and i hear words that say, well , diplomacy, it’s over, but it’s not over. convert it to lugakov. remember, there is a wonderful phrase there. everything will be right. don't worry. this is what the world is built on. all the best, don't worry. everything will be right. to our mother of god and with our hearts leaning , let us pray to the most holy

lady virgin mary, our intercessor for the good and speedy, we sing all your thanks for your wonderful deeds. your senseless athlete of the ancients is your inalienable intercession to the city of moscow from our country in your miraculous image of the don. the regiments of foreign cities, which always appear, are put to flight, and the people are preserved completely and unharmed , but the people are delivered from cruel death. may the most pure mother of god be our consolation in adversity, the revival of hope, the image of courage, the source of mercy and in sorrowful circumstances, inexhaustible patience, grant us with your prayers all your powerful protection, protect us from departure enemy from the famine of destruction

of the fire of the sword and any other suffering. magnify the great mission of the holy lord in the name of father and son and saint spirit, fateful events occurred twice. determined the very fate of our fatherland associated with the don icon of the mother of god 1380 battle of kulikovo but the most decisive thing is either

the centuries-long slavery that exterminates our people will be continued, or the enemy will break and the opportunity will open for the complete liberation of the homeland. can you imagine? with what feeling did our warriors march to the kulikovo field ? in front of them was the invincible horde with enormous military experience, military force, and it was clear that simply human response forces strength cannot be overcome. and the fact that our warriors. knelt before this holy image of our lady, whom we today glorify because they prayed and asked for assistance in the battle. undoubtedly, she bowed the divine power through the prayer of the most pure mother of god to

our people to our army and there was an enemy. if not defeated, then so weakened. that his deadly grip did not stifle the life of the people, did not stop its development , did not challenge its spiritual life. this is what happened on the kulikovo field. well, the second event 1.591 year, the crimean khanger with a large army with experience in warfare, who passed from crimea to moscow, without being stopped or defeated, became here on the sparrow hills very close to the place where you and i are now. and, of course, there was no special hope for human strength, not for

the squad, not for the commanders, and therefore with special strength in this place. muscovites began to pray in front of the image that we glorify today and asked the queen of heaven to save, to save the city of moscow from the invasion of her nephews, which would be accompanied by the complete extermination of the city of its inhabitants. after this, moscow could never have become more of a capital city, because in its place. it would just be ashes; we were really talking about the historical fate of the capital and the russian kingdom. and of course. and we know what happened again. difficult events to explain from a human point of view for us people of faith, undoubtedly

, prayer before the miraculous image is the fervent prayer of muscovites. and hierarchs and priests and monks and a huge number of people, who placed their hope only in the mother of god, and what happens for completely incomprehensible reasons and circumstances? ham-gerey does not enter moscow but leaves the nearby area. for historians who don’t believe in god, of course, there are some explanations. the explanation can always be quite logical. but if you imagine the psychology of a conquering khan who is on the verge of capturing

a rich city, he has gone through so much. such a huge distance, so many days and nights to get to moscow and here it is, victory is nearby, he sees this city from the sparrow hills and stops. and it doesn't work. again, non-believers who study history may have some explanations, but they are not convincing, only one explanation is convincing. the power of god, the prayer of muscovites in front of the don icon, the mercy of the mother of god who spread her protection over the city of moscow and over the russian land and saved the capital and the fatherland. we know that something similar happened during the great patriotic war. we know. as through the prayers of the most pure

mother of god and undoubtedly the enemy did not enter the then leningrad which simply lay at his feet? a huge military machine, well-fed , well-trained armed forces stand on the pulkovo heights. this is near st. petersburg , this is the place where now it is very close, the airport from the pulkovo heights, st. petersburg, then leningrad, is visible at a glance. there are literally a few kilometers left and the city is taken. but we know how the residents of the city of petrov prayed, how they asked the lord for help, how they called on the most holy theotokos, including praying in front of her st. petersburg kazan image, that now

is located in the cathedral, yes nevsky prospekt, and at that time he was in the prince vladimir cathedral on the petrograd side , they prayed and asked to save the city. and we believe that it was a miracle to save leningrad at that time. it’s a miracle, because it was impossible for any military forces to withstand the powerful onslaught of the enemy. but it happened. and the city was saved. these are examples from our history when god invades our history. especially regarding prayers, because if people don’t pray , people don’t believe. then god does not automatically invades our lives. what is prayer ? prayer is, first of all, a request from the lord to limit our freedom. because

acting on the basis of your understanding. we may make mistakes. we may take the wrong path in freeing ourselves from physical ailments. we can take a completely wrong path, getting lost along this path of life. and when we pray and ask, gentlemen, we say, lord, you created us free, but we do not have enough strength, relying on this freedom of ours, to solve the problem that is now. you enter our life. help me. and through our prayers, but especially through the prayers of the most pure one, with the blessed queen, the heavenly patroness of our land, many miracles are performed both in our personal life and in the life of the state. of course, there are

people who do not believe in anything, but this is their path. from the point of view of common sense, very strange. very strange way how can you believe that everything happened by itself? from a grain of sand i have already spoken about this more than once. some bacteria from outer space flew to earth, which was completely barren. and for 14 billion years ago, a flourishing planet populated by intelligent beings arose, think about it . even 24 billion, even 100 billion, a stone will never turn into human life, but it has. therefore, the presence of god in history in the world, but especially for us russian

people, this presence. the obvious is clear through penetration into the meaning of our national history by considering those events in which, of course, god's power and god's wisdom were present, and therefore glorifies the miracles that emanate from the holy icons. we thank you at the same time lord, because the prayers of the people who asked the lord for a miracle in front of these icons were heard. and if there were no prayers, then there would be no miracles. therefore, the deliverance of our fatherland, including then on the kulikovo field or during the time of khan giray in 1591, here in moscow, this was undoubtedly god’s answer to the prayers of the most holy

theotokos, which our ancestors addressed their prayers with faith and hope. what conclusion should we draw? if history so clearly and vividly testifies to us of god's presence in our lives in the history of our fatherland ours in the history of the world. just how unshakable our faith should be. no false arguments, most often devoid of logic, no public opinion with references to supposedly certain scientific achievements , nothing should shake our faith, if this is so, if our people preserve the faith, if in their prayers they call on the lord and his most pure mother, then undoubtedly we new miracles await in response to faith and prayer, and

today we really need these miracles, for many, as the word of the prayer says, have taken up arms against the holy rus, who want her devastation ruin. through the prayers of all the saints of the russian land, who sat down with the intercession of the most pure one at the blessed queen of heaven, may the lord protect our land, our country , our president, our head of state , our rulers, our church, confessor and martyr, so that through our joint spiritual efforts our fatherland may be preserved and prosper. our church brings the word of salvation and the power of divine grace to our people. amen, i congratulate you on the holiday.

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