on christmas eve, vladimir putin met at a residence near moscow with the families of military personnel who died during a special operation. invited families to a holiday dinner. this was stated by presidential press secretary dmitry peskov. so, orthodox christians celebrate one of the most important christian holidays - christmas. patriarch kirill addressed the believers. dear brothers and sisters, i warmly greet you all.

i congratulate you on the great holiday of the nativity of christ. today we remember a special event: the coming into the world of the lord and savior, which the church calls the sun of truth. this sun never sets, does not go beyond the horizon, does not lose its warmth and does not go out, and no darkness can swallow it up. his life-giving power is so great and gracious that it can break through. even awareness of the darkness of our sins, our imperfections, can dispel the fog of doubt about everyday problems, overcome our worries about the fate of the world and the country, bring calm to rushing hearts, highlight true life priorities, showing a person the right path to salvation. every the christian is called to carry the reflection within himself.

the sun of righteousness, christ. this happens when we live in accordance with the gospel covenant, which says: let your light so shine before people, so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven. this is exactly what the lord who came to earth calls us to do. but this light is special, it is not the light of a spotlight in your eyes. it is not harsh or blinding. it is no coincidence that in one of the liturgical hymns the church calls christ the quiet light. this light illuminates life so much, which allows us to see the path leading to salvation and a blessed eternity. in the light of christ’s truth , man himself, his surroundings, and all the diversity of life are revealed in a new way. however, we must remember that, being immersed in his worries, a person... can

pass by this divine light, not notice it, not recognize it in the everyday bustle. unfortunately, our contemporaries often find themselves blinded by the cold light pouring in from everywhere, advertising advertisements, smartphones and tablets. the eyes get so used to this bright stream of excess information that more and more often people pass by what the ray of this cold light did not hit. and if you turn off the electricity, then all the screens will go out in an instant, but the sun of truth will always shine, enlightening and illuminating every person who comes into the world, warming and reviving the freezing soul wandering in the darkness of sin and ignorance, until christ is depicted in it, according to the word of the apostle paul.

today i would most like to wish that every home, every family, every heart would be illuminated by an enlightening, renewing, the warming and transforming light of christ 's nativity, so that we share with each other this unfading warm light of true faith, unshakable hope and true love, doing good deeds, comforting and supporting those who need our help and participation, and therefore filling life with eternal meaning, joy, happiness and peace. happy holiday, my dears, merry christmas. so, on christmas eve, vladimir putin met at his residence near moscow with the families of military personnel who died during the special military operation. at the christmas service, the president and family of heroes will be present in the church of the savior of the miraculous image on the territory of the residence.

egor, greetings, we are waiting for all the details from you, anton, anton, hello, happy holiday, merry christmas, i want to congratulate you, everyone is congratulating each other now, those who lit up at the christmas service today, that same star, as a symbol of faith, as a symbol of the birth of jesus and today in the temple symbolizes this.

from time to time and forever, with us, everyone, i think, noticed how beautiful the temple is, how beautiful its decoration is, these are the spruce branches, as a symbol of life, these are the white flowers, like... the purity of thoughts, the purity of actions, and of course, today there is a special festive atmosphere, andrei rublev’s trinity icon gives a festive mood to all those who are in the cathedral of christ the savior; it was specially brought here to the church for all the christmas holidays and placed near the right choir, and people

came from all over russia today for the christmas service, we talked to them, many prepared in advance, let's listen , this is the most favorite holiday in our family, we always treat it with great trepidation, we prepare, we decorate the house, we always wait for our relatives to visit, and what else are we preparing for communion, today we will take communion, it just so happened , that today mother and daughter-in-law, son and grandson arrived, and you have a double holiday today, and a double holiday and... so my daughter-in-law and i decided to come here today, well then, of course, we will celebrate, the services here are really so magnificent, so solemn that the first time you visit here, the second time you will want to come here again again, yes egor, thank you,

about the christmas services our correspondent egor grigoriev, well, now some footage from novo ogorev. hello, good evening, we , first of all, i greet you all, uh, before christmas we are meeting with you, - we have already met with some of you, met and agreed that we will see each other again, yes, that’s how it was said, we do the same with you, christmas is one of the warmest, uh, just like in russia, new year celebrated, and christmas is also celebrated as a family holiday, maybe even this is more family-friendly than the new year, uh, i repeat, warm, so, very soft, soulful, one of the most favorite holidays in

