About imaginary ecumenism, the newly installed Bishop Anthony (Sevryuk) and the norms of etiquette that are higher than the Christian conscience

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Biography

In 1991-1995 he studied at secondary school No. 19 in the city of Tver. He was baptized at the age of 11[1]. In 1995 he entered the municipal educational institution "Tver Lyceum", from which he graduated in 2002 with a gold medal.

While studying at school, he served as an altar boy and subdeacon at the Resurrection Cathedral in Tver.

In 2002 he entered the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. During training, I served as an employee of the website of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy and as a teacher of an optional English language course. Regularly represented St. Petersburg theological schools at various conferences and seminars.

In 2004-2007, he annually took part in the summer Orthodox youth camp in Potamitissa, Cyprus, as a translator and leader of a delegation of Russian students[2]. In 2006, he participated in a seminar of the youth organization Syndesmos in Brussels, Belgium.

In October 2006, in the academic church in the name of the holy apostle and evangelist John the Theologian, the rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Archbishop Konstantin (Goryanov) of Tikhvin, made him a reader.

In March 2007, he was sent to the Orthodox department of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Joensuu (Finland) to undergo an internship and write a thesis “Eschatology in World Religions”[2]. During his studies, he served as dean of the St. John the Theological Church at the Theological Seminary of the Finnish Orthodox Church.

In June 2007, upon returning to St. Petersburg, he successfully defended his thesis for the seminary course on the topic “Eschatology in World Religions” and on June 17 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary in the first category, and was awarded the prize named after Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod . By the decision of the teaching meeting, he was admitted to the number of students of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy without passing entrance exams.

In September 2007, he was appointed as an intern in the communication service of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. Since October 2007 - assistant to the chairman of the DECR MP, Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad.

In September 2008, he was appointed teacher at the Smolensk Theological Seminary.

On February 5, 2009, he was appointed personal secretary of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.

On March 5, 2009, in the home church of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful in the Patriarchal Chambers of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, Patriarch Kirill tonsured him into monasticism with the name Anthony in honor of the Venerable Martyr Anthony of Valaam.

On March 8, 2009, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior of the Year in Moscow, Patriarch Kirill ordained him as a hierodeacon.

On April 1, 2009, by order of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', Kirill was appointed head of the personal secretariat of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', created at the same time[3].

On April 3, 2010, in the Cathedral of Christ, Patriarch Kirill ordained him to the rank of hieromonk with the laying on of a gilt.

On June 5, 2010 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy in the first category.

On March 22, 2011, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was appointed clergyman of the St. Nicholas Stavropegic Parish in Rome.

On April 7, 2011, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' awarded the right to wear a pectoral cross.

On April 8, 2011, he was relieved of his post as head of the personal secretariat of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

On May 30, 2011, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was relieved of his post as cleric of the St. Nicholas Church in Rome and appointed rector of the stauropegial church in honor of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine in Rome[4].

On June 28, 2011, by Decree of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', Kirill was appointed secretary of the Administration of parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy.

On June 22, 2012, the Academic Council of the Paris Orthodox Seminary invited Hieromonk Anthony (Sevryuk) to teach at the seminary[5].

On July 18, 2013, during the Divine Liturgy in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.

On October 23, 2014, by decision of the Holy Synod, it was included in the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On October 7, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, in the home church of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful in the Patriarchal Chambers of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, tonsured him into a mantle with the name Anthony in honor of the Venerable Anthony the Roman, the Novgorod miracle worker.

Bishopric

On October 22, 2015, he was elected Bishop of Bogorodsk, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', and also appointed head of the Office for Foreign Institutions of the Moscow Patriarchate, and administrator of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy[6].

On October 23, 2015, in the Cathedral of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Vvedensky Stavropegial Monastery of Optina Pustyn, Archimandrite Anthony was named Bishop of Bogorodsky[7].

On October 26, 2015, in the cathedral church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God of the Novodevichy Mother of God of Smolensk Monastery in Moscow, the consecration of Archimandrite Anthony as Bishop of Bogorodsky took place. The consecration was performed by Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill, Metropolitan of Krutitsa and Kolomna Yuvenaly (Poyarkov), Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Hilarion (Alfeev), Metropolitan of Tver and Kashin Viktor (Oleynik), Metropolitan of Istra Arseny (Epifanov), Metropolitan of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut Pavel (Fokin) ), Archbishop of Peterhof Ambrose (Ermakov), Archbishop of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk Theophylact (Kuryanov), Bishop of Vidnovsky Tikhon (Nedosekin), Bishop of Serpukhov Roman (Gavrilov), Bishop of Solnechnogorsk Sergius (Chashin), Bishop of Balashikha Nikolai (Pogrebnyak), Bishop of Zaraisky Konstantin ( Ostrovsky)[8].

