sophia cathedral, this is 1985, she will be the organist of the st.a cathedral in polotsk, i actually thought that she was going to bulgaria to work. here time, it seems to stop, the feeling that you are in some other world, maybe you don’t even belong to yourself, here you are doing what someone somehow asks you to do from within, probably so one might say, polotsk and st. sophia cathedral are truly the soul of belarus and working here is a great honor and pleasure. and there is always such a feeling when you approach the cathedral, there is a different atmosphere, a different aura, and so you fly a little, and here he is flying overhead. it’s like such a big white ship, and you argue with it a little, and somehow it’s good, here all the worries and worries go away, here somehow it has its own atmosphere, its own aura, now let’s go to work, the staircase leading to the cargan. well, like this, every day to work, like on a holiday, let's go quickly, the artepian teacher at the music school let me listen to bach's music, and it really, really amazed me

the festive events began with the divine liturgy in the st. sophia cathedral.9 the signing of a conciliar act on the return of the uniates to orthodoxy took place. then more than one crossed over from the union to the orthodox church. million belarusians. the festive liturgy was led by metropolitan veniam of minsk, patriarchal exarch of all belarus. remembering this historical fact, we express gratitude to god. let us remember how the uniates reunited with orthodoxy. and at the same time, we think and care about how we can preserve this peace and harmony in society. including interfaith. the celebrations continued with scientific readings at polotsk state university. the speakers spoke about the history of the landmark event. the premiere of a documentary film about the activities of metropolitan joseph simashk took place. he played an important role in uniting the believers of belarus. and to a unifying sport. biathlon continues to keep viewers in the information loop, because the season for our national team will end in mid-april. a today at 4:00. 10 years ag

one of the oldest russian buildings is the st. sophia cathedral of the mid-16th century.n the cross. well, the fact is that in the 15th century, ivan the terrible staged a terrible one. novgorodians, such that volkhov was red with blood, and the birds flying past could not bear the horrors and were petrified. later, one of the monks had a revelation that until the dove flies from the cross, it will guard novgorod. so, during the great patriotic war , german troops and spanish blue troops stood in the kremlin division. a gigantic monument to russia's millennium, st. sophia cathedral was dismantled into fragments and prepared for removal. the crosses were removed from the cathedral, and so was the gold. they made souvenirs to send home, but the dove disappeared, it was found only in 2002 in madrid, imagine, it was returned, and it took its place inside the cathedral, well, on the bathhouse - this is its copy. so, regarding unique items that are definitely worth seeing, the exhibition of the novgorod museum of the reserve contains, attention, the oldest icon of the state, th

sophia cathedral in constantinople, held on the first sunday of great lent in 843. then the holy icons were solemnly brought into the cathedral and the due death was performed for them. in honor of this event, it is still celebrated today. a service that was called the rite of the triumph of orthodoxy, that is, the correct praise of god and confession of faith. the rite itself was established by patriarch methodius of constantinople, and to this day it is performed on the first sunday of great lent in all orthodox churches of our church. this service establishes not only the orthodox teaching on icon veneration, but all dogmas. resolutions adopted at seven ecumenical councils. so, on this significant day in the history of our church, we triumph, professing the doctrine of the true orthodox church, proclaiming glory to the eternal memory of all those ascetics of our faith who labored in establishing them. the triumph of orthodoxy is the day when we celebrate the victory of god's truth over human inventions. on this day we remember the words of christ the savior, who

sophia cathedral.services in walls of the same temple where the conciliar act was signed in 1839. after from the union. more than one and a half million belarusians converted to the orthodox church. the festive liturgy was led by metropolitan of minsk and zaslavsky, patriarchal exarch of all belarus veniam. remembering this historical fact, we remember with gratitude to god how the uniates reunited with orthodoxy. and at the same time, we think and care about how we can preserve this peace and harmony. in society, including interfaith. the celebrations continued with scientific readings in polotsk state university. the speakers spoke about the history of the landmark event. the premiere of a documentary film about the activities of metropolitan joseph semashko took place. it was he who played an important role in uniting the believers of belarus. the texas wildfire has become the largest in state history. it has already destroyed 435. two people died in the fire. burnt out. dozens of farms and thousand

