veda vodka is a product of the stellar group. the holiday, the holiday has arrived, the patriarch has visited us, look how we live, how beautiful our house of god is, kamchatka, the distant land of smoking volcanoes, the purest lakes, caviar fish, me, you can’t meet me... places of pristine god’s

beauty, you we greet you with bread and salt with the whole world, you will accept our joy, bless each of your testimonies!

in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit, we are now celebrating a special event that is associated with the revival of spiritual life on these places that are important for the whole country, and for the whole world, the pacific ocean is not just endless... the pacific ocean is framed by shores that, unfortunately, are not fully populated by people who are friendly to each other, and therefore have military significance this region is huge, take care of the security of our fatherland, the power is ours.

the people have done and are doing everything to strengthen the defense capability of our state, including in this most important area. therefore, i especially welcome the representatives of our navy and army, who today, the armed forces also prayed with us, and rightly so. are extremely necessary to ensure the security of the state and people, but not only that, we know that our state, the soviet union , collapsed, having the most, almost powerful army, so the question arises, why did this happen, an orthodox believer always has the right the answer is yes, because people apparently didn’t live quite as they should, don’t take it... what was a treasure for them

turned out to be too susceptible to hostile words wrapped in a very attractive packaging, and we got what we got, but it seems to me that the people, our authorities, and the church, drew appropriate conclusions from what happened, and today i think that our joint work, our efforts should be aimed at strengthening the power fatherland, but experience has shown that excellent weapons, well-trained armed forces are not always guarantors of the country's security, as happened with our fatherland, and what is a guarantor, and the guarantor... is the self-awareness of the people,

including the armed forces , such self-awareness, which considers the highest priority ... preservation of the fatherland, we call this in simple language love for the fatherland, but love, a broad concept, is the responsibility for the fate of the country, narrower and more specific, we are all responsible for our country, for the well-being of the fatherland ours, and of course, first of all this applies to the armed forces, because the state... the ability to defend against external enemies. and the armed forces are not able to protect countries, including from internal enemies. here must protect from

such enemies are our faith and love for the fatherland. and the realization that our country is our greatest asset. and heroic ancestors. therefore, the defense of the fatherland is not only the responsibility of the armed forces, in a sense, it is the responsibility of the entire people. and when i say these words, i first of all mean the education of people, especially the education of youth. youth, for certain reasons. she is quite pliable and open to the perception of a lot that is offered to her from the outside, but this is probably both correct and good, because this is the quality of a young man and

the very opportunity to explore the world, receive an education, develop is based, but at the same time, young people and people of any other age need to be able, as the church says... to distinguish between spirits, to distinguish between an angel of light and an angel of darkness, to distinguish between those who bring benefit, goodness, peace , from those who, hiding behind beautiful words, have the goal of weakening our fatherland and even its destruction, and we are talking not only about external threats, because the same thing can happen without any external intervention, as has unfortunately happened more than once in stories of our country, we ourselves destroyed our fatherland, and destroyed the russian empire, and destroyed the soviet union , we stopped in time, because further destruction

would have been associated with our general historical disappearance, but now the time has come to collect stones, a time of concentration, a time for the manifestation of a special concerns about our country, about our people, about youth, as i already said, about all areas of our life, here i want to emphasize once again, on the shores of the pacific ocean, especially, you feel this global the measurement of our responsibility , our national responsibility, and therefore special prayers today for our armed forces, the meaning of the word, by their very existence the ability to repel aggression, are guarantors of security for our people and for our country.

we will pray that our country continues to remain strong, truly sovereign, independent, as it is written in the constitution of many countries , country, and if you dig deep, you can count the number of sovereign countries on two hands, and then with reservations, sovereignty - this is the true freedom of the people and the state from other alien influences, the ability to preserve their identity, their culture, their faith, their beliefs, their values, this is genuine. sovereignty, and of course, the armed forces play a special role in preserving sovereignty, but those that are concentrated here, in this place, of course, have a very special significance for the protection of everything that i just said,

so my word first turn today addressed to the military personnel, to the sailors of the pacific fleet, i wish you, my dear brothers, courage of spiritual and physical strength, love for the fatherland, the ability to always at any moment have strength, readiness, and of course, also the ability to protect the fatherland from any enemy, but the support of the army, after all, is the rear, the support of a serviceman is his family, and i appeal to the families of military personnel, to the wives, to the children, you are also responsible for the fate of the country, therefore the family home for a military man is an extremely important factor that determines... personal combat effectiveness, that is, the state of mind, i really hope that the wives and the children of those

those at sea, on whom the opportunity really depends, to protect our country, to protect it from any aggression, will, with full understanding of their duty, not only to their family, but also to their homeland, support their husbands, help them carry out their difficult service. of course, the condition of our youth is very important. youth - banal words, but real - our future. and how important it is for young people to absorb the most valuable things in our national tradition, first of all, faith and love for the country. why always? took up arms against the orthodox faith,

because they knew that an orthodox believer is the most devoted person to his homeland, he cannot help but be devoted, because betrayal of his homeland or lack of sacrifice in relation to the fulfillment of his duty is a grave sin, which may be why the orthodox faith was exterminated at a certain time: in our country, so that the spiritual support that helped preserve both the homeland and well-being in people’s lives disappears forever. i want to say again, today are different times, different opportunities, but at the same time, there is an increased responsibility facing the church, the authorities, and the entire people. and i want to say again, this responsibility is somehow.

is felt here, right in front of this open, pacific ocean, with all the problems and dangers that this region brings, therefore, let our prayers be with those who first of all protect our homeland, the prayers of the holy saints of god in the russian land who have shone, may they protect : lord is the russian land, our church, our army, our people. i already had the opportunity, meeting with military personnel, to say that on the eve of his trip here, i met with vladimir vladimirovitch putin, who listened with great attention to my story about the proposed trip, and positively appreciated the fact that the patriarch at that time was going to go to the far east

and asked to tell everyone, first turn to the military leaders, rulers and all of you, my dears, your greetings and your best regards. let us pray for the president of our supreme commander-in-chief, for our army, for our country, our people, and united by a single faith, a single spirit, a single love for the fatherland, we will grow from strength to strength, ensuring the defense of the country, and developing all aspects of our national life, with the prayers of the holy saints of god, saints, the wonderworker nicholas and other patrons, including sailors . may the lord protect this land and especially those at sea.

once again, i cordially congratulate you all on this holiday. god bless you. hello, it’s news time first, we’ll tell you about the most important events right now. middle east, the shelling doesn't stop. the israeli army attacked the hezbolah facility in lebanon and russia called for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict zone at a council meeting.