this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand of years. people came here twenty some years ago. the mastic wife on this island. believing that. christ is the only source of true joy and happiness in the life. that understanding penetrated into everything that surrounds us in a monastery and people i suppose feel that fuel the love of christ working. girls will divide into groups now so we need about. how many people do you need seven seven people who really choose one two three four five. six seven seven people good the rest will split into two one

hopeful go to the phone of the other to the op a girl who's already been to the upper garden you know that we're. going to go to the upper garden i'm allergic to any most can go to the farm and me will go to the farm cows. what comes of along with a group of volunteers men and women of all ages who are here to give something back to god and in this case it means hard work this is the middle of the busy tourist season and there's plenty to do down on the phone. i mean coming into the chicken coop like into the lion's den. which i. like you careful careful household she doesn't know you are careful about how this came and they you're not on your hand she'll sit on your hand.

still it's a bit stressful for them. but i'm sure in the next week like this. with. finally they're like having their wattle straight and this one's gone. far away from me or try this. so. what's that like there's no one line there's sanctified on vellum and they're very current to see how kind they are you know that would you do do you do. a good job or through. a long special eggs. see what the fuss is all about. the most one two three. whether it's the st louis atmosphere or something in their feed that's certainly fantastic layers two gigantic seconds here and. up.

thank you very much wanting to. know that's if one two three four five. one said. honey another seven hundred seventy five to go. the volunteers come from a huge variety of different backgrounds svetlana is a model for moscow but she's not afraid of getting a hamster well it's probably not normal that a girl like me came here instead of going to turkey or enjoying summer in a beach town where but here i am living with mom and waiting someone else's garden there is the bit there are other people that look at themselves and live in a completely different way and they're not held back really we're all here. for once or very shallow for me is a place of strong spiritual power i've wanted to come here for a long time now there is a possibility i can become

a volunteer. here who work for the glory of god and how priests or this place. there are common threads that bind many of the people here together and the group often becomes like a surrogate family mostly these outward next people who came here to find. brotherhood but of course there is some percentage that come here looking for their way in life and. family i take them for a walk in the woods. tried to know what they were i can't help them find their answer. many people simply come for the island's outstanding natural beauty. edged by rugged shorelines and covered with lush greenery this is truly a tranquil get away but there are some visitors to the long term who have no families to return to his trip to the island is a welcome break from

a difficult life. leaker's ill as new york runs a camp for children from local orphanages who also have learning difficulties for many it's the first time they've spent nights away from the city. because it the first time we came here with disabled children for many years before we used to take the kids on trips which did that because we understood that nature does children a world of good and that you were decided to try working with children with the help of all arms nature in this place turned out to be totally unique and it's not just the nature here that works. here you should bear in mind that these children are from a correctional orphanage they are believed to be unable to go to an ordinary school because of some mental disability and in fact this isn't true they are not mentally retarded whatsoever. that these are the first kids that just sit on the shore of

lot agoglia and watch the storms the splashing water and they say thank you for choosing that your beautiful place. it was simply amazing. they feel it they can feel the beauty. apparently they don't have good feelings in their lives. hardly any. fifteen year old denise is just one of the youngsters reaping the benefits this is his second time on the island and he says it's changed his life but it's. rocky road that's brought him here. i can't say that i had a good childhood. my dad was an alcoholic my mom was too mom ended up in prison that's how i ended up in an orphanage. everything changes as time goes by. at the moment i have no grudge against anyone

my life has become so much better. but i've forgotten my past it's no good remembering it. and he's a handy men to have around when you catch something. you don't have to sure. be. who. with. yeah. oh it is. this eerie asli.

love. the mother. did you see. i was staying in the ball into his dormitory normally men and women a kept segregate since both the old get together is allowed especially for a meet and greet session. everyone says where they're from what they've come to and then name. then all you got to do is remember seeing here year. you. sure you remember. what i vomited up ok let's have a go. to know. cynic's . love the message game out here oh girl you know.

