and our great country, which is called russia. cognac monte chococa, product of stetellar group. christ is born, glorify, christ heavenly, christ on earth, rise up, fight, lord. all over the earth, lord,

to all of you, dear rulers, fathers, brothers and sisters, i cordially congratulate you on christmas eve, practically with this service we have already entered the christmas holiday itself. faith in christ, who was born, the baby of bethlehem, remains throughout all 2,000 years, despite persecution, oppression, despite all the sorrows that happened overcome, the generations of believers who preceded us, faith in christ lives on, and we especially feel the coming of the savior into the world. we are especially aware or should

be aware of the enduring significance of his word, his teaching in those days when we remember his coming into the world. hallelujah. holy land, it is holy for us first of all, because our lord jesus was born here. christ, his life is connected with this place. we are now in a wonderful basilica, built by the mother of emperor constantine the great, helena. distant iv century. she was the first to draw attention to the need to equip holy places and erect temples and memorial signs over these places. the basilica, the temple where we are, was built by her. the remarkable

columns that frame this temple are witnesses of that era of st. helen's care for the preservation of holy places. under the basilica there is a place especially revered by all christians, the nativity scene, that is, the very place where the lord jesus christ was born, the nativity scene. glory to the father and the son, the holy spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. amen. there is nothing of the essence that gives birth to the city, and the earth brings a nativity to the unapproachable, the angels with the shepherds praise , the volcanoes travel with the star, for for our sake the eternal god was born as a young boy, the basilica, saint helen equal to the apostles, erected over the place where he was born. savior over the shepherd's

den. now this nativity scene is difficult to perceive as a nativity scene where animals were hiding from the weather. there is now a small church here, and the place where we are exactly coincides with the place where, according to legend, the savior was born. you can see a star made of silver, symbolizing...

i am in the world of the mind, serving the sky as a star, studying with a star. despite the fact that the outer darkness is thickening, this light does not go out. your holiness, please tell me, is there any hope for humanity that good will triumph? is there any hope for our country not to perish, with deep respect, irina vasilievna gruzdeva, ryazan. thank you, irina vasilievna, for this question. it seems to me that the very fact of the existence of the human race is god's miracle and the

strongest proof that god exists, because man does everything to destroy himself and those around him. the voice of passion, the voice of instinct is very strong, and this is not a sinful voice, especially if we talk about instinct, this voice is put into our nature by god himself, in order for a person to survive, so that he continues his race, instinct helps us maintain our health, protect our body from the influences of bad weather. to ensure that the body functions so that the human race continues. this is how the entire animal world lives. therefore instinctive the beginning in itself is not sinful, it is implanted by god into human nature.

this principle becomes sinful when it destroys another principle, also invested by god, the moral principle. human. from the beast and differs in that, in addition to instinct, he has a moral principle, the ability to distinguish good from evil, the ability to live according to god's law, that is, to live, governing his actions by an idea, not by the voice of the flesh, by an idea, this is the fact that... .the power of instinct has not yet destroyed the moral principle, for me is god's miracle. if in the past there were systems, including a religious system, that preserved

moral principles in tradition, passing on these traditional values ​​from generation to generation and thus in... both the very ability to transmit values ​​from the past to the present, so drown out the moral voice in a person, make him live according to instinct. i very often say that the most terrible threat to humanity is the construction of civilization and instinct. and look what happens: human needs are kindled, passions are kindled, in order to stimulate the economy, and a developed economy -

a developing economy, again provokes further results. a strong moral feeling, the voice of conscience, the ability to live according to god's law, so you are talking about what awaits us, and what awaits, i would say the whole human race, but

will we win or will evil win? this is an apocalyptic question, the answer to it is very simple, if... there is more evil in the world than good, the world will perish, this is the question the survival of the human race, because the civilization of instinct is not...

the essence of what i am saying now, goodness will be preserved and at least microscopically increased, we will have a future. the church calls save. light, he really was light, and what does light do?

it illuminates the darkness, everyone who drives a car knows how important this is, dusk has deepened, darkness has fallen, and it’s impossible to drive, no matter how good your car is, you turn on the headlights, you need light so that you... can see the road , and if the headlights don’t work, then you can't go. this divine light, the light of christ, is a kind of spotlight that illuminates the correct direction of our life. if a person extinguishes this spotlight with his unbelief, his godlessness, his denial of god, his sinful deeds, then the spotlight goes out, then everything will be as it will be, you

consider yourself such a strong person, drive forward along this dark road, oh, you are afraid that there will be an abyss there and you may fall, well, take responsibility, you are afraid that something incomprehensible is waiting for you around the corner, it may be life-threatening, that’s all go anyway, you have taken responsibility for seeing what is ahead of you, but we are believers who know how to drive a car and do many other things, no worse than those who do not believe in god, we believe that god there is light, and it showed us this revelation at that time... a bright and clear

ray that does not predetermine our life, which is not a force that drags us, just as a locomotive drags cars behind it, it gives us the freedom to move forward , but he highlights... this path for us, he, the light of truth, he who appeared through the birth of a son his own, gives us in him, through him, through his teaching, through the grace sent, again, through his son, he gives us this bright ray. the lord loves us, no matter what, and his... divine light shows us the only true path to

the future. on the eve of the nativity of christ, i heartily congratulate you all. hello, on the first channel there is a news release in the studio of maxim sharafuddinov and briefly about the main thing. divine liturgy throughout the country. today is christmas eve in the cathedral of christ the savior for the upcoming holiday delivered the holy icon to rublev's trinity. angels for our soldiers. dear soldiers,

this one.