On October 28, 2015, he was appointed to the position of rector of the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist on Presnya in Moscow[9].

On December 24, 2015, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was included in the Supreme Church Council[10].

On April 16, 2021, by decision of the Holy Synod, he was included in the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council[11]

Anthony, Metropolitan of Korsun and Western Europe

Biography:

• Anthony, Metropolitan of Korsun and Western Europe (Sevryuk Anton Yurievich) Born on October 12, 1984 in Tver.
• In 1991-1995 studied at secondary school No. 19 in Tver. In 1995 he entered the municipal educational institution "Tver Lyceum", from which he graduated in 2002 with a gold medal.
• While studying at school, he served as an altar boy and subdeacon in the Resurrection Cathedral in Tver.
• In 2002 he entered the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary. During the training, I was obedient to an employee of the website of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy and a teacher of an optional English language course. Regularly represented St. Petersburg theological schools at various conferences and seminars.
• In 2006, he participated in a seminar of the youth organization Syndesmos in Brussels, Belgium. In 2004-2007 annually took part in the work of the summer Orthodox youth camp in Potamitissa, Cyprus, as a translator and leader of the Russian-speaking delegation.
• In October 2006, the rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, Archbishop Konstantin of Tikhvin (now the Archbishop of Kurgan and Shadrinsk), was tonsured a reader in the academic church in the name of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
• In March 2007, he was sent for an internship to the Orthodox department of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Joensuu (Finland), during his studies he served as dean of the St. John the Theological Church at the Theological Seminary of the Finnish Orthodox Church.
• In June 2007, upon returning to St. Petersburg, he successfully defended his thesis for a seminary course on the topic “Eschatology in World Religions.”
• On June 17, 2007, he graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary in the first category and was awarded the prize named after Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod. By the decision of the teaching meeting, he was admitted to the number of students of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy without passing entrance exams.
• In September 2007, he was appointed as an intern in the communication service of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. Since October 2007 - assistant to the chairman of the DECR MP, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (now His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'). In September 2008, he was appointed teacher at the Smolensk Theological Seminary.
• Since February 5, 2009 - personal secretary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.
• On March 5, 2009, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill tonsured him into monasticism with the name Anthony in honor of the Venerable Martyr Anthony of Valaam in the home church of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful in the Patriarchal Chambers of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius.
• On March 8, 2009, His Holiness the Patriarch ordained him as a hierodeacon in the Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
• From April 2009 to April 8, 2011 - head of the personal secretariat of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.
• On April 3, 2010, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill ordained him a hieromonk with the laying on of a breech cloth.
• On June 5, 2010, he graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy with the first category.
• By the decision of the Holy Synod of March 22, 2011 (journal No. 32), he was appointed clergyman of the St. Nicholas Stavropegic Parish in Rome.
• By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 30, 2011 (journal No. 62), he was relieved of his position as a cleric
• On July 12, 2011, by decree of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, he was appointed secretary of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy.
• On July 18, 2013, during a service in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.
• On October 7, 2015, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, in the home church of the holy righteous Philaret the Merciful in the Patriarchal Chambers of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, tonsured him into a mantle with the name Anthony in honor of the Venerable Anthony the Roman, the Novgorod wonderworker.
• By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 22, 2015 (magazine No. 62), he was elected Bishop of Bogorodsk, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', with the assignment of providing archpastoral care for the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy, and appointed head of the Moscow Patriarchate Office for Foreign Institutions.
• He was ordained bishop on October 23, 2015 in the Cathedral of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos in Optina Hermitage. Consecrated on October 26 at the Divine Liturgy in the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow. The services were led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.
• By decree of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill dated October 28, 2015, he was appointed to the position of rector of the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist on Presnya in Moscow.
• By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 29, 2021 (magazine No. 52), he was relieved of his post as administrator of the Italian parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate and rector of the stauropegic Church of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine in Rome. The Synod decided to have the title “Zvenigorodsky”.
• In September-December 2021 - temporary administrator of the Berlin diocese.
• By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 28, 2021 (journal No. 116), he was appointed administrator of the Vienna-Austrian and Budapest-Hungarian dioceses with the title “Vienna and Budapest” and retaining the position of head of the Moscow Patriarchate Office for Foreign Institutions. Also, by decision of the Synod, temporary management of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy was entrusted.
• On February 1, 2021, during the Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of archbishop.
• On October 15, 2021, at a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, it was decided to release Archbishop Anthony of Vienna and Budapest from the temporary management of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy (magazine No. 77).
• By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 30, 2021 (magazine No. 49), he was appointed His Eminence of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, temporarily managing the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy, with release from the administration of the Vienna-Austrian and Budapest-Hungarian dioceses and retaining the position of head of the Administration Moscow Patriarchate for foreign institutions.
• On May 31, 2021, during the Liturgy in the Resurrection Cathedral of the Novodevichy Convent in St. Petersburg, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of metropolitan.

