is set impatiently and which will be the main one, in fact, leading the convergence ceremony to show on the fire the bell of the bell tower of the holy sepulcher strikes, the russian bells brought them from yafa in the 19th century, and dragged them on foot on special skating rinks, and still all these bells hang and sound in the holy land. not one is not broken, not one is silent such a reverent attitude towards the bells. apparently. that seemed to be their safety. here, apparently, our delegations. and this is the arabs chanting again, it must be said that the russian pilgrims, starting from eleventh century, may have visited virusalim before. we know that everything russian was installed here. peace, at that time and now the russian

presence is here and in the form of various bells and lamps that are in the temple. for us. this is very valuable and significant , the royal family of the romanovs nicholas ii donated a lot and there is a personal embroidery of the martyr empress alexandra and her children. here is russian. eh, its presence is associated not only with special valuable traces, but also with the presence of a russian one can say the creative intelligentsia of the holy land, which is associated with the activities of our artists and contemporary artists. what will another story be devoted to in the near future? with

the increase in the presence of the russian clergy in the holy lands in the 19th century, representatives of the creative intelligentsia wanted not only to see christian shrines, but also to artistically comprehend them, one of the first artists who traveled to palestine at the beginning of the 19th century became a famous russian painter. maxim nikiforovich vorobyov, the result of his painstaking work were 90 watercolor drawings, some of which later became a landmark in the history of russian painting. many drawings are kept today. in the tretyakov gallery. in moscow, in the russian museum in st. petersburg and other museums in russia, his students. brothers. chernetsov. they also visited the holy land and, as a result, albums of lithographs with views of palestine were published. holy places attracted from the greatest russian artists of the 19th

century such as vasily polenov vasily vereshchagin ilya repin ilya repin noted the specifics of the atmosphere itself, the features of sunlight in jerusalem especially since it turned out. here in the summer, vasily vereshchagin created canvases in paints, essentially documentary, creating pictures of biblical history. vasily polenov in palestine collected material for one of his main works, the painting christ and the sinner, the tradition of artistic understanding of the life of the holy land continued into the twentieth century. currently, orthodox nuns, carrying out obedience in the monastery of the gethsemane monastery, create watercolor drawings that depict the places of the gospel events of the holy land, the place where the feet of the savior and the apostles stepped on many watercolors of the sisters of

the monastery, you can see flowers according to the remarks of the saints, the fathers of the flower, as a symbol of perfection , left by the lord on earth for a reminder. the savior contemplated the heavenly paradise, the flowers of palestine, during his earthly life as a sister. in the siman monastery there are nuns who have a professional art education an integral part of the monastic service in all russian monasteries in the holy land, the nuns themselves consider the creation of watercolors in the holy land and subsequent exhibitions, as a missionary activity over the past 20 years, a traveling exhibition of the sisters' watercolors has been presented in the art museums of russia. we paint on the holy land through the contemplation of watercolor

paintings, you can feel the grace of the holy land, feel the love that the creator called us. here comes the patriarch, the theophilus of jerusalem , the third. well, at least i should now. to appear, because the last one was forged, always surprisingly, first there are no women, and then the metropolitans will go, and the last is the patriarch. such is the tradition and the way in which it passes, too, is firmly fixed from the temple. james to the roof of the holy sepulcher of the greek patriarchy and up this staircase immediately from the patriarchate. uh, all delegations

can pass in the courtyard of the holy sepulcher usually many guests present come from the greek seminary students students teachers come many guests from greece despair bear the richly decorated patriarchal cross, and you see, in what a prostate such a ceremonial simplicity of the parish there is no such special solemnity, that is, everyone comes, as the servants of god, the patriarch has already appeared. and now he has