you're on a case of homicidal. sin. again . i. mean you said he wouldn't be able to do it you know sometimes sometimes it works. sometimes. look at them on the street takes us all around the island along roads that people have traveled here for more than one hundred fifty years. although most of the brothers live in the center of the ministry a small selection choose to isolate themselves from the rest of the community resorting to hermitages where only men are allowed to enter the grounds. the russian school these places. and they're among the holiest centers of. each one is way off the beaten track and for some of the volunteers the journey to gold

has been anything but straightforward to. use to be an atheist and believe in nothing but science logic and facts i was looking for truth everywhere i followed all the popular fashions of people write books and make films about. after twenty years of searching did i become an orthodox christian after printing of the coffin of a famous russian saint i discovered that many things. first of all the pain in my leg that i'd suffered for ages had disappeared and last but not least i discovered the ability to read an old church slavonic even though i'd never learned how to do that . those who. say you have to put the toyman to understand it fully but living and working here is the only way to really tap into it. but none of the volunteers complain everyone is confident of a spiritual rewards and happy that they're working to reestablish

a face that was so persecuted joining the soviet union. is the only branch that has managed to keep the tradition alive that's not changed since the time of the apostles maybe that's why it was preserved the bread of life the jesus christ spoke of the living would that's what russia is experiencing a spiritual rise now. with the economic downturn in the final. day. sang i think life. will be everything on how things.

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pride and joy is its transfiguration of the savior cathedral and the sound of its bells st tourists pilgrims and volunteers to worship or to work. ok let's work for the glory of god. all the skilled workers cuts hammer and replace the volunteers keep supplies coming and clean up the mess it's a massive job the cathedral is seventy six meters high and in some areas they're having to remove more than one hundred twenty years of to it. when i came here last year it was seen approximately the same condition. here it's a long process this is serious work it's very expensive and requires

a high degree of professionalism. but i was surprised when they invited volunteers to work here at best their trusted with work like this. is it enough or do we need more you know what i think it's enough. you'll have to carry it let's go. is a heavy. take it. away starts to go somewhere and. are responsible for getting it off the scaffolding as quickly as possible we need to take the direct route. the buckets and probably a transport system but it would. be

for forty years it had no proper roof it wasn't looked after properly and still it enjoyed all these conditions means that the cathedral was made really very well it was build with a huge margin for safety because the tool will stand like this for many years to come and now we're trying to save what's been preserved this work should be done and it should be preserved this is truly part of the national heritage. there is. one thing. though not you. love you. so us law or graham truth. and then.

the board. or the board the. leaker into a team of volunteers want their children to leave alone with a new perspective also the work they do here fosters a spirit of cooperation and they can see the efforts developing before their eyes but it's not live it's so real here it's hard to explain everything is so natural this is the way people should live i guess. and i'm proud to be with because we wanted to show these children that there's a place where they can ask for help in case something really bad happens to them i need sippin to stand completely that bad things will happen to them in the future. they're perfectly aware of what life has in store for them when they know that there will be a lot of drug dealers and alcohol and then the stand how hard it is to resist those

things so it's very important for them to know that there is a place where they're always welcome and i did that they should know how to find the way to this place. walking around the lawn is like stepping back into a different age and it's easy to see why so many regard as a sanctuary away from the real world. it seems to have a physical and emotional energy which the monks say is a manifestation of god's grace. it's had such a profound effect on so many that there's even a syndrome named after it's. the compulsion true turn to the island again and again it's not just adults who experience it. my mom first brought me here before i

started going to scone i liked it very macho and it has become my favorite place now why is it your favorite place i like it because of its weather because of the monastery it feels so good in here they've got a farm it's nice to leave people are very kind and you know what you want to do when you grow up to be among you want to be a monk why it's just what's in my heart i can't explain why i feel this way. and then live here yes i want to live on what he actually once at this point is not to be among but here once he wants a purpose here once something pure something which dignified him. something which speaks of him as a man as a human being people became knights and soldiers for the same reason i would certainly encourage him.

