a vivid image of the abundance of material goods, many people perceive the western world as a fabulous country of happiness and comfort, eloquently testifies to this, in particular the flow of refugees who...

and to build, as the apostle paul says, their lives on someone else’s foundation, the situation is familiar, to unfortunately, for you and me. the point is not only that migrants who came to europe do not want to integrate, learn the language, history, and culture of these countries. the migration problem in europe is due to the fact that upon arrival, migrants met a very weakened and spiritually disoriented environment. why did this happen?

they are trying to adapt biblical texts to justify gender ideology, but a holy place, as they say, among our people is never empty, so i fully admit that the blooming garden, in quotes, of course, of europe, will soon take on completely different forms of outline, having little common to what we are accustomed to admire. however, i repeat, when discussing this, we must not gloat, but openly pose uncomfortable questions to our society, to ourselves, moreover, we also have certain alarming trends. fascinated by european culture and those material benefits that lull us, many of our compatriots, who sympathize with the western way of life, are condescending towards the moral deviations and excesses of modern europe, which you consider at best to be quirks, or a normal manifestation of freedom. democracy, this approach conceals

a huge danger, including for our society. church tradition has preserved for us the words of an outstanding teacher, st. basil the great, the great philosopher and theologian, who warned (quote: whoever looks at evil without disgust will soon look at it with pleasure). the strongest words, no, from... forgiveness to evil, it will become pleasure. together with a love for western values ​​and an immoderate longing for european prosperity and satiety, such people imperceptibly bring into the public space that tolerant attitude towards sin, which has become the cause of the moral degradation of modern european civilization. we shouldn't be shy to call evil is evil, and sin is sin. there are people of different faiths in this room, but... i think that you will all agree with an important

thesis that is common to all traditional religions. true human freedom is associated with an awareness of moral responsibility. there is no moral responsibility, do not undertake to establish a free society, all this will turn into hell, no laws will help a person, because sinfully liberated human nature will strive to make a person commit evil. and least of all will strive for good , but this is the law, we did not invent it, in theology, it is all very well described, and the church, therefore, fights against human sin, so that human life does not turn into hell, real freedom, first of all has nothing to do with permissiveness, which... justifies

any vices and moral deformities. healthy freedom of man and society is based on compliance with the ultimate principles, rights and rules. i would say. rules of spiritual hygiene, and a significant contribution to maintaining spiritual immunity of the people, traditional religions can and should contribute. i would also like to say a few words about this. today we can rightfully claim that talk about the inevitable marginalization of religion throughout the world, which was so popular in the 20th century in the west and presented in the form of serious scientific research, has appeared. its complete failure, religion does not disappear from the life of society; moreover, its influence on public life in some regions of the world is even growing, and we are not just talking about a number of countries the so-called global south, in which adherence to traditional culture is perceived as the most important component

of national identity, but even in the countries of the collective west the picture is heterogeneous, take hungary or poland, which, against all odds, strive. maintain commitment to christian values. i watch with interest the speeches of the hungarian and polish leaders, i just ask myself the question, when will you tell this truth, that we are different, that we do not want to be like you? but of course, there are many political factors that hinder them, but national identity, including, i think, the conviction of these leaders, who are devout catholics, cannot be tolerated either. with what is happening in the west today, but so far it has not come to an open conflict, but potentially this conflict is inherent if poland and hungary retain their identity in a sense, their freedom in this spiritual sphere. well, the religious

feeling, of course, cannot be taken away, for it is invested by god, by god in the very nature of man, but this feeling is possible. refusal of the spiritual foundations of a cultural tradition leads to spiritual collapse, to a national tragedy; it is religious faith that forms the spiritual immunity of the people. we experienced something similar in our fatherland in the last century, when the russian orthodox church and our other religions were subjected to unprecedented things. and the manifestation of religiosity was severely persecuted, but as bles pascal correctly noted, god created an emptiness inside the heart of every person that cannot be filled by anything else, as god the creator, nothing created

by man can fill this vacuum, these are pascal’s thoughts, they were published, including in russian, deserve to be addressed again and again. these words of the outstanding french mathematician and philosopher can be fully attributed to the life of an entire people. a break with religious tradition inevitably leads to the fact that people, internally feeling the need for the spiritual, turn to alternative forms of religiosity, and a reformatting of the spiritual life of society occurs, in ultimately, a change in the national, cultural code, which already most directly affects the state one.

