[000:00:00;00] i ask especially, of course, the interesting one, that they be tenth graders, because it means that next season they will become eleventh graders and can go out onto these colorful paths and answer, therefore , here is a question so as not to deceive you. naturally, without the soviet union , it is impossible to win this terrible war against this monstrous machine, which was nazi germany. this is just a person who does not understand anything at all can claim that they won it. americans, can i ask you this? stalin emphasized, that without american cars it would be very difficult, probably, to make the soviet union , that is, the americans, let's leave it. but without the english. wouldn't the americans and i have won, do you think. all the best,

thank you for your advice.

in the media and make up. in the name of the father and son and the holy spirit, saint theophan the recluse owns such. amazing words reflecting on what is religion, what is faith in god, he said that the most important thing. what we believers should associate with religion with god is simple the words we address to him, lord

have mercy. and indeed it is. because our life our health, as the life of the existence of the whole world in the hands of god, he is the creator of the universe. he brings us to life. and our life and health depend on it. and if this is extended beyond the borders of the human personality, extended to the whole world, then, after all, this is all and the creation of god in his hands belongs to the world. therefore, when a person ceases to believe in god or refuses god and, all the more, opposes himself to god, then he commits madness. and in this madness people persist. they try to prove to themselves and others that there is no god. and, if we continue

this phrase with the words of fyodor mikhailovich dostoevsky, then everything is permitted. but in fact, if there is no supreme judge, if there is no punishing force. after all, everything is permitted. human authority is easily deceived. it is easy to mislead even the human court, but if there is no divine court. that means lying is lawlessness, it’s like a normal way to eliminate one’s life and get benefits from life. that's why and those words were spoken, if there is no god, then everything is permitted. we pass with you through the field of holy and great lent. this is a special time

to be in prayer. and bringing repentance , prayer really really unites us with the lord, and there is no other power but prayer. as saint theophan said, everything that exists in the religious life of a person is expressed in the words, lord have mercy. it really is. we cannot have another word that is addressed to god. of course, we ask the lord for everything about the big, and the small and this is not condemned. we pour out our sorrows to the lord. we ask him for help and the lord has power. and most importantly, such love. that he uses his strength to help us in both big and small things? i sometimes had to

hear in confession and even in conversations. they told people about what seemingly trifles they annoyed the lord in their prayer. and only later, after the lapse of time, when they convinced that the lord answered these little things, did they understand how infinitely divine love and even our simplest sighs to the lord, if they are from everything hearts, if they make haste with our faith , they are really capable. call upon us a divine answer lord have mercy on marvelous words and what else can we ask the lord, of course, for mercy? and this mercy includes the forgiveness of sins, perhaps, first of all,

us from god. but after all, everyone has their own request to the lord that he pour out mercy. and, of course, our prayers. they include our pain. and our doubts. and our perplexity. and often, even just despair, but who else to turn to, from whom to get help and protection. and the lord hears our prayer. there is only one condition: prayer should not contain idle talk, as it sometimes happens with verbosity, which also sometimes, as it were, obscures the very meaning of prayer, and prayer must come from the heart from a pure heart and be accompanied by faith with confidence that the lord is able to

help and answer our sighs. the words of st. theophanes that in two words , lord, have mercy , we must remember all the most important things. and have it especially in memory when something difficult will happen in our life. this difficult may concern the personality of each family relationship, but this difficult may concern the whole people. and the state of our fatherland, and today we know what are the difficult circumstances associated with international relations and what are the difficult relations with our country? awakened in recent times by an evil

human will, therefore, in the present time we are experiencing, we especially must offer up a prayer to the lord for our fatherland, for protecting it from enemies, both external and internal, because there are others, and with the help of the existence of power, our army, but the most important thing is that the lord give us a lasting and inalienable peace. to proclaim this world in our hearts. our russian fatherland passed through many tests of difficulty. but after all, for the entire thousand-year history. which scored the most dangerous conflicts. including moments associated with the defeat of the country. with the

imprisonment of the russian people, and yet, having gone through all these trials, we survived and how country and as a people. and today, in these difficult conditions, which turned out to be russia , we especially need to turn our eyes. to the lord to ask him for help for all our people for the authorities for the army, so that the lord would protect us from all harm and bless us with a peaceful life, but in response to this request. we must include. and change our relationship to the lord we must understand that faith cannot be on the periphery of human life. you can’t ask god when something suddenly happened to you, prayer should be the most important factor in our life without prayer and

communication with god it is impossible to live. i would like these words to be heard not only by you, my dear ones, but by many many who have not yet come to god for whom prayer is still something incomprehensible and complex. i would like everyone to be able to experience the power of what gives a real connection between a person and the creator himself. and we believe. that, just as in the past, in difficult times, prayer saved our people , as it admonished the authorities, when it gave courage to the soldiers, so at the present time we believe that the prayer of the church will be the prayer of our people, heard by the lord and savior and his divine mercy will appear both over our people and over the fatherland we entered with you

the wonderful field of great lent. and the purpose of this race is to change, as i said, ourselves. therefore, the greatest things that a person does. which is related not only to him personally or to the family, but depending on the position of the person, they can be related to large groups of people, and in general to the whole people. here's to speeding it all up. the lord in response to the time has come to renew and strengthen our faith. how many of you know? i was born in the city of leningrad, my parents

survived the leningrad blockade. and miraculously survived. managed to get out. mother and brother on the ice of lake ladoga on the day of holy easter of the forty-second year when it was already behind us, the most terrible time hungry terrible winter of the forty-first beginning of the forty-second year? that's what people lived then. they believed in victory, they prayed to the lord for this victory. and as the warriors of atheists at the forefront said then there is no front. and even unbelieving people sometimes went on the attack with these words, god help me. because right at this

moment. every secondary and superficial and insignificant beginning recedes in life . only the most important thing remains. a person standing before god so today, my dear ones , the time has come when we must strengthen our faith. i appeal again, i want to say not only to those who are present here or who will hear my words being a church person, but to all russian people to those who may not have been strengthened faith and on the path to god and still have some doubts. all this must be left in the past , you must take the path that led our pious ancestors to victory, and this

path is undoubtedly connected. with the strengthening of the faith with the revival of faith in the life of our people and may the lord help us all, including having passed the field of the holy four decades, strengthen ourselves in faith in piety, repent for our sins and with joyful hope of god's mercy meet the bright sunday of christ all of you cordially. greetings and congratulations on the beginning of the forty-day fasting race