during training, all applicants pass an internal exam on the biblical history of the old and new testaments, liturgical regulations, church history, catechism, reading in church slavonic and knowledge of basic prayers by heart. applicants who enter the minsk theological seminary are called upon to become clergy after studying at the theological school. the seminary has about 350 students. one hundred of them are full-time students and 250 are part-time students. full-time 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. is located in the grodno region

, in the slonem district, in the agricultural town of zhiroviche, and what is very important and valuable is that it is located next to and together with the holy dormition zherovishche monastery, which houses one of the great shrines of the belarusian people and the whole world in general, the zhirovichi icon of god mother. minsk theological seminary puts our goal is to educate 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 have retained this connection with the heavenly church, the connection with the fact that we we call grace, which means the goal of our theological school has been fulfilled. seminary students participate in liturgical life and help during services in the monastery. on 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. a special daily routine, a 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 morning prayers, then the clergyman reads the gospel, the word of god, then all students go down to refectory for breakfast. it’s interesting that our students and teachers have meals together, and we eat.

together, and during meals, this is a bit of a monastic tradition, we read some kind of teaching, from the work of the holy fathers, when during the meal the students eat, they also listen, that is, we can say that they combine the meal with this teaching, today together with you we will remember the 28th verse of psalm 118: my soul is lifted up from despondency, strengthen me in your words, if... eating, we all pray, we give thanks gentlemen, we are all going together, according to the established tradition, to the main monastery cathedral to the miraculous icon of the mother of god. the mother of god is more than 500 years old, now in the twenty-fifth year it will be 555 years since the day of the appearance of the icon of the mother of god, she chose this place.

at our 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 holy scripture, new.

there is a need to go somewhere to some parish, to see how life is organized there, also, what documents should be there in the parish, what the life of the parish consists of, students go for such practical classes to one or another nearby parish.

we will show modern belarus from an unusual angle. i also see that in belarus there is a huge advantage for those who, for example, work, let you be 40 years old, 50 years old, for example, i have friends who just go to an amateur hockey club. level education, the system itself is so advanced in comparison. i can’t even explain this, belarus has become for me some kind of piece in life, without which i can’t even live, every time i want to come back here again, we will provide the opportunity to see what is invisible to the eyes of local residents, the metro here is very it’s beautiful,

especially the green line, which is now being built, in general it’s beautiful, compared to new york, you can walk around in an instant, everything hangs out, it’s like a city, it’s a second home for me. belarusians for me are very open-hearted, very friendly and very responsive people who are always ready to help. watch in the project a look at belarus on the belarus 24 tv channel. quiet, quiet, your friends, comrade captain, so what do you order to do with the boy? my father died at the front, the village was occupied. german , his mother didn’t want to give up the cow, his mother was killed , he hung around for almost 2 years, hid in the forests, he kept wanting to cross the front line, but the front was far away then, the main thing is to stick to us, to the scouts, and you won’t get lost, you’re not allowed to dry out, that well, it’s not supposed to be done, don’t take it me, poor thing, what are you doing, don’t order me to go, i’m ready, ready, well, take it

, take it, take the boy and go, i’ll leave, even if you tie me to you with faith, i’ll still leave, that’s your lie, there’s a boss , and from what you know, it’s immediately obvious, the house is strong, the horses are standing under saddles , the samovar was carried, the sentry, well, don’t worry, we will put you in an orphanage, forelock, not forelock, but forelock, what you don’t see, dear, here it is deception, boots, overcoat, shoulder straps, i don’t see a soldier, he is also a soldier, watch the series son of the regiment on tv channel belarus 24.