Education:

2007 - St. Petersburg Theological Seminary.

2010 - St. Petersburg Theological Academy.

Place of work:

Office of the Moscow Patriarchate for Foreign Institutions
(Head)
Place of work:

Moscow Patriarchate
(Head of the Office for Foreign Institutions)
Place of work:

Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Italian Republic
(Temporary Administrator)
Diocese:

Korsun Diocese
(Ruling Bishop)
Place of work:

Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe
(Head of the Exarchate)
Scientific works, publications:

The word of Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk) upon his naming as Bishop of Bogorodsk.

Awards:

Church:

• 2008 - medal “1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'”, 1st class;
• 2008 - Order of the “1020th Anniversary of the Baptism of Kievan Rus” (UOC);
• 2010 - Cross of the Holy Apostle Mark (Alexandrian Orthodox Church);
• 2012 - Order of St. Paisiy Velichkovsky II Art. (Moldavian Orthodox Church);
• 2019 - Order of St. blgv. book Daniel of Moscow III Art.

Awards

• 2008 — medal “1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'”, 1st class.
• 2008 - Order of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church “1020 years of the Baptism of Kievan Rus”
• 2010 - Cross of St. Apostle Mark (Alexandria Orthodox Church)
• 2012 - Order of St. Paisius Velichkovsky, II degree (Moldavian Orthodox Church)
• 2014 — Patriarchal sign “700th anniversary of St. Sergius of Radonezh”
• 2015 — Jubilee medal “In memory of the 1000th anniversary of the repose of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir”

Notes

1. [www.pravmir.ru/ieromonax-antonij-sevryuk-o-vechnom-gorode-duxovnom-sterzhne-i-svyatejshem-patriarxe/ Hieromonk Anthony (Sevryuk): About the Eternal City, the spiritual core and His Holiness the Patriarch | Orthodoxy and peace]
2. ↑ 12
   [www.pravmir.ru/ieromonax-antonij-sevryuk-o-vechnom-gorode-duxovnom-sterzhne-i-svyatejshem-patriarxe/ Hieromonk Anthony (Sevryuk): “About the Eternal City, the spiritual core and His Holiness the Patriarch.”] // "Orthodoxy and Peace". (July 10, 2012).
3. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/603336.html His Holiness Patriarch Kirill issued an order to change the structure of the Moscow Patriarchate.] // Patriarchia.Ru
4. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1498448.html Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of May 30, 2011.] Journal No. 62. // Patriarchia.Ru
5. ru.seminaria.fr/The academic-council-of-the-seminary-summed-up-the-academic-year-and-adopted_a306.html
6. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4250904.html Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of October 22, 2015.] Journal No. 62. // Patriarchia.Ru
7. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4251948.html The naming of Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) as Bishop of Yegoryevsk and Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk) as Bishop of Bogorodsk took place.] // Patriarchia.Ru
8. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4255265.html On the feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the Primate of the Russian Church celebrated the Liturgy at the Novodevichy Monastery in Moscow and led the consecration of Archimandrite Anthony (Sevryuk) as Bishop of Bogorodsk.] // Patriarchy.Ru
9. [www.moseparh.ru/docs/ukaz/text/47094.html Decree No. U-02/177 of October 28, 2015] (Russian). — Official website of the Moscow City Diocese.
10. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4304773.html Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of December 24, 2015.] Journal No. 89. // Patriarchia.Ru
11. [www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4460239.html JOURNAL of the meeting of the Holy Synod of April 16, 2021 / Official documents / Patriarchia.ru]

Metropolitan Anthony of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe

In October 2006, he was tonsured a reader.

He carried the obedience of the assistant to the chairman of the DECR MP, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (now His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'), teacher of the Smolensk Theological Seminary, personal secretary of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.

