and philosopher, you understand me, be happy, study philosophy, it sometimes helps a lot in difficult moments of life. all the best. amine. one, holy, one, lord jesus christ, to the glory of god, the father. amen. in the name of the father and the son

and the holy spirit. today we especially remember saints armagen, patriarch of moscow all russia. yes, indeed, saint armagen left a very special mark on the history of our church, our people. our country, because his feat was a high priesthood, which is always associated with enormous difficulties and spiritual challenges, it was also complicated in a special way by the historical time in which saint hermagen carried out his ministry. this time.

and one can imagine what a heaviness was on the heart of saint hermogenes, how many fervent prayers there must have been...

when they tried to force him to betrayal with hunger and cold, as well as with promises, but the saint turned out to be superior to everyone who persuaded him to commit betrayal, he spiritually turned out to be stronger than all this enemy force that entered the very heart of our country, one old patriarch. on which it depended will be to exist as an independent country, will it be able to throw off the occupiers, or voluntarily submit to another government? when the occupiers demanded that the saint address the russian people with the appropriate call, he understood that his words could produce not... and an incurable rift in

the russian people, but therefore, such a weakening of the country, as a result of which it could for many years come under the control and domination of a foreign power of other faiths, st. geromagen in himself as an elderly man, exhausted by hunger and cold in...

god forbid that our current young generation is brought up in an understanding of what fateful role the patriarch played then, and what is the meaning of his words? and his courageous position, including the one that predetermined his confessional death, was so that our country remained independent, strong and so that the orthodox faith was preserved among our people. and this role of the church was especially tested in that terrible, troubled time. and the fact that she remained great, unmarried, significant for the destinies of the people, is largely the merit of the elder, the patriarch, who was not afraid of cold , hunger, or the disease itself, but as befits

the head of the church, he remained with his people, with his church, and, of course, with... who strengthened him on this path of confession and martyrdom. through his prayers, may the lord protect the russian land, may the lord protect our church. and may he protect everyone from all evil, from all temptations and temptations, who with faith in prayer come to his intercession for help. amen. saint, father yarmagen. pray to god for us and save the earth russian, amen. praise

the unmatched one, isala these. your eminence and eminence, venerable fathers, dear brothers and sisters, i greet you all on this day and rejoice at the opportunity with you... to pray in our cathedral church. indeed, when we gather for prayer, all together, then we constitute a church, in greek - an eklesia, that is, a meeting. there is no meeting when people do not gather for meetings. and in this sense

, there is no church life when we deprive ourselves of common prayer, when we shy away from communion the holy mysteries of christ, for by accepting, under the guise of bread and wine, the body and blood of the savior, communing with his divine nature, we gain grace and strength in order to walk together along the path of salvation. every person knows from experience that sometimes certain works, certain deeds. impossible to do alone, and there are many of them, there are very few things that we can do alone, that’s why everyone knows that the most difficult things need to be done with others together, but

the most difficult thing is the matter of our salvation, the most difficult the matter is freeing oneself from sin is the most difficult thing: i don’t go to church, i pray at home, such a person exposes himself to great danger, because being left alone with god, it is unknown whether he will be able to do everything that he is called to do as a christian, but why? because even prayer. alone, not as strong as congregational prayer, as we say, general prayer, because in church our prayers one complements the other, one is reinforced by the prayer of tens, hundreds, and sometimes thousands

of people, i have already said this several times, that prayer in church is a fiery spiritual pillar that ascends to the lord and reaches him... and even if we don’t pray very much in church, then prayer in church is still many times stronger than prayer at home. that is why visiting the temple is an indispensable condition for our salvation. someone may say, what about the hermits, the holy fathers. these people had a special life experience. but they didn’t go into the desert from the street, maybe only mary of egypt, and then after a great miracle, when she realized that god's persian...

well, our task is to go to church as often as possible , i want to say this again and again, it is our duty as an orthodox christian to be in church every sunday, if someone cannot, confession, i need to say, i didn’t come to church last sunday, for this reason, for that reason, so that the priest would read the prayer of permission. visiting church on sunday, just like on a holiday, is

our duty to the lord, and if we don’t go to church, well, that means we don’t have love, neither for to god, not to people, but a man without love is a clanking brass, a chopping keel. that is why i especially wanted to say these words on the eve of lent; there is very little time left before this special field. which introduces us to the celebration of holy easter. during lent it is necessary to visit church even more often. people who are free from work should do this both morning and evening during the first week. but those who work in the morning, of course, probably will not be able to attend morning services, but at least in the evening, in the evening with the reading of the holy canon andrei kritsky, everything is absolutely necessary. visit, because not only the grace-filled , prayerful atmosphere in the church during these

special evening services has a beneficial effect on the soul, but also the wonderful saving words of the canon of st. andrew of crete. i want to say again and again that the church gives every believer many opportunities, to... change your life for the better, strengthen yourself in faith, in good deeds, change your relationships for the better with family, friends, between husband and wife, between parents and children, even between acquaintances and neighbors, because often it is between close people that the most difficult conflicts occur, may the lord help us all, to get through this last week before lent, it is not connected with the lenten feat, but still there are our national traditions

that accompany the last week of lent , well, special entertainment and special food in the form of pancakes, but what about a dry pancake, usually something besides a pancake, but all this is part of our tradition, whether we perform it or not, it will not affect our salvation, but since if there is such a tradition, then we need to wisely spend the upcoming week in a kind way, at the same time not shunning those wonderful traditions, joy and fun that accompany shrovetide, but it is important that all this serves our edification and the good of our soul. once again , i congratulate all of you, my dears, on sunday and god’s help. happens to all of us in the holy days ahead of us, lent. amen. happy holiday,

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