it was the church that became the state-forming force, if we talk about the formation, the historical formation of our society , our state. therefore, we can say that the marginalization of religion, attempts to push it to the periphery of public life, are

nothing more than a desire to crush the spiritual immunity of the people, they push out faith, yes, remember that most likely behind this are not... the ideals of ideological struggle, but specific it is no coincidence that political goals, including those aimed at weakening our state from the outside, are orthodoxy. thoughts were chosen by god-fighting western political elites, who do not hide their true intentions to destroy our country, encourage russophobia and want to sow enmity, hatred and division between fraternal peoples. with the connivance and tacit approval of the west , the greatest crime is being committed today. the actual ones are carried out by the hands of the kiev regime. destruction of the ukrainian orthodox church. the russian church has been praying for peace in ukraine

since 2014, when the tragic events associated with the coup took place. our prayer was that there would not be a new global confrontation, but the beginning of the conflict showed the depth of rejection of our values, the unwillingness to look for space for peaceful coexistence , i am convinced. western and pro-western forces in their own greatness. we have heard nothing from western politicians other than a desire to inflict strategic and then military defeat to our fatherland, which would deprive us of sovereign development. we also know that our country has many friends in the west who were, were intentionally, marginalized and expelled from the public space, some of them moved to russia, but this is really so. where are human rights, where is free choice, where

is equal access to the media, everything immediately became clear to everyone, from tv screens they say only what corresponds to the political position of this or that state. today the church prays about participants in a special military operation, about orthodox christians and representatives of other religions.

the rest are quasi-sovereign states , and this is a reality, and indeed, the drawn borders do not always mean the sovereignty of the state, today it is becoming increasingly clear that it is in the interests of the people of ukraine to live in peace with russia, to share with it a common history, culture and faith, this has always been and will be the key to prosperity and free development of our brotherly people, with great heart.

purposefully destroy the idea of the traditional family, having destroyed the institution of the family , parents understand this well, those who can destroy a state without tanks and

missiles, because the basis of national life will be destroyed... the basis of national solidarity, as they say, take that nation with your bare hands. at the same time , it is important to keep in mind that the very proclamation of the thesis about the protection of traditional moral values ​​should not have only declarative meaning. a detailed explanation is required in modern educational programs, in the public space, such concepts like love, strong family, mercy and what practical meaning they have, how to make them? norms of personal and public life. i believe that it is a common understanding of values ​​that can and should become a factor forming the ideological basis for the development of our country. it is necessary to carry out a lot of work so that such unity, an understanding of moral values, is formed, in other words, that a national, moral, if you like,

ideological and political consensus is achieved. and let me, first of all, address. this is a wish federation council, state duma. the situation in the educational sphere, in particular in the field of school teaching of literature, is of particular concern. more than once i have heard sincere bewilderment from parents regarding the work chosen by the teacher for children's reading. taking into account the enormous importance that... school for the formation of the education of a person’s personality and moral qualities, what, for example, a child should take away from modern works, for example, telling about normality, single-parent family, extramarital affairs , the indifferent attitude of the father and the irritability of a single mother who sends her grandmother away under

the pretext of being tired of the child, or what moral meaning does it carry...

and the position of many private clinics that decided to voluntarily abandon these operations, considering the murder of a child more important mothers slander incompatible with the medical vocation.

false thesis and false argument: all illegal abortions are paid, well, with some, perhaps, such a small exception...

