here, after all, such a process is very, i , for example, drew this finger for half a day, well, that is, i went and drank coffee, well, that is , there are some moments when it’s really, very difficult to get into the color . this , of course, is a special, incomparable feeling, to leave your mark, even if invisible, on the gospel, which was probably touched by the hands of peter the great, and which were held in the hands of all the jerusalem patriarchs without exception, starting from the 18th century. by the way, the restoration of the gospel allowed historians to carefully look at the book and make an amazing discovery. it turned out that... between the pages

, a real time capsule of a letter dated 1694 was kept for centuries. this book, the great mr. adrian, archbishop of the reigning city of moscow, patriarch of all russia and all northern countries, dada consecrated the city of jerusalem, the temple of the life-giving resurrection of the lord god our savior. restored service. the festive gospel is the very living symbol of the inextricable ties between russia and the holy land. these connections between russia, the russian church, the russian people and the church jerusalem, the first church, which was and the holy sepulcher was never interrupted even in the most difficult times, now they continue, mutual cooperation, it exists. the pilgrimage to the holy land has always, i think, throughout all eras been connected. with

a certain amount of work that the pilgrim had to undertake. if we are talking about years distant from us, then we understand perfectly well that the pilgrimage itself took a long time, it was a long journey, very often grueling, very often exhausting, but the pilgrims went for it, because the very opportunity to visit the holy land was worth it. some historical moments, the path of russian pilgrims to the holy land, was akin to suicide, especially with... it was difficult for pilgrims in those days when palestine was captured by the turks. it took an average of 11 years to go to the holy city in jerusalem and back. and it was necessary to cross the border of five states, which were mostly, for example, muslims, and this crossing was very, very unsafe for life. let's say some turkish officer could let him cross the border only if you convince him to become an orthodox christian. you baptize him, and he will let you

through, but something like this, otherwise he will cut off your head. that is why in 1656 , patriarch of all russia nikon, loving his flock and understanding the importance of the shrines that remained after the earthly life of jesus christ, decided to found a new jerusalem near moscow, which would become the world center of orthodoxy and would attract hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to the holy russian land. he began to build on the banks of the istra resurrection cathedral in the image of the church of the holy sepulcher. kellar, a trinity of the sergius monastery and diplomat arseny sukhanov, made several trips. to the east and delivered

the tiparis model of the temple to nikon. by the way, it was a very unsafe journey, because if he had been caught there, he would also have been executed there as a spy, as an intelligence officer of another country, who would come there, which means they would take some measurements, make some descriptions, this it was a very dangerous moment, and yet in the novels of arsenevich sukhanov it fulfilled, therefore the most holy... patriarch himself , without ever being there in the holy land, made this shrine, created this shrine, in such a very close approximation and uniqueness, so that everyone who has been there and here they testify to that , that there is a very great similarity. his holiness patriarch

nikon wanted to personify here, that is , to architecturally embody the book of the apocalypse, that is, to help its reading, its understanding, he wanted to show, and... what is the heavenly jerusalem, the heavenly jerusalem, where should we go strive to see how the righteous will dwell there? patriarch nikon of moscow could not imagine that his brainchild would live two independent lives at once. in 1808 , there was a devastating fire in the church of the holy sepulcher, and the shrines were only left in ruins, and now the cathedral near moscow was taken. the basis for the restoration of jerusalem, some elements are reproduced exactly, others are slightly different in scale, but the same in location. only russia helped restore the temple, other countries

as if they distanced themselves from this, in russia from that time on we had a circle gathering, in all the churches there were circles, well, they’re not called circles like that, so... the boxes were written on the holy sepulcher, everyone donated, and so, even in the hard times when napoleon went in 1812, moscow was already burning, some donations still went there, and after that they increased, all this was based on religion, so to speak, all this went to the greek orthodox, and not to the catholics, they rebuilt the temple, worshiping... golgotha, but it is finished russian church silver and back in 1864

, the russian consul yakovlev asked the patriarch of jerusalem whether the silver to decorate calvary had reached the church of the sepulcher here? today , russian restorers continue to restore the priceless interior decoration of the church of the holy sepulchre. thus, our specialists gave a second life to the carved canopy with thirteen icons from fenifti, installed above the entrance to the edicule. historians are still arguing about its appearance in the church of the holy sepulcher, but most likely the russian gift appeared in the sacred place as a result pilgrimage to the holy land of the brother of emperor alexander ii. grand duke konstantin nikolaevich in may 1859. around 2003, we transferred the arch to a russian foundation for minor restoration work. for a long time nothing worked.