the use its journey to the brotherhood here was more unusual than most after tending university in st petersburg he spent fifteen years living in ministering in the us before retiring to villa he says each monk must end his place in the monastery. special pastor so the monster will decide the whether you're prepared to become a novice and you'll become officially a novice on the part of the brotherhood then spend some time that way and the few years or maybe months later if you still decide to embrace this kind of wife and people see your. as a benefits to the coming years you'll be time church and perhaps even are they and so the priests of. the monastic community has been rebuilt in the last twenty years

period during the soviet union when the area served as a mental asylum now there are around a hundred brothers living here permanently but before the russian revolution of nine hundred seventeen there were more than a thousand some of whom left a legacy down the ages. this quiet scene is called the smolensk skeet and it's famous in particular because of one monk efraim he took it upon himself to pray for the souls of dead soldiers and he took his work so seriously that he dug his own grave and every night he would lie in his own coffin. and since then the chapel has been dedicated for the souls of the diet for the faith and for the mother. even if the life of extreme self-sacrifice doesn't appeal it is at least possible to follow in the footsteps of some of these old

saints and one of the most popular pilgrimages is to the lomas most famous. for this is the cave where saint alexander of sphere lived. this is the place where alexander of spirit spent hours praying in solitude here he would make a fire is real the stones got warm and gave heat back so he could spend winters here can he lead such a righteous life that he was granted a vision of the holy trinity came to him in the form of three angels and ordered him to go to the river spear and found a monastery there it is still functional. excursions like these opponents of the joy of

a prison archipelago of small islands just waiting to be explored and the landscape always provides some great photos. but many of the loam secrets are only revealed in the churches themselves. bell ringing here is a real and the company ologists train for years to master the difficult rhythms they need to control up to a dozen bells at once and make it look effortless. it's part of the lambs proud musical tradition displayed in its full glory during the solemn services.

gemzar isn't the best aboard a bus i think we should fill our lives with as many rich and diverse impressions as possible today i'm a developer in two months i'll be working somewhere else what it is such a way your worldview builds up on different things you can develop yourself and create your personality. this earth is like a hotel that we're only here temporarily riches well go to hell or to have on god tests us on the earth if you're a me and phone my laws then you'll go to heaven what if you don't then you'll go to how. we have to move on and there's life here you get some kind of luggage that you will

later you take with here into the city that we have to move on and make plans both families and realizing your family what you've learned here there will. the pull over. but moving back to real life is easy if the some than for others the children from leakers all finished camp have reached the end of this day and it was time to see them off for the talks. but. it's clear to leak of that these are the same kids that arrived on the island just a few weeks ago that at least for a while blown this way to its magic and brought

a little joy into their lives. becoming this moment any less painful. perhaps the monks of old settled here because they felt there was something otherworldly about. that it was always a place with special energy mind to from nature or from something more divine. for the pilgrims and volunteers who journey here one visit is rarely enough and many will return to the. place with the power to heal the spirits.

you know councils here in the u.k. are calling for tougher laws to police aggressive bankers finally no longer will the banker beggars be shaking us down for yet more and outs and bailouts every time we passed the city no longer listening to them plead for more money printing and free credit facilities we're sick and tired of all the banker beggars harassing us every time we pass one of their toll booth guns like this famous one day i'm jimmy done it oh look i found it your banking system going to found trash on the ground before me give it me it's truly an dollars it'll give a brick give me

a trillion i want another trillion more trillions do they give me give me. quite often countries rich in natural resources are the poorest africans a colony it's a colony of the big corporations it's the calling of someone's home leaders who are under the thumbs of the big corporations so they have to beg from the world bank development of social programs goes to pay back debts whole country is drowning under the amount of debt that they did and so every year they would borrow money. and they would use that same amount of money to pay back oh this can all that money really. the wages of debt. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine. for some reason we were so confident because we were

going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back because the mere thought of it never crossed her mind. when the militants decided to try and break through to her new guinea airport screening grenade. go forward they explode and blow them all run is back your war. and it was all over all of us. we know that our call rats on our commander won't leave us no matter how tough it gets we're a team. they're going to give getting was a senior in his military trio. you know he knew that if he didn't smother that grenade with his body more of just comrades would die he gave his own life to save us friends.

this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand of years people came here twenty some years ago to reestablish the master clive on the silent. and people feel the love of christ working through. people say you can catch up but something happens on this island that makes them return to it again and again they say the below saves them. join me james brown on a journey for the soul. only on a team. the

fracking police in romania dispersed religious struggling to resist a u.s. company that's exploring for shyla gas close to their homes. european diplomats stashed to kiev to meet ukraine's government and opposition while the u.s. secretary of state reaches out in support of the pro e.u. demonstrates its. we stand with the vast majority of ukrainians who want to see this future for their country meanwhile protests are gathering steam once again with demonstrators in the government building in the ukrainian capital.