[000:00:27;00] an air raid alert was declared throughout ukraine this morning. reports of explosions came from the dnepropetrovsk and sumy regions. a series of explosions also occurred in kiev. city authorities announced a fire in the svyatoshinsky district. but russian defense officials have not yet commented on the situation. moscow is ready to listen to everyone who is interested in ending the use of ukraine as an instrument of war against russia. sergei lavrov stated this in an interview with the american television channel cbs. the minister of foreign affairs noted that the current the us administration is not interested in

any. pitiful bombing of the gaza strip by israel, which the united states in fact encourages. all these are topics of dialogue between the heads of the russian and iranian foreign ministries. in the negotiation room, sergei lavrov and the minister of foreign affairs of iran, bilateral meetings with colleagues from indonesia, the united arab emirates, turkey and lebanon, and this is only the first day of work of the russian delegation at the un. this composition of participants is not accidental. already today, meetings on

the middle east in the security council are on hold. in addition, armed clashes are taking place with the israeli army in southern lebanon. however, i know that if there is an opportunity for peace, russia will in any case act in favor of establishing peace. sergei lavrov discusses the situation in the gas sector, as well as in syria and the middle east in general, with his turkish colleague hahan fedan, and at the meeting they talk about cooperation in the energy sector and other joint russian-turkish initiatives. previously, such issues were calmly discussed in a businesslike manner at meetings with representatives of the european union, but with the beginning of a special operation in ukraine, the west, in an attempt to isolate russia, has isolated itself, and to such an extent that some are already starting to think about how to rewind, or pretend to do so. this is all a house veil, they have been talking for many months about the fact that everything should be decided on earth, the situation on

earth, as you understand. not in their favor, to put it mildly, it led them to a dead end, now they need to invent some hybrid formulas, look, from the statements of slogans to inflict a strategic defeat on russia, they now, in their own little information space, they are moving on to saying that russia cannot be allowed to win, this is all from sly, this is all a search for some kind of formula on how to save face, how to save themselves. an hour of broadcast of the federation council to the federation council, the regional chamber, participants and guests of the twelfth christmas parliamentary meetings. at the christmas parliamentary meetings , we traditionally discuss the most pressing, most sensitive issues of state, social, spiritual development of russia, the processes taking place in

today's rapidly changing world, i want to sincerely thank you, your holiness for your personal attention, for your personal participation in parliamentary meetings and... such a constant, open dialogue of the russian orthodox church with the federation council , with parliamentarians, this is very valuable for us. also, taking this opportunity, i would like to congratulate your holiness on behalf of all of us on the upcoming fifteenth anniversary of his enthronement. thanks to your work, orthodoxy is experiencing a real dawn in russia today. no doubts that the years of your patriarchate will go down in the history of the church as a time of spiritual uplift and prosperity. thank you for always such sensitivity, for your wisdom, for

your devoted service to the church and the fatherland. current christmas gatherings are dedicated to the role. a lot of work has been done with the participation of senators, representatives of regions, public organizations, and of course, our

respected clergy, i want to sincerely thank you all for such interested, effective cooperation, i am sure you will agree that in the russian an inexhaustible, multifaceted culture that embodies the whole soul of our people; orthodoxy is one of the fundamental, fundamental pillars of national culture. for many centuries, orthodox culture and russian culture were essentially synonymous, and even severe persecution. on faith in the 20th century they could not destroy this strong deep connection. fortunately, those bitter times are in the past. today

we characterize the state’s relations with the russian orthodox church with the wonderful word of co-working. together we rebuild much of what was partly lost on the cool ones. turns of history, among the most important government decisions that contribute to the revival of our true traditional culture, i would like to note the approval by the president of russia of the fundamentals of state policy to preserve and strengthen traditional russian spiritual and moral values. this document directly states that it is in the making. in strengthening the traditional values ​​of russia, orthodoxy plays a special role. in my opinion, this is another good sign that testifies to the creative and

harmonious development of modern russian society. a significant event was also the adoption of the law on the intangible ethno-cultural heritage of the russian federation. law. prepared with the direct participation of senators and constituent entities of the russian federation, they now have the opportunity to act more actively in this important area. the federation council traditionally attaches great importance to supporting the russian orthodox church. senators promote the restoration of churches and monasteries and return to church use historical buildings. support educational institutions and shelters; regional authorities, businesses, and public organizations make their contribution to this common cause. of course, in preserving and preserving our culture,

