenced to death and another to model explicitly, Thou wicked, obeshen. This is the true proclamation of tacos the case, hedgehog everyone to the news is yes, that detractors of the injury to his u. at. high equity and priyatstvennyh in speech-acts of the Commonwealth, could not be inactivated rozglasiti. Hedgehog in the statement by my own hand and seal and signed in a clear print issue commanded. Done in Vilnius.
Together with the symmetry announcement is stored in Moskovs. Main Archives: «Statement, circulated from Rome to all the dioceses, the murder of monks from the ranks of St.. Basil, what perpetrate The king on July 11. (Translated from Grecheskago translation perelozhennago with Italiyanskago).
«The king, going to march to the aid of Augustus, had asked the blessing of their bishops. Jaworski and others not otherwise agreed to ask his blessing from God, both on its promise to eliminate union in Poland. He has long disagreed, and finally, by conviction, gave his word and signed with all the nobles to eliminate the union. In Vitepske ordered to chop up all the icons blazhennago Josaphat. Then came in Polotsk, to burn his relics. Two weeks passed quietly. But on July 11 at the end of the evening came to the monastery, inhabited by the image of St. Rusak. Basil went to oltar and seeing icon of Jehoshaphat asked Booty Theophanes: "Whose way?" "Blazhennago Jehoshaphat," replied the monk. "And what does the ax in its head?" "Sign guns, which slaughter. " "And who is set to call him a saint?" "Quoting the bishop of Rome." "So you Uniates?" "Uniate". The king struck him with his stick on the head, then gave such a slap in the face, the monk fell. King, lure Angliyskago dog ordered him to crush, and the sword ripped it in half, then drugago sosudohranitelya Josaphat. And left them dead before oltarem Bl. Jehoshaphat became a big oltar, scattered on the floor of St. gifts. Pop Zagloshsky Constantine began to collect them. The king cut him ears, and that bringeth out of town ordered to hang. The rope broke, pop down and 1 / 4 hours on his knees, vozdevshi hands. The king ordered the bodies of all three martyrs burned. Then, return to the monastery, waving his sword, killed the priests Clement Ianova, Michael, grind, Gabriel. All the other fled. There was one priest James Kyushkovsky, Pet Ellinskago school, teacher St. Theology: that tormented the whole night and hung up. All the servants of the monastery beaten. Blagorodnyya wife, seeing their dead bodies, crying: The king ordered to cut their breasts. Church ransacked and sealed. In another convent nuns expelled. Metropolitan facing the gallows. He now runs and hides in the woods. His Holiness the Pope had received from his ambassador in Poland, that the King of the same faces and the Jesuits. "
611 . The modern list without buckles and no signification of time, with litters later hand: "July 1705." other similar list in Polish. Both in Moskovs. Home. arhive.-In the original version Gistorii Sveyskoy War, it was said: "1703 90 June were in Polotsk stone" Uniate church. Five Uniates beaten for what our generals were called "heretics." This Peter crossed the place.
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