but the locals did not give her away. on july 8, 1943, during the retreat, after the explosion of an enemy train, the partisan group under the command of melnikayte was surrounded. in an unequal battle, maryte was wounded and captured. she was tortured for 5 days, but she did not give away the location of the detachment. on july 13, 1943, she was shot by decree of the presidium of the supreme soviet of the ussr maryte melnikayte was awarded the title hero of the soviet union. posthumously.

in the image and dignity of god, about this to know the sacred writing. the holy martyrs saw the image of god of paramount importance in the spiritual i have a lot of love, breeding and education. nevypadkova’s words are like a thigh at the base of the adukatsya, which is the rightful tradition of the hell of the holy spirit. god reveals the sapraudny vedas to the measures of padrykhtavanastsi chalavek. centuries and their

emanations, you, who have a confused gutarka with the gods, create and create, and save the depths of christianity and spiritual academies. ab specialists of spiritual education, fathers of specialists in galina tsarkounaga's mastery and such a great kirunku, as an excerpt, says the director of the minsk theological school, jan zadarozhny. education in order to become better, there is not a single random person in the school, not a single one who would come to the school without the will of god, the lord directs and the lord leads, and there is, as they say, nothing accidental in our life, especially when it comes to the spiritual path, the lord is a provider, the lord takes care of us, the lord helps us, we are focused on training. professional icon painters,

we see this inimitable, unique spiritual component, in what would seem to be just in the board in paints, and we, turning to the saints, will ask for their prayers and intercession from god. father john, hello, hello, spiritual education, what is included in this concept? spiritual education contains... very different spheres of human life, because the sphere of the spirit, it is very, very multifaceted. you know, in the gospel there are such wonderful words that a person brings good and evil from his heart, that is, initially some ideas, some thoughts, they arise in the depths of the human heart, then... go into our

the rational part, and there a person already acts, therefore the sphere of the human spirit, it is so deep and sometimes does not lend itself to research, that we can talk about its irrationality, therefore spiritual education is such a spiritual path, because the word image itself, it tells us: that a person must achieve a certain image, draw in himself that image that is designated by god, therefore this spiritual education, it is impossible, impossible without the human path to god, in general, of course, any sphere of activity, it is impossible without spiritual sphere, without god, without god's blessing, because the lord in the gospel...

says simple and clear things for every person: without me you can do nothing, it is very important to understand that if we are like... well, our ancestors, they asked the lord for a blessing for every deed, they sowed a field, and whether they went to the cattle, whether they went there to fight or to build something, they always asked god for a blessing, and here we also receive spiritual education in order to become better, so that we can be more consciously.

receiving knowledge, they embark on this spiritual path, therefore i believe that there is not a single random person in the school, not a single one who would come to the school without the will

of god, the lord directs and the lord leads, and there is, as they say, nothing random in our life, especially if it concerns the spiritual path, the lord is the provider, the lord... wishes for everyone, first of all, he cares about our salvation, the lord helps us, souls, therefore, especially this spiritual education, it, it plays a very important role in this spiritual life, and absolutely every person of any age can choose the direction in the theological school that interests him, tell us more about the theological school, what kind?

obbaytists and even that is not entirely correct, church bell ringing is a very important component, we also have this direction, we train church bell ringers, these are such courses of the department, but they undergo such four-month training and then receive a diploma, but singing is a whole layer of rich spiritual culture.

decoration of churches, we have a church floristry, we also have a department of church guides who can tell us very well about our belarusian shrines, these are, first of all, those people who have historical knowledge, but also spiritual knowledge, to tell us about these shrines with the correct conceptual church apparatus, which...

well, i think the icon painting department is unique for belarus, systematic, they receive training, our students here and...

icon painting is not just a kind of art, is it in some way the meaning of life? of course, of course, i completely agree with you, ancient icon painters, that's how...