we have three departments in the seminary, the department of bibliography, the department that studies the holy scriptures, schools in the minsk theological seminary there is also a department of church arts, which includes two specializations, regen iconography: full-time correspondence forms of education. mostly girls study in these specialties and specializations, and after graduation they become a

church choir director or an icon painter. minor, we rise and start the third line bright and wide, the first line again. let's go to start. that in a fairly short time, that is, 4 years, a student must master not only the basic aspects of working with sound, working with music, and musical literacy, but he must first of all be imbued with the spirit of worship, the spirit of prayer, and understand what the connection between through prayer and singing, to convey this, to synthesize it in oneself. there are two

choirs. male choir mixed choir. male choir, only men sing in it, boys and girls sing in a mixed choir. a male choir sings during the service in the assumption cathedral of the monastery. a a mixed choir, it sings during services in our three hierarchs church. and also , for the second year now , a children’s choir of students has been singing at the minsk theological seminary. voice, and invite them to help in singing and develop the talents that they have during worship. imaliko lord, now

gradual development does not occur immediately, but by contrast. 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, in second place music, the guys who are standing on the choir are aware that maybe the person who came to the temple today, he crossed the threshold of the temple for the first time and it is very important..." not to destroy the first impression, the first impression is like the first love, it is not forgotten, the majority of teachers

at our seminary are clergy who , in addition to teaching, also serve in various parishes in the belarusian orthodox church, in our students, i think that every teacher recognizes himself, because everyone student lives in general and this or that situation with... i myself am from the family of an orthodox priest, my dad is a priest of our belarusian orthodox church, and it so happened that he had very believing parents, they brought him to god and laid it down burning, love for christianity, for the orthodox faith, so he and his mother are trying and doing everything to... convey this faith to their children, that is, to us, and i, since childhood, looking at the parental example, in

particular at my father, i saw how he communicates with people, how he stands at the throne god, how he prays, how he helps people, and this kindled in me this burning and love for the temple, for the church. we have such a practice in the seminary that every student must... make a choice: go ahead, decide what you will do for the rest of your life,

what will shape you as a person, as a person, what you will be in your life , the way you will be remembered, when you are forced to think about such things, more serious, one might say, spiritual, you begin to look for questions that you you evaluate it according to some of your own criteria of authenticity, does that mean it? ecology, this is not what history says about this, that is , you can learn something for yourself from there, for some reason it also turns out to be not the same, you come to church about... words explain what you have been looking for all this time, a person meets god at a certain stage of his life, for some this meeting with god is more vivid and memorable, and for some people it is unnoticeable, faith in god

helps you to firmly hold on to the path you have chosen , and everyone who enters... to the theological seminary, he chooses the path of life with christ, this is faith in christ, it helps to walk through life confidently, confidently - this does not mean with your head held high, exalting yourself over other people, but means to walk firmly, because you know that you with christ, you try to measure all your actions, deeds, thoughts, words with the teachings of christ, with his commandments, and you know that they lead you to eternal life, they give you... here on earth a foretaste of the kingdom of heaven, and you walk this path and your path is solid, because you are not alone, you are with christ

to become your own in someone else's... what is it, are you ready? yes, of course, let's go, wait, where are you rushing? let's take a photo first. and they will introduce belarusians to the cultural characteristics of their countries. well,

he’ll clap for the brown one. let's try it here, right? everything here is already different. watch the project at home on our tv channel. their every day begins with tension, there are such trills here, that is , you are sitting at home, there is such singing of birds, especially in the evening, i have never heard this anywhere else in my life, for this it is even worth coming and look at all this beauty when everything is in flood, this is venice, yana...

