father alexander priests are different priests, prayer books. priests pray well, builders build temples well, priests are learned bloggers according to this typology. to whom do you relate, i probably include myself in all these categories that you named, because today a priest really has to be a builder blogger and speak in various audiences and a priest

are expected at school and university and work collectives, so all these. put them today are quite applicable, probably to everyone clergyman. my guest is a very unusual person; he runs a video blog on youtube. he is fond of football. and he is also building a temple today , the rector of the parish of st. spyridon of trimifunt, priest alexander pochechevsky father alexander, is visiting me. good morning. good morning. according to my observation by the priests. mostly it becomes people, either from religious families, or in whose life some kind of

turning point has occurred. how was yours? my family was completely non-religious. well, the coming to god happened in age. how is consciousness came to you. as a result, it all started with what you know, as usual, with my parents, we came to the temple to light a candle, maybe come to some kind of festive service - it’s really either easter or christmas, so when i came to the temple, i began to pay attention to uh, what's going on there. i began to listen. uh, to singing to reading to what the priest says and i

began to feel. here is some special presence of god and in the temple at the service i became more interested and at some point i realized that my life should be related to this hmm how did your family react to your decision to become a priest. well, my parents always took this position, they gave me complete freedom and complete independence. the choice of my path, and they only supported, of course, it was unexpected for them, because, uh, not in my family, not grandfathers, nor grandmothers, no one was connected. uh, with uh church especially somehow. uh, it was unexpected for them, but it was. uh, their reaction

was rather positive. you received an excellent education, but graduated from the minsk spiritual seminar, then studied in switzerland among the areas of your scientific interests. uh, the connection of the moscow patriarchate with the russian church abroad. why did you choose this particular direction, and it was not always interesting, eh? the russian diaspora, and especially me, had an interesting history of our church in the 20th century. i got acquainted with a huge amount of both archival materials and uh biographies and uh life of the writings of uh, saints of the 20th century. this is basically, and the new martyrs are the confessors of our church, who are well in the period of persecution. e to the church. uh, really set a, uh, worthy example.

eh, the christian faith preserved this faith , someone gave his life for the orthodox faith , and i was always very inspired and, uh, admired the examples of the life of these people and the direction of the relationship of our church with the russian abroad. in the church, it seemed to me that it was not sufficiently disclosed and developed, therefore, together with the supervisor. we have chosen this theme. as far as the church, as one of the spheres of society , must meet the requirements of modernity, of course. ah, the church. uh, her life. she is connected to the life of society, and we are so members orthodox christian churches. we do not completely separate ourselves. yes, from those

events of change that occur in the life of the society that surrounds us, and therefore , it seems to me, based on this circus, it cannot somehow separate itself, and it must be relevant. and how do you feel about the opinion that a priest should be out of this world , there is some truth in this statement, because indeed a clergyman dedicates his whole life to serving god and, er, the first thing. what does a priest do uh, it's a prayer. this is worship. it is participation in the sacraments. and, of course, a big one. uh, part uh of the day priest. e spends e in prayer, of course, raises his thoughts of his heart to

god. and you are one of those things people who actively use the internet. how did the idea of ​​preaching through the nets come about? eh, today almost everyone and adult children spend a lot. time on the internet in social networks and therefore, of course, the church must use all available tools in order to uh fulfill its function mission and carry the word. e, including through the internet and e, all available resources are popular, so the presence of our parish is my presence on the internet. this is part of our ministry. that is, on

the one hand, expand the audience to tell about yourself. eh, to find some affordable ways so that as many people as possible get to know the beauty of the orthodox content. you have your own channel on youtube and you write posts. on twitter, your temple has its own page on instagram and how other priests are also active in such innovations they use and i think that there are even priests who are more than our parish, involved in various projects and can be a multifaceted field represented on the internet. and what questions are most often asked to you by your subscribers often ask questions

related to spiritual life. first of all, it can be. uh, also some personal requests. i served in different, and places of different parishes, and we keep in touch with parishioners from these places, where i happened to serve during the day. it can be just dozens of e, sms messages or calls, uh, in which our parishioners come with some questions or with personal requests, it can even be some kind of requests for prayer in some matters or everyday ones. if someone is in the hospital, they call me and write to me very often. uh, ask uh to pray for health in healing. here

