Novgorodian archbishop Vasily Kalika conferred with the posadnik and other members of the city's elite and told the king that, since they had received Christianity from Constantinople, he should send his philosophers there to debate with the Byzantines.
Novgorods ærkebiskop Vasily Kalika rådslog sig med borgmesteren, posadnikken, og andre medlemmer af byens elite og svarede kongen, at da de havde modtaget kristendommen fra Konstantinopel, burde han sende sine filosoffer dertil for at debattere med byzantinerne.