then, after 2 years, with the support of the spiritual mission of the archangel michael foundation and the president of the russian federation vladimir putin, the arch was returned to its original place in the church of the sepulcher. it is the restoration of imali that today seems to be probably one of the most complex restoration processes that can be imagined at all, because

firstly, you are dealing with, well, roughly speaking, ceramics, yes, which cannot forgive you for any mistakes. the main task, probably, was before sizing, before, since the enamel in some places was moving away from the metal base, before sizing, clean it very well, this was all carried out in a deep vacuum at a negative pressure of -1 atmosphere, this is the usual pressure, but this is deep vacuum is when air comes out from...

church of the holy sepulcher of the russian imperial family st. petersburg imale sapphires and gilded wood. the period to which this priceless gift belongs became golden for the russian presence in the holy land. in the second half of the 19th century, in palestine, which was then under the protectorate of the ottoman empire, a russian spiritual mission was founded: temples and farmsteads were built, lands with biblical history were acquired. so on the mount of olives near the site of the ascension of christ. the mission erected a temple with a bell tower, called the russian candle.

the turks realized that it was better not to go to war with russia, so we got up from our knees , that’s what it means to quarrel, so they allowed bells so that there would be bell ringings, that’s where to get the bells, that means they were made in russia, they were transported there to odessa, that means separately , then they were loaded onto a steamer and taken to yafa, this is a seaside town, they were loaded onto carts. here are our pilgrims, mostly pilgrims, they replace each other,

harnessed to these carts, these 50 km, they delivered it all to jerusalem and raised them there, and they are still on holidays, bells are ringing, these are our bells. in the second half of the 19th century, the russian government helped the patriarch of jerusalem solve another... such projects were incredibly difficult, but then still possible. alexander ii and napoleon

ii. russia and france agreed among themselves on the joint restoration of the dome of the church of the holy sepulchre, which had become quite dilapidated by that time. and so in 1865, work began, money was allocated, the project was agreed upon, and in 3 years a dome was erected, which we can see over jerusalem today. one and a half centuries have passed since then, during which time russia has experienced two world wars, revolution, perestroika and other socio-political upheavals. east jerusalem with its shrines became part of the territory of the israeli state. despite all these epochal changes, the spiritual ties of russian christians with the church of the holy sepulcher were not interrupted. then , after 1914, the flow of captives stopped. there were only a few such pilgrimages from russian christians

abroad, well, after the ninety-first year, when the pale of settlement left our country was filmed, now again we have pilgrims coming to the holy land in droves. now russian specialists are working on the dome of the church of the holy sepulcher, installing unique ponikodils, this is another russian miracle. which at the end of the 19th century were specially made by representatives of various russian classes. the grandiose complex consisted of ten church lamps. the first four-meter, three-furious ponikodile was created by order of the moscow merchant samoilov. when restorers took up the ponycodile, they found on the artifacts insert notes in church slavonic. for example, it says here that this ponycodile was created with the money of orthodox

christians at the ovchinnikovo factory in 1892 in moscow. and when our restorers saw this, they and their friend said: is it really ovchinnikov, how can i correct it for ovchinnikov, how you don’t even know how best to make it here, because he is a great master. kafalikone, this ponikodila, hung until... 1939, and then was lost for many decades, only at the beginning of 2023 in in preparation for the creation of the museum of the patriarch of jerusalem.

it is the team from russia that can cope with the restoration of this work of art better than others. we rebuilt it like a phoenix, from the ashes. we also have all these lamps, they were in a deplorable state. for restorers, i’ve already talked to them, it’s such an honor for them, they told me about it themselves, you know, for us sheepskin workers it’s like fauberge, only in church, jewelry art, and for them this is such a life event, they very this they are proud, and such an attitude

, you know, this is one hundred percent, people are investing in addition , it’s not a question of finances, people told me, “ just buy us a ticket, we don’t even need money for the restoration, it’s clear, of course, of course, any work must be paid for, but still this desire to be there, to be involved, to be involved in the great tradition of our russian art, of russia, of the great russia that we represent. despite all the difficulties, viktor savilov managed to restore the enamel sides, combs decorating the end sides of all rows of the lamp. and painted elements of the central pillar, cleaned of patina, candlesticks and decorative elements. it is very difficult to determine under the oxides how much gilding remains, in what condition it is, and so on, and even in some elements, especially here, you can’t even see the enamel in what condition it is, for example, so you need

