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hello dear viewers on the air program zhirovichi, every year tens of thousands of people from all over belarus come here and not only all of them are attracted by the zhirovichi monastery of the orthodox pearl of belarus , which has been located here for more than 5 centuries, but not everyone knows that there are already 12 zhirovichi nearby years, there is a garden of eden, created by the monks and novices of the monastery, paradise . here in the expanses of the former panorama,

the estate. the sultan is inhabited by different animals, which, like in a biblical garden, are not afraid of people. the zhirovichi monastery is a place of amazing history and spiritual strength, the heart beats here, orthodox belarus is the national treasure of the country. this is the abode in which the legendary shrine, the fatty icon of the mother of god, has been kept for many centuries, and there is no such person on belarusian soil who would not know about this our greatest shrine today, the holy dormition zhirovichi monastery is the largest monastic complex in the country, on the territory of which five churches are located. the minsk theological seminary fraternal building of the pilgrims' refectory houses is the largest religious center of the country, and the fruit of the orthodox faith, which, of course, has gone through different

times, but has always served people. and the history of the spiritual center in the town of zhirovichi began more than half a thousand years ago with the miraculous appearance of the icon of the mother of god, which appeared in 1470. it was here at the time. can to say, not a prolast forest and this forest belonged to pan sun, a well-known citizen of the grand duchy of lithuania , more precisely, under the sorrow of the grand duchy. according to legend, the landowner alexander solton lived in these places in the 15th century, his shepherds found in the branches of a wild pear tree, from under which a living spring filled the miraculous icon of the mother of god solton built an orthodox

church on this site. now it is the assumption cathedral in zhirovichi since that time. ah. the icon was here in this place. first, a wooden church was built. and in 1520? there was a second acquisition of the icon. after the fire, there was a fire in which that first church burned down and people thought that the icon had already been lost, but in 1520 it was, the second third - these are icons. and at the same time, another church was built on the site of this uh. this temple is now the apparition church, this is exactly the place where it was, and the secondary doomed icon and the middle of the 16th century.

here, uh, the history of the monastery begins. in the 17th century, this cathedral was built, in which we are located, it was built very for a long time. uh, several decades, and as for the zhiritskaya icon of the mother of god itself , it is the smallest of all the mother of god icons known to us, you can see for yourself that it is the size, and not larger than a child’s palm. and indeed, this is a very small image of the virgin mary with jesus

, only 4 by 5.5 cm. shrine icon is the patroness of belarus and is included in the list of the 100 most significant orthodox icons in the world, the amazing story of the icon and the wonderworking that began from it made the zhirovichi a place of pilgrimage, the fire-bearing icon of the mother of god now does not leave the monastery for offsite events, they always take a copy of it, but it is to her that they come to bow to the monastery and ask for the most cherished. one of the most important meanings that lies in this veneration this is the answer of the mother of god to our prayers to her addressed to this image on the icon and this answer is in numerous miracles that are

recorded and in the annals of the annals of our monastery, which we still keep. these are the most diverse miracles, as a rule, associated with healings. here are a variety of diseases. starts very serious illnesses. well, let's say cancerous diseases and ending with non- obvious diseases. i would say illnesses of the soul, yes, spiritual illnesses and mental illnesses, when a person now receives, and some kind of consolation e calm. e, when he receives an answer to some very important question in his life. yes, it's hard for me solvable, and sometimes not solvable. basically, of course, these are questions of a spiritual nature. yes, but sometimes a person receives some kind of hint, whether from above. or, let's say, having

prayed at the icon to him, suddenly a clear decision comes. and as it seemed to him, but the question was such a dead-end friend - this decision comes to him or someone suggests all these, but the answers are the result of a person’s prayer to the mother of god . in which people are taught goodness and light monastery has a very long history. and this story includes a variety of, as it were, options for working with people. ah, helping people, including, of course, not only spiritual help, but also, let's say, help of a spiritual nature of