On March 5, 2009, he was tonsured a monk and given the name Anthony in honor of the Venerable Martyr Anthony of Valaam. On March 8, 2009, he was ordained a hierodeacon, and on April 3, 2010, he was ordained a hieromonk with the laying on of the gaiter.

He was rector of various churches in the city of Rome, secretary of parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy.

On July 18, 2013, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. On October 7, 2015, he was tonsured into the mantle with the name Anthony in honor of the Monk Anthony the Roman, the Novgorod wonderworker.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 22, 2015, he was elected Bishop of Bogorodsk, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', with the assignment of providing archpastoral care for the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy, and appointed head of the Moscow Patriarchate Office for Foreign Institutions. He was named bishop on October 23, 2015, and consecrated on October 26 at the Divine Liturgy in the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow. The services were led by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 24, 2015, he was included in the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of July 29, 2021, he was relieved of his position as administrator of the Italian parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate and rector of the stauropegic church in the name of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine in the city of Rome. The Synod decided to have the title “Zvenigorodsky”.

In September-December 2021 - temporary administrator of the Berlin diocese.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 28, 2021, he was appointed administrator of the Vienna-Austrian and Budapest-Hungarian dioceses with the title “Vienna and Budapest” and retaining the position of head of the Moscow Patriarchate Office for Foreign Institutions. Also, by decision of the Synod, temporary management of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy was entrusted.

On February 1, 2021, during the Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the rank of archbishop.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of October 15, 2021, he was released from temporary management of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of May 30, 2021, he was elected His Grace of Korsun and Western Europe, Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe, temporarily managing the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy with release from the administration of the Vienna-Austrian and Budapest-Hungarian dioceses, but retaining the position of head of the Moscow Patriarchate Administration for foreign institutions.

He graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary (2007) and the St. Petersburg Theological Academy (2010) in the first category.

Excerpt characterizing Anthony (Sevryuk)