to go. here he does not distinguish himself so much, and the metropolitans and priests surrounding him do not distinguish him, he is there inside. there is one among them, but nevertheless he is the main person of this ceremony, but he behaves this way somehow covertly. that is, he emphasizes the extremity of this moment. he is there very early age and how much this year they celebrate their seventieth birthday with boys, their own in the holy land, and he was also the rector of the church of the holy sepulcher, and when the question arose of electing a new patriarch, then he was sent

to redress, he puts on the full hierarchal clothes patriarchal deeds. right now , the patriarch is directly showing us in the depths in such a simple monastic attire and only on the leg and precious crosses. we understand that we have a patriotic delegation in front of us. they are now going to the main greek temple, where will the patriarch change clothes? to put on and after that, the procession around the kuvukli should begin. everyone is trying to film the arrival of the patriarch. this is exactly what is shown to us, like a cofflicon, crowded with people waiting for the descent of the blessed fire. these are cries of joy

of anticipation. these are arabs. this is how arab women shout on the eve of great saturday, according to tradition, at the reception of the networking patriarch theophilus, there were representatives of the russian delegation, which traditionally prayed for peace, for jerusalem and the veil of peace. and after some time. we will be able to watch a story dedicated to this meeting by a representative of the russian deputation. foda is a stone representatives of our delegation vladimir ivanovich yakudin, the chairman of the victorious council, presented valuable gifts to patriarch theophilus as part of the delegation, uh, there were bishops of the episcopate, krasnogorsk, uh, bishop thomas the river, who networked the

patriarch of moscow of all russia, was the russian ambassador to israel, anatoly dmitrievich viktorov, and the head of the russian spiritual mission archimandrite alexander yeltsintsev. if it is she based on words and 121 psalm. ask for peace to jerusalem, first the patriarch reads it in greek, it is emphasized that the heart of the holy land is jerusalem, therefore, he needs a special prayer for peace on earth, which comes from this sacred place, the patriarch asks god to keep the peace. love is still

praying for the peace of the region on the mother and churches and for the peace of all the holy churches of god, i am the power of attorney and you are working miracles, eating with a glorified heart on the holy one for ever, the holy spirit is special, which is connected not only with jerusalem, but with the whole world. what we pray in our day is that this peace will reign in our hearts and around us. we ask for peace and for our country. it is a long tradition of such a special meeting with the e-patriarch, which every year. well, with the exception of only the event connected with the twentieth year, and there was a warm e atmosphere between the

patriarch and representatives of our russian delegation of the russian spiritual mission. right now, when there is a procession, we can just ask for peace and such a special state for everyone, and everyone expects that at this moment it is the lord his soul will visit his heart and during the procession around whom the coals are at that moment. eh, every soul and everyone standing here is praying for peace and waiting for the lord to have mercy this year and this year the grace of fire will come down. and each bundle can be ignited with a flowery fire that does not burn in the first minutes, it has non-earthly properties. it is

a cold fire, not for nothing, the greeks call it the holy light, they call it light and compare it with the light of tabor. and we see how kavats, he manages to restrain with great difficulty. here are the people which presses on and although there are much fewer people than usual, but nevertheless, nevertheless, everyone wants to be next to the patriarch, who, again , according to the regulations, is suitable for representatives of all faiths, and, uh, the armenian delegation, which traditionally always welcomes the first , welcomes our delegation is standing here. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 such small badges that say tf this is a sign of the greek patriarchy and in general they wear crosses, because some priests also have chitons. just hearty fabulous attitude is asked. how many arabs here in jerusalem can they look like our nuns? ah, they compare. uh, as if this is a monastic presence in the holy land of nuns, well, now the nuns should also be near the tomb of the lord, so we saw in the plot that they are engaged in such a wonderful thing as painting and it is obvious that this is also part of their preaching of their special spiritual wearing business. e your form of the monastic holy form.