consolation. here such it is possible to tell and well, purely human order to the person. it is just necessary to be so soulful in order to think about yourself about your life about the eternal ah. and ah, relax your body and soul. the monastery has long dreamed of hatching the idea of ​​creating a place in which every person would be given the opportunity to catch their breath in the pursuit of an earthly place where people would find harmony with nature, and finally the dream came true ; this place became the old zhirovichi, and they are inextricably linked with the monastery. we are with you in the garden of eden. this place was

named the garden of eden as recently as 2010 by local people. this place is called staraya zhirovichi. why old-timers? because , according to legend, it was here that alexander solton lived, the nobleman who owned these lands and shepherds, uh, who went herds this alexander the soldier, or maybe, having found the icon of the mother of god, they brought this small specimen here and already alexander solton, and realizing from here the great gift of god in the form of this icon, he decided to build a temple, where now it is located in the holy dormition zhirovitsky monastery. well, we came here relatively recently and are trying to make a place where a person could take a break from the hustle and bustle of the world. e, to gain strength, to see how beautifully god

created the world around him in order to emphasize this beauty for himself to be strengthened in the faith, and this garden of eden reminds us of the place where our forefathers adam and eve lived, where they were afraid of animals, people were not afraid of animals, because they did not pose a threat to anyone. and now, we also want to have it in this place. to show that everything in this world was created by the creator for goodness, for love. for such a blessing , wishes and that people who are torn off from their everyday affairs, walking along this alley, among other things, touch the beautiful and strengthen vera and who is yelling so beautifully. this is a donkey donkey parsley, which reminds us of ourselves that here we are with him, but we do not

pay attention to him. what hides, in order to realize his good intentions, the monk took a lot of patience and time, because at that moment, when the territory of the solton estate, and this is almost 55 hectares of land transferred for use by the monasteries, looked far from ideal some 10 years ago, the old zhirovichi . there were almost impenetrable thickets of remnants. salton's once beautiful estates are overgrown with weeds. many found it hard to believe. that it is possible to turn thickets into a corner of paradise . however, a good idea received the blessing of the vicegerent of the zhirovichi monastery, the archbishop, the houri, the monks enthusiastically got down to business and did not fail. in less than a couple of three years, they heard rave reviews from people about what is close to monastery unusually behind the siege, where in the natural environment live the inhabitants of

the wild, a real garden of eden. with your soul you feel the harmony, the difference between the zhirovichi ambush and a typical zoo in the very atmosphere that is created here animals and birds live in spacious enclosures in a natural landscape. and for example, some animals have complete freedom at all, walking wherever they please at the sight of people. all animals happily run to the fence of their enclosures, it is obvious that communication with people gives them pleasure. of course i don't understand, you feel, and uh, like in the garden of eden, as i said. eh, our ancestors were not afraid, here are the predators. yes, as now we are afraid of tainted sins. yes such animals they were afraid because they are in they didn’t see a threat to a person, so here, when they see an animal, that uh, here they

treat him selected and they just trust you so much, that here you are, here i am in front of you doing what you want with me, yes, that means yes , that's it, they're like this hmm hope for uh, such a human mercy well, you can see it in the eyes when they are glad to see you. yes, sometimes words are superfluous. you know, you can not even hear the language, but see, yes, which is expressed in the eyes of the behavior of animals. it's also a language. father dmitry tells the reasons for such a peaceful neighborhood , most of the animals were donated to the monastery by the owners of feeding nipples, which is why they are so trusting of people, just such a story. it happened to be a she-wolf named vovka, the owner of the veterinarian by profession saved her as a wolf cub. and when the benefactors were gone, the relatives handed the beast over to good hands, by the way, they take vovka out for a walk at home on a leash. and recently, vovka had a legal

husband, the result of their warm relationship did not take long, sometimes, of course, animals in the garden of eden they buy, for example, camels. maya, hold the yummy but more often than not, people give away animals and bring sick and wounded little animals to the monastery garden. every winter, the monks nurse swans or storks that could not fly to warmer climes. but our bear was born in captivity, he was born in the zhlobin zoo, then he was acquired. e farming . well, there they could not cope with him, they could not keep him, and so he came to us. we welcomed him with love and we love him. oh, take care of him but he is responsible to us for reciprocity , he is responsible for what pleases both us and our visitors.

