"Praying of Daniel the Immured" ("Моление Даниила Заточника" in Russian, or Moleniye Danila Zatochnika), is a Russian literary monument of the 13th century. Russian (русский язык  listen?) is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. ... Literature is literally an acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. ... A monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons rather than for any overtly functional use. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

The work is written in the form of an epistle to Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl and Suzdal. The author appears to be in great need and begs the prince for help, depicting him as a defender of all his subjects. Some Russian researchers consider the "Praying..." as a first trial of the Old Russian social and political journalism. The "Praying..." is written in a mixed style and full of quotations from the biblical books, chronicles, and elements of satire, aimed at the boyars and the clergy. An epistle is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of persons, usually a letter and a very formal, often didactic and elegant one. ... Yaroslav III Vsevolodovich (Ярослав III Всеволодович in Russian) (February 8, 1191 - September 30, 1246), Grand Prince of Vladimir since 1238. ... A prince (from the Latin princeps) is a male member of royalty or a royal family. ... Pereyaslavl can refer to: Pereyaslavl-Zalessky - a town in the Yaroslavl Oblast in Russia (was Pereyaslavl until the 15th century). ... Suzdal (Су́здаль) is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. ... See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... This article is about quoting. ... The Bible (From Greek βιβλια—biblia, meaning books, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported papyrus) is the sacred scripture of Christianity. ... Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... A boyar (also spelt bojar; Romanian: boier) was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Ruthenian (Russian) and Romanian aristocracy, second only to the ruling princes, from the 10th through the 17th century. ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ...

Russian historians believe that the "Praying..." is actually based on the previously written "Word from Daniel the Immured" ("Слово Даниила Заточника", or Slovo Daniila Zatochnika) of the 12th century, however, the questions about chronology and literary correlation of both texts, as well as their authorship, still remain open to this day. Generally speaking, a historian is a person who studies history. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Chronology is the science of locating events in time. ... In probability theory and statistics, correlation, also called correlation coefficient, is a numeric measure of the strength of linear relationship between two random variables. ... Authorship is the act of creating a work, idea or theory. ...