i will never forget your class, i will never forget you, good morning, belarus. dear brothers and sisters, today the orthodox church remembers one of the most rapid events of the gospel history, the beheading of the prophet, the flock of the baptist of the lord john. he is one of the most revered saints in the orthodox church. john was born into

the family of the priest zechariah and the righteous elizabeth. as the evangelist luke narrates, the archangel gabriel announced the birth of a son to zechariah, saying that many about the birth his will rejoice, for he will be great before the lord, will not drink wine or axe, and will be filled with the holy spirit even from his mother's womb. saint john. escaped death among the thousands of infants killed by herod, he grew up in the wild desert, preparing himself for great service in fasting and prayer, or rather, divine providence itself prepared him for this, saint john wore rough clothes, secured with a leather belt, ate wild honey and locusts, a kind of locust, at the age of three...

to receive the expected messiah and performing water baptism over them. this baptism was not still a blessed christian sacrament, but prepared the people for the future baptism with water and the holy spirit. when christ the savior himself came to the jordan river, the prophet john baptized him with water and became a witness to the miracles of the epiphany. further from the bible. history we learn that saint john the baptist was imprisoned by the ruler of galilee, herod antipas. the prophet of god openly denounced herod for leaving his lawful wife and cohabiting with herodias, the wife of his brother philip. on his birthday, herod threw a feast for the nobles, elders and captains. herodias' daughter, solome, danced before the guests,

which attracted their attention and greatly pleased herod. the girl's gratitude, he swore to give her whatever she asked for, even up to half his kingdom. solome, on the advice of her mother herodias, asked to give her the head of john the baptist on a platter. then herod was sad, because he feared the wrath of god for the murder of the prophet, whom he had previously obeyed, at the same time he was afraid of the people, who loved the saint, but did not want to lose the respect of the people. guests, if they do not fulfill the oath they have given, he ordered that the head of saint john be cut off and given to straw, and here we see, on the one hand, how important a parent's word is, what weight it has for children, how much it should be... weighed. herodias gives

wrong advice to her daughter. and thus, through this, a great sin occurs, a great lawlessness is committed. in addition, we see that not every word should be fulfilled. if the word is thoughtless, bad, it can have bad consequences. although we know the proverb: if you give your word, keep it, and if you don't, take care of it. but the holy fathers teach us that sometimes, rarely, hardly in many cases, you can change your word. in this case, as far as herod's promises are concerned, of course, he should have changed his word, even better, he lost his authority, but he did not do such a thing. so, taking

the dish with the prophet's head, solomiya, took it to her mother, filled with malice and radiada, pricked the prophet's tongue with a needle, because. at that time he still continued to speak and denounce her and herod about the improper they commits. the head of the saint was buried in an unclean place, after which one pious woman, joanna, found the relic and buried it in a linen vessel on mount eleonka. the holy body was taken and buried that same night after the death of the prophet by his disciples in sebaste. thus occurred the tragic death of the great saint, about whom our lord jesus christ said that of those born of women there rose no greater than john the baptist. on the day of the beheading of st. john, the church established

a strict fast, which is our an expression of grief about what happened, calls for our adoption of moral values ​​from this.

where people can turn for help is the parish of the temple in honor of the icon of the mother of god, the undrunk cup, in the city of minsk, where support is provided to people who find themselves in a life crisis. a rehabilitation center called anastasis

is located in the slonemsky district, near the zheroetsky monastery is under his direct care. there is an opportunity to live there for some time. people who understand the need to break away from the usual way of life life, in order to tune in to another life in other conditions, without alcohol. the orthodox church at all times calls its members to a sober, meaningful, god-pleasing life. today we are called to revive in the public consciousness the attitude to sobriety, as a moral. values ​​and christians in this should be the main example. the memory of the incense of the head of john of pritech, once again calls on all of us to be more attentive to our words and actions, to try to lead a sober life.

not only by abstaining from excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, but with special attention and prudence, managing the time of life given to us by god. accepting responsibility for it not only before the creator, but all the people close to us, realizing the responsibility for our deeds and actions, therefore weighing everything first of all, evaluating only then doing. the prophet , the baptist of the lord john helps us in our good intentions. he ended his life tragically by human standards. but from the divine point of view he received the opportunity to be crowned with another crown, crown of a martyr, in addition to the crowns of a prophet, a fugitive, the baptizer of the lord, holy

fugitive baptizer of the lord john, pray to god for us help us in our lives. live news in the studio elena melnitskaya, good morning watch in this issue, fateful debates. and haris came together in a verbal duel. the former us president has already called this debate the best in