Vol 5 Chapter 40: Alijoe Abbey

Although the Cyrillic priest brought the Bible to the Balkans more than 600 years ago, it also brought the Cyrillic alphabet from Latin, which gave the Balkan region its own text, but was born in the early Cyrillic Bosnia. The language and fashion are still very different from Italian Latin. Especially in the 15th century, the Italian language has more local pronunciations and different pronunciations. Even the locals on the Italian peninsula are also different from Rome. The Latin used by the Vatican's Holy See is quite different, because the official use of the Holy See is more similar to the ancient Latin.
When the dean heard Alexander ’s words, his first thought was
This person is not a Bosnian
.
Soldiers from foreign countries are always more fearful and even more afraid, because no one knows where they came from, nor do they know who they are, so they are even more scrupulous in their actions.
The bad military discipline of mercenaries is not only in Italy, the reputation of mercenaries is not good everywhere, and Bosniaks are more sensitive to foreign troops, because they instinctively think of the Ottomans or their mercenaries.
The Ottomans also hire European mercenaries, and those mercenaries are sometimes even more terrible. Robbery is not difficult for them. Sometimes they are more robbers, and the mercenaries are only part-time.
Now seeing a foreign army stop him suddenly, the abbey could not help getting nervous. He wanted to calm himself down, but he did not know whether it was because of fear or the coldness of bare feet that made him tremble, holding in his hand. The rosary pendulous on the cross shook back and forth like a wave.
Alexander noticed the uneasiness of the dean, which made him a little disappointed and somewhat relieved.
Disappointed because he originally planned to use his speech ability to inspire the dean, but now it seems that it should be useless, and he is assured that he will definitely know the current affairs of the dean.
"President, I need to requisition your monastery."
Alexander ’s words were very simple, but the contents of the words surprised the dean for a moment. He did n’t seem to understand them, but after watching the soldiers in different clothes, but all holding terrible weapons, the dean wisely chose to silence. .
"Following God's call is everyone's inner response to God's beliefs," the dean wants to make himself look a little majestic, after all, this should make the other side scrupulous. "You can walk into the church freely, no one can stop one Christians listen to God ’s will. "
"Yes, dean, so now your monastery needs to obey my instructions." Alexander looked out of the woods, and the Alijoe monastery in the distance looked tall and looked like a bird's-eye view against the surrounding houses. The giants of the Quartet "I believe that the monastery will be busy for a while."
The barefoot tour of the Alijoe Abbey is not a daily practice, but a ritual that will be performed before special days. In addition to the various anniversaries including Christ or the anniversary of a saint, there are also annual or This is not the time for the monthly high sacrifice day. The monastery will show the monks' devotion to God and their longing for forgiveness through ascetic practice in this way before the day of the sacrifice.
Today's barefoot tour is such a special day, because this is the memorial day of the Saints of Mododo.
The world knows to bring the text to Cyrillic in the Balkans, but knows less about his brother Modod.
In fact, the Cyrillic script should be called the Cyrillic Brother script. In the great work of spreading Latin through the Balkans and even as far as the cultural spread of Russia, Mododo is not inferior to his brother Cyrillic.
Even after Cyril's death due to illness, in the following years, Maudold inherited the aspirations of the dead brother and continued to work hard to perfect the Cyrillic script, because of this, the Cyril brothers will become the capital of both the Eastern and Western churches. The recognized saint.
Unlike whether the Duke of Sighnaci should be ordained today, it may lead to conflicts between the Eastern and Western churches, and even the inconvenience of mentioning the name of the duke in the Vatican. The Cyril brothers are saints respected by the Eastern and Western churches. This kind of commemoration day has also received extensive attention in places like Zagreb where there are many religious contradictions.
Regardless of the noble civilians, they will walk into the church in such a day of pious prayers and wishes, especially those local schools are to carry out large-scale mass, because without these brothers there would be no Bosnian script language.
The Alijoe Monastery, the most cathedral in Zagreb, undoubtedly plays a leading role on this important day. Although there is still a day on the anniversary, according to the custom, not only to perform barefoot patrols, but also to hold a grand mass ceremony in the monastery.
It ’s just that the tour led by the dean himself seems to be a little longer than usual. The team has not been seen for a long time after entering the woods, although this did not attract too many people ’s attention, but the dean is waiting in the monastery. The monks who came back to order other things were anxious.
Saint Modod ’s Day is a little different from other Saints ’Days, because of the great influence of the Cyril Brothers, processions and various ceremonies are held in the whole city of Zagreb. In addition, nobles will go to the monastery church to attend the Mass These need to be prepared in advance.
The monks waited for the dean, until they were already anxious or even worried, only to see the patrol team slowly walk out of the other side of the woods.
Although there are often people who voluntarily follow the tour team, the number of people is often limited, but perhaps because of the haste before, the monks always feel that the returned team seems to be much larger than the original number.