it's prayerful such a wear when across jerusalem a nun walks around uh, grace spreads and uh, different denominations treat each other with respect, the priests are especially distinguished. the arabs call them abuna. and if you from the priest come up to buy juice, then the priests or admirers will give it first and say to abu here. this juice, because he prays, he is a prayer book. and here it is highly respected in the holy land. and, uh, welcome, when you stand near the guard , cross yourself with the banner of the cross and bow to the ground, as well as other confessions in this the moment they pray, if the time has come for a muslim to pray. he gets out of the car, throws a rug and

begins to bow towards mecca, that is, there are different confessions here, and everyone is in prayer. and as if that's why we pray for peace, so that hmm there would be no such infringement of the confession, so that everyone would have the right to pray for this, the self-atmosphere of the holy city calls for this. here in the center in the heart of the holy sepulcher is amazing. uh, this is where we are now at the tomb, where sunday will be, christ everyone feels it in your temple. now in every temple. we have, er, shrouds, the coffin of the lord is a symbol of the holy sepulcher so sacred, and the holy fathers call the altar a coffin. yes great saturday. it sums up the passion day, during which

we recalled the last days of the savior's earthly life , especially maundy thursday, when we read the twelve gospels in all churches, namely those gospels that tell about the betrayal of judas, about how the lord was left alone, abandoned by his disciples about how did those come true the prophecies in which he spoke to his disciples , which were said in the childhood covenant that he would be crucified on the cross, and in three days thunder would rise. the lord is the center of life. such an antinomy is amazing, and here we are, before this miracle, the lord tramples death. he takes adam from hell without finding him on

earth, as it is said, in the holy saturday prayer, adam is not on earth. he is in hell, the lord does not find him on earth and dies descends into hell and there finds adam the iconography sunday lord out of hell he takes out adam by the hand and eve. his clothes develop against the background of mondorla such a radiance, the shining lord enters hell. and it's radiance. we will see each other here soon, and this attracts pilgrims very much because of this sacred history, these events. they will develop here right now before our very eyes. it's such an amazing connection. uh, with eternity with god's presence. the lord will now

trample on the evil of the evil of the whole world before our eyes. now, uh, the enemy will be defeated right before our eyes and the holy fire will come down. we are all very hopeful right now. there will be a prayer and three times. uh, the lord will go around the procession loudly. you see that people say vague words, it’s just that everyone is united into a single soul in such a state that you want to touch the lord, you want to pray. i would like to ask. like these arabs who beat the drums, but quietly in your heart, lord, do not look at our sins this year. in the form of blessed fire, you remember that

when it was from the birth of fiery tongues on the apostles the trinity that this is the first such manifestation of the blessed fire, researchers also recall that how moses stood at the burning bush and contemplated. this fire is grace and from there the lord said to the question of moses who are you? lord, he answered. az has a son. i am the bearer of the existing answers us this is now happening in the center of the earth now here we will be connected with us. again, sergey pashkov, we will listen to his report. we welcome you from kubukli. chapel of the sepulcher from the church of the resurrection in the very center of the ancient

city of jerusalem, from where the convergence of the illumination of the holy fire is broadcast on three channels at once, russia 1 channel one and ntv show the apogee of the ceremony of the descent of the blessed. the fire has already arrived in the process of the greek orthodox church in jerusalem, members of the svyatogrov brotherhood. they went to the temple with them, the patriarch, the theophilus of jerusalem, arrived, who with a procession under scarlet banners. three times, he will go around, and then undress himself and, together with a representative of the armenian apostolic church, will go inside. now they are swollen and sealed with a yellow seal inside. all lamps are extinguished, despite the fact that kubu glue is quite tight, despite the fact that they are rattling torbuki representatives of local youth arab communities and e, chanting slogans in arabic and