sophia cathedral, or rather on the walls of its bell tower.se, are shocked, they say why exactly in the center of the ukrainian capital everyone is on... and catherine the great, they will destroy novorossiya, they will find imperial eagles and hit them with a hammer, they will fight with stalypin’s grave, because this is alien to them. true, orlov already seemed to have managed to justify the special explanatory teams, they say, according to the research of independent scientists, heraldry is not russian at all, byzantine, and there is absolutely nothing to worry about. but let's let's see, the double-headed eagle was indeed the coat of arms of orthodox byzantium, but it was depicted either... without attributes or with one crown or at most two. in turn, the distinctive feature of the russian sovereign eagle, as is known, is the scepter, the orb of three crowns. this variation became a symbol of the russian state at the end of the 15th century, and a coat of arms in the second half of the 16th century, when ivan the terrible reigned. meanwhil

sophia cathedral, or rather on the walls of its bell tower.ey say why exactly in the center of the ukrainian capital the symbol of the aggressor state flaunts before everyone’s eyes, especially since the matter is not limited to sofia, the eagles of the city have spread their wings. and in the kiev-pechara lavra, at the belfry of the holy cross monastery in poltava, there is some kind of occupation, no less. ukraine itself appeared together with the bolsheviks, and the current government is the creation of the bolsheviks. they took from the bolsheviks all the worst and all the worst. they will demolish monuments to peter i. and catherine the great, they will destroy novorossia, they will find imperial eagles and... hit them with a hammer, they will fight with the grave of stalypin, because this is alien to them, however, orlov has already managed to justify the special explanatory team, they say, according to the research of independent scientists, heraldry is not russian at all, byzantine , and there is absolutely nothing to worry about, but

sophia cathedral, more precisely on the walls of its bell tower.e, are shocked, they say why exactly in the center of the ukrainian capital is showing off in front of everyone’s eyes? a symbol of the aggressor state, especially sofia , the matter is far from limited, the eagles proudly spread their wings and... poltava, some kind of occupation, no less. ukraine itself appeared together with the bolsheviks. and the current government is the creation of the bolsheviks. they took from the bolsheviks everything that was terrible and everything that was worst. they will demolish monuments to peter i. and catherine the great, they will destroy novorossiya, they will find imperial eagles and hit them with hammers... they will fight with a hammer against the grave of stalypin, because this it’s alien to them. true, orlov already seemed to have managed to justify the special explanatory team, they say, according to the research of independent scientists, heraldry is not russian at all, byzantine, and there is absolutely nothing to worry about . but let's se

sophia cathedral, or rather on the walls of its bell tower.y... why exactly in the center of the ukrainian capital, in front of everyone’s eyes, flaunts the symbol of the aggressor state, especially sofia, the matter is not limited to, the eagles of the city spread their wings in the kiev-pechara lavra, at the belfry of the holy cross monastery in poltava, some occupation, nothing less. ukraine itself appeared together with the bolsheviks, the current government is the creation of the bolsheviks, they took from the bolsheviks all the worst and all the worst, they will endure. monuments to peter i, and catherine the great, will destroy novorossiya, they will find imperial eagles and hit them with a hammer, they will fight with the grave. lypin, because it is alien to them. true, it seems that the special explanatory team has already managed to justify orlov, they say, according to research by independent scientists, heraldry is not russian at all, but byzantine, and there is absolutely nothing to worry about . but let's see, the double-headed e

