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number of songs in store, a huge number of guests, and we will be back soon. hello on the air evening news in the studio ekaterina berezovskaya here is the main topic the day full of awe and hope, millions of orthodox believers met. christmas my eyes. they just don’t believe that i can mature all this, just here i am standing and don’t want to leave here. in our country, the main service in the cathedral of christ vladimir putin congratulated the savior of the holiday of all russians the truce

that our countries announced nationalists continue to open fire on the peaceful cities of donbass but people went to churches even under shelling. new christmas tree in st. petersburg for the children of our military, who are now fulfilling their duty and what is the most daring emotions and the atmosphere of the holidays in our reportage? around the world, millions of orthodox believers celebrated christmas in our country from kaliningrad to vladivostok, people spent this night in churches, the main service according to tradition passed in the temple. it was conducted by patriarch kirill of christ the savior. and this afternoon, the primate of the russian orthodox church celebrated great vespers. here are the shots of the clergy in festive attire. for many parishioners with children, it is this service that opens a whole series of festive services and precedes

christmas time. vladimir putin congratulated the citizens of our country on christmas. night when emotions overwhelm and bright feelings, i want to share with the whole world. light, there is such divine energy here, to be honest, i would say a lot, but tears of joy are already flowing in the heart of every orthodox the joy of the nativity of christ is the beginning of a new era in the history of all mankind, which more than 2,000 years ago gained faith i came from the far east my eyes . they just don't believe that i can do it all. i'm just standing here and i don't want to leave here, the parishioners were striving to contemplate. because of all corners of the country, of course, the cathedral of christ the savior and the harsh january cold are not

hindrance with such warmth in the soul. we are in a good mood. e, of course, i really want to heal the choice of the country's main cathedral, snow-white flowers and spruce branches reminded us of the purity of actions and thoughts and eternal life during the festive service. headed by the patriarch of moscow and all russia kirill will have mercy and save us jacobite and the man loves icons with biblical stories in the center of the temple. when the svetleevinsky star announced the birth of the savior and the earthly path of christ began, the cathedral of the moscow kremlin is here all the night vigils the president of russia visited the annunciation cathedral, erected at the end of the 15th century, one of the oldest monuments of the kremlin ensemble rich in works of art, vladimir putin crossed himself and bowed before the images of saints, while

the primate of the russian orthodox church traditionally turned to believers. i wish everyone to experience this christmas night in a special way, to feel god's presence, to pray with all my heart for their loved ones, for myself, for our motherland, for those who suffer today for our brothers, for ukraine who are today being expelled from kiev of the pechersk lavra of that lavra, which for centuries has been the guardian of genuine, undistorted orthodoxy and we believe that all these diabolical temptations will recede, and parishioners throughout russia spoke of the attempts of the kiev authorities to divide fellow believers and stina and the power of orthodoxy let's say people who don't want to perform. the law that god gave they are looking for

ways to return it, you just need to sympathize somehow instruct. well, of course, all thoughts and prayers that night were about important about the value of every moment with relatives and loved ones wishes were also for those who are away from home in difficult conditions. also tremulous. waiting for the first star to appear. we could have for everyone for the sons of the brothers for all those who are now on a holiday in other conditions for their children for a long time for our guys who are there for them especially for the guys, but we pray for the fortitude that they return home to the happiness of the military personnel of the moscow region military district

participants of the special operation met christmas . another evidence of the power of the orthodox spirit, which for centuries helps to overcome any adversity and unites it would seem that such dissimilar people and it is not so important who and where defended the festive service. in the main cathedral of the country or in a small rural parish. the main thing is that together, shoulder to shoulder, there are millions of links that strengthen this goal of faith and hope. well, a hand in this bright world. stretched out, adults who were once brought to the first church services in the same way. we arrived from veliky ustyug, sat down at the caustic help center children left without parental care this night of prayer for peace. good to sit and on the ground were happy the younger generation or our children look at us are drawn to us through

our faith. this allows them to pass on this baton with their warm hearts to this baton of a large orthodox family , residents of georgia bulgaria egypt have joined mass processions and services in palestinian bethlehem in serbia well, in the cathedral of christ the savior, patriarch kirill noted the creation of a special mission of orthodoxy in the 21st century a godless technocratic civilization that does not need a god. this is the most terrible thing that can be imagined, we have traveled a very difficult path with you all our people for several generations, whom the forces were tearing away from the faith, but we won, we became again, the believing people of the liturgy were crowned with a bell ringing throughout russia, spreading the good news from the triumph of life. and questions tikhonov alyona german andrey

