means the district in the nesevsky district, and vladyka filoret was elected in the starashovsky electoral district of the city of minsk, our first meeting and contacts took place in the hall of the supreme council of the republic of belarus. we were very pleased that when conflicts or unsolicited questions arose, the bishop always carried his wise word, and the hall always calmed down in a very important way. at that time it was possible to obtain - thanks to him - the opportunity to adequately assess the ongoing processes. vladyka made a colossal contribution to the formation of our country. in june 2002, vladyka philored took part in the signing of an agreement on cooperation between the state and the church, which was supported by all six regions and 14 ministries. vladyka fedorit visited approximately four times a year.

what to do, what to do when society is in extreme moral decline, how to save it, how to correct it, our mistake is probably that we are trying to immediately correct

the whole society, we are looking for ideas, looking for theories to save humanity, we are used to to the theory of universal salvation, world revolution, in this... laziness in our pursuit of universality, we forget that a person is himself, and what i must , if i understand that it is impossible to live like this any longer, i must begin this correction with myself, so we can immediately remember the advice of st. seraphim of sarov, our great

spiritual teacher, he seems to be still today he answers us: save yourself and thousands around you will be saved, and indeed, everything good, everything in modern language, speaking, and so progressive, revolutionary, it also began with one person, but convinced, thanks to his eminence... dioceses, there are 35 monasteries and more than 1,700 parishes, 1,683 orthodox churches have been opened and 190 more are under construction, metropolitan phillaret

served the church for more than 20 years as a patriarch and exarch, and more than 50 as a bishop. there are no coincidences in our christian life, everything is by providence.

we continue, the human conscience is restless when there is disharmony in the world, when there is disharmony in the inner man, disharmony in

the surrounding society, disharmony in all creation, now... in our time, these problems remain unresolved. for for many years, metropolitan phillaret headed the spiritual councils of the zherovichi monastery, personally performed monastic tonsures and ordained rapists into the san, and approved the decision to accept new members into the brethren. every year the bishop led. solemn divine service on the occasion of honoring the fatty icon of the mother of god and on the days of the patronal feasts of the monastery. both

good thoughts and evil thoughts. and you shouldn’t be afraid to talk about what’s in a person. there is a constant struggle and that our whole life is a struggle, but about this internal invisible warfare, as the holy fathers put it, we also need...

this is a long-term personal contribution to the spiritual revival of the belarusian people, strengthening

friendship and fraternal ties between peoples, the development of interfaith dialogue. let not the sun go down on your anger. the day is ending, and think about it, maybe your life ends with the sunset today. and make peace with... with the whole world around you and leave your anger , and when you go to sleep, so to speak , make peace with everything, let the sun not set on your anger, it’s beautifully said, the meaning the existence of man is to surpass his humanity and become a man through communication with god, so said metropolitan phillaret, and we will try to follow his rules, the memory of him will live long in our hearts. there was a program of wear and tear with you,

i am enga belova, all the best to you. i am belarusian, i am born in this cossack land, between the forests and the bushes of the past centuries, i am belarusian, i am born in this cossack land, and the good glory of belarus is known forever, for good reason, i am belarusian and i am happy that she gave me matsi movu. that i can feel the songs of my relatives from a distance and close proximity. i am a belarusian, and

even though the world is too small, i will say, i will be born into a tribe of ungodly people, and i will not succumb to death. dear brothers and sisters, the special period of christmas time continues, which begins with the feast of the nativity of christ, january 7, and ends on epiphany eve, january 17. orthodox christians devote this time to glorifying the lord who was born according to the flesh. not only with words and church chants, but also with your pious

deeds, visit helping your neighbors, thereby sharing the holy days of christmas with them. the christmas season is filled with many spiritual events. on january 13 , the feast of the nativity of christ is celebrated, and on january 14, we celebrate the circumcision of the lord and the day of remembrance of st. basil the great. and already on january 15 , the contribution to the holiday begins.