sophia cathedral, in addition, on mikhail boychuk street...troyed, where the sbu officers were again hiding. it was loud in the dnieper region, near rybalsky island, and, as you know, the office of the gur terrorist budanov operates there. there are interesting targets in the solomensky district, this is the patrimony of the ministry of defense of ukraine, and finally it could not do without the defeat of the zhulyany airport. it is considered a convenient platform for air defense systems in the open area; nothing interferes with the radars; the vehicles themselves were repeatedly hidden in huge hangars, including. so that even the videos don’t leak too much, this speaks of work our intelligence that they eat their bread and butter not in vain, but at the right moment, when no one was waiting, they worked for these purposes, a similar picture in odessa, according to the assurances of the bandera authorities, russian weapons attacked a recreational area by the sea, which led to injuries four civilians, but let's listen. secondary detonations, h

sophia cathedral.ikhail boychuk street, according to available information, it was destroyed civil defense headquarters, where the sbu officers were again hiding. it was loud in the dnieper region, near rybalsky island, and, as you know, the office of the gur terrorist budanov operates there. there are interesting targets in the solomensky district. this vodchina, the ministry of defense of ukraine finally did not do without the defeat of the zhulyany airport. it is considered a convenient platform for air defense systems in the open area; nothing interferes with the radars; the vehicles themselves were repeatedly hidden in huge hangars, including by american patriots. we will never receive confirmation from the ukrainian on the other hand, that they came to the sbu building, gur, to the airport where the air defense is located, because they learned to tighten the nuts so that even the rollers wouldn’t loosen too much. this speaks about the work of our intelligence, that they eat their bread and butter

sophia cathedral, and his son nikita, also an archpriest, he is the rector of the catherine cathedral already in the temple, now on his sixtieth birthday, we sat with him, drank tea, talked, then my wife and i went home to st. petersburg, changed clothes we went to our parents in priozersk. some inevitable summing up, maybe , well, in general, this is your phrase, i thought a lot about life these 10 years, probably all these thoughts, they somehow result in a conversation, what’s with father gennady, there, when you walk there in the refectory... the confessor treats me so gently, if only he could take me and somehow rein me in, somehow instruct me, then suddenly i understood all his wisdom, i realized that this is exactly what should be done with me was to behave, but this is a very difficult relationship, in fact, very kind, good, human , difficult, very grateful to him for the way he feeds me, for the way he... exposes me, sometimes gently, sometimes harder, sometimes just like that, sometimes encourages, all this is for the good , then i come to this, you just need to think carefu

sophia cathedral, and we will go there now. 360 years ago, on the site of a wooden bell tower, it burned870 did the ambitious archbishop, with the very interesting chemical name pallady, order the bell tower to be completed by 30 m, so that it would become the largest in the diocese. the bell tower turned out to be a little gothic; in fact, gargoyles could nest on it. the real pride of valagzhan is its ancient bells, which have been preserved despite everything. at first, peter ii wanted to pour vologda bells into cannons, but fortunately the archbishop gabriel did not do this. he sent peter i a note from his bishop's court and thereby exceeded the plan and received a letter. and then the komsomol activists wanted to throw down the bells from the bell tower from ours, but fortunately the museum workers also did not allow this to happen. but behind me. the most beautiful, large, festive bell, it was cast by ivan matorin himself, but unlike another work of ivan matorin, the tsar of the bell, our bell turned out to be stronger, beautiful, however, the whole city is in full view, the main ar

on st.nd of pattern can also be traced somewhere, everyone declared it an empire style. ukrainian empire style is hot ice , it is something that cannot exist , due to its origin, so to speak, because the word empire comes from the term empire, this is the imperial style, this is the first half of the 19th century, it was napoleon who first of all began to actively introduce it , this is such... comeback here to greco-roman roots, here we see columnar ones, we see outstanding ones in the sense of pelasters, we see a lot of things, but the main thing that the empire style carried in itself is such a victorious ornament, and a military spirit, these are shields, why stalin, probably after the war, well, even before stalin, this is still after napoleon, it was called, by the way, alexander’s classicism, in my opinion, because alexander i began to introduce it in russia. these are shields, these are helmets, the most important symbol of the empire style is the eagle, if we see an eagle, we we see