[000:00:00;00] yourself in a medieval city, novgorod, a wonderful city, but there is nothing like that there, but in pskokov there is, don’t you understand me, urgently to pskokov, the weather is still very good, although pskov is very beautiful in winter, all the best. lord, god, almighty, creator of all things creative, cover the waters, your overflowings, the whole earth with trees of many kinds, and filled with various animals, and life-giving, so that all creation thanks you as much as an artist, you are here and living, a man and

created in the image of in your likeness. and having set this world in it, cultivate it and keep it, do not turn away your face, and now, o lord, o lover of mankind, in vain we are plundering your world from our iniquities and passions, as the earth laments, the trees and trees are disappearing, the animals and livestock birds of the air are perishing, the wickedness of the sons of men, we pray, o all-merciful one, god, have mercy on us, fill our hearts with the light of your prudence, and accept our repentance, so that we may cultivate your world for the good of our souls and our bodies, and for the glory of your most holy name, all glory, honor and worship are due to you, to the father and the son and the holy spirit, now

and ever and ever, amen. in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit, today’s gospel reading contains the following words: the stone that was rejected by the builder, the corner stone, it is from the lord, that’s what a corner stone is, why is some corner stone from the lord? now the concept of a cornerstone has disappeared, because reinforced concrete structures are created, there is no castle stone, this is how the cornerstone was still defined, it is not required, because the structure is held

together because of the force that is in itself building material, in ancient times, houses and temples were built from stones, so in order for this structure to be held, and it was supported by relying on itself, in a certain place of this structure there must be a stone-lock, to which all the forces of gravity were directed, so in order for the wall not to collapse, and the building not to collapse, and it had to be like this, exactly about this cornerstone, the castle stone, and the lord says, the stone that people rejected, it is that same cornerstone, and its from lord, and it is marvelous in his eyes, what kind of

stone is the lord jesus christ talking about? he speaks, of course, about himself, who has become this cornerstone that keeps the world from falling apart, because human society , filled with a huge number of contradictions, political, economic, cultural, is very difficult to hold together. there must be some really cornerstone, and people invent these cornerstones, some say it is economics, others say it is the effectiveness of political management, probably, one and the other are correct, but not comprehensively, correctly in relation to certain

situations and specific times, political conditions, and if these words of the savior have a supramundane, universal universal meaning. the stone that the builders rejected, the cornerstone, is god himself, and there is no other force other than the power of god that can keep the world from falling apart, human societies from degradation, families from destruction, interpersonal... relationships from weakening in the end ultimately also destruction, most often, people, of course, rely on some kind of technology they have created, on some

kind of social, on political concepts, in certain cases all this works, but all this is not universal, it may work in one part of the world, but not at all in another work, in one country... it works, in another it doesn’t work at all, but the lord offers a truly universal force that binds people together, and says: i am this cornerstone. indeed, if people accept divine guidance, in modern language, one might say, a kind of divine leader. a leader is the one who is in front, the lord must be in front of everyone, so that looking at him, we follow his path,

then he, the lord, becomes the cornerstone for us, we follow him, and he unites us all, like stone lock, firmly connects. until we, of our own free will, our unbelief, cowardice, and, as i often say, petrified insensibility, replace god with something else that we consider worthy of being this stone-lock for us, connecting the uniting keeping from decay. and indeed. people constantly invent such stones, create political concepts, political ideals, economic schemes, believing that following all these recommendations, instructions

can ensure the solidarity of people, their unification, sometimes this happens, including when ideologies invented by people act as such, castle stone, we know how our country went through this period, ideology held people together, united, and it seemed that it would last forever, but nothing special happened in the country, but ideology stopped connecting people and the house fell apart, just as ideology itself fell apart. so, if we apply these words of the savior to any area of ​​human life, even the most powerful and significant one, then nothing

can truly unite people forever, ensure that unity that is possible only by the power of god’s grace. is achieved in the church, but temptations penetrate into the church, and we know that from time to time there are schisms, teachers, heretics, most often, all these abuses of theology and people’s faithfulness to the gospel, most often do not exist for long, and then also fall apart, but nevertheless cause damage to the church’s cause, so that you and i can maintain the unity of the church, so that you and i can maintain fidelity to the divine commandments , we

must remember that the building of our community with you, our like-mindedness, at the basis of this building is the cornerstone: the stone, which is the lord, the savior himself. and as long as it stays this way, as long as we believe that it is the lord, as long as we believe in that only the lord is our light, truth and path, as long as we are confident that it is following him, his commandments, his word that determines the true path of spiritual and even all-round development of the human

personality, we will then build our lives on this cornerstone stone to avoid temptations, seductions, all kinds of shocks, be it in personal, social, and even international life. but as far as international life is concerned, there are so many overwhelming influences that few people today in that complex area determine their position, based on the current words of holy scripture, but let us believe and hope that faith in the lord and savior will not disappear from the human race, that people will continue to take very seriously the words that we

heard in the gospel today. and try on this stone of our faith, on this keystone that unites and prevents us from participating in various kinds of disintegrations , divergences, disagreements, to build our soul, preparing it for the kingdom of heaven, but already here, in this earthly life, to create that which whatever god pleases. on the rock of faith, build my personal, family life, as far as possible , public and even state life, i will say again that not everything is so simple, and for many my words today will seem somehow distant, incomprehensible, but these are not my words, i would not dare

on my own behalf, addressing people, to say that what i am saying now are the words of god, and god cannot be scolded, therefore, when we follow the word of god, we choose the most correct path in our life, be it personal, family, social life , or even state-owned as much as in size... you can to embody the greatest spiritual and moral ideals of human society. may god help us all to follow the path that he showed us, to walk with deep faith, with hope, with trust in the lord, to walk, trying

every day and hour to follow our path. was directed towards heaven, towards god, and as i often say, forward, forward, this means that turning to god towards heaven determines the correct vector of the historical development of the people, and god grant that this relationship between the heavenly and the earthly, the spiritual and the material is correct learned first it's our people's turn. what we always pray for, what we call for, but if possible, and by those people who live in different countries of nations, because the future existence of the entire human race undoubtedly depends on the assimilation of this divine truth, and the lord, who chose that path, helps us which i just

said, taking hold of the pluck, not to look back, but to go forward, towards our lord the savior. amen, i congratulate you all on this holiday. hello, there is a news release on channel one, in the studio maxim sharafuddinov and briefly about the main thing. a holiday that our country celebrates for the first time, russia and we are russians, russia is our homeland, a year together, today is the day of reunification of new