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 required by students, who teach students, for example, how to bake prosphora, which may be useful for them in the parish, how to sing, how to sing buns, who teach them to sing for worship, read correctly, expressively beautiful and other skills. cleaning the territory of the seminary, whoever could do the work, let’s artyom, you! there are three people on duty in the kitchen: misha, you, andrey and alexander. many of our students

work in the information field. we have an editorial office for the website of the minsk theological seminary, and we have an editorial office for our magazine steps, where students write their articles and 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, to teach in a way, to undergo teaching practice in a way. in sunday school there are several groups from... the smallest group to the older one, these groups are distributed according to the age of the students, our students have the opportunity

to teach lessons there, teach the law of god, church history, and thus gain experience in teaching theological disciplines to young people . we have a gym in the seminary 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 go home, someone can go to a nearby town, this is slonimem, just take a walk around the city, visit a museum, for example, go and watch a movie.

and at 8:00 everyone gathers for dinner, for dinner, after which evening prayers are performed, at evening prayers, senior students, from third to fifth, undergo a liturgical service practice, learn to preach, after evening prayers, each student also prepares a sermon on the day assigned to him on the theme of the day about the day of remembrance of the saint that takes place on this day, talks about his life, gives his moral application and some... instructions to students, it is interesting that students try not to read these sermons, they try to pronounce them, and as a rule, those students who pronounce them for the first time, these sermons are

short, but they are simple and from the bottom of their hearts, our students really like them, then when they they graduate from seminary, become clergy, and need to preach sermons in their churches; for them it is easier to do this, because they already have practice, they have experience. such an interesting story, one clergyman even told him, he noticed how an old man was entering the temple, one old man began to enter, yes, and he was standing in the temple, the service had not yet begun , he was already standing in the temple, the service had already ended, he was still standing, but the priest became interested and thought, well, why is he standing there? he went up to him and asked, what are you doing, and he said, i i pray, the priest says, but what do you say 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 a person’s heart, bring him closer to the creator , we always say that before being a good christian, before

talking about fulfilling god’s commandments, 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 if you... sleep with everyone like a human being, then you will, this will be good soil for speaking to absorb the spiritual, the seed that was sown here in the theological school will definitely bear good fruit in the future. a person who has graduated from theological school, our graduate, who will become a clergyman, he will be sent to one or another parish, in the countryside or in the city, he will not only provide spiritual guidance, give spiritual advice to people who come to him. come, but will also work actively 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... will help to 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 hungry for faith, who long to find faith, to find a good example in the person of a clergyman, our clergymen will be such an example and be the work of our teachers who are in them here... and god's help, the grace of god, which will act on them.

the theme of quality is the main one this year and it’s not just about a good product, the meaning is much deeper, it’s about our lives. our country will have its own national mark, a state sign, which will mark all the best. make yours unique, product control will be placed at a higher level. if many of your qualities are accepted sincerely, tomorrow in belarus will become. kenya, colombia, kuwait, japan. cooperation between belarus and china is developing super dynamic. trade turnover increased 130 times. more than 50 projects are being implemented with the participation of chinese capital, more than 10 are being developed. our country, by the way, has extended visa-free travel for another

year. first, the actions of the visa-free regime. gety tsud, shto varyў nayvyaliksha master. mil gilevich. polina, do you believe in female friendship? i've probably been lucky in my life. and those friends who met

me, they are very worthy people, and yes, i can say with confidence that i believe in female tremors, my guest as a child could not think that she would become... she was in charge like an amazon the legendary enchantress ensemble now carefully preserves the experience and develops the musical traditions of the group. today my guest is the artistic director of the enchantress ensemble, polina bazyleva. polina, hello. hello. polina, is it true that as a child you didn’t dream of becoming an actress? no actress, no artist.

in general, it seemed to me that i didn’t have a very creative perception of everything, and i thought maybe i would become a lawyer or a prosecutor. the fact is that my mother is a very creative person, she herself comes from nizhny novgorod. novgorod, from near nizhny novgorod, she writes songs, she plays the guitar, she gave her solo concerts there, and some creative evenings, so like it or not, you start singing little by little, plus my grandmother had a lot of boxes, we drove. mom also went after them, when she also sent cows as a child, she filled a whole backpack of books, started reading, and then started singing to them, and that’s exactly what she recommended to us: when you graze the cows, so that they don’t run away, go songs, it works, yes, works, and i remember that we went out onto some hill and sang a song, and a young cossack was walking underneath.