the efforts of everyone are important, but we understand well that everything starts with the family, because it is there that the moral traits of an individual are formed and respect is brought up. attitude towards history and culture, as you know, this year has been declared by the head of state to be the year of the family and it just so happens that... today at vdnkh grand opening of the year of the family. in addition to measures of economic and social support for families, we must focus on the value component of state family policy. i see this as one of the leading directions of the state and the church. i mean the interaction between the state and the church. as

you know. and long-awaited news, it is very symbolic that it coincided with our christmas parliamentary meetings. your holiness has repeatedly pointed out the need for such an approach, including within the framework of our christmas parliamentary meetings and the fact that such a decree was issued, undoubtedly this is a great personal merit of yours, and

the federation council, too... to consider your proposals, today the church makes a huge contribution not only to the enrichment of the culture of the human soul, but to the spiritual unity of society, so necessary during the period of trials, i would like to congratulate you, your holiness in your person, all the clergy, for your fervent prayer and... constant ascetic work, for the enormous

work that the dioceses, parishes of the russian orthodox church, and our other of all respected faiths to deliver humanitarian aid to the zone of a special military operation and provide support to the residents of the reunified regions, i want to express my deepest gratitude to all the priests who are today on the front line at the risk of their own lives, in a pastoral word, supporting the defenders of the fatherland. the feat of father mikhail vasiliev and other clergy who died fulfilling their spiritual duty will forever remain in our hearts. this selfless service continues every day today. i think many of you have seen footage

of our soldiers, together with a military priest, praying before the battle, they are so poignant, so much about russia, about our spirit for our will, that looking at them you understand that god is with us, the truth is with us, victory will definitely be ours. in our history, severe trials have always given impetus to the moral understanding of events, through literature, music, painting, cinema and theater. i am convinced that the feat of the defenders of our fatherland, clergy, volunteers, all those who bring victory closer

to the rear, i must definitely find it. their kinship, the independent authorities have finally lost touch with their history, with their culture, they began to purposefully destroy the thousand-year-old... foundations and historical memory of the ukrainian people and the true faith, one of the last decisions, which cannot be called anything other than a luminary, is the transfer of the date celebrating christmas on january 7

on december 25, this was done in order to separate russia from ukraine, from everything orthodox, to separate ukraine from russia, from the entire orthodox world. please your own patrons overseas, but this idea predictably failed miserably, the churches, on the new holiday, invented by them, remained half empty, of course, it is very painful that all this obscurantism cannot be called otherwise, comes from kiev, the mother of russian cities, as we used to call it, but we believe that time will sort everything out in its own way. in some places, the truth will certainly triumph ; the recent decision of the estonian authorities to expel, as they said, metropolitan of the estonian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate evgeniy, from the country, also causes deep indignation, for

the fact that his rhetoric, you see, did not suit the values ​​of estonia, what values ​​have been supported in recent years. we know very well, of course, in quotes, this blatant decision contradicts not only all the principles of international law, but also general christian values. we see that in many other countries religion becomes the object of pressure, attacks, persecution; we see how korans and other books sacred to believers are burned. against this background, russia remains. to states where they take responsibility and care for their history, culture, beliefs, religious values, customs and traditions of our peoples, our multinational, multi-religious

country. this is our most important thing, the strongest spiritual and moral support, as well as spiritual heritage, which must be passed on to our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, in all its richness and diversity. i hope that the current christmas parliamentary meetings will be another important milestone on this

long and very correct path. i wish us all fruitful work. thank you for your attention. dear participants of our meeting, allow me to give the floor to his holiness, the most holy patriarch of moscow all russia kirill. your holiness, please. dear valentina ivanovna, dear participants of the twelfth christmas parliamentary meetings, dear brothers and sisters, of course, i cordially greet you all, i once again express my joy and satisfaction in connection with the almost established tradition of holding such

