It was not until June 1061 that Rostislav returned to his home city, Moscow in Northeastern Rus.
In fact, the Prince of Moscow had already arrived in Kiev in March, but he was delayed in Kiev for a while before continuing on the road ahead.
Most of this time was spent on sorting out the immigrants. After witnessing the achievements of the Moscow prince in the north, the efforts of the wealthy returnees under his command, and the wonderful performances of the Alexey troupe, these combined were very attractive.
With the arrival of many Russians, Rostislav's immigration team expanded greatly.
There are also those from his father's old tribe who did not follow Rostislav back then. These people decided to join the ranks of the Moscow princes this time. For this, Rostislav promised these nobles corresponding territories. Of course, they had to develop these by themselves.
For those who returned home rich and wealthy, their stay in Kiev brought them a lot of enjoyment. The admiration and admiration of their former relatives and friends made them extremely comfortable. At the same time, their display of wealth attracted many immigrants to the princes.
While Alexei promoted the beautiful life in Northeastern Rus through a series of plays, he also gained great fame in this mother of cities in Rus.
The citizens of Kiev loved the plays Alexey brought, and many wealthy people even rushed to invite their troupes to perform. The playwright gained both fame and fortune.
Alexey really wanted to stay in Kiev like this, but since his benefactor Rostislav had spoken, he could only follow the prince and leave. After all, Rostislav was his foundation no matter what.
Rostislav needs Alexei's troupe. They are an important part of the Moscow prince's propaganda inside and outside, otherwise he will definitely let the troupe stay in Kiev to perform.
In addition to rectifying the immigrants, Rostislav was witnessing something. If it hadn't been for this incident, he would have left long ago.
That is three points of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, in other words, three thirds of the Roman Catholic Church! Witness his uncles who divided the Roman Catholic Church into three cents.
Three-thirds of the Rus' Church, this is the tone set by the three Yaroslavichs after the death of their grandfather.
As for why this tone was set, it was because the three brothers believed that since the three brothers had divided up the territory of Ross, the religious authority of Ross should also be divided up.
It has been three generations since Rus converted to Christianity. The church has become an important part of the power system of Kievan Rus. The management of many areas has been taken over by the church, which is an indispensable part of the power structure.
It's just that the imperial capital has been blocking this matter and has not approved it. Although Rus is a faith border area that needs united operations, this request is too excessive anyway. Constantinople cannot agree to it outright. If it agrees like this, it would be really serious.
The most important thing is to regard one's own authority as nothing.
Moreover, the Imperial Capital is also using this matter as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Ross. With the shrewdness of the Imperial Capital Patriarch, how could he just nod his head and agree to this matter so easily? He has to get something back anyway.
In the ensuing stalemate, the Church of Constantinople discovered that there was a civil war in Hungary, so they asked the Grand Duke of Russia to try to see if there was a way to convert Hungary to Orthodoxy, which happened to be the same as that of the uncle.
The idea of increasing the national influence of Kievan Rus coincides with that of Russia.
So there was the subsequent intervention of the three Rurik brothers in Hungary. In fact, the second uncle and the third uncle were not very happy about this matter. They were not the Grand Duke of Kiev, so international influence was of little significance to them. The main thing here was
Uncle earns fame.
But it's different when it comes to the three-pointed Rus' Church. This is the main reason why they went to Hungary, and the cities behind them also want the same. Both Chernigov and Pereyaslav want to achieve equal status with Kiev.
status.
Especially Chernigov, which was ruled by the wise brother Mstislav for a period of time during the Yaroslav era. During that time, it was the center of half of Russia, on an equal footing with Kiev.
(Yaroslav once shared the ruling power of Russia equally with Mstislav. It was not until Mstislav died that Yaroslav took over his territory, and Yaroslav became the grand duke of all Russia instead of one of the duopolitics.)
It is also economically competitive with Kiev. The economic status of the two is actually very similar. This city is always trying to break Kiev's dominance of Russia, and it can be said to be Kiev's biggest challenger.
Now that the opportunity to obtain a metropolitan of his own and be on an equal footing with Kiev in terms of religious status came, Chernigov was naturally extremely enthusiastic and frantically encouraged their princes to complete this cause.
Moreover, Chernigov has just completed the Transfiguration Cathedral, which is as magnificent as the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev.
Mstislav, who once ruled half of Russia, laid the base for it, and Svyatoslav completed the church.
And strictly speaking, Yaroslav decided to build Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev after seeing Mstislav building the Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernigov.
If Mstislav had not died too early, the Transfiguration Cathedral would have been completed first.
This church can be used as a metropolitan residence, so Chernigov's desire to compete with Kiev has become stronger.
Rostislav was in the south mainly to witness this event, to witness the envoys from the imperial capital announcing the canonization of the Metropolitans of Kiev, Chernigov, and Pereyaslav.
As one of the five major lords of Russia today, the Prince of Moscow naturally wanted to participate, and the wizarding prince of Polotsk also came. After all, this is a major event that affects the whole of Russia.
During the ceremony, Rostislav only felt that it was extremely ridiculous. If the former metropolitan Hilarion knew about this, he would probably be angry to death.
The authority of the Rus' Church that he and Yaroslav founded was split up by his sons like a child's play.
Yes, authority is just authority, because although the metropolitan authority is divided into three parts in name, in fact, Kiev, as the birthplace of the Russian Church, is also the most powerful place, and its religious strength still crushes everyone.
What's more, the tithes of all Russia can be paid to the Tithe Church in Kiev. This is the rule established by Vladimir. He contributes one-tenth of the income to this church as a reward.
Taxes dedicated to the church.
Therefore, the tithes of all Russia are actually still in the hands of Kiev, and the power of appointment is actually still there due to the large number of priests in Kiev. Even these two important powers are still there, not to mention other powers. After all, financial power
and the right to appoint is most important.
It can be said that although Chernigov and Pereyaslav have been promoted in religious levels, their actual power has not been improved at all. It can be said that they have been promoted to a lonely level.
This is why Rostislav felt that this was a farce. It was divided but not divided. The whole thing looked so ridiculous and unbelievable.
Moreover, this matter has no benefit to the spread of the Ross Church and Christianity, and even has many disadvantages. This matter has a serious impact on the already low authority of the Ross Church.
But why don't his three uncles know about these things? Of course they also know, but they can only do this for more important things.
The uncle wants to unite the whole of Russia, whether it is brothers or the people, he needs to unite. Some problems were suppressed during the Yaroslav era, but their brothers could not suppress them, so he must do this.
The second uncle and the third uncle all faced the need for this authority to consolidate their power, and the city behind them also had a strong desire for the authority of this religious center, so they could only do this.
After witnessing this ceremony, which could be called farce and child's play, Rostislav said goodbye to his uncles. All this really made him feel awkward.
The Prince of Witchcraft left earlier. He had no interest in the one-man show of Yaroslav's descendants, and he was even more embarrassed to be among this group of people.
The uncles were quite enthusiastic about his departure and gave him many gifts when he left. After all, everyone still remembered that Rostislav saved them in Hungary.