aramaic our faith, the right orthodox faith e, despite this thickness in the temple, the police are quite spacious and for security reasons only allowed one and a half thousand pilgrims and believers to attend the ceremony, but despite this, here in the temple, near the half-klei, there are representatives of the russian foundation of andrei the first-called, headed by vladimir yakunin and deputy chairman of the board of trustees petrovkanonenko. they are receive the holy fire, illuminated by the tomb, the lord's special for you. go and take her to ben gurion airport. this means that on the easter light net. glasses of blessed fire from the holy sepulcher in jerusalem will shine both in the capital's churches and in small provincial churches. so in the church the light will soon be extinguished, those gathered are doing the jesus prayer, waiting for

the descent of the blessed fire. just now we were being shown a large lamp that bishop isidore had brought out. yes, and now it is burning from behind. she will be placed on loudly the lord's and the holy fire will also be lit. the holy fire appears on the lid roughly, like a rosatka, there they put color groups and then give motivations and grace. and you of this grace from the blue flame that arose, then the patriarch, may he light his main beams. the blessed way of the blessed fire impressions mother, when you were

finding the blessed fire directly next to the strawberries. you know, it’s impossible to even describe them, what happens to everyone, that is, all the people are standing one soul, everyone is waiting for fire, and we kind of we all merge with each other and remember a lot and are afraid that because of you, a sinner, the fire will not come down this year, because there are so many sins. and you got here. how did you get here among these wonderful kind holy people who came for the blessed fire. it becomes somehow ashamed of one's own soul, imperfect of oneself. and then you understand that the lord forgives you, you stand repenting, remember how much grace you received from god,

that is, you remember a lot of things. and, of course, you ask for your beloved russia for your homeland so that we everything was good in our country. and we are the armies of monks. we even walk like warriors, we have such military attire. so we must pray for the peace of the whole world, and we do this and pray in these holy moments. now we call everyone to pray for peace. it is very important now to preserve the great, uh, russian writers who could not be near her, who were at those services that we just called all of holy week, because these amazing chants that we heard these special gospel readings they are not just spiritual symbols. they are precisely a certain contact with eternity. we

believe that through worship through the sacrament of the eucharist. we are united with christ, and today, during the liturgy of great saturday , a special poiremia was read, that is, the old testament reading, which spoke of prophecies about how sunday could happen. what were the examples of this resurrection of the old. eh, the covenant that, uh, was made through prayer. ah, the righteous. uh, or seev, for example, or a special miracle that happened to three youths by young people who ended up in a pagan e, a furnace, where they were thrown to the pagan rulers by nebuchadnezzar and this image of the three youths did not suffer, it runs like a red thread. from the worship of our church and in our tradition, it is such a special symbol of the resurrection of christ, which we certainly remember,

which we partake of on these special days of grace. and, of course, to such a future before the impact of the resurrection is dressing up. e priests. here we have seen how the patriarch. uh, went to change into clothes, but during the liturgy. today, this disguise took place in all the churches, not only of bishops, but also of priests, who changed their dark hopes from black cuts to white ones, when, after reading the apostle ’s apostolic reading before the gospel, the priest already goes out to the people in white robes. and this is also about the impact, er, of christ's sunday, which we expect tomorrow of the lord's saints and they always come out in white after the morning from the greek temple of the central tile on the tomb of the lord. e in

white robes. right now we see how the entire delegation of priests in these white robes with blue crosses embroidered goes to the coffin of the lord. brotherhood, all the priests do not fit when the liturgy is in progress and they are in two columns. they stand like that on the left and right during the service near the rude lord's and now in this, uh, unique sacred minutes in thunder. let us remind the lord that only the patriarch enters. and the representative of the armenian church enters. now we see the patriarch coming out. he will not commit divine liturgy. now it will be performed on easter night, and now the procession begins, when all the priests and clergy begin to sing, then about the hymns, to which

we will also sing at night, we will save your sunday christ and sing him naturally according to the greek cut of the greek patriarchate, of course, takes place in greek language. and it is always surprising for pilgrims to be included in another language. but uh, it becomes a lot, it’s understandable, but very much ours everyone sings both in russian and the gospel after the greek gospel.