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explained from the Greek language, from a very good source, into the
russian language, by me, humble Dosoftei, Metropolitan of Suceava, in the
year 7200, at Stryi, in the castle in the vicinity of Saint John from Suceava,
the great martyr for Christ” 11 . on the 16 th of May 1692, Dosoftei mentioned
that: “it is now the third time that I wrote in Greek these Holy Epistles of
the Saint Sanctified Martyr Ignatie Teoforul, and on 6 th of July 1693 ended
St. John Chrysostom’s speeches, from Greek to russian”. 12
A few people from the church went to poland together with Dosoftei,
among them there was Nicolae, the Bishop of rădăuţi, which on the 8 th of
May 1694, received the gift of Elucidation of the Holy Script 13 .
In the month of March 1693 Constantin Cantemir died. the exact
date is arguable: 13/23 March 1693, after some sources, 17 March after
others 14 . It was written on a Psalm Book, Ms. Sl. no. 217 (1583), f. 294 v,
at the romanian Academy library in Bucharest that he died on March 6.
the same writer informs that during his reign prince Costantin Cantemir
imposed a high taxation on the country: “there were 70 besides taxes and
other small dues”. In the time of this prince the first forms of taxation on
paper, worth 6 money, were first used 15 .
there followed the reign of a month of Dimitrie Cantemir and
then the turks assigned Constantin Duca on the throne, the son-in-law
of Constantin Brîncoveanu. his reign was short and was replaced on the
throne by his brother-in-law, Antioh Cantemir. the change was recorded
on a copy of Romanian Book of Learning (iaşi, 1643), f. 32, from the church
Saint Dimitrie in Bîrlad, the county of Vaslui 16 .
until the arrival of Antioh Cantemir, the country was led for almost
a month by a replacement council in which there were Chancellor tudosie
dubău, hetman lupu Bogdan and Treasurer iordache ruset. The former,
on a date not known with precision, Metropolitan Dosoftei sent from
exile a copy of Lifes of the Saints which had been printed in iaşi between
1682–1686 17 .
11 ursu, N.A., dAscălu, Nicolae, Mărturii documentare privitoare la viaţa şi
activitatea mitropolitului Dosoftei⁄documentary Testimonials about the Life and Work of
Metropolitan Dosoftei, iaşi, Editura Trinitas, 2003, p. 122-123.
12 cAProŞu, chiABuru, Notes on manuscripts and old books, p. 317-321.
13 DAn, Dimitrie, Mănăstirea şi comuna Putna/Putna Monastery and village,
Bucureşti, 1905, p. 80-81.
14 History of the Romanians, vol. V, p. 302; dudAŞ, Florian, Memoria vechilor
cărţi româneşti. Însemnări de demult⁄Memory of old Romanian books. Old notes, editura
episcopiei ortdodoxe române a oradiei, 1990, p. 83.
15 cAProŞu, chiABuru, Notes on manuscripts and old books, p. 322.
16 cAProŞu, chiABuru, Notes on manuscripts and old books, p. 325.
17 Ibidem, p. 309.