students often come. uh, some difficulties here in the relationship. if there are, we can spend this few hours together and sort out some complex issues of the situation. you had to deal with some very serious life problems. yes, this happens from time to time and we are always looking for a solution to the issue, including through participation in worship in prayer, because the priest does not always act on his own. he is always looking for some kind of support. uh, the lord himself. and if you have haters online, uh, actually, even i can't remember. eh, here are such cases, probably, it was not even necessary to communicate with such people. and what is absolutely impossible

for an orthodox priest to do in social networks? what question? priest first of all when he openly speaks on some important issues on social networks. he must understand that he represents the position, first of all, of the church, and he must always uh divide into his personal opinion on some issues and uh, let's say the official position of the orthodox church, and therefore, in these statements, of course, you need to be guided by uh experience of the church and connects this position of the russian orthodox church. can a priest use slang or,

let's say, non-standard vocabulary when communicating with an audience, because yes after all, a clergyman, and proceeding from labor for his activity of his ministry, he is called e of a person. e, lift up. yes, for some e, maybe high. yes, uh , the spiritual bar and, of course, should be, uh, an example, yes, and in speech, in the words that he uses. and if you have statistics, how many people your videos and posts on networks brought to vera are such special statistics. we don’t keep, but we get quite a lot. e, positive feedback and e words of gratitude and this is for us e it is for us that she supports and inspires us to

so that we work further in this direction, that is, after all, this interchange of some opinions. he exists. yes, it exists, it happens all the time, and , to be honest, even at the beginning i did not expect such involvement and such great interest, but there is an opinion that the orthodox church is too strict in its rules. well, for example, uh, women are not allowed to appear in the temple with their heads uncovered in a short skirt. here are the rules. they were written by people later or spelled out in the scriptures, part. uh these rules are indeed contained, er, in some documents of our church, in some canons, and many of the er prescriptions are rather traditions in different temples. uh, in different churches, uh,

there are different attitudes towards such rules. that is, not always. uh, these are the rules, these strictness follows, and we must apply them , uh, to all the same. well, as for the appearance of women and a covered head, this is written in the scriptures, there is the apostle paul such words look quotes quote find her e yes, but if you look at the tradition in others local orthodox uh churches, for example in greece, bulgaria in romania, we will see that u can somewhat find a new attitude towards such things. i understand that , of course, parishioners observe these rules. they are familiar with them, but ordinary people. e. here

, if they do not comply with these rules, they are threatened with something in relation to fasting in the same way. experienced confessors and clergy say that we cannot demand the same from everyone. uh, full strict implementation of this post, because there are people with good health. yes someone does not have this health to eat. eh, adults. yes, there are children, uh, there are men who are breastfeeding, a profession that is connected there with hard physical labor and therefore treat everyone u equally, of course we can’t, well, most people hmm attitude to fasting. this is like a restriction in food, but in fact. what is fate?

in fact, uh, fasting, like diet is only uh addition, yes to what we call, uh, the spiritual practice of lent , uh, the purpose of fasting is god himself. what is the purpose spiritual life and orthodox churches in general, and everything else that we have, uh, in tradition, orthodoxy and worship and fasting and some other canons. these are only means that lead us to god, they only give us the right directions and help us. well , it is not the very goal, fasting ends with easter festivities, that is, the rebirth of christ, fasting in itself , let's say these physical limitations. it's like an attempt. it is also paid to live, those teachings

through which christ passed in order to rise spiritually. well actually i'm here i remember my student years in the seminary, and then there really was a good opportunity. eh, very deep. ah, feel and now experience the benefits. uh, lent, because, uh , classes are canceled in the seminary during lent the first and last week and students attend worship every day and together. uh, with uh food restriction. yes, and uh, in the amount of food, including uh, such an internal feeling comes, a feeling of both physical and spiritual vigor, and in this

state it is really easier to pray and the sensations from fasting are very fruitful and are really felt. the belarusian memorial complexes at the weakening of the fact that one should not forget nicoli khatyn, udadi for a lunge was the improject of yakiya peralza show-inji. this is in the image of the verme-symbolic and i, as if on my swear, vermedobro, that yon is not nato naturalistically svetka and dagestan, unknown to the details of the wilting of the people, the pomnikovsky memorial would have kept and on the right and carried the zadroki kept on the budget, then the memorial was hung with a komsomol construction site. here