each animal in the garden of eden has its own story, but, in principle, wild animals have found shelter here that need human care. they are all loved, but each animal is loved in its own way, because, as i said. each animal has its own story. well, when they have already come to us here, all these animals are formed like our same rovno family, where everyone should love each other, and the animals teach people to be kinder in their own way, there is already the experience of those people which we have here here, uh, which, after really talking with animals, who see that animals are so disposed, do not run away, but, on the contrary, strive to meet you, revealing themselves , then a person. mm. even having some kind of internal negativity, some kind of uncomfortable

state, some kind of animal. this means that such an exchange of given energies takes place and a person becomes kinder, i want to be kinder. the animals in eden are cared for by a veterinarian and three caretakers are assisted by volunteers. generally on love is the foundation of all life in this world. well, of course, the people who work here love that business. what they do is take care of the animals with love and with some such care in order not to harm the animal first of all. we have employees here who know who are professionals in their field. and we also have a veterinarian here for a technician who looks after the condition of the animals, but volunteers also help us. uh, our young people who are attached to the orthodox way of life and they also, uh, visiting the garden here

try to make this place even more beautiful with their own work, so gradually, year after year, the monks renovated the abandoned estate according to the maps of the sixties, restored the pan's ponds. they were drained under soviet rule. now they live in them. and the red book turtles, which, by the way, settled in the ponds themselves. so, on the ponds, father dmitry himself mainly deals with horses, by the way, horses are in the subsidiary farm. this is not a whim without them work in the field in farm garden. and it seems to me that this is the most graceful of a domestic animal that serves man, serves his whole life. yes, it means that doing all the work that is necessary for the household and in our monastery, e, a lot of

work is done on horses, and even to the point that we even prepare firewood. uh, with the help of a horse, so smart yes smart and loyal horses. there are several dozens of a whole herd here, the priest knows all of them, as they say in person and by nature, some of the animals were brought from republican center for equestrian sports, goaltanks, they were written off and wanted to be sent to slaughter, alas, the horse age for sports. a short 12-13 years old, and in the garden of eden there lives one riding mare, which is 32 years old, 7. years ago, she was assigned to a meat processing plant. unfortunately, many animals are disabled after a big sport. they have sore joints. they need a lot of care and treatment. they run around and play. it’s just hot now and they are hiding from the heat at the monastery there is an equestrian club where children are taught horseback riding.

the priest himself also masters this art with childhood. grew up in the village. there he learned to plow and harness a horse and ride. there is a father dmitry does not hide his horses, favorites. the orchard is another corner of inspiration for many years, it was abandoned, but as soon as the trees were touched, a caring human hand performed a miracle, the old apple tree blossomed and the locals regarded it as a sign that life had returned to the old zhirovichi yablonevy the garden is a special pride of father dmitry, it is worth noting that the garden has a considerable area 22 hectares, on which about 1760 fruit trees grow. the old apple orchards were planted after the war, in our time they were determined for demolition, the monks fed them, cut the trees and, miraculously, in the

first year they harvested 80 tons of crops. now in the spring, 1,500 apple trees delight visitors to the garden with lush flowering. well, in the fall, a plentiful harvest. here you will say, nature has everything , you just need to be able to use its benefits. the most grateful and enthusiastic visitors to the unusual garden, of course, the children, father believes that communication with wildlife is young an adherent of virtual reality is only beneficial, however, not only to them. i heard, uh, one also testimonial of such a boy, who was born and raised in a dysfunctional family. here he studied at an educational institution here in slonim, and so we attracted him, uh, invited him to engage in riding evil. and so, when he started riding horses, he, uh, then he already told me what he was talking about. i see

