FRAGMENT OF "CHIN" ON THE ELECTION AND ERECTION IN A DIGNITY OF BISHOPS IN THE TEXT OF ANNALS OF THE NOVGORODSKO-SOFIYSKY CIRCLE
In the article the 'Chin" (The church charter) on election and erection of bishops in a dignity is analyzed. The author pays attention that the fragment from the document is included into the text of annals of a circle of the Novgorodsko-Sofia annalistic arch. The article's main objective is the decision of the question about the attribution of this document. The analysis of procedure of election of bishops, comparison of the received data to data of initial documents and the historical data allow to draw conclusions on 'Chin" introduction on election and erection of bishops in a dignity in intrachurch practice by metropolitan Kiprian and about strengthening of positions of the metropolitan in the end of the 14<sup>th</sup> - the beginning of the 15<sup>th</sup> century