the capitals of muskva are well known to millions of people; there is an exhibition of the modern national history of the ussr. the pavilion of our republic, i am proud to visit thousands of tourists from all parts of the savetskaya union. ilnavodstva, vydachaya galina rural gaspadarki republic. school student kolya maklakov is getting tired in the fall.

a priest is one who looks at every person who comes to him as a child of god, as an image like god, and treats him, first of all, with respect, shows him his attention, love and care. at the minsk theological seminary, we try to ensure that every student absorbs. from the first year, this is the good example that he sees on the pages of the bible, which he sees in the works of the holy fathers, for example, communication with this or that shepherd of the church of christ. i am priest artemy kirko, head of the correspondence education department of the minsk theological seminary. this is a place, an almomatory for those who have decided to devote their lives to serving god and people.

the minsk theological seminary dates back to the end of the 18th century in 1785, and experienced various stages of its history. was transferred from one city to another, closed, and experienced its first revival after the great patriotic war. two-year theological courses were opened in žerovice. then these two-year courses grew into a seminary, and the seminary operated until 1963 . it was revived again in 1989. the first patriarchal exarch of all belarus, metropolitan filoret. in 1996 , the minsk theological academy was opened. and

the regen department, where not only boys but also girls studied. academy existed until 2015 and then was transferred to minsk, and 2 years ago it returned here again to zhirovishchi, no longer just the regen department, but the department of church arts, which includes the regen department and the icon painting department. this is a spiritual educational institution where, in addition to teaching, students teach.

will be brought up here, what will be important is what fruit they can then bear both for society and for the church, therefore the state provides assistance to our theological school, all third-party, our students have the opportunity study for free at the theological school, free accommodation and food, also our students receive a scholarship and teachers the salary that the state allocates to us and... life, not just existence, but the life of our theological school, thanks to such close cooperation, collaboration between the church and the state brings great benefits for our society. in order to enter our theological seminary, each person must work for at least a year in his parish, at his place of residence, attend church, and help with divine services.

theological seminary, are called upon to become clergy after training. applicants who enter the minsk theological school. there are about 350 students studying at the seminary, 100 of them in the full-time department and 250 in the extramural department. on a full-time basis. students study for 5 years, studying not only church disciplines, theology, scripture, church history, but secular disciplines, foreign languages, english or german, pedagogy, philosophy, psychology. minsk

theological seminary, located in grodno region, in the slonim region, in the agricultural town of zhirovich, and what is very important. and it is valuable that it is located next to and together with the holy dormition zherovichi monastery, which houses one of the great shrines of the belarusian people and the whole world in general, the zhirovichi icon of the mother of god. minsk theological seminary sets itself the goal of educating those people who are looking for the kingdom of heaven, they are looking for the kingdom of heaven within themselves, they are looking for god in this world. and if after graduating from the minsk seminary they retained this connection with the heavenly church, connection with that that we call grace, it means the goal of our theological school has been fulfilled. seminary students participate in liturgical life,

help during services in the monastery in various obediences, and the monastery, in turn, helps the seminary, also in whatever way it can... and thus, such joint cooperation and coexistence helps the harmonious spiritual development of both the monastery and the seminary . minsk theological seminary is called a closed educational institution. this does not mean that it is completely closed from the outside world. special daily routine, special charter at 8 a.m., each student comes to morning prayers, which are performed in our trinity seminary church. morning prayers last 15 minutes, when each of the students takes turns reading the morning prayers, then the clergyman reads the gospel, the word of god, then all the students go down to the refectory for breakfast. it’s interesting that our students

and teachers have meals together, we eat everything together, and during meals, this is a little bit of a monastic tradition, we read some kind of teaching. creation of the holy fathers, when students eat during a meal, they also listen, that is, we can say that they combine eating with such learning. today we will remember together with you the 28th verse of the 118th psalm. my soul has risen, strengthen me in your words. after eating, we all pray, thank the lord. and everyone went together.

