and you too, good luck and health, the year of the family to all your families.

fathers, brothers and sisters, i heartily congratulate you all on the historic event, on the consecration of the temple in this place, as... of course, the very fact of building such a grand temple on the eternal permafrost already testifies to what a huge path our entire country has come, all this has become possible both technically and from a scientific point of view, but neither science nor technology would have helped if there had not been the most important thing, the need of people for temples. we know that science and technology and in other western countries, it is developing no worse than ours. temples are closed, at

best, repurposed, for mosques, i said at best, because sometimes sub-entertainment covenants, restaurants and everything else, what does this indicate, that temples there have ceased to be needed by people, why, and because god has ceased to be needed, man relies. on his own strength, on the strength of science, knowledge, technology, on capital, on everything that gives this earthly well-being, thinking that this earthly well-being determines the mysterious the concept of human happiness, but what a delusion this is, and probably thousands of suicides of the richest people in the world testify to the fact that no material well-being can...

provide what we call the fullness of life, when both the spiritual and the material are combined, when a person lives for some specific...

people, as long as this is the case russia will be invincible, because a true victory, relying only on human strength , cannot be achieved when the enemy... is extremely dangerous, the forces that people put in are certainly needed, whether it be military forces in repelling external aggression, whether it be creative efforts aimed at the comprehensive development of the country, whether it be the work

of those who work on the land or in enterprises, all this is our contribution to the prosperity of the fatherland, but the true joy of being. true human happiness, let us remember this firmly, can never be formed only under the influence of everything that a person does in this earthly life in the material sphere, because this is often the case, why the rich cry, why the rich lay hands on themselves, and why everything seems to be there.

in that, while developing everything necessary for material existence, we never forget about this vertical dimension of life, about that dimension that connects man with god, through which only our life is filled with genuine and lasting meaning, everything else, temporary, fleeting, that is, quickly passing and quickly even... economic, scientific, technical development of the country, is a remarkable sign of that,

how today in russia this vertical dimension of being, connected with the relationship of man to god, is connected with the successes of the horizontal dimension, that is, the development of science, technology, technology, social life , everything else that is happening before our eyes, and what we are witnessing even in these, not so easy for life, arctic regions of russia, if we do not lose this correct relationship, vertical and horizontal, if we do not forget about god, if we turn to him with prayer asking for help in our personal, family, social and state life, then we will truly be invincible, as in many ways we already surpass the most powerful states in the world in terms of strength of spirit. i

will not talk again about those crises that are there, about the fact that by the grace of god these crises... bypass us, there is only one reason: we have not forgotten god, we turn to him in prayer, we try to live, each, of course, to the best of our ability with various, as engineers say, tolerances of landings, but nevertheless, we still strive for god, we remember, that god is above us all. here, my dear fathers, brothers, sisters, most holy lords, today is a special time in the history of our fatherland. on the one hand, we have truly achieved great heights and enormous power. state, technical, scientific, military, but how important it is that at this,

as they say, peak of development, we in no way stumble and forget about god, and do not say, we did it all ourselves, and an example of how one cannot act like that is an example from the old testament, the construction of the tower of babel, when they decided build a tower. to the heavens, at a time that seemed to be a time of glory, a tragedy occurred, and the tower collapsed. the bible says that by the power of god, but god's power is often through physical force, and it is quite possible that a terrible earthquake destroyed this tower, a symbol of human madness, which was expressed in the readiness not only to oppose oneself to god, but to put oneself

above god. well, throughout history there have been attempts, they do not stop now building babylonian towers to prove the power man outside of any divine participation in human life. and in some sense, unfortunately, highly technological. ethnic achievements, development of the social, cultural sphere with our deep faith in

the lord, to begin our affairs always with a prayer: "lord, help, enlighten, protect from sins and from mistakes, then the divine , uniting with the human, will give us enormous strength, the result of which will be the everlasting achievements of our entire people." i speak about this with special feeling precisely here, in those places on which it depends very much economic prosperity of our people, but in the same places where material values ​​are concentrated, along with them are always human temptations and manifestations of human weakness. so it is very important that these tempting weaknesses do not overshadow our spiritual, strategic vision. both in relation to our own personality and its future, and in relation to the future

of our entire country. through the prayers of the holy saints who shone in the russian land, may the lord protect our land from every enemy and adversary, may he strengthen our ruler orthodox president vladimir vladimirovich putin, helping him to govern our fatherland. relying on the help of faithful and worthy assistants, and may he help all of us , each in our place, to work for the good of the faith of the fatherland. amen! happy holiday to all of you! in memory of my stay in this holy temple, i would like to present this majestic image of the protection of the holy mother of god, when you venerate this image, remember in your prayers your patriarch, who... loves you, loves this land, i speak openly about this, and may the lord give

him the opportunity to bear his patriarchal cross with dignity. god bless you all! greetings! briefly about the main thing: great work, today is teacher's day, talent, patience, and what qualities does he consider the most important children? a kind, wise person, always positive and on the same wavelength with his students, the best of the best entered the final of the most prestigious competition, who will win?