of course, they don’t like it all, because we are offering a different civilizational path of development, believe me, this path is becoming very attractive, russia has a colossal potential for uniting around itself, a large number of nations, not a political unification, not a military unification, but such an ideological unification, because many countries, peoples, especially the third world, tired of this obsessive western liberal propaganda, which is part of... well , the whole world is like this, but you are different, no, not the whole world,

the war is not lost yet, it is very important that our country, based on a centuries-old spiritual and cultural tradition, which formed its own code of moral values, was able, in some sense , to lead this... resistance, an incredible word, i’ll say now, to the antichrist, resistance to the coming of global evil to the world , because what is the antichrist? we , of course, personify and say that this is a personality, yes, this is a personality, but a personality cannot arise on its own, we are talking about the victory of evil, about a confusion of values, when people do not have the ability to distinguish. good and evil, then the antichrist will come , whom they will believe, therefore the fight for morality, the fight for man’s ability to distinguish good from evil, the fight for

maintaining our, as we say, correctly, traditional values, this is a fight for our future, but for our today. undoubtedly, about some of the proposals of the russian orthodox church to carry out, improve the russian for... many of you know, but i will allow myself to remind you of something. first of all, i would like to say about the need to adopt a federal law on the status of large families. today the president signed a decree on measures of social support for large families. this is a very important stage in supporting large families. 2024 was declared by the president as the year of the family, which gives initiative to improve the legislative framework. status for many families, and this is of particular importance. it is necessary to take all measures to prevent a decline in the population of russia. this

can be done, in particular, through the popularization of educational projects in society, increasing status of large families, their comprehensive support, including financial support. the decision to have children today in most families is driven by concerns about their future, and is therefore necessary.

compulsory health insurance system, let's say this again. some say the decision will lead to an increase in illegal abortions that are dangerous to women's health. a very controversial statement, since free illegal abortions do not exist, i say this again. the church will continue tirelessly testify to the value of human life from the moment of conception. of course, the fight against abortion cannot succeed without the support of women. let me also remind you of my proposal to extend maternity leave for pregnant women into the first trimester, which is the most difficult from a psychological point of view. i believe that this would be an important measure. support for pregnant women, which would allow them to make a choice in favor of preserving the life of the child. under no circumstances, i would like to say again, under no circumstances

should abortion be presented as... just surgery, abortion is an invasion of the very core of people's personal lives, in addition , it is a great sin before god, because as a result of an abortion, a mother kills her child, so there can be no justification, neither moral nor religious political, including, of course, as they say, on the fly, on the fly.

well, i would also like to say that, of course, as the president rightly asserted, it is unacceptable to violate the sovereignty of the family, provoking discord between children and parents, and for some unscrupulous officials to parasitize on this, this is when we are talking about the invasion of secular people into... into personal life, into family life, when children are taken away, of course, there may be some kind of critical situation when a child may die in the family or become disabled, well, you need to think dozens of times, and what if once a child is removed from the family, it is necessary to ensure that he lives in such a way that he does not feel like an orphan, and even more so an outcast in the community where he is placed. vladimir vladimirovich

quite rightly said about the inadmissibility of violating the sovereignty of the family, which provokes discord between children and parents parasitize on this some unscrupulous officials. a serious reform of the work of the guardianship authorities is needed, that is your conclusion from what has been said, and widespread, unjustified interference in cases must be excluded. family and its destruction under various so-called plausible pretexts, the family is a holy place, you can invade there, but only if there is a threat to life, a real threat to life, well, let’s say, some crazy people, these same schismatics, what kind of -groups of people inclined towards extremism, well, some may there may be exceptional cases, but all this

requires careful study. well, in our church, not every priest is allowed to come like this and there is what is called teaching, he must be a spiritually experienced person, go through some kind of work experience, so that an official, morally, spiritually, intellectually, without being prepared, would invade personal family life, such a practice can lead to the most unfavorable consequences. very important.

through educational cultural activities, through the media and the system education, create in society an idea of ​​​​the value of chastity, please do not shudder at the shield using this ancient very correct thesis, which was slandered, which was tied to losers, to women who were called blue stockings, to men who were called losers, chastity itself ... the word chastity is wisdom aimed at preserving the integrity of the human personality, the integrity of man, because the lack of chastity divides the human personality, it is everyone who sins against chastity knows, knows what happens to him when he has two families, or when one family, but some other one there