you were an ecumenical saint, like basil the great, supposedly the diya of those who exist, you expounded to the church of god the mysteries of christ, the builder of the good will of the holy rule , being the zealous executors of the patron, gregory the theologian, like the heaven of mysterious contemplations, about the holy trinity, about theology of theology, you were vouchsafed, and this skillful herald appeared to you, for you were a tireless preacher, teacher of repentance for the people, and now you are with them, appearing in glory to the throne of god, and intercede for us, we pray, the russian church on the rock of the orthodox confession faith, be a confirmation for our country, peace and unity, grant with your prayers, the shepherds of the word of divine truth, the right to rule, city. the lord, in the commandment

that we have seen him, we must keep up faith, firmness and unfeigned love, and preserve piety until the last hour of death, so that we may not be ashamed to stand before our savior, the lord jesus christ, his father and

we today remember the name of one of the most outstanding in all history russian church hierarchs theologian. because this saint

showed great wisdom with his word and life yours. he was an outstanding, in modern language, intellectual, an enlightened, well-educated man with a brilliant command of the written word, as well as a gift, which was especially clearly presented in his poetic correspondence with alexander sergeevich pushkin. vladyka truly amazed with his education, intelligence, wit, ability to be close to any person, to a high dreamer, to brother bishops, to priests,

to ordinary people, and therefore he was surrounded by love, reverence and respect from both reigning persons, the aristocracy of that time, and that layer of educated people who later began to be called the intelligentsia and the clergy and... the simplest people, and why exactly did people treat the saint this way, because, of course, he was a very gifted person from god, but he did not bury his gifts, he developed them, and developed them in such a way that through this development of his own abilities he contributed, brought about... changes in church

life, and changes were actually brewing, well, for example, in the everyday life of our people before ... for slavic language, but one could imagine a peasant who barely knew how to read the holy scriptures, and who now took the trouble to read the slavic bible, he understood some things, did not understand others at all, his children probably in general , the majority did not understand what was being said, so the saint took on the enormous task of translating the word of god. into the russian language, of course, not everyone perceived this with enthusiasm, but he saw the need, the pastoral, catechetical, missionary need for the russian people had the word of god in the language

that is their spoken language, so that every word of the holy scriptures would be understandable to people, and he did this. and, of course, the translation of the holy scriptures into russian played a huge role in strengthening faith in our people, awakening interest in the word of god, in the conscious perception of church preaching. but the saint also understood that it is not enough to simply translate the word of god into russian, because someone will read it, someone will not read it, but the bible does not contain systematic presentation.

church, to understand what dogmas are, and what they mean for the life of a christian, and what the spiritual, moral life of a person should be, and he decided to present all this in a very short text, written simply so that everyone could understand, so that the intellectual would not turn away with a condescending smile that they say this is not for me, but... a commoner, so as not to turn away, saying: i don’t understand anything, so he wrote a book called a catechism, a summary of the orthodox faith, created this book in a special way, by placing the text in the form

of questions and answers, this book still lives, from this book people still receive basic knowledge about the doctrine... including students of theological schools, it is not at all outdated, it is very understandable , in brief words in a very brief presentation, the entire dogma of the orthodox church and its moral teachings is given, this work alone, the creation of a brief presentation of the orthodox faith and the teachings of yenorov, could have already written the name... of the saint into history, because with this book the real churching of our people, not at the everyday level, everyone went to church, ordered prayer services, but not everyone understood the depth of the service, not

everyone understood the meaning of the gospel and biblical texts, certainly many, the absolute majority of the common people, but what do you say then and.. the enlightened class did not fully know the doctrine of the church, and the saint creates a lengthy catechism of the orthodox faith, which became a reference book both for students in theological schools and for every person who was interested in learning about what it is orthodox faith, what does it teach, what does it call for? and what is required of me, as an orthodox person, if i consider myself a faithful son or daughter of the church. thus, the contribution of saint philoret to the spiritual education of our people cannot be compared with anything or anyone. this was

the saint of god, a deep theologian, a sincere shepherd, a man concerned about the fate of his country. in our time they would say he was a good politician, but this word does not apply to him, despite the fact that he actively participated in the life of the country and... hearts, well, if we talk about moscow,

the saint who volunteered for human problems was also from moscow , here we are standing in the cathedral of christ the savior, the idea of ​​​​building the temple belonged to saint philoret, now the saint rests with his relics in this cathedral and this is right, because he dreamed of building a cathedral, but what... happiness today to have his holy remains for us , those who pray in this temple, who love this temple, who come here, including bringing their burning prayers for our fatherland, for the church ours, and does these prayers next to the tomb of the great saint of god, according to whose thought this temple would be... and many great achievements took place in the life

of the people and the church and the state, according to his plan, in his words, in some sense even driven by the will of his influence huge on those who had power at that time. through the prayers of saint philoret, may the lord protect our land, may he be blessed with prayers. our land from various enemies and various adversaries through the prayers of the holy saint of god, metropolitan philoret , may the lord strengthen the unity of our church one and bound to be indivisible, no matter where it is in russia, ukraine, belarus, or other countries, because this is the one church of baptism. russia, a single church that emerged from this baptismal font,

the existence of which preserved the orthodox faith over vast areas of eurosia. through the prayers of the holy saint of god, may the lord protect, he also admonishes all workers in the field of theological sciences and church education. as well as our pastors, who are responsible for the preaching addressed to the people, which was would be pious, wise and at the same time modern, would touch the souls, hearts and influence the will of our orthodox contemporaries, and maybe not only orthodox. through the prayers of the saint. laret, may the lord protect our russian land, our church, the moscow diocese, the city and the region, and

of course, this holy temple, erected according to his thoughts. through his prayers, may the lord keep us all in peace, love and unanimity. the opportunity to hear and be heard is equally important for everyone. vladimir putin will answer questions from citizens live and journalists. you can ask your question now by calling 800 24040 via sms to the number. all the details are on the websites, we will try

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