russia, on this day , but i want to say something kind to each other, to somehow support each other, and orthodox christians, this is the majority of the population of russia and representatives of our other faiths, our traditional fraternal faiths, congratulate orthodox christians, just as christians congratulate their brothers, representatives of other religions on the days of their holidays, which is why we can say without any exaggeration that this is a holiday that is characterized by... such a pronounced fraternal unity of the peoples of russia. i congratulate you all on this warm and sincere holiday. in this message, i would like to note that - as you know, many of our men, our courageous, heroic

guys, russian warriors, even now on holiday, with arms in hand, defend our interests. countries so first of all i would like us together with you from here we congratulated everyone on this holiday, secondly, secondly, i would like our meeting to be... this clear, understandable signal for all my colleagues throughout the vast territory of the russian federation, and at all levels, so that it is clear a signal to ensure that my colleagues, i repeat, of any level of government and management, are always and everywhere next to you, so that you always feel there are people next to you who, if necessary, can support and help.

your families, but i want to assure you once again that we will always be by your side, so i would i asked the priest to say two words about - about today's event, please, thank you, for the invitation, allow me to convey the blessing of the patriarch of moscow to all russia to his compatriots, today is a truly historical event for the first time. at the residence

of the largest country at the president's, we are celebrating christmas night, here the divine liturgy will be celebrated together with the president , this is truly a historical event, there are many children here who are still very small, small, but nevertheless they...

what a book, my dad, because my dad is a hero of russia, he is in his life for all of us , i invite you to the presentation of the book, when you have time, come, thank you very much, i will definitely try, and you give me the book, let me see the program, yes , thank you very much, it’s my pleasure, it’s just crazy to invite us to it, by the way, my mother and i couldn’t afford a hotel, because my mother works a lot, she doesn’t have time and i... rather heaps up a mortgage, yeah, a mortgage , uh-huh,

wow, well, i think we’ll figure it out, yes, you and i we’ll figure it out, we’ll help, of course , we’ll do that, don’t even get used to it, mom will have more time, yes, ah - you already have a horse, that’s all, and there, there’s a show, yes, they showed them a show, by the way, i’m making a crier, they i was given. i, because i feed them, i feed them too, you feed them too, if they didn’t bite you on the finger, they didn’t bite you , show me how to feed them, i’m like this.

i trained in the summer, well, i just went there, now i really like horses, right now, where did you go, oh, my friends and i went to a stable somewhere, i don’t even know, now i was into it robotics, so i would like to become a programmer, i really like it, so... i’m well versed in this, that’s why it’s like this , what class are you in? i’m in the fifth grade, what kind of class do you have, these are extracurricular activities , these are extracurricular activities and how you’ve been doing them for about 4 years now, wow, since the first grade, yes

, cool, i built robots from legos, then programmed them there and. .. what is the name of the teacher who works with you sergei vasilievich, sergei vasilievich, sergei vasilievich, hello, vladimir vladimirovich, you know, i would like to thank your team, alexey alexander was with us and another guy, we don’t know what this man’s name is, but he was always with us, everything was so organized, that is, we are very diverse breeders, well, in general. all of different ages , but we had such a program, that is, everyone found something for themselves, so we sympathized with the great concern, when even today one of our and such faithful companions did not go, we were also upset, as we already we are so used to them, not like our great friends, so natalya and i are also defenders in the foundation

we work for the fatherland, we organize and know how difficult it is, every detail is thought out... even in the conditions of the measures that were created for us, and well, on red square, so on red square, we have never turned with flashing lights, it was very great , that is, my child deserved to be surprised, but he was so impressed by rosatom at the exhibition, yes, yes, it’s just an amazing exhibition, i commented on everything, but it even touched me deeply to study, there’s a laboratory, well, more laboratories . what i will, but we decided that we will definitely come there, and there is such a stand with history, where there is such an important whirlwind, when your speech is about the fact that we have one goal, and regardless of everyone, they need to go forward, that is, as a life credo, that even