for the protection of the mother of god, students have a tradition of coming every day, no matter how miraculous they are, to ask you for help, guidance, strengthening of spiritual strength, so that then bring the light of christ to all people. we have. at the seminary, lectures are given by more than thirty teachers, each teacher has his own day, his own subject in which he is an expert, his own topics, his own programs and lectures. i myself also studied at the minsk theological seminary and am a graduate of it. i

teach subjects such as scripture, new testament, and catechism. our lectures are held in the form of a seminar, in the form of surveys, and so on. we show presentations to students and watch some videos, which we then discuss and read various texts or... an additional round in order to understand a particular issue in more detail, if there is a need to conduct a practical lesson on a particular subject, the teacher together with the students come to the temple, show vestments, show the structure of the temple, the structure of the altar , they explain everything practically, show, there is a need to go somewhere to some parish, see how life works there, what documents the parish should have. what the life of the parish consists of, students leave for such practical classes, to one or

another nearby parish. belarus is a country. will bring good luck and a lot of money, and such unusual cymbals are only here in

the stores, i will also try to play them, victoria popletnikova plays, it’s a joke, they play, and the soul of the blue eye is people, and well, it’s the same principle as these fire shows, but these things are like a fire show, maybe . regarding this, i generally know people who are happy so as not to hit themselves, and for now, travel with us on the belarus 24 tv channel, i don’t that this war seems to be going on, in general, no one is happy, we ourselves have given the opportunity to our enemies, as if, yes, not only to dismember us, but also to force us to fight with each other, behind the lines everyone is rubbing their hands like this. they, so to speak, slavs , kind of forced each other to kill each other, but we didn’t have enough inner wisdom to

avoid this, in war you already understand that there is nothing more important than a person, you, despite the fact that there are no resources, maximum justice has been built, justice - this is not what is trending now, but in our state, our people have a demand for justice, including in the international arena, as soon as you become the same beasts as your enemies, you have lost, even if you ... we have three departments in the seminary, the department

of biblical studies, the department that studies the holy scriptures, the department of theology, where theological disciplines are studied, and the department of church history and church-practical disciplines. in the correspondence department we have several specializations, this is the theological and pastoral specialization, where students study clergy by correspondence; there is a theological pedagogical specialization. where students also study to become teachers, in order to later become teachers of the law of god, teachers of sunday schools. the minsk theological seminary also has a department of church arts, which includes two specializations, regen icon painting, and full-time correspondence education. mostly girls study in these specialties and specializations, and after graduation they become a church choir director or an icon painter.

the main points of working with sound, working with music, with musical literacy, must be imbued with the spirit.

worthy and righteous, this is working with the word , therefore we need to try to ensure that the guys develop good diction and a meaningful approach to the word, the word comes first for us, music comes second, the guys who stand on the choir are aware that maybe a person who came to the temple today, he stepped into the threshold of the temple for the first time, it is very important not to destroy the first impression, the first impression is like first love, it does not it is forgotten that the majority of teachers at our seminary are clergy who, in addition to teaching, also

serve in various parishes of the belarusian orthodox church.

to the temple, to the church, we have such a practice in the seminary that every student must have a confessor, he can be from among the clergy, our married teachers, someone is closer to one of the monastics, so throughout the entire study at the minsk theological seminary student grows not only intellectually, but together with my confessor, walking this path, we can say that he understands spiritual issues and grows spiritually.

