[000:00:33;00] germany, winter angels and heavenly people, close friends of christ and saints of god, your abode, the glory of all the northern countries , the decorations of all our orthodox fatherland, an insurmountable wall and great intercession. we are all unworthy and many sinners

, teaching with reverence and love for your holy relics with a contrite spirit and with a humble heart, diligent in the sea, pray unceasingly to the merciful ruler and our lord jesus christ for the greatness of the sod, so that what we have may not let all of it depart from us acting grace, covering the intercession of the holy ones, our mistress theotokos in place seven, may she remain and never lose weight before her. eh, true zealots of angelic life in the holy abode, especially pray to the all-wise and merciful god. may she strengthen her holy church and all our orthodox fatherland in peace and silence in love , unanimity, orthodoxy and piety, may

she preserve and preserve it forever and ever. oh-oh-oh, glory to you heart. lord , in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit, today's apostolic reading from the letter to the corinthians

the apostle paul teaches us that our duty is not to please ourselves. and to serve the lord and savior are quite radical words. because if each of us. he will analyze his life , his goals, what are we living for? why do we work and get paid? why at all? are we building houses? why do we start a family and so on? behind many beautiful words , a person’s personal interest and desire will always be revealed. a person wants to live better. it's his right. and this is what most of our time. work responsibility all this requires, of course, more attention than

just attention to oneself, but without attention to oneself and the rest often does not work out, because few people are ready to neglect their capabilities, rights , desires, and aspirations. very often noble. in order to devote time and health and strength to others. and not to yourself. this is the call of the apostle. which i just mentioned, it seems to go against the logic of human life. but how can you not live for yourself? and probably wouldn't be enough only apostolic words. so that this call is actually carried out throughout

christian history. moreover, sometimes the fulfillment of this commandment was accompanied not only by self-denial of the state of life, by martyrdom and confession, when not only people abandoned a prosperous life, but when they endangered their very lives or placed themselves, limiting their capabilities to the desire of the flesh, in such difficult conditions that required incredible effort. not just to defeat yourself, but even to survive. and so asceticism on the nightingales is precisely connected with such a special feat. now we fly here on less comfortable aircraft or sail by sea. we risk little, we stay in

hotels and thank god that’s the case. nothing. actually, without bothering yourself, especially without limiting yourself. but after all, those whom we today resort to in the monastery and worship, rather than the remains of them, they went towards the unknown. in the most bearish corner. it is unknown what awaited them, besides the difficult climate. and the saints performed this a wonderful spiritual feat, and they showed us all that, of course, there are goals and objectives , they can be, and by and large should be for everyone. which may require more than just an eight-hour workday. it is not easy to give up some more comfortable conditions for less comfortable

conditions, changing your life. but sometimes the most precious thing may be required of a person - his life. and we know that this is especially true when it comes to protecting the homeland. so today we are here with you in such conditions, oh, which i said, and there there is an armed clash with the opponents of russia, i would say with the global opponents of russia, because our brothers and sisters are dying there and we must not forget about them. we must ask the lord for help for them in our prayers, and we must help in any way we can. i thank everyone, including the youth, who, by the way, are present here today for carrying out such convoys to the very places i just said , bringing a lot for our military personnel and for

the suffering lay people. this is what solidarity is after all, it is very necessary not only for those to whom we turn our mercy for us, it is necessary. it elevates the soul. it really helps us to reconsider a lot in our lives and strive for what is most important in this life, and the most important thing is the salvation of the soul, because the body decays in the grave, but the soul will be immortal. and in order for this immortality of the soul to have the joy of communication with god, we must do this here. many good deeds and again i will say, not like the fifth or tenth item on our agenda. but as first priority tasks, because if we don’t do good deeds, then according to the word of god,

the ringing kim is drumming. that is, emptiness. and none of our achievements in some global and sublime spheres, which are not accompanied by the accomplishment of good deeds, have no value in the eyes of god. when you visit solovki, you especially understand how important it was when monastic life was established here, because how many people visited these places. they provided support to foreigners and really contributed in many ways to not just taking root here monastic life, but the creation of an absolutely wondrous place, the solovetsky archipelago. the solovetsky monastery is what united divine creation with the amazing creation of human hands and created an amazingly harmonious phenomenon full of beauty and spiritual power. today

the solovetsky monastery appears, and everyone, of course, who comes here with prayer. i have to think about a lot about my life, about my priorities, about life, about whether everything is going right. let go of the fact that correctness must necessarily be accompanied by some special career growth or material enrichment, because for god this is absolutely nothing. this plays a role here, and the lord will not ask us about what place we occupied in society or what was our career? he will ask about something else that each of us knows. and so in order to have a favorable answer there. here we must educate ourselves, our soul , our worldview. filling it

with love, love for the motherland, love for family , love for those near and far, and especially care for those who need our love and care, and patients about disabled people, and weak people, and orphans. this is why our country has always been strong, and today, by the grace of god , all these ministries of mercy are being revived, both in the church itself and with the great involvement of not indifferent conscientious people who want it. indeed, including with your material capabilities, you can do good for those in need and for your neighbors. once again i appeal to you, my dear brothers, rapists, i want to say about your very special responsibility for the pilgrim. remember, i emphasize again. is not some addition to your monastic

obedience. and this is priority work , priority service, because from your contact with other people. maybe their future spiritual development or lack thereof largely depends? in order to make up for some possible and characteristic moments of oblivion, it is very important. we really need to renew our calling through reading the holy scriptures of the patristic works and, of course, through personal living, sincere experience of prayer. because in prayer all our religious feelings, because prayer is a force that creates, among other things, religious feelings, because the word religion itself means a connection , a person’s connection with god. and the connection is carried out

through prayer. let us ask the lord that this abode continues to remain a place of spiritual exploits, a place of especially fervent prayer. as i have already said, both for the motherland and for the troops, because of our people who are staying as monastics, and of course for themselves. may this place never lack the power of prayer. may they never become weaker the light of the spiritual feat that the monastics took upon themselves. because i want to say again that the spiritual state of the pilgrims largely depends on this spiritual energy that is present here. and in a sense, because you pray. you are for all our people and all the fine arts and well-being of our country. through the prayers of the saints of solovetsky, may the lord protect

this place. may he keep his brothers in peace, in love, in like-mindedness, in purity, in ability, constantly thinking about his own spiritual state and subjecting it to critical analysis, to rush forward and upward, as i often talk about this among monastics , it should be especially clearly expressed. this elevates the dynamics of their spiritual development. but in concluding my words, i would like to wish everyone and you, my dear brothers, the rulers , the consecrated representative of power to all our people in the person of pilgrims, strong faith, love for god and for the fatherland and the ability to do good deeds according to the behest of the holy saints. amen

i congratulate you on the holiday. hello on channel one news release in the studio maxim sharafutdinov and briefly about the main thing the scale of the capital today is city day , there are a million options to celebrate in a fun and beautiful way,