But the explanation of the dean who came back soon dispelled the confusion of some people. According to the dean ’s words, they met the pilgrims in the woods. These people were deliberately far away from attending the Saint Modod Memorial Day. Came as a place where the Cyril brothers had stayed in the Balkans. Although there was no shadow in Zagreb at that time, there were still many pilgrims here unexpectedly over the years, just With the arrival of the Ottomans, there were fewer and fewer pilgrims.
Now seeing that there are pilgrims at this time, many monks are constantly moved to send out large and small prayers and blessings, but they do n’t notice the faces of those who walk, but they are quite ugly, some people seem to Something was going on, but it quickly became quiet again.
There were more than a dozen people when I went out, but when I returned, the team became dozens of people.
All the monks were wrapped in the middle, although they did not believe that these people would kill themselves, but when they saw them walk into the monastery, the dean suddenly shivered inexplicably.
"Sir Dean, are you uncomfortable?" A deacon who had not participated in the barefoot cruise came over and asked with concern.
"I ..." The dean turned to look behind him as the two heavy doors closed slowly, the narrower light in the middle finally disappeared, and his mouth felt an inexpressible dry hair.
"Sir Dean is okay," a strange voice came from the deacon. When he saw that the man slowly took off the shabby robe covering the outside and exposed his costume, the deacon seemed to hear a sigh from the dean beside him. "Believe Me, he just needs a break. "
Although it is not as good as it used to be, the threat from the Ottomans overwhelmed people, but St. Modod ’s Day was highly valued in Zagreb.
This is not only because the Cyril brothers have far-reaching influence on the Balkans, but also because of the special situation in Zagreb.
The death of the Duke of Sighnaci complicates the already profound contradiction between the Eastern and Western churches. Although the original cause of the conflict was caused by the unauthorized conversion of the Duke of Sighnaci, the orthodox nobles of faith eventually used such intense The method of killing the Duke and expelling the Viscount of Helva made the contradiction almost impossible to reconcile.
Regarding the murder of the Duke, some people in the Vatican directly accused the orthodox nobles of accepting bribes and buying from the Ottomans, and the Ottomans exchanged gold coins for a shameful murder.
Although this kind of accusation has not been publicly announced in Zagreb, it is only because of the fear of the army of the nobles.
It must be acknowledged that Sistines IV did have very good wrists. At the time, he not only encouraged the conversion of the Duke of Sighnaci, but also supported the Duke ’s full implementation of the teachings of the Catholic Church in Zagreb, and even the converted believers. The number of people increased rapidly in a short time, and the result was that in Zagreb, the number of ordinary people who converted to the Catholic Church was almost the same as that of the Orthodox in a short time and except Zagreb The number of nobles and nobles in other parts of Croatia should not be underestimated.
The Duke of Sighnaci became the enemy of the Orthodox nobles. They may be able to tolerate that their duke is a priest, but they must not tolerate the princes in their fiefs.
It's just that the impact of the Duke's killing on Zagreb was so bad that the conflict between East and West churches here became more intense and obvious than any other place.
Because of this, St. Modod ’s Day became a good time for the Orthodox nobles to try to ease the conflict between the two sides.
The Brothers of Saint Cyril are high saints in the East and West Churches. This is a good opportunity for the nobles. They may not care much about the accusations that the Catholics accused them of murdering the Duke of Sighnaci, but about their The rumors of Ottoman instigation made them restless.
Fortunately, the character of Viscount Hilva's forward-looking and backward-looking character made him unable to make up his mind to stand up and compete for power.
Nonetheless, in the face of tremendous pressure from Ottomans, the nobles in Zagreb hope to resolve this contradiction that has been entangled in Zagreb for a long time.
St. Modod ’s commemorative day gave them this opportunity, and the nobles began to proclaim this commemorative day of great local significance, hoping to ease the conflict between the two parties through this celebration.
As for the rumours circulating in the streets and alleys that the nobles are planning to make peace with the Ottomans, in this era when secrets are not taken seriously, almost no one thinks it is strange to hear such a thing.
Over the years, the nobles in Zagreb have mainly gathered in the two castles of Alijoe and the right bank. Among them, the noble status of the Alijoe castle is more expensive and the number is more. This makes the residents of Alijoe feel that He is more proud and proud, and he often prefers Alijoe when holding various grand ceremonies.
However, the nobles of the right bank castle are not weak, they always try to hope to overwhelm Alijoe, and if they ca n’t do it, they will simply confront each other and hold the same ritual in their castle. Just passed down in Zagreb.
The Alijoe Church is the largest church in Zagreb. In addition to the usual mass, the nobles still have to go to the Alihoe Church to attend the Mass on some special days.
"Will the nobles in Zagreb surrender to the Ottomans?" Alexander asked the monastery sitting opposite, looking at the original inviolable dean, who now looked ugly and speechless, and Alexander showed a In the dean's view, he smiled awfully "Master Dean, can you help me answer this question?"
