live news in olga kalairova's studio. hello, watch this episode. orthodox believers celebrate the nativity of christ in the church of the holy prophet john the baptist, lit a candle, and the head of state spoke with parishioners. ukraine's air defense is weakening, as is western support; the united states will soon be unable to supply kiev with petrit missiles. a powerful tornado hit florida, and residents of st. petersburg are sharing something unusual for a metropolis on social networks.

final race of the third stage of the commonwealth cup in raubichi, results of the women's mosstart live from the scene. the bright holiday of the nativity of christ is celebrated today by the orthodox. our president traditionally shares this special day with believers. alexander lukashenko visited a new orthodox church near minsk in the small agricultural town of shirshuny. at one time, the president personally. his project insisted: he wanted the temple to be comfortable and cozy for those simple workers who live on this earth. the realization of the dreams of local residents became possible, among other things, thanks to philanthropy support. the church is named after john pretsechi.

in small places like shirshon, the temple becomes not just a center of spirituality, but also of social life, where you can come for prayer and help. compassion, care, support, and concern for human problems are especially valuable in our difficult times. by the way, this temple opened its doors to parishioners a little over 3 years ago, it was the twentieth year, despite the attempts made to rock the country, belarus survived. all these. we managed to get through without shocks, and of course, there is a lot of work behind this. in the temple, the president sincerely spoke about what awaits us next year, from the year of peace and creation we have moved into the year of quality, each of us must make our own contribution to filling it in our place in our sphere, the head of state spoke about the village, in the country will continue to develop and support rural areas, at the same time there is a change of generations, our duty is to convey to young people who have not known the upheavals of how...

in our country, this has happened, so far, god willing, it will continue to be like this, we are able with our minds and hands to create in the year of peace and creation, without peace there is no peace on our land, everything else can be creation, we are moving into the year of quality, we need this peaceful, calm belarusian life in this small...

the island where we live today, fill it with high quality, make people happy when they wake up in the morning and go to bed, put their kids to bed, so that people are happy, so that they are proud of their lives, of course, i’ll say it tritely, but you are with me agree, it all depends only on us, only from us, from me, of course, but without you... quality life is impossible, so we need to add quality to this peaceful, calm, creative life, then everything will be fine with us. on this special day, without gifts, the head of state donated an icon of the sovereign mother of god to the temple. in turn, alexander lukashenko was presented with an icon of st. nicholas the wonderworker. the head of state spoke very warmly with local residents and parishioners. church, many

came to the morning service from nearby settlements and the capital. there were mutual wishes for health and longevity, and, of course, peace and tranquility on belarusian soil. somebody. i wanted to shake the president’s hand to thank him for the most valuable thing, that we can calmly celebrate this bright day among our loved ones under a peaceful sky. more than 4 million believing belarusians rejoice at the nativity of christ, with faith, hope and love, in severe frost, but with warmth of hearts, people go to churches on this great holiday. hallelujah. the highest church in minsk - a temple-monument in honor of all saints - met bethlehem star until 3:00 a.m. resumed prayer at 10 a.m. the solemn liturgy was performed accompanied by the singing of a children's choir.

according to the canon, clergy in white robes announce the birth of christ in prayers. my children and i usually always go to church to pray. our family is our believer. my parents are also believers , i would like to wish our belarusians that they have more faith, that everything will be fine, i came from moscow, we have only been here for 10 days, this is the second time in this church, but in general i go to church every week, take communion, trying every week, but today is such a big holiday, so we are happy and the temple is like this... under this banner of salvation, we must all unite around our church, around our temple, around our state, our people, unite all together, all slavic peoples to defeat

the evil that is now in the world, kindness, tolerance, well, so that there is some kind of community and spirit... the spirit of the holiday, the spirit of some kind of magic will not hurt, i think, thank god for the fact that we everyone is alive and well, unite, be friends, meet, behind the strict christmas fast, it motivated true believers to abstain from evil thoughts and unnecessary food. there are still prohibitions today: any housework is foul language, families gather after the service at the festive table, ahead of christmas, because of the spiritual fullness of christmas. no one is stopping us from coming to christ in church on this holy day so that with our soul and heart we can feel the mystery of christmas and want to receive this great gift. no one