guldarev dmitry klimov and dmitry tishchenko declared by the russian side and the ceasefire along the entire line of contact on behalf of vladimir putin, the christmas truce is valid until the end of today and our military is observing it. in the krasnaya limansk direction , the armed forces of ukraine fired 11 mortar shells at russian positions in the solidar avdiivka and maryinsk directions, the enemy used artillery 51 times on the units of the russian troops in the residential quarters of the city of donetsk, the ukrainian troops fired more than 60 large shells caliber by locality. makiivka donetsk people's republic hit by american rockets multiple launch rocket system khaimov, zaporozhye region,

the armed forces of ukraine opened artillery fire 31 times in the kherson and kryvyi rih directions, the enemy fired 17 artillery shellings with return fire in the russian troops all positions of the armed forces of ukraine from which shelling was carried out by the suppressed . despite the shelling of the armed forces of ukraine on settlements and russian positions implementation of the declared mode of termination. the russian group of troops will continue the fire until 24:00 today. the provocations of the kiev nationalists did not prevent the residents of donbass from celebrating christmas in churches, in some churches, night services still had to be canceled, but people came in the morning, when it became calmer , they came to pray for peace and for those who , to be honest, are the best zoom in on alexeyn's report. for all major divine services, including the christmas residents of varvarovka and the surrounding

villages always came to the st. elias church, but on march 30 last year, a ukrainian shell landed right here, the church itself was damaged. in general, it is insignificant, as they say here by god's grace. but the boiler house is completely destroyed inside it is very cold, so the parishioners now pray in the neighboring church. today, the front line is almost quiet in the village, the modest candlelight service according to the church tradition, reminiscent of the stars of bethlehem, has moved back tens of kilometers in the barbarian temple on the territory of the ilyinsky monastery. everyone has their own prayer, but there is also one common to all parishioners, when will it end? i'm like, relatives die so pitifully just for peace, because you know when it was in the forty-first year, and we saw it on films. this is one thing that we experienced this year, therefore, and also the laity and priests hope to meet soon with the

fathers, brothers and sons who celebrate christmas on the front line of god. to all of you we are very grateful that, well, no matter how hard it is for them, but they understand and know that without them. we will not be able to celebrate and pray, and our children are sleeping peacefully. what about children today they pray and take communion together with adults. we prayed that my son would come home alive. healthy. now he is at the forefront, we don’t know where vestochka was all . we are waiting home for her husband to return as soon as possible dima courageously shot a three-hour service in the ascension church in the village good, thinking about dad and remembering a recent short meeting. he came for 2 days just so we had fun with him, he bought gifts from me with a gift from dima and today at christmas none of the little parishioners will leave the church empty-handed from church trustees and national guardsmen

serving in the lugansk republic, children get sweets and toys and school stationery. the warmth of christmas will also be felt by those who could not come to the church today more than july from donetsk prepared gingerbread for the wounded soldiers in the hospital, treats will be brought to the already lit brothers, as they are now in the hospital. many of our volunteers do what we can to support our comrades-in-arms friends, i don’t want to believe that thanks to this general support today's holiday. they met the glass with light in the soul of aleksein. eugene channel one. christmas is the time when adults are able to surround the attention with care and warmth of the little ones. today they created a magical holiday atmosphere in st. petersburg in the taurida palace. they invited the guys there, whose dads are now doing their duty in the zone of the special military operation alena germanova, will

tell you more. ? then i'll help you write on the christmas tree, where such simple childhood dreams, delicious dumplings, now there will be a ball six-year-old fedya, his happiness is when he is wearing a lot of gifts, frost is so dear and always well known to santa claus, we had dad, you are the most, most brave and brave. fedya also tries not to be afraid of anything at the christmas tree, he came in the costume of the tin woodman , at first, of course, he was still embarrassed. so many unfamiliar girls around they were also worried. sonya, who, like a princess, did not leave her grandmother, and little olya and her mother could not decide whether a tail was needed here on new year's eve and there was news, dad was there i received a gift when i saw that it was possible to send parcels by russian post, i ran to the nearest store. here, well, the voice fell, then i put, in my opinion, a candy of coffee in a jar of condensed milk in a box. on the austere

interiors of the taurida palace for the children of our servicemen, for a while, the walls of bethlehem appeared in the catherine's ballroom - a nativity scene - an excursion into the history of christmas on the stage of the performance. blue bird for those who are still very young volunteers. here they helped to draw a postcard for the priest, to make a snowman or christmas tree decorations. and here you could climb into the giant christmas ball yourself. that's cool. but it seems, more than just a seven-year-old. dyoma was struck by a large luminous christmas tree right in the center of the hall. look what a beautiful tree star. yeah , i also hung up my ball with a desire. he has one dream, so that his father would return home as soon as possible. he volunteered for a special military operation, because he could not do otherwise, and his mother and son are very proud of him. i hope that the son will be like him precisely in character, because