where he lives well, there, the truth is somehow not described, that is, you can not force him. well, you know there villages flashes of villages? yes here and there yes, yes, because you would be a very good very professional museum worker. but here pushkin is alive, even alive. so we don't pray. no, no, really more alive than all the living. well, in general, uh, after all, the concept of the motherland of russia is, first of all, a language and, of course, he is the creator of this mighty great language of ours, of course, he does not go away. yes, thanks a lot. eh, a question to the viewers and that's it. uh, the same one i had guys, we just have to remember pushkin to make sure that russia has been and will be. be happy and write, yes, thank

you. and they approved it already on sati through your dream.

your eminence and eminence dear vladyka fathers, brothers and sisters of all of you, my heart. greetings, congratulations on this wonderful event holding christmas readings in the city of moscow, which always begin with a common prayer in this cathedral church. here sometimes some ill-wishers reproach the church orthodox regarding the lack of opportunities for the laity to participate in the life of the church. maybe somewhere this reproach really corresponds to reality. i know

such examples. but this reproach is misplaced if it is addressed to the russians. the russian church is the only one of all local orthodox churches that has not only involved the laity in active life at all levels at the parish at the diocesan at the general church at which it also makes it possible to listen with voices when many of them gather in in moscow for christmas readings, in a sense, this is really a cathedral of the laity. and he gives a lot of wonderful thoughts and considerations so that much of what is expressed will then be reflected in real church life. when we started this

practice of holding large-scale christmas readings. those were the voices that warned that anything could happen, some positional moods might arise, which would receive a platform as part of the christmas reading. it might hurt the church, but i was convinced because it all depends on the goal. if a person with a pure heart with good thoughts comes to moscow to reflect on the life of the church together with his brothers and sisters, together with the episcopate of the clergy, together with the patriarch, if there is something to say. is there anything that can help strengthen our faith? improving our work, aimed at ensuring that the

orthodox faith grows in the hearts of people. our common work is to ensure that youth and children consecrate the lights of christ's truth, our work is to ensure that with different sectors of society life the church had a dialogue aimed at making joint decisions, including with the active participation of the church , regarding the events taking place in society in the country. and of course, here is the apogee that concentrates all these efforts in itself are our christmas readings, which give an important impetus to the development of church thought for the organization of church services to assess the reality in which we are today. if we talk about how successfully the tradition that has developed relatively

recently related to holding christmas readings, i can say the following under the most careful study. i don’t think anyone would dare to say that there is something wrong here, dangerous , complex, not completely intelligible, which could hinder the development of church life. experience has shown that all those fears, those bewilderments, all those questions that were, as it were, at the start of this entire program. today they have completely withdrawn from the general church discussion. and for this, first of all, i thank our miriams in your person, my dear brothers and sisters in the person of those who filled this temple today.

also, of course, i thanked the consecrated bishops and fathers of our priests, who actively contributed to the inclusion of the laity in church life and we see that this interaction, the ruling bishop of the clergy, the believing people, the creation of many , many initiatives that are carried out today by our lairs undoubtedly enriches the life of the church , and moreover, it helps to solve those difficult questions and problems that arise on our historical path. ways, as i always say, forward and upward, because there can be no other vector of movement in church life, we cannot simply go forward, because the word forward can simply be associated with intellectual cultural and other initiatives. but if there is no

upward movement at the same time, then anything that moves horizontally will have nothing to do with the main mission of the church. to save people by the power of divine grace to elevate a person above himself to direct his heavenly to heavenly, so that by touching this heavenly heavenly emergency in the sacraments through the preaching of the church through good deeds. everyone could really. to touch the reality that the lord calls us today, the ministry of the laity is very important. i’m not afraid to say that i don’t know of similar examples in any local orthodox church, where the ministry of the laity is local enough, i don’t want to say

that it may not be enough for everyone who is called to act. how can he act, but the huge scale of the ministry of the laity in the russian church is an absolutely unprecedented thing. this is what fathers dreamed about. the famous cathedral of our 17-18 years and, probably, this movement to involve the laity in the parish diocesan life. already in the twenties it would have begun to develop, but then our church entered a terrible era, persecution and death were laid down, after all, not only by the bishops and priests, but by all our lay activists. everything, it was from nothing, and the then godless authorities were sure that nothing like this would ever be reborn. and today we testify with humility that

by the power of the grace of god our prayers of the new martyrs confessors of the russian church , the ministry of the laity, which is so important for the church, is being revived. once again, i would like to sincerely thank everyone who is involved in this ministry. our country and the whole world is now going through very difficult circumstances associated with the emergence of many risks. and everyone would be well aware of this. the church is not a political force. it is not involved in solving external or even internal political problems, but the church takes to heart the anxieties of the people of people's experiences, especially sorrows. and, of course,

what is happening today in the expanses of historical russia as an enemy of the human race cannot but resonate with pain in our hearts. sowed the seeds of discord how did he breed? conflicts, confrontation , including between orthodox people who have become victims of the very internecine conflict that takes place today in the vastness of russia and near the church, as always. when our people entered the era of civil strife, whether in ancient times, the middle ages or in modern times, the church retains even more urgent the great cause of reconciliation

despite all borders and conflicts, our church, this church of all russia and russia, ukraine belarus, other countries and peoples that are part of this historical russia, are the place of our pastoral service, which means that the problems that arise should be accompanied by our fervent prayer that the lord in the first place he tried on people in turn, he did not allow between conditional swearing, so that the spiritual ties of all the peoples that make up historical russia would be strengthened, and this should be about this today, our special fervent strong prayer. may god bless the lord. to all historical russia, our russian state, which today is really facing many dangerous, but

at the same time fateful challenges. and god forbid to find the challenges the correct answer was found. which would further strengthen the fraternal ties of the peoples that make up holy russia, we believe that today this task is an important part of the mission of our church, because there is practically not a single institution or organization left that would not being involved in political upheavals. and would have an impact on the vastness of all of russia and therefore my word today to the russians to the ukrainians to the belarusians to all the rest, who is included in this historical?

the reality of holy russia is to do everything to ensure that the enemy of the human race, having sowed the seeds of enmity, does not achieve that the brother rebels against the brother, that all attempts at this internecine warfare are completely stopped, so that the world of prosperity and brotherly love are present among all the peoples of historical russia today these prayers. accompanied, of course, and thoughts. and empathy with all those who lost their blood lost their health. and he lost his life. and so i especially call our whole church. today to intensify the prayer for peace and reconciliation of the peoples of russia so that no provocations

, no temptations, no seeds that are sown by the devil could utter those that could drown out the spiritual life. the common spiritual life of the peoples of russia and weaken the testimony of our church. may the lord protect the land of the russian orthodox church and all those who, with faith and love, turn their prayers to the savior and your deep faith amen happy holidays. congratulations.