meetings on the site of the federation council, but also similar meetings on the site state duma. and addressing the chairman of the federation council, dear senators, i would like to note that the church invariably highly values ​​dialogue with the upper house of the russian parliament on a wide range of issues, from protecting the rights of our fellow citizens, from the development of public life, governance, strengthening civil peace of harmony to the preservation of the spiritual and cultural heritage of russia and traditional moral values, from work. parliament , the well-being of our people and the entire country, as well as the successful development of state-public relations, largely depends on the work of each of you. this is not a closed office work, but a living connection with the people, and you know this well, because you not only

sit in this hall, but also communicate with your voters, communicate with those residents of the regions you represent, in the practical implementation of this principle of communication with the people constitute the true power of the people, as proclaimed and defended by

the constitution of our country. to consider this kind of problems, and the first is about global changes in the world about the role and meaning of values ​​​​shared by people. as we know, there are no simple times. in over the past few years , global turbulence has been rapidly increasing. we are experiencing a period, without exaggeration , of epochal changes in international relations in the life of many countries and peoples. and ours. the country is no exception; the global crisis that has broken out concerns many aspects of life, but the church is called upon to evaluate

what relates to the sphere of spiritual and moral values; in this area, unfortunately, very alarming trends are observed. it is no secret that after the collapse of the soviet union, a significant part of our society experienced a certain optimism about the development of relations with

the western world is a little childish. what western civilization means in general, what is good and what is bad there, they saw only the good, but did not express anything critical. well, now here are a few words about the western world. it is known that at the source of the creation of the european union were people whose christian beliefs largely determined state political activity. for example, french prime minister robert. schumann and german chancellor konrad adenauer. in those years we saw in european integration, including

prospects for cooperation in the christianization of public life in russia. but in just a few decades, the western world has reoriented itself towards completely different, and, to put it bluntly, values ​​hostile to christianity. and that's a fact. western elites are essentially waging war today. against the institutions of the traditional family, of course, under the pretext of respect for human rights, free choice, and so on and so forth. but there is really a war going on with traditional values. gender ideology in its numerous variations, ranging from juvenile technologies to the legalization of same-sex cohabitation, massive propaganda of gender reassignment and other moral perversions, which are indecent to name, as he says. there, the apostle paul, destroy traditional european culture, including the moral values ​​generated by christianity and adopted by

european humanism. all european humanism grew out of christian principles, another story is that later the brains of the leaders of public non-exchanges were reformatted and they began to push away this christian source, and put forward, as it were, another theory of the emergence of european humanism. today we can, unfortunately, state that. that the people of western countries are actually deconstructing the christian heritage, abandoning their spiritual roots, from what largely shaped western civilization as such, making possible its previous successes and achievements in the scientific, cultural, social and political fields. according to the gospel expression, the european house increasingly resembles a coffin

painted, which appears beautiful on the outside, but on the inside is full of the bones of the dead and all uncleanness, this is a quote from the gospel of matthew. yes, the building is still beautiful in appearance, striking in its splendor and luxury. but the foundation has hopelessly sagged, communications have rotted, and the load-bearing walls are about to collapse. i say this without the slightest gloating or arrogance. i lived in the west, i know western life well. and i also remember the moral and religious

state of the west. but i won’t talk about the disappointment that has befallen us in recent decades, therefore, now we can ask the question, well, what next, what does everything that is happening in the west today in the field of relations between the sexes, in the field of personal and public morality in general, have to do with our country? of course, we can mourn. but russia must learn from this a lesson to understand how important it is to remain faithful to its spiritual traditions and values, we do not want to stumble on what western countries stumbled upon, this is exactly

what we must remember, and we must learn not just theoretical ones. to confess, therefore there should be no glance from top to bottom, it is necessary to fight such temptation in every possible way, because pride always blinds the mind and hardens the heart, making it difficult to see problems clearly and clearly and to realize the dangers, the dangers actually exist , they are considerable, the main thing is that happiness lies in that ideal and in a way of life

that promotes and so attractively embodies everything... after all, people run after happiness, sometimes exposing their lives to terrible dangers, people seek a well-fed and prosperous life, of course, this is not reprehensible in itself, but at the same time let us note that they themselves refuse to create this life in their countries, they are not able to do this, including due to various circumstances, but these