to work very tactfully, as it were, because ... the seventy-two-candle ponikodil was electrified, and soon our specialists were faced with a new task: to install lamps to their original place, for this purpose scaffolding was erected, old fastenings found on the dome turned out to be unreliable , new ones had to be installed, the process of hanging a multi-ton ponikodile took 2 weeks, this work

was carried out by specialists who had completed a training course for high-altitude work. even our film crew for the work was allowed into the dome only after high-altitude instruction. in order to work under the dome of the church of the sepulcher, we had to put on special climbing equipment and construction helmets, extraordinary height, and until recently the golden mosaics of the dome were hidden from the eyes of believers, but now thanks to our... domestic specialist, everyone who comes to jerusalem for the great holidays, everyone who looks up will be able to see not only the image of the savior , but also mosaic images of the first archbishops of the holy city. here on these steel rings, mounted in golden mosaic niches under the dome of the church of the holy sepulchre, that

same huge brass russian drooped weighing more than 2 tons. hung over the heads of believing pilgrims at a large , quite symbolic height of 33 m. here we are dealing with the greatest shrine and, of course, with a work of art, yes, that is, we must understand that those mosaics that are in the dome, they should look exactly like in general, which will reveal them in the best possible way and emphasize their... significance for world culture and for many believers who come to the holy sepulcher, which, of course, is the greatest holy thing for the whole world and for all christians, and specialists worked here, of course , these are... a lighting architect and engineers who selected the devices themselves, equipment, equipment, yes, communications are needed, one of

these specialists, a lighting artist, natalya nikiforova, accentuated architectural lighting of various museums, she has been working for more than 10 years, created it in the victory museum, in the small large palace in tsaritsino, in the house of the muravyov apostle museum, but this is the first time she has worked on such an object as... the main christian shrine, and even at such a height. at this time moment, this is the highest degree of responsibility. the light should be delicate, it should emphasize the architecture, highlight what a person should see and hide what is not necessary to show visitors. we have developed special capabilities so that you can shine with white light, create an image of airiness.

the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it, it disappeared again, the works of moscow masters of the late 19th century illuminate the kafalihon under the arches of the church of the holy sepulcher in jerusalem. the chandelier is a real masterpiece, it's a work of art that has been restored. the russian team came and restored it, thank god it’s working. our expectation has risen, now we can enjoy this beautiful view, i really like everything, the restorers have done

an excellent job, we must honor, preserve and continue the traditions that connect us with this holy place. restoration of many chandeliers and oil lamps is also necessary. in addition, work continues to restore the iconostasis on the left and right sides of kalikon.

something a little different, it’s not just a job, it’s a very pleasant job for them, a very honorable job for them and apparently vital , this line, it is christian, it is inside a russian person, it is a russian gene, to help one’s neighbor when he is in trouble, despite his own weakness, his some disadvantages or even the financial situation, we’ll still share something for a piece of bread, we can see this in leningrad during the siege, we see it in the victory... of the great patriotic war, that is, liberating europe to the end, and, as it were, at our own expense, one would think so, one might think it would be possible to restore and how to preserve at least, but we see this during the first

world war, when the russian tsar, who was the guarantor of orthodoxy, yes, russian orthodoxy, he even gave guarantees to the serbian church that we would always protect and help them, here we see this policy now. here, under the arches of the temple, those who, bit by bit , clean off the patina, making it shine again, extinguishing it, restore what was lost, find what was lost, those who, overcoming... distances

, strive for the main shrine of the christian world, even in troubled, dangerous, tragic times, they know that spring will come, the great saturday will come, the fire from the holy sepulcher will shine again, the light of thousands of lantern candles will play and be reflected in the holy faces and chapels, the carved canopy over the edicule, the chapel of the tomb, the renewed ponikodil will be lit under the arches of the kofalikon in the ancient city... the bell will float, the sacred fire from the holy sepulcher will splash out of the gates of the temple, the patriarch of jerusalem will bring out the festive gospel, the saint will be read john chrysostom, where is death, your sting, hell, where is your victory? and first here, in the jerusalem church, the resurrection, and then throughout the orthodox world, will sound: christ

will rise. and again life will overcome death.

we will take on this case, it will be an honest detective story.

glorious christian holiday - christmas. in moscow, in the cathedral church of christ the savior, the divine liturgy was led by patriarch kirill. during the holiday, an orthodox relic, the trinity icon by andrei rublev, was delivered to the cathedral. in moscow at night 550 churches will operate, and about a million people are expected to visit them. every year.