orthodox theological seminary, where today dozens of students study not only from all over russia, butstonia, turkmenistan and iceland. the seminary choir actively participates in the creative life of smolensk, which this year celebrates the 220th anniversary of mikhail glinka. celebrations. took place throughout the country, but their center was the smolensk region, where the festival lasted 10 days, it was held for the sixty -sixth time, since glinka comes from the village of novospasskoye, elnensky district of the smolensk province. the mariinsky theater, under the direction of valery gergiev, presented the opera life for the tsar, which the author himself called a stage oratorio or even a painting. the anniversary was decorated with the opening of an innovative fountain in the city garden of blonier. gift from sberbank. turned out to be a multimedia device, a projector and a water screen to display high-quality educational programs, including musical and historical ones, which is in tune with the region, the keeper of traditions. however, traditional values are not only history,