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episodes on tv channel belarus 24. there are many philistine stereotypes that in one way or another relate to the church and religion, i have collected some of them and propose to talk about them, for example, to work during religious holidays. this is a big sin. ah, that's a sin in that case. uh, if an orthodox christian, uh, works instead of being in church, we have a commandment. e, six days, do the seventh, lord thy god, therefore, of course, e orthodox christians are called on the holiday sunday e to be in temple.

yes, and if there is an opportunity to go to the temple for worship, but instead, and a christian prefers to do something else, then, most likely, this will be a violation of the commandment of god, so if we visited the temple for worship, then after that, of course we can deal with any. well, these prohibitions apply to believers or to everyone. well, first of all, of course, they refer to believers. here is holy water over time, it loses its properties, and it deteriorates or not. actually, in my there were no such situations in life, because we store water during the year in the house from one baptismal holiday to the next, and every year we renew this water, but it depends. probably

from storage conditions. uh, water and in general that's in theory. well it can happen. how to store? well, holy water is kept in a glass container. so, if we use it, yes, we regularly treat holy water, as shrines are really a sphere. water then, probably, it will not be with us. that's such a long time to it has gone bad, is baptism really in any water and has the same spiritual effect as bathing in icy nature. uh, in general, this is the tradition. uh, uh, dipping in water at epiphany. it's been known for a long time in our church in the russian orthodox church, and uh, it's hmm

related to the illumination of this one. yes, that is a priest. e, there is e, in this place says certain prayers. uh, makes lighting. uh, this ice-hole is sprinkled with holy water, and only after that, as a rule dipping is performed and such places for dipping have been bought. e, there are quite a lot of them, they are located on the territory of many churches and monasteries, and therefore yes, such dipping, it is always associated with prayer, and with the faith of the one who performs this attention. the statement that baptismal water delivers from sin. it is correct. no, it’s not entirely true, because it delivers from sin, according to the teachings of our

church, repentance, that is, an internal change in a person, and water in itself without involving a person, yes, in the process of one’s inner spiritual life. she certainly doesn't able to change anything. e. there is another statement that easter attributes, and easter cakes colored eggs are mentioned in the bible is it true or not, in fact , we will not find any indications in the holy scriptures in this regard, but these indications are contained in the tradition of the church, that is, oral traditions and practices of the church that have been preserved. and it was transmitted for many centuries , this is connected, so to speak, with the birth of christ , when the magi brought the gifts. well, there is a story

that is connected with mary magdalene, when she came to the emperor, who was not, uh, a believer, and in my opinion, here he u said such a phrase. here, if these are the eggs. change color, then i’ll believe, christ to whom you speak, and indeed this miracle happened, and since then there has been such a tradition and there is one more statement that a crossed person in life happens much less troubles and misfortune, well, actually, when parents come to the temple to baptize their child, i often hear such an answer that the child does not

sick so that he sleeps well and with this answer, with such a position, the priest has to work hard, because in fact, the purpose of baptism, yes, is when a person communicates with god, and in order for a person to develop spiritually, he must be part of the church must be a member of the church, and being part of the church is possible only through baptism, that is, baptism is the door to the church. yes , but in the future, the formation of a person’s development depends on, uh, his participation in his personal father alexander. are there any statistics married couples, and they break up less often than brothers, prisoners only in the registry office, peace in

the family, love between spouses. yes, she confesses through uh mutual labor. mutual respect. and the sacrament of the wedding is let's say additional yes, such a blessing of the church and the blessing of god on the work that others are ready to call the meaning of life for you, what is the meaning of life? the meaning of life for me is god, because in the holy scriptures , the lord, jesus christ speaks about himself. i am the path of truth and life, therefore the life of a clergyman. it is related to service. service to god, and to people and getting

to know god. uh him. eh, in this case, only life is filled with a deep perfect meaning. thank you this was the meaning of the life of priest alexander alchevsky. objectively, peace and creation is a concentrated expression of what can be conditionally called the national idea in the first lines. we are belarusians, peaceful people. even without it. we are always for peace. if you work here, work, find your niche in public life. you can develop here and reach a certain limit. further more, faster, stronger, we are building bridges of friendship and roads of prospects, we need

to work. we need to rely on our family, on those people who are in belarus who work for creation and for the world as a whole, that we, as a family, are ready to live together with those who are not ready to embark on the path of betrayal, and this is how it is with me, probably thousands of belarusians it became clear what to be proud of. and what to fight for, watch on belarus 24 tv channel

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