again to this special holy matter, it's very interesting to know, after all they say that an icon has some kind of power, what kind of power is this? i would call it, this is, of course, the grace-filled power that acts in the church, it is spread everywhere, just like we call it the grace of god, when painting an icon , a person, an icon painter, already prays, he already asks the lord, then... yes, the icon is painted, it is consecrated in the church by a priest,

prayers are read, it is strengthened with holy water, and here we are talking about the blessed power of the image before which a person prays, it is clear that it is not the board and paint themselves that have any miraculous properties, no, it is the one... who is depicted on the icon, we do not pray to icons and paints, but we pray to the one depicted on the icon, this is the lord god, worshiping the image, we offer our prayers and our appeal to the prototype, to the lord. regardless of who is depicted on the icon, we first of all speak with god. if this is a holy person, then we address the saint. a person who has shown an example of spiritual life, we turn to him for prayerful

help, which, in general, it goes to god, the source is only the lord, the saints themselves, they are not strong to help, they help through their prayer to god, because they pleased god, and as in the gospel we also hear more than once that god hears his righteous... here is the prayer of the righteous god hears, and we, turning to the saints, we ask for their prayers and intercession from god. not everyone has the opportunity to paint an icon, yes, well, can an ordinary person acquire an icon somewhere and then come to church to bless it? yes, maybe, but basically now in church shops all the icons are lit, if a person bought an icon somewhere in a store, it is of course not lit, and you need to come to the church to bless it. ideally, of course

, i wish everyone to have icons, like in ancient times on... on a board, so that it was gilded, so that these icons would then be passed down from generation to generation, you know, before there was and now this pious tradition is being revived at the birth of a child, a measured icon, measured, that is, how many a child of centimeters is born there, a board is selected. according to this child's height, an icon of the patron saint is painted, this child, it is with this person, his icon, measured, it is all life. tell me, where can i buy an icon and so that it is really effective, prayed over, and where is it better not

to? look, the icons that are sold in the temple, they are all under control, what you... you won't buy something there that does not correspond to the canons, this is excluded, here are icons from all sorts of online stores, from marketplaces, here are today's famous ones, there you can, of course, buy something completely inappropriate, that's what's questionable, what exactly could be wrong with them, so the image, well, the image is not painted that way, the material is so cheap, which i don't know. in six months it will fade and well, where do you put this image? this image with a saint or with images of jesus christ, and then you have to go to church, so they bring a lot of images that have simply faded, paper there and something else, and they bring do something with these images, well, it's clear that in churches

find - a way to utilize with reverence these... image, anyway, if they brought an icon, even from this cheap material , consecrated, then it is still considered - a shrine, an object that should be treated with reverence. does the age of the icon depend on its power, that is, if there is some kind of relationship, the older the icon, the more powerful it is? there is such a concept, as if... the prayerfulness of the icon, here are shrines, our national shrines, like the zherovite icon of the mother of god, but you can't say that this image, it is holier the usual image of the mother of god, we, i have already said that when we worship the image,

we offer our prayers to the original image, the mother of god is the same on all icons, it is not that we... for example, we prayed to the zhurovitskaya icon of the mother of god, then to the kazan icon - these are two different mothers of god, no, she is one, but - the significance of the shrine, here is the zhurovitskaya icon of the mother of god, it is truly ancient for us, it is prayed over, and we especially revere it, it cannot be said that it is more powerful than others, but it is a shrine for us, for our people, and we - with special reverence for it we do, but we treat other icons with the same reverence as our shrine, here is the zhurovitskaya icon of the mother of god, so how much more powerful they are, but there is no such device for us to measure, it is wrong to even think like that, you see, there are icons, here is

the lokotskaya icon of the mother of god that recently came to my church in gatovo. i had the same test with a child during illness, you know, how i prayed in front of this icon, with tears, and it is a paper icon, a woman once bought it at the post office, because they wanted this image is simply thrown out of the calendar, a cut-out icon, here from the calendar they cut out the image of tenderness, before which the venerable seraphim of sarov prayed, when she bought it, uh, this icon began to show special miracles, to stream myrrh, and when they put it in a frame, here on the glass was reflected... the same image as on paper, when this image was brought, it would seem, well yes, a paper image, but such grace is felt, here