if everyone says no, they are always needed forward, i just remember, let them pay your team more. a huge low fanplon for what they did, it’s really a fairy tale, they are such kind wizards, for sure, i remember that meeting when we met near the kremlin, yeah, on red square, yes, yes, yes , you liked it, yeah, everyone at school now recognizes me, after that, you weren’t at the kotka, even though it was cold, but yes, but i really liked the concert of shalkunchik, there modern, but very beautiful, well, yes, a bunch of them all, beautiful, well, i’m just also involved in figure skating, we also staged a silkcracker there, and i participated there, masha, who was with the shutcracker, i generally liked it, now i do too there was a completely different atmosphere, cool,

great, did it match? with yours i looked at the hobby like this - well, an example of what you need to strive for, yes, great, well done, and what do you like more, yes , guys, i don’t know everything, we haven’t been to moscow yet, but for the first time, the first time, the scale is impressive, and the climate has increased.

do you work in a preschool? in college? yeah, well, college is just for working with children, right? and this is along the lines of preparation for future work with children, so my brother is studying.

things to do, i didn’t have time to go anywhere at all, so i’m very glad that i finally visited isa moscow, which i haven’t been to for a long time and it’s just like new year’s holidays, thank

you very much, but you liked nothing else, i liked the most, well, the zoo and atom, thank you very much for all this, i really liked it, and - in did you go to the zoo and see the panda? a panda, yes, and a baby panda? but no, no, a little one appeared there, yes, they told us that we can’t watch her yet, because she’s there with her mother, but it’s not cold, like, big guys, like a gold reserve, a wonderful, wonderful thing, very it’s nice to see this within the kremlin, under so much security.

and one of, who else? well, this is a russian thinker, are there people like kant

, let’s say, there are many people who are worth reading and trying to penetrate into what they should be talking about and how to talk about it, the quality of reason is difficult, this is a non-trivial problem, and what are you going to do next? well, for starters , a master's degree, and then somehow try to implement philosophy somehow to work for the benefit of the party, but again, i often don’t know exactly where philosophers work in russia, but i was, if you can tell at the faculty they say that the philosopher’s approach works, whatever you think, and here i am from the faculty of physics, higher school of economics, yeah. i do physics, i work in a laboratory, towers, yes, yes, towers and what plans, what plans, plans, well, to do russian science,

to create. laboratory, for example , we don’t have one in the faculty, we need to create it, complete our studies , bring people there, trained employees who will agree to work and somehow start developing this business, you somehow had something to do with grant support, there you see, such a thing, so as not to mention the name, i’ll put it simply, there was initially a guarantor, there was an idea to create. but then the circumstances arose that neither a grant nor a laboratory was created, and as a result, all of our scientific employees are not completely assigned to the tower, because they are all active scientists, they need to work, they work in naranovo institutes, but according to the rules of the tower they without being teachers there, they cannot be on the insert, it turns out that they are neither there nor there, so technically there are difficulties in obtaining, yes

there is. we’re just trying to get out, but we don’t have time to write something yet . we agreed, i’ll ask him, he’ll find it, okay, and boris also wanted to say something, yes, yes, yes, i wanted to say that i liked the excursions, and i take advantage of this opportunity, i sincerely believe that... we have a family, everyone who has left, a family of heroes, everyone deserves to be here, but we have a certain obstacle, but we have a son, there are also women, a mother, that is, dmitry , here is our son , the dearest person who left in may, so he had a bunch of guys, they also left, left their mother, so they were b...

it’s okay for these, so that when i go there, and i met all these guys, dima of all our fighters said: “i’m not ashamed, please, i need your hand, i need to understand what the problem is, so i tell you , i have everything, i think your assistants, there’s a whole sheet of paper, all these stories have their own names, of course, and i just don’t want to for a long time now ,

mentors, we have such a wonderful one, every time i go to school, and there are beetles, our hero of our modern time, tashken, denis ivanov, legendary, every time i think how amazing the idea is, because the connection of times, the connection of generations is always here, not somewhere in the museum, but here, i really want it to come out abroad too, because it’s really a shower , although denis ivanov is there, we are all proud, i’m not the first. thank you very much, thank you for this, we actually gathered for this, to talk about these you weren’t there, what we need is that people come to us specifically for regional payments in the event of death, here in the moscow region we receive payment is due if the deceased was registered in the moscow region at that time, but there are those who were not registered.