these stones remember st. cyrilit was from here that he delivered his sermons to everyone. the kiev prince sends his eldest son svyatopolk to the turov throne, who had barely reached 12 years old by that time, which is why the bishop was under the prince ; the turov diocese was created, uniting a vast territory, the lands of the turov principality, upper ponimonia, the northern part volyn principality. thus, turov acted as the religious center of the entire southern and western belarus. a monument to the early adoption of christianity in turov is the partially surviving turov gospel of the 16th century, 10 sheets, found in 1865. this is the oldest manuscript discovered in belarus. saint cyril possessed a rare literary gift; his works were famous in the russian land beyond its borders. along with the works of famous byzantine. the history of the church is inextricably linked with the history holiness. among the ascetics of the polotsk and turov lands, the most famous names are st. cyril, bishop of turov and the monk