oil began to flow from the paper, a special, fragrant oil, you understand, but this, of course, i said that about the importance of painted icons, but you see, the lord also through paper icons... gives miracles, today the orthodox church very often holds various events, projects, tell us in more detail, what is on the agenda today? i would like to say about another important project, in cooperation with the state, with the department of corrections, together with the zherovitskaya seminary, here is the minsk theological school, we opened such educational courses for... prisoners online, we educate them, this is sacred scripture, this is also the history of worship, these are

also various moments on church art, so that they understand how the temple is arranged, therefore this project, i really hope that it will continue to develop, and will continue to strengthen, i am grateful to those employees of the department of execution. in july, the festival of church art nesvish hristov invites, there are exhibitions of our belarusian artists, who

exhibit their works on spiritual themes, well, and choirs come from russia, from neighboring countries, this is how it turns out a wonderful holiday, here in nesvezhi there is also such a cultural capital. in our native belarus, the ministry of culture, the project has been supported for many years now in cooperation with the church, also a wonderful project, i can't help but mention it, also with the support of the church of our department, the guryanov project, a musical biography about the elder nikolai guryanov, which is now on afih, watch it at the esrada theater.

the project, therefore mm, a lot of projects, with our bishop's choir, here is the metropolitan choir, the holy spirit cathedral, this is one of such important groups, the first groups, with the help of which and at the initiative of its director vitaly ivanovich sobolevsky, many projects were carried out in the philharmonic, and this includes the passion for matthew, and... the oratorio was made chernobyl liturgy to honor the memory of our chernobyl victims, liquidators, and metropolitan ionofan iletsky, the author of this

liturgy, who is also one of such confessors of our faith, many musical projects, namely the synadal department for culture is developing now interaction with the creative sphere of our country, and we will continue to do this... because creativity, if it is about good, about light, it is from god. we in our native belarus, as the head of our state says, as our metropolitan veniamin, they set the right tone for what creativity and art should be, creating first of all the soul of man. father john, thank you from the conversation. thank you. we invite you with all our hearts to the minsk theological school, we have many directions that will help you will learn more about the church, learn more about worship, about theology, about the holy

scripture. you will be able to learn to sing, read, ring bells, learn icon painting, be an assistant to a priest in a sunday school, orthodox pedagogy, decorate churches, we have floristry and many, many other areas that we could discuss for a long time now, come to our school, and you yourself will be able to choose the direction that suits you for... so that, as the apostle said, each with his own gift, let him serve the lord, glorify the lord , help his neighbor.

do you miss the people? yes, i often dream of them. this is inga klimova. i wanted to ask you. it was you who invited gevorg dilonyan to our graduation. have you read my stories? i must understand who i trust with my past. i will say one thing.

i will be late, well, never mind, the manager, he can allow himself such a thing once, of course, i understand everything, but how can you have an affair with this new girl in front of everyone, when your wife is dying, she was very sick, she is alive, watch the series again there will be a day on belarus-24 tv channel, you have become accustomed to us father's word. as with a tree, as with the sky the sun, dad, this is some strange language, volodka, this is not a language, this is a language, boarding begins on the business class interregional train, dad, where we are going to put it, will leave in 5 minutes from track 23,

dear. with love for the place where i was born, inspired and deep i will tell, from long martyrs and a pure heart, i will write my poem about the language of my fathers. great wealth has remained for us, we have faithfully saved our language. like the connection between the names and the names of the stagodzi, like holiness, hell of god, what is life, and perhaps, the naive slaps of the summer price tag, otherwise i will believe in my own souls, i wrote a great writer, oh my dear land, i love you! hail the sweet song of the native land, and

the bright eyes and the bright clouds of light, hail this song and all the dakranets, and let us hope for good things. dear brothers and sisters, happy holiday. today we remember and live through one of the twelve main holidays of the orthodox church: the nativity of the mother of god and the ever-virgin mary. today is the beginning of our salvation. these are the words that church tradition uses to describe the feast of the nativity of the most holy theotokos, which testifies to one of the most important events.