[000:00:00;00] dear brothers and sisters, today the memory of saturn, the apostle prince vladimir, and the memoirs of the baptism of russia, st. vladimir, the grandson of the equal-to-the-apostles grand duchess olga and the son of grand duke svyatoslav igorevich, lived and was right at the turn of the 10-11th centuries. first, from 970 , he reigned in novgorod, then 978 and until death in 2015 in kiev, the capital of kievan rus, it was precisely the equal-to-the-apostles prince, vladimir, who received the name vasily in holy baptism, became the baptizer of russia, enlightening people

with the light of christ's truth. it became a turning point event for the history of ancient russian lands in 988. the blessed word of the gospel was heard by the inhabitants of ancient kiev before the adoption of holy baptism, prince vladimir was a pagan before his life of kindness. of the faith of christ, he established the capitals of russia idols, in front of which sacrifices were made in the years. according to many researchers, it was this event that prompted the grand duke to think whether the pagan faith was true. already after the adoption of christianity, the baptism of russia, the future equal-to-the-apostles saint erected the famous tithe on the site of the death of the martyrs.

church. assumption of the blessed virgin mary many historians believe that grand duke vladimir chose the orthodox faith among several other religions. he convened in kiev representatives of various faiths of bulgarian muslims, german catholic jews and orthodox greeks, each of them described to prince vladimir the virtues of their faith. and the grand duke made a choice in favor of orthodoxy. but, to make sure that i did not make a mistake, i sent in the capital of byzantium constantinople 10 wise and respected people in kievan rus the messengers were struck by sophia of constantinople magnificent architecture of the temple angelic singing. chorus of the beauty of worship to vladimir, they returned

with the words we did not know on earth. vladimir made the final decision to be baptized by the byzantine emperors basil and constantine asked for the hand of the princess. she could only marry a christian, and in 988 prince vladimir received holy baptism with the name vasily, according to the historical chronicle, leaving the baptismal font, he of this, blind for a short time, he regained his sight and exclaimed , now i know the true god and it seems that the blindness that fasted prince vladimir was such a humbling circumstance that made him understand that not everything was in his power. there is someone. whoever is stronger than him is wiser and

directs his life in the right direction , the pagan prince submitted to an unknown god, who was late to them, like the christian god since then , the former pagan prince. vladimir himself actively contributed to the spread of the orthodox faith among the slavs, the church glorified the prince vladimir in the face of saints, as equal to the apostles , these are holy ascetics of piety, who in their lives served to preach the gospel and spread the christian faith among people. kings, princes who enlightened their people with the light of christ are often glorified precisely as early posts. so grand duchess olga, the grandmother of prince vladimir, became the first ruler of kievan rus to accept

the christian faith . why is the feat of equal-to-the-apostles prince vladimir so great? the number of our loved ones. but the life of the whole people depends on the decision of the ruler, and not only now at the moment, but also in the future , the choice was open before the holy prince among the multitude of religions, each of which could lie down in its own way, with god's help he had not yet been baptized, and then the prince chose the path leading to christ and to eternal life holy baptism changed the soul of vladimir and the cruel tongue he became a sincere christian. soon our ancient slavic ancestors heard the word of god and learned about the saving deed of the cross.

christ and set foot on the spiritual path leading to eternal life, thus the decision of one opened the way to eternal life for millions. today, modern man. he can say that this great ancient event is not directly related to him, but this is not so thanks to the feat of equal-to-the-apostles vladimir today, and we know about christ dear brothers and sisters, remembering today about the baptism of russia, we will remember that the orthodox faith is great, a gift that we have been honored with the labors of prince vladimir, whose memory today we celebrate, and so do his followers. the sons of prince and boris, who are a vivid example of christian life, who inspired many

generations of subsequent christians. glorification is a gift. at the same time , our responsibility is for whether we accepted the word of god with all our hearts and made it the law of our lives. today , our best gratitude for this gift will be our life according to the commandments of christ. once upon a time , a pagan prince acquired the pearl of christ's faith and thus enlightened many peoples with the light of god. may we ourselves today, striving for christ in the images to enlighten our hearts and the hearts of the people around us with a kind word and deed. and it is especially important at the present time for us to be attentive to ensure that the sprouts of non-paganism, that is, paganism

, uh, do not grow in the modern world, so that they do not find their followers, evil is always masked and clothed in the form of something new, unusual, attractive, important, significant, or even spiritually somehow connected with the history of our people of culture, but it must be said directly that paganism is not different pagan beliefs that either recently appeared or that were in antiquity and are trying. how to somehow restore and imagine how it was before all this does not bring good fruit to our people, but harms this evil, denounced in a beautiful

form and leading away from the one. this is what leads a person astray and at the same time. often pushes to an immoral life. prince vladimir and his christian followers are the good fruit of our earth in the broad sense of the word, and today it is very important for us to continue the work of the holy prince vladimir, keeping the orthodox faith and having gone through life in accordance with this faith.

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