It was stated to others: a) that he, Dometian, being in the rank of hierodeacon, on September 783, 22 days, secretly escaped from the Lavra to his fatherland, i.e., to the Black Mountains, where, according to his own confession, which was included in the case, he passed through the border and various foreign cities without a passport, without affecting both the journey and the Montenegrin the city of Tsetyn as a hierodeacon, and a monk, and during his escape, he took away 50 state Lavra money and private 15 rubles of money, and from there in October 785, returning to the Lavra, although he presented that money and, by a single condescension, was left without the fine he deserved..., but with an obligation to sign so that he would not make escapes in the future, and about what he had done before he bore fruits worthy of repentance, b) that even then he showed disobedience to the late Metropolitan. to Samuil of Kyiv, c) that finally now, due to Dometian’s restless character, the senior Lavra brethren are asking for his eviction from the Lavra to the Kitaev hermitage.
Holy Synod, based on all the data at the meeting on August 28. 1797, determined: since Hierom. Dometian Vladevich turned out to be false to his rector, Metropolitan. Hierotheus to His Imperial Majesty with a denunciation, thus causing a vain inconvenience to the Highest E.V., person... for this reason, Dometian, in fear of others and in disgust from such false enterprises, deprived of the hieromonastic and monastic ranks, was sent to the Kyiv provincial government to transfer him, as if he nature from the Black Mountain, abroad, with confirmation to whomever should be at the border outposts, so that he, Dometian, is not allowed inside Russia.
But since the matter began with a letter addressed to the highest name, St. The synod considered it necessary to bring the whole matter and its definition about Dometian to the highest view, and the sovereign September 9. 1797 approved the report of the synod.
From 2 Oct. Metropolitan Hierotheus had already informed the synod that Hieromonk Dometian had been deprived of hieromonasticism and monasticism on September 30 and was sent from the spiritual cathedral of the Lavra to the Kyiv province with the Jurassic name of Dmitry. board for transportation abroad.
But, even before his disgrace, the restless Dometian again sent the Emperor, on August 1–4, a new additional letter. Hierotheus's denunciation, which was transmitted in the same manner from
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sovereign to the synod, from the synod to Peter. Hierotheus. M. Hierotheus again presented to the synod of October 23. a detailed justification with the attachment of receipts and expenditure documents, proposing, moreover, through which a third party and the investigation should be appointed and thereby save him, the Metropolitan, in his old age from the reproach brought before the throne by the High Monarch and co. Synod. The Holy Synod recognized the Metropolitan’s justification as sufficient, and since D. Vladevich had already suffered capital punishment and was exiled abroad, St. the synod could only finish the matter by declaring that the Holy Synod infers from the explanation of Metropolitan Hierotheos that he acts decently in everything in the monastery, preserving the rituals preserved in it since ancient times.
It seemed that after everything that had happened, there was no longer any possibility for the former hieromonk Dometian to return to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, and even with a promotion. However, it turned out the other way around.
At the end of 1801, having recently ascended the Russian throne, Emperor. Alexander I received the following letter:
All-merciful Sovereign!
I was born in the Black Mountains in the Adriatic seaside, and after the death of my parents in early childhood, the Right Reverend Metropolitan of Montenegro Vasily Petrovich in 758 took me to the highly famous Russian Empire and under my uncle, Protopresbyter Filofei Vladevich, I was raised and taught to read and write in Russian. After that, he was in the military service of the Imperial Majesty, and after resigning from service, according to his most fervent desire, he accepted the rank of monk in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, and there the saints and hieromonks, Rev. etr. Samuel in 786 Sept. 22 was ordained and lived in innocence and in the correction of his office. Upon his death, Rev. Samuel was taken over by the late Rev. Hierotheus. His board is in Kyiv. The Lavra was the most burdensome hand; He squandered church unpaid money immensely and used quite a lot of money for his own needs, he offended the brethren, I kept him in the worst condition.
. From this sad incident, the walk of Rev. Hierotheus introduced
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