a person meets god at a certain stage of his life, for some people this meeting with god is more vivid and memorable, but for some people it is invisible. faith in god, it helps you hold firmly and follow the path that you have chosen, everyone who enters a theological

seminary chooses the path of life with christ, that’s faith in christ, it helps you walk through life confidently, confidently - this does not mean with holding your head high, exalting yourself above other people, which means walking firmly, because you know that you are with christ and all your actions and deeds. thoughts, words, you try to measure them with the teachings of christ, with his commandments, and you know that they lead you to eternal life, they give you already here on earth a foretaste of the kingdom of heaven, and you follow this path and your path is solid, because you are not alone, you are with christ. the skin hero may

create a unique history of life and creativity. i saw a concrete pot, i showed it to roma, i said, i need. well, this is how our journey into the concrete world began. i’m probably going somehow step by step, step by step, and i manage to do everything. belarusians, a project of the right people, who share their thoughts, watch on our tv channel. to become part of a foreign country,

you don’t have to be born there. no, not like yours, no, well, yes, mine, not his. it’s enough to behave at a party like the host of the show, like at home, where we landed this time, and i think in a new fairy tale, two foreign students will discover belarusian customs, well, are you ready? yes, of course, let's go, well wait, where are you rushing, let's take photos first.

the life of our students is similar to the life of students at secular universities; for the most part, we only see that our students combine their studies with liturgical life. with the labors and obediences that they carry out here in our theological school or in the monastery, which are not a burden to the students who teach

students, for example, how to bake prosphora, which may be useful for them in the parish, to sing, to sing buns, to teach them to sing for worship, read correctly, expressively beautiful and other skills, brothers, please sit down, obedience: cleaning the territory of the seminary, who please, today the following are waiting for us to be able to work, come on artyom, you are on duty in the kitchen, three people, misha, you, andrey and alexander. many of our students work in the information sector. we have an editorial site. theological seminary, there is an editorial office of our magazine steps, where students write their articles, interview interesting guests, also our students, they

help in recording: many projects that are currently operating in our theological seminary, this is the gospel in the modern world, dialogues, there is a sunday school for children, in which our students have the opportunity to work, teach in a way, undergo teaching practice in a way. in sunday school there are several groups from the very...

in the seminary there is a gym, when in their free time students can go to work out there, we have a gym where students gather, are divided into teams, play football, volleyball, basketball, weekends, students are leaving home, someone can go to a nearby town, this is slonim, just walk around the city, visit a museum, for example, in solma, go watch a movie. or go to the theater and spend time this way. the whole week is divided into singing groups, when all students, in addition to sunday services and holiday services, come to the temple to learn prayer, reading and singing during the service. our worship begins at 5 o'clock in the monastery, if it is a service in the seminary, then at 6:00 pm, and lasts approximately 2-2 hours. and at 8:00 everyone

gathers for dinner, for dinner, after which evening prayers are performed, at evening prayers, senior students , from the third to the fifth, undergo liturgical practice, learn to preach, after evening prayers , each student also prepares a sermon on the day assigned to him on the topic of the day of remembrance of the saint that takes place on this day, talks about his life, gives his moral application and some kind of instruction.

the story was even told by one clergyman, he noticed how one old man was entering the temple, yes, and he was standing in the temple, the service had not yet begun, he is already standing in the church, the service has already ended, he is still standing, but the priest became interested and thinks, why is he standing there, he went up to him and asked, what are you doing, and he says, i’m praying, the priest says, what are you saying to god , i don’t say anything , i listen, and what god says to you, he doesn’t say anything, he listens, this silence, it can open... in a person’s heart, bring him closer to the creator, we always say that before being a good christian, before talking about keeping the commandments god, everyone must become a good person, everyone must become a person, a person, when you become a person, you will try to bring all human qualities to life, when you

act with everyone... humanly, then you, it will be good soil for talking about absorbing the spiritual. the seed that was sown here in the theological school will certainly bear fruit in the future. a person who graduated from theological school, our graduate, who will become a clergyman, he will be sent to that or another parish, in a rural area or in a city, and will not only provide spiritual nourishment, give spiritual advice to people who come to him. and will actively work in the cultural activities of the village, the city where he will live and serve, he will actively work in the social direction, he will help care for the poor, visit hospitals, orphanages, he will bear fruit not only for the church, but also for society, for our people who are experiencing...