- What, master, aren’t you sleeping? - said the Cossack sitting under the truck. - No; and... Likhachev, I think your name is? After all, I just arrived. We went to the French. - And Petya told the Cossack in detail not only his trip, but also why he went and why he believes that it is better to risk his life than to make Lazar at random. “Well, they should have slept,” said the Cossack. “No, I’m used to it,” answered Petya. - What, you don’t have flints in your pistols? I brought it with me. Isn't it necessary? You take it. The Cossack leaned out from under the truck to take a closer look at Petya. “Because I’m used to doing everything carefully,” said Petya. “Some people just don’t get ready, and then they regret it.” I don't like it that way. “That’s for sure,” said the Cossack. “And one more thing, please, my dear, sharpen my saber; dull it... (but Petya was afraid to lie) it was never sharpened. Can this be done? - Why, it’s possible. Likhachev stood up, rummaged through his packs, and Petya soon heard the warlike sound of steel on a block. He climbed onto the truck and sat on the edge of it. The Cossack was sharpening his saber under the truck. - Well, are the fellows sleeping? - said Petya. - Some are sleeping, and some are like this. - Well, what about the boy? - Is it spring? He collapsed there in the entryway. He sleeps with fear. I was really glad. For a long time after this, Petya was silent, listening to the sounds. Footsteps were heard in the darkness and a black figure appeared. - What are you sharpening? – the man asked, approaching the truck. - But sharpen the master’s saber. “Good job,” said the man who seemed to Petya to be a hussar. - Do you still have a cup? - And over there by the wheel. The hussar took the cup. “It’ll probably be light soon,” he said, yawning, and walked off somewhere. Petya should have known that he was in the forest, in Denisov’s party, a mile from the road, that he was sitting on a wagon captured from the French, around which the horses were tied, that the Cossack Likhachev was sitting under him and sharpening his saber, that there was a big black spot to the right is a guardhouse, and a bright red spot below to the left is a dying fire, that the man who came for a cup is a hussar who was thirsty; but he knew nothing and did not want to know it. He was in a magical kingdom in which there was nothing like reality. A large black spot, perhaps there was definitely a guardhouse, or perhaps there was a cave that led into the very depths of the earth. The red spot might have been fire, or maybe the eye of a huge monster. Maybe he’s definitely sitting on a wagon now, but it’s very possible that he’s not sitting on a wagon, but on a terribly high tower, from which if he fell, he’d fly to the ground for a whole day, a whole month - keep flying and never reach it . It may be that just a Cossack Likhachev is sitting under the truck, but it may very well be that this is the kindest, bravest, most wonderful, most excellent person in the world, whom no one knows. Maybe it was just a hussar passing for water and going into the ravine, or maybe he just disappeared from sight and completely disappeared, and he was not there. Whatever Petya saw now, nothing would surprise him. He was in a magical kingdom where everything was possible. He looked at the sky. And the sky was as magical as the earth. The sky was clearing, and clouds were moving quickly over the tops of the trees, as if revealing the stars. Sometimes it seemed that the sky cleared and a black, clear sky appeared. Sometimes it seemed that these black spots were clouds. Sometimes it seemed as if the sky was rising high, high above your head; sometimes the sky dropped completely, so that you could reach it with your hand. Petya began to close his eyes and sway. Drops were dripping. There was a quiet conversation. The horses neighed and fought. Someone was snoring. “Ozhig, zhig, zhig, zhig...” the saber being sharpened whistled. And suddenly Petya heard a harmonious choir of music playing some unknown, solemnly sweet hymn. Petya was musical, just like Natasha, and more than Nikolai, but he had never studied music, did not think about music, and therefore the motives that unexpectedly came to his mind were especially new and attractive to him. The music played louder and louder. The melody grew, moving from one instrument to another. What was called a fugue was happening, although Petya did not have the slightest idea what a fugue was. Each instrument, sometimes similar to a violin, sometimes like trumpets - but better and cleaner than violins and trumpets - each instrument played its own and, not yet finishing the tune, merged with another, which started almost the same, and with the third, and with the fourth , and they all merged into one and scattered again, and again merged, now into the solemn church, now into the brightly brilliant and victorious. “Oh, yes, it’s me in a dream,” Petya said to himself, swaying forward. - It's in my ears. Or maybe it's my music. Well, again. Go ahead my music! Well!..” He closed his eyes. And from different sides, as if from afar, sounds began to tremble, began to harmonize, scatter, merge, and again everything united into the same sweet and solemn hymn. “Oh, what a delight this is! As much as I want and how I want,” Petya said to himself. He tried to lead this huge choir of instruments. “Well, hush, hush, freeze now. – And the sounds obeyed him. - Well, now it’s fuller, more fun. More, even more joyful. – And from an unknown depth arose intensifying, solemn sounds. “Well, voices, pester!” - Petya ordered. And first, male voices were heard from afar, then female voices. The voices grew, grew in uniform, solemn effort. Petya was scared and joyful to listen to their extraordinary beauty. The song merged with the solemn victory march, and drops fell, and burn, burn, burn... the saber whistled, and again the horses fought and neighed, not breaking the choir, but entering into it. Petya didn’t know how long this lasted: he enjoyed himself, was constantly surprised by his pleasure and regretted that there was no one to tell it to. He was awakened by Likhachev's gentle voice. - Ready, your honor, you will split the guard in two. Petya woke up. - It’s already dawn, really, it’s dawning! - he screamed. The previously invisible horses became visible up to their tails, and a watery light was visible through the bare branches. Petya shook himself, jumped up, took a ruble from his pocket and gave it to Likhachev, waved, tried the saber and put it in the sheath. The Cossacks untied the horses and tightened the girths. “Here is the commander,” said Likhachev. Denisov came out of the guardhouse and, calling out to Petya, ordered them