Abstract:
The present article analyzes the two epistles of Kliment Smoliatich, the metropolitan
of Kiev, written between 1147 and 1154, and sent to Smolensk. The addressees
of the epistles were Foma (Thomas) the Presbyter and Prince Rostislav
of Smolensk. The epistle to Foma is well known, whereas the epistle to Rostislav
is not preserved and is known only through reconstruction. It is argued
that both epistles were provoked by the ecclesiastical struggle created by the
uncanonical installment of Kliment Smoliatich as metropolitan.