how this horse is waiting for me, how much it needs me, and after communicating with the horse, oddly enough, not with a person, but listen. he says i understand that i am on earth is not accidental, that someone may need me. this is the understanding of some kind of need in the life of another person. yes even an animal it gives. e, fills life with some kind of expedient everything that i'm not just here i'm here for something, i'm here for someone. yes, and this mission needs to be fulfilled with dignity, why today old zhirovichi, not just the monastery compound, but also a tourism object in belarus, not only pilgrims from the zhirovichi monastery, but also ordinary tourists who have chosen to rest in our country, take a walk along a shady alley, admire the horses, look at the remains of a once chic estate and just breathe in the

fresh air and that's it. this can be done in one place in the garden of eden. we are here for the first time. we are from grodno. we like it here very much. i like the fact that a large area, everything is very beautifully well-groomed, well, an unusual animal. here, well, what is, where to spend time with the children to talk? well, as i understand it, here you can have a picnic somewhere, even there, so you just came, therefore, for now, the emotions of the big no, but i think at the end of the day we will have emotions overwhelmed very much, very beautiful area. beautiful old trees, very old beautiful alley at the entrance to the estate. uh-huh well, a mini zoo. interesting well-groomed animals, i love this place very much. this is not the first time i've been here, probably, maybe the tenth, maybe the fifteenth time, and in the winter it happened here and in the fall and summer i bring all my guests here. thus, the garden of eden of the assumption zhirovichi

monastery turned into a unique ecological center that allows you to admire god's creation and join the creator's plan. getting here. it seems that the world has lost the features of reality, but from the spiritual center. recently, a chapel has become in the garden of eden, which was consecrated by metropolitan veniamin, their patriarchal archbishop of belarus , in honor of the appearance of the icon of the mother of god of zhirovichi. why teachers of the appearance of the icon of the mother of god of zhrut, because in 2020 we celebrated the great anniversary of the 500th anniversary of the founding of the joy monastery and 550 years from the day when the icon of the mother of god was found here on these lands. here are these two big such beautiful dates and in honor of these dates it was built here. old zhirovichi are now a ram in honor of the mother of god, and

many people, many pilgrims, also come here now to bow to the most holy theotokos, soldering themselves to his image, which is not in the center of this clock. but also remember these historical events of the appearance of the world of the icon of the mother of god, the guzzling image of the mother of god that the shepherds found. it fits on a child's palm 5 cm, very small and it is miraculous and depicted on stone. here in the chapel. we see a larger icon, which is also depicted on the stone. but this is already a stone of a different breed, but it also reminds us of the stories of the appearance of the icon of the mother of god. and many people also come here to bow to the mother of god and ask for her help and intercession and her protection, which is over all of us. built on

the walls, chapels, we see the saints who tied up the belarusian lands, who carried the light of orthodoxy, were the apostle of the belarusian gate to the garden of eden, where they teach to do good and live peacefully for everyone open, and to be in the territory of an unusual ambush. indeed, without noticing the time, many people come here for hours in order to think about the eternal in harmony with nature , according to father dmitry, this was the essence of the idea, and with you there was a program of truth and i inga belova all the best to you .

we have forgotten how to enjoy the little things, to be surprised to feel the connection of times and generations. just notice. but every day is made up of traditions today a year or centuries ago. everything that is considered ancient was once new. we ourselves, without noticing it, pass on knowledge and experience through the generation, it's in our

smile, waving our hands in such a familiar look. from simple happy moments, real traditions are formed. we are proud of the heritage of our ancestors, we appreciate the past for our present belarus 24.

we will visit the shrines of belarus by the title of st. kryzh. what was it that the eighteenth stogote at the kalvary graves near minsk tikava had been inspired that in this mission did not leave the city boundary minsk nawat near the xix stogotė got acquainted from him a few miles away, the church was called by the monks of the order of the carmolites, the dzheyklyashtern was located at their own.