to get ready. Quickly in the semi-darkness they dismantled the horses, tightened the girths and sorted out the teams. Denisov stood at the guardhouse, giving the last orders. The party's infantry, slapping a hundred feet, marched forward along the road and quickly disappeared between the trees in the predawn fog. Esaul ordered something to the Cossacks. Petya held his horse on the reins, impatiently awaiting the order to mount. Washed with cold water, his face, especially his eyes, burned with fire, a chill ran down his back, and something in his whole body trembled quickly and evenly. - Well, is everything ready for you? - Denisov said. - Give us the horses. The horses were brought in. Denisov became angry with the Cossack because the girths were weak, and, scolding him, sat down. Petya took hold of the stirrup. The horse, out of habit, wanted to bite his leg, but Petya, not feeling his weight, quickly jumped into the saddle and, looking back at the hussars who were moving behind in the darkness, rode up to Denisov. - Vasily Fedorovich, will you entrust me with something? Please... for God's sake... - he said. Denisov seemed to have forgotten about Petya’s existence. He looked back at him. “I ask you about one thing,” he said sternly, “to obey me and not interfere anywhere.” During the entire journey, Denisov did not speak a word to Petya and rode in silence. When we arrived at the edge of the forest, the field was noticeably getting lighter. Denisov spoke in a whisper with the esaul, and the Cossacks began to drive past Petya and Denisov. When they had all passed, Denisov started his horse and rode downhill. Sitting on their hindquarters and sliding, the horses descended with their riders into the ravine. Petya rode next to Denisov. The trembling throughout his body intensified. It became lighter and lighter, only the fog hid distant objects. Moving down and looking back, Denisov nodded his head to the Cossack standing next to him. - Signal! - he said. The Cossack raised his hand and a shot rang out. And at the same instant, the tramp of galloping horses was heard in front, screams from different sides and more shots. At the same instant as the first sounds of stomping and screaming were heard, Petya, hitting his horse and releasing the reins, not listening to Denisov, who was shouting at him, galloped forward. It seemed to Petya that it suddenly dawned as brightly as the middle of the day at that moment when the shot was heard. He galloped towards the bridge. Cossacks galloped along the road ahead. On the bridge he encountered a lagging Cossack and rode on. Some people ahead - they must have been French - were running from the right side of the road to the left. One fell into the mud under the feet of Petya's horse. Cossacks crowded around one hut, doing something. A terrible scream was heard from the middle of the crowd. Petya galloped up to this crowd, and the first thing he saw was the pale face of a Frenchman with a shaking lower jaw, holding onto the shaft of a lance pointed at him. “Hurray!.. Guys... ours...” Petya shouted and, giving the reins to the overheated horse, galloped forward down the street. Shots were heard ahead. Cossacks, hussars and ragged Russian prisoners, running from both sides of the road, were all shouting something loudly and awkwardly. A handsome Frenchman, without a hat, with a red, frowning face, in a blue overcoat, fought off the hussars with a bayonet. When Petya galloped up, the Frenchman had already fallen. I was late again, Petya flashed in his head, and he galloped to where frequent shots were heard. Shots rang out in the courtyard of the manor house where he was with Dolokhov last night. The French sat down there behind a fence in a dense garden overgrown with bushes and fired at the Cossacks crowded at the gate. Approaching the gate, Petya, in the powder smoke, saw Dolokhov with a pale, greenish face, shouting something to the people. “Take a detour! Wait for the infantry!” - he shouted, while Petya drove up to him. “Wait?.. Hurray!..” Petya shouted and, without hesitating a single minute, galloped to the place from where the shots were heard and where the powder smoke was thicker. A volley was heard, empty bullets squealed and hit something. The Cossacks and Dolokhov galloped after Petya through the gates of the house. The French, in the swaying thick smoke, some threw down their weapons and ran out of the bushes to meet the Cossacks, others ran downhill to the pond. Petya galloped on his horse along the manor's yard and, instead of holding the reins, strangely and quickly waved both arms and fell further and further out of the saddle to one side. The horse, running into the fire smoldering in the morning light, rested, and Petya fell heavily onto the wet ground. The Cossacks saw how quickly his arms and legs twitched, despite the fact that his head did not move. The bullet pierced his head. After talking with the senior French officer, who came out to him from behind the house with a scarf on his sword and announced that they were surrendering, Dolokhov got off his horse and approached Petya, who was lying motionless, with his arms outstretched. “Ready,” he said, frowning, and went through the gate to meet Denisov, who was coming towards him. - Killed?! - Denisov cried out, seeing from afar the familiar, undoubtedly lifeless position in which Petya’s body lay. “Ready,” Dolokhov repeated, as if pronouncing this word gave him pleasure, and quickly went to the prisoners, who were surrounded by dismounted Cossacks. - We won’t take it! – he shouted to Denisov. Denisov did not answer; he rode up to Petya, got off his horse and with trembling hands turned Petya’s already pale face, stained with blood and dirt, towards him. “I’m used to something sweet. Excellent raisins, take them all,” he remembered. And the Cossacks looked back in surprise at the sounds similar to the barking of a dog, with which Denisov quickly turned away, walked up to the fence and grabbed it. Among the Russian prisoners recaptured by Denisov and Dolokhov was Pierre Bezukhov. During the entire movement from Moscow, there was no new order from the French authorities about the party of prisoners in which Pierre was. This party on October 22 was no longer with the same troops and convoys with which it left Moscow. Half of the convoy with breadcrumbs, which followed them during the first marches, was repulsed by the Cossacks, the other half went ahead; there were no more foot cavalrymen who walked in front; they all disappeared. The artillery, which had been visible ahead during the first marches, was now replaced by a huge convoy of Marshal Junot, escorted by the Westphalians. Behind the prisoners was a convoy of cavalry equipment.