is stopping us from being at the table of life at the divine liturgy and being involved in it. "hurry to to christ now, because tomorrow may not exist, tomorrow the kingdom of god may come, but without us. christ gives us the language of love in which we can agree with everyone. at these moments, the spirit of christmas fills the national library. the metropolitan christmas tree is a new initiative of the belarusian orthodox church. an interactive performance brought together children, clergy, medical workers and large families of the minsk region. two gold medals, a gift from our biathletes. the christmas mossstart brought unforgettable bright emotions to the fans - this purchase of the commonwealth in raobichi. anna solo

and anton smulsky. our guys are the best today. andrey kozlov is in direct contact with the studio. good afternoon, andrey, congratulations. good afternoon, minsk, in fact, the frost here is getting stronger and stronger, but all the better, because you know, when these bright behavioral emotions happen, they honestly warm you from the inside, i can tell you this as a viewer, so literally a couple of minutes of our on-air direct attention is all, and we are leaving the work place, since the podium has just been emptied here, but we are actually waiting solo, she is the winner, by the way, i forgot to say the most important thing, i apologize, anna won solo today in the mastart, so congratulations to all belarusian sports fans, but for now anna is somewhere on the sidelines of the wax booths next to me. our big guest pavel rostovtsev , vice-president of the russian federation, by the way , let’s try to sum up the working result from the point of view, of course, of the organization, from the outside, you know, just a brilliant sports festival, great, i’m very grateful to all the people who contributed a piece your soul, not only professional qualities,

because the weather conditions were difficult, a wonderful track, a wonderful stadium , which they were able to clear of snow in a timely manner, literally, you all remember how on the first day at night... it was snowing, and most importantly, unforgettable the atmosphere of a real holiday that was going on in these stands, a large number of spectators, and of course, a magnificent fight, really fair, uncompromising with some kind of swing, i really congratulate all fans of the belarusian biathlon, because after all good performance and anton smolskaya today, ansolo won, well, in sports the strongest win, we are waiting for new starts, once again many thanks to everyone who organized this truly biathlon holiday, don’t leave, wait a second, while we ask the directors to put on these bright shots anna's solo finish, attention, here she is.

in fact, it’s very frosty, again, i’ll emphasize that the main thing is that our guys are winning, this morning anton smolsky, let me remind you, also won mastarte, let’s hear what anton has in store for us live today and said, i would like to thank the audience for coming to the stands, not being afraid of the frost, warming up and supporting our team. today's competitions at previous starts , that's it, colleagues, thank you very much for your attention, during these days, i'm actually warming up right now, because right at this moment i'm giving the floor to minsk, the floor to you from studio k9, a couple of seconds and i'm running to warm up, thank you andrey, the final race of the third stage of the commonwealth biathlon cup in raupichi was brought belarusians have two golds, congratulations to our biathletes once again. the united states will soon not be able to supply ukraine with patriot missiles, as

the new york times writes, the interceptors are too expensive, and congress has not approved funding. military observers emphasize that the cost of missiles is up to 4 million dollars, and defending the skies is a very expensive task, especially since the ukrainian air defense system is often overloaded, mainly by some of the most inexpensive drones. previously , the ukrainian media reported that without western help, anti-aircraft kiev’s defense has enough ammunition left for a maximum of two more massive attacks, however, even the ukrainians themselves have no faith in them. as one of the german news portals reports, trust in the square media has generally fallen to 29% over the past 2 years. the secret hospitalization of the head of the pentagon came as a shock to senior us officials, as the political publication reports; for 3 whole days the information that the minister of defense was hospitalized was hidden from president biden and... their officials in the white house national security council. aspen he even had to justify himself for this, saying that

he was admitted to the hospital due to complications after a minor planned medical procedure. and another scandal in the american education system, due to political pressure, the head of harvard left his post. why the american dream is cracking and how they can make an outcast for having an opinion, who else is thrown out onto the street, as well as the system of bribery into the elite. universities who don’t give a damn about general rules, corruption, repression and other scandals in understandable politics, watch on monday after the panorama.

a powerful tornado hit florida, the disaster swept through the streets of the resort. located on the atlantic coast. the air funnel damaged the roof of the building,

hit a couple of yachts, and cut many power lines. there were no reports of casualties. and this is footage of an unusual rare phenomenon in st. petersburg. that night , pillars of light appeared in the sky above the city, creating a whole forest of light. megapolis shares vivid videos on social networks.