sends the monastery where the saint was located his closest, intimate, confidant a man, malyutos kuratov, who then headed the cause, whose task was primarily to monitor the internal life of punishment, up to and including the death of people who could pose a danger to the king. so he sends this malyuta to the metropolitan. entering the cell of saint philip, malyutoskuratov strangled him with a pillow. he killed the saint. later, the kings in this temple at the tomb of st. philip asked forgiveness for theirs. for his terrible act of killing a holy man of god, but this heavy page, it is not washed away by any repentance, no explanations, the holy metropolitan was killed on the direct orders of the tsar, this is perhaps the saddest, most tragic story: of centuries-old russia, it is especially acutely experienced by people who know history and come to these holy walls, because here the saint stood in my place. there stood the tsar, and the tsar did not like that the saint was surrounded by such honor, respect and love, and from this hostility arose the desire to kill the metropolitan, in who