"I will not casually talk about a person, let alone a group of nobles."
The monastery retorted angrily at first, and then looked at the young man in despair, "I don't know who you are, although you claim to be an earl, but I don't see any shadow of nobles from you. On the contrary, you hijacked the entire monastery. Do you know how much crime you have committed? "
"I think I know, but it doesn't require you to worry about my lord," Alexander said as soon as the dean lord ran back. "Please tell me if those local nobles will surrender?"
It was this question again, the monastery's face couldn't help but hesitated, but Alexander had not waited for him to speak, and seemed to have found the answer.
"Obviously those people have this possibility," Alexander said as he stood up, ignoring the monastery's words, but just talking about himself. "These people will give up resistance because they are afraid of the Ottomans. Perhaps they think that even if they resist Nor can they defeat the enemy. This fear made them choose to surrender. "
"It's just speculation ..." The abbey wanted to distinguish, but was interrupted by Alexander's wave.
"You know as well as me that this is actually just an excuse. Those people will betray the city because of fear, so someone must stand up to save the city."
The monastery stared at this foreigner with an ugly face. When he was hijacked by this person before, he thought this person was a robber, but now he thinks this person is a conspirator: "Who will save. Do you?"
Looking at the dean's stiff and straight neck, Alexander couldn't help but smile.
"Why do you think it is me, of course, the real owner of Zagreb, and only that person can convince the people of Zagreb, right?"
The arrogant look that had just floated on the monastery's face instantly solidified.
The words of Alexander just now made the monastery think that this man was obviously peeping into Zagreb. The idea was that when the originally uneasy dean suddenly felt that he became important again.
Although he certainly would not admit the rule of Zagreb by this foreigner who did not know where to come from, but since this man was thinking about that throne, the dean of the dean felt that he should not be in danger.
It's just that when the Dean of the Dean intends to make this person understand how important he is, he suddenly hears a seemingly extraordinary thing.
Who is the legal successor of Zagreb?
There is no doubt that only the descendants of the Duke of Sighnaci are eligible for this law.
The monastery was not stupid, on the contrary he was very smart, so he immediately thought of the only answer.
"Viscount Helva ?!"
The monastery who had just tried it out immediately got the answer from Alexander's smile and nodded. For a time he could no longer maintain the calmness that he had barely maintained. The dean stood up from the chair with a pair of hopeful and unbelieving eyes. Keep an eye on Alexander.
"Where is the Viscount?"
"Please rest assured that the Viscount is in a safe place," Alexander replied with a smile, seeing the Abbey's treatment and taking the opportunity to say, "He is with his army."
"Viscount's army? Yes, someone should support him, the orthodox heir of Zagreb." The Dean murmured in a low voice, but his eyes were always serious when he heard an excited voice. Looking at the young man in front of him, "What do you want?"
"The Viscount hopes to inherit the Duke's throne peacefully instead of causing another storm. After all, there has been too much blood between Christians, and now what we have to do is to jointly resist the pagans."
Alexander's words made the abbot who wanted to continue to cover up slightly stunned, and then his expression gradually became dignified.
The Dean stared at Alexander without blinking his eyes, and said after a while, "What do you want?"
"Help the Viscount inherit the Duke's throne, but as I told you just now, Zagreb does not need to rely on a massacre to change all this."
The dean gasped slowly, knowing that he was facing a very important choice.
"If you can help us fulfill this wish, you can get the Vatican's favor."
Alexander ’s decision to add it, although not necessarily the key, is certainly a decisive bargaining chip.
Then he saw that although the dean still tried his best to keep calm, he apparently could not control it.
"Do you want to help the Viscount?" The dean asked first, then immediately waved his hand. "I don't want to know what benefits you can get from this, I just want to know if you are sure?"
"Of course," Alexander stood upright and looked at the dean opposite. "This is actually a very simple choice for you ~ EbookFREE.me ~ If we fail, you can say that the monastery was hijacked, and if it succeeded, Master Dean, have you thought about how generous you will get in return? "
The dean's cheek quivered slightly, and he already understood what the young man meant.
With only a little contemplation, the dean held up the cross on his chest with both hands and lifted up to Alexander: "May God bless you, then God will decide who is right."
Coming out of the monastery ’s room, Alexander came to the courtyard and looked at the men who had controlled the whole monastery. Alexander opened his palm slightly and looked at the clasped cross in his palm, then raised his head to look at the deep dome of the church .
"The age of God is over." Alexander whispered softly.
On the early morning of February 28, 1499, the door of Alijoe Monastery in Zagreb opened slowly, and the nobles of Zagreb had been waiting for a long time to enter.
The bell on the bell tower rang as usual, and the door closed slowly.
After a short while, the horrible screams rang through the Alijoe Monastery!