[000:00:00;00] finally, we really have our crimea, our black sea, yes , you have objections, dear ivan the terrible, yes, all the best to you, o great saint, glorious miracle worker, russian churches, the capital city of kiev and moscow, guardian of all of us, a zealous prayer book, our father, peter, we humbly fall down to you and pray, raise your hands to the lord god, pray for us sinners and

unworthy his servants, may he add his mercy to us and not send us all that is necessary to the temporary life and eternity our salvation, the gifts of his goodness. we pray to you, the saint of christ, ask your primacy, the heavenly ruler, to preserve the suffering russian land in peace, in spiritual unity , please god, hear us graciously, and you will be our intercessor in all troubles of adversity, magnify, magnify you,

the connector, the holy one, your memory, in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. today we celebrate the memory of st. peter, metropolitan of kiev, and also in fact of moscow of all russia. why in fact? but because even being in moscow, he was called metropolitan of kiev of all russia, because kiev was historically the first capital of all russia, and the kiev metropolitans had special care for the entire russian church. but a tragic time came for ancient kiev, it was practically destroyed by the invasions of nomads, and there was no way to continue to preserve the life of this

city. as the capital of all russia, therefore saint peter of kiev moved to that place of russia that was inaccessible to nomads, and this place was the northeast of russia, why it was inaccessible, because the nomads defeated the forces of their cavalry, in the northeast there is a forest, cavalry is useless, it becomes easy prey for archers and other warriors, and indeed, st. peter’s stay in the vladimir land gave him new opportunities and strength, including the care of the entire russian church , but we also know that this

stay was short-lived, and the rise of the city of moscow , which began to reveal itself as the new center of life in all russia, contributed to the fact that saint peter accepted the historically important significance of transferring the see of all russia from the city of vladimir to moscow. if this had not happened, then it is unlikely that moscow would have risen, as if you and i would not have performed this service here, and in all likelihood it would never have ceased to be the capital and state of russia, therefore the act of st. peter providentially was of great importance for the future of this city,

which became the capital. of our great state, it is sad that this story of st. peter is somehow little mentioned today by our historians, little is known about this that young people know, and even celebrating the day city, we somehow do not connect it in any way with the memory of st. peter, because we probably should have connected it, because without st. peter there would not have been moscow as the capital of our homeland, so again and again i appeal to everyone who could follow for this, make the day of the city of moscow, sacred the day of memory... for peter, to whom moscow and muscovites, throughout all generations, should be grateful that this city became the capital city, but here in the assumption

cathedral, where the relics of the saint rest, his memory was never suppressed, because he laid the foundation of this cathedral, then, when the cathedral was rebuilt, his saints... remains were moved here. this day truly combines many meanings, including purely religious, spiritual, political, and even a very important cultural meaning. and i thank god that we celebrate this day at the relics of the saint in the main temple of all russia. in the assumption cathedral of the moscow kremlin, glorifying st. peter, we ask for his prayers. today our fatherland has entered a

difficult time, a time of trials, the enemy of the family human, but the enemy of russia has brought the state of affairs to such a nightmare that again brother raises enmity against brother, organic unified ties between the north and south of russia, between the modern russian federation and ukraine, but how can one not grieve about this and ask the lord to stop it madness, to stop this hostility, so that again, with one mouth, one heart, we, as one people, can. the most blessed name of god and the saints, one of whom is the most important for all of us is st. peter,

metropolitan of kiev, moscow of all rus'. through his prayers, we will once again ask that our russian land be preserved in unity , in spiritual strength, in like-mindedness, so that our church can overcome the schisms and divisions generated by political differences of opinion and conflicts, and so that our people can once again unite at the shrines of moscow , at the shrines of kiev, bringing thanks to the lord for the amazing saving historical path that our church has traveled, and which in many ways, including strengthening the spiritual: values ​​in the life of all our people, through the prayers of st. peter, may the lord strengthen our russian land and protect it from all evil.

amen, i congratulate you on the holiday. today we have the honor and joy to welcome his holiness. as well as those accompanying him, you represent your beatitude, the ancient molankar church of india, which was founded in the 1st century by the apostle, for thousands of years your church served on... the earth and managed to maintain its authenticity, identity and fidelity to the apostolic traditions. you were surrounded by a non-christian majority, therefore

special wisdom and at the same time special piety are required, looking at which, your non-christian fellow citizens would be imbued with respect for you, your blessedness, the episcopate and the entire molankar church. in this sense, you bear a very important witness to orthodoxy, in one of the most numerous countries in the world in which christianity is not the majority, the arrival of your holiness in russia, of course, testifies to our fraternal relations, not only between churches, but also between our peoples, i assure you that your visit will write a new, good page in the relations between

our countries and between our peoples. it is a blessing for us today to be here on this holy day, when the memory of metropolitan peter is celebrated, and to convey to you the best wishes from the entire malankara church of india and as your holiness has already noted, our church was founded on indian soil by the holy apostle thomas in 502 and before still preserves its tradition

of testifying to christ, indeed, as you said, surrounded by other religions, and we have been preserving this tradition for the 21st century, and of course, recently we have been especially strengthened by contacts with the russian orthodox church, we personally thank your holiness for this and believe that we need to develop our relationship for the sake of our joint strength. in india have an excellent history of relationships with the blessing of your holiness, we hope that these relations will develop, because we are actually continuing the good work that his holiness patriarch pimen and

his eminence metropolitan nikodim. we are invariably grateful to your holiness and the russian orthodox church for accepting our students to study at the theological faculties in the regency departments, and i am a living testimony to the results obtained in your theological schools.

and of course, the goal and dream of all our efforts that we are carrying out today to develop bilateral dialogue is the hope that someday the day will come when we will be able to pray and receive communion together. thank you very much much for your kind words of greetings. thank you very much. thank you very much for your welcome, for your greetings. may the lord protect you, your episcopate, your church. and friendly russia, indian people, i strengthen you all in unity, despite religious and cultural pluralism, also preserving your ability, including preserving your historical and religious identity. congratulations to all of you, my dears, on this important holiday once again. and may the blessing of god, through the prayers of st. peter, remain upon him

may the lord protect us all with prayers in these difficult times. amen. hello, there is a news release on channel one, in the studio maxim sharafuddinov and briefly about the main thing. a sharp escalation in the middle east, missile attacks on israel , dozens of palestinian militants broke through from the gaza strip. shooting, explosions, street fighting, what