in the name of the father and the son of the holy spirit, the time of great lent is a time that is given to us so that we become stronger in the ability to fast, that is, in the virtue of abstinence in prayer. and also

in good deeds, as for doing good , this is a fairly understandable category for everyone, and even for modern people, everyone knows that many are engaged in doing good deeds, entire organizations exist, and indeed, thanks to these good deeds, they very often recover faster the wounded, the sick, gain hope for life, those who, being in a difficult financial situation, has lost all hope, and this act of goodness, it does not raise any questions for anyone, this is how it should be, here is another virtue, abstinence, it is not clear to everyone, usually a person is far from orthodoxy, in general from christian

tradition, not just an unbeliever, but someone who doesn’t think about what faith is and what human life means, and what the afterlife means, for such people, abstinence is an absolutely incomprehensible topic, but why abstain, what to abstain from, nutrition to abstain, this is how i work , i get a salary, i have money

, people cannot imagine how it would be necessary to not eat meat, milk, or other animal fats for 40 days, because such a person, even with his good will, has enormous stress, strength and not only in physical and spiritual strength, but also in the strength of thought, in order to finally understand the enormous importance of abstinence not only for the spiritual, but also for... the physical component of human nature, but this is really so, abstinence from food, and not only from food , but abstaining from bad words, conflicts, this is all that primarily preserves our vitality , our vital energy. by the way, something similar, this kind of practice,

there was a tradition of fasting abstinence, if people did not see the benefit in this, but for the fasting person, there are a lot of

, as we now say, challenges, some problems that he needs to answer , but one of the most difficult problems is when... it’s like a double spiritual load, not only does a person at this moment limit himself from food, devote more space to prayer, but he also and must somehow cope with the stress that often results.

i needed to answer these perplexed questions: why are you torturing yourself? yes, you are a young guy, why do you need this? already then i realized that for reasonable people , open to the perception of the thoughts of others, there is an opportunity, even for those who seem to deny fasting, at some point to understand the rational meaning of fasting, not to mention the spiritual meaning, what does it mean? ? this rational meaning is that fasting is beneficial for the physical body, it is impossible to constantly consume food containing protein and an abundance of fat is harmful to the body, it is especially harmful

to cerebral circulation, and to many other functions of the body. well, of course , now we are not talking about medicine, but we are talking... about the spiritual life of a person, so this is how fasting is useful for the physical body, even more useful for our soul, because, firstly, limiting oneself is a very important tool for developing the will, because everyone wants to be strong-willed, strong, both believers and non-believers, so i would like today to everyone, especially non-believers.

refusal of fatty, protein, lean foods, look at yourself, analyze whether you are as strong as you think. now, if a person does not feel internal discomfort, then he is imbued with the meaning and meaning of fasting, but in order for this to happen in the consciousness of the soul, unchurched people unfamiliar with our church discipline of fasting, they need to at least try, i know that now thanks to the media, my words will be heard by many, but i would ask you, my dear parishioners, in your families, this is exactly how to talk to your non-fasting relatives, friends, acquaintances or neighbors, with love, peacefully, but tell them about the benefits, and about the great benefits of fasting, for

the physical condition of a person, for prolonging his youth, if you want, we live at a time... when there is turmoil, including around our country. in times like these, all the people must somehow concentrate and gather. my parents survived the leningrad siege of the war, and they told me how at that very time, when everything was not very good safely in the country, especially believers suffered from oppression, and not only believers, many suffered because of their origin, and of course, the war was a huge test. and many in the west, who provoked this war, believed that

russia would end here. but russia is not over. and, probably, our church then played a significant role in these difficult trials, which really found itself together with the people, which preached god -given truths to people, aroused love for people, their neighbors, even then, even during the siege in leningrad, orthodox people fasted, you can imagine, people are dying of hunger, and orthodox people are trying, despite this hunger. still not to eat fasting food, but if all these people

had died, then i would not have such evidence, evidence from those orthodox people who, even in those extreme conditions, observing fasting, remained alive and healthy, and then they got married, got married, gave birth to healthy children, and some of them are still alive today. may god grant us today, people living in prosperous conditions, especially for orthodox people who regularly attend church, put aside all references to the fact that for some reason i cannot fast. remember my story today, and about the blockade, and about non-believers, and about many other things that i said, how difficult it was for those people.

to be very strong and strong, we must know for sure that fasting is a divine institution, and the prophets fasted, the apostles fasted, the lord jesus christ himself fasted, and if so, then we, his followers, must follow the same path, and may the lord help us, as i already said, to avoid temptations associated with fasting, but the most important thing during... fasting days, accompanied by food restriction and

prayer, is to change ourselves for the better, this is what we need to think about most of all, putting at least small tasks, try to accomplish them during lent, in order to achieve, perhaps, an almost microscopic, but real victory over yourself, strengthening your will to salvation, strengthening yourself in obedience to the lord, and therefore strengthening yourself in the hope that the lord he will say to us: “come to me, inherit the kingdom created for you from the creation of the world, and so be it, in this hope we must abide. and in the days of fasting, outside fasting, throughout our entire lives. amen.

hello, on the first channel news release, in the studio maxim sheryfuddinov. more than 60 people became victims of a monstrous terrorist attack in the moscow region in the crocus city hall concert hall. the latest data from the investigative committee was published at half past four at night, they are preliminary among the dead.