and sad events in the history of relations between churches, they happen from time to time. but the history of the cypriot church is 2,000 years old. it was founded by the apostles paul and barnabas, who personally visited cyprus, and it is to them that their historical existence, the cypriot church, is erected. and the russian orthodox church has more than a thousand years of history, so i think it 's important. uh, the fact that the orthodox grant took place in cyprus and it seems to me that in all these local churches they understand, uh, the meaning russian orthodox church and the need to maintain dialogue, despite what happened. well, look at the constantinople, alexandrian, cypriot and latsk ukrainian schismatic churches. are there few hmm opponents of the enemies of the roc today. i don't

think we should consider them enemies. i am inclined to understand, it's like temporary difficulties, like those temporary difficulties that the orthodox church will definitely overcome, some will be found. uh, pan-orthodox or inter- orthodox decisions sooner or later, which will allow you to heal these wounds inflicted on the body of universal orthodoxy and restore full communion between churches this week. uh, all the world's media discussed how pope francis met with wives. the members of our azov battalion became blocked on azov and with peter verzilov, who e. well, apart from the fact that he is a media journalist and pass or he is also known in the world media for being the producer of an e group. which, as we remember, were convicted in the case of a

performance in the cathedral of christ the savior under an article about insulting the feelings of the believers of pope francis, he is aware of this hmm part of the professional biography of peter verzilov. it didn't bother him when he met them. of course, i'm not sure that pope francis was told. who is mr. verzilov and told all e, the background of his deeds, but i will remind viewers that, in addition to the producer organized by this infamous group, who is mr. verzilov, in addition to the blasphemous action organized by them, a blasphemous action on the pulpit. temple of christ the savior, uh, they, with his direct participation and assistance, organized various other actions of

obscene content, their content cannot be recounted on television. i doubt that the people who organized this meeting are either in the vatican state department or in the pontifical council for promoting christian unity. i don't know who organized this meeting like that. doubting that they informed the pope who the person who would appear in the photo with him was. of course, caused a very great temptation. i sent a letter to the apostolic noncius in the russian federation with an explanation of what kind of people they were and, of course, i would like those who are preparing the meetings. pope francis has been more careful about, uh, who he might appear with in a group photo. well , at the same time, as in praimsky, francis accepted himself as peter verzilov, and for those who don’t know, the cardinal of jackets is your visa in the

catholic church. he spoke. and that he is glad that the meeting of the pope with patriarch kirill was canceled nonetheless. he believes that the dialogue should be continued with such a rather contradictory wording and he also lamented that he has not yet received it. pope francis of rome's answer from the press service of russian president vladimir putin, while receiving all this somehow looks rather strange, given that the patriarch is ready to talk with the pope and the pope insists on a meeting with a secular leader, as if knocking on a closed door, despite the fact that another door is open to him or i somehow if i interpret this incorrectly, then explain this to me as the head of the department for external church relations. i think that you correctly interpret the essence of the problem that has arisen, because indeed, as you said, the door was open and dad did not

use it, and he knocks on the door that is closed, but again. i think in the relationship between the russian orthodox church and the roman catholic church. we must go through this difficult period. such difficult periods have occurred in our e, modern history more than once. we went through them, i remind you that in the late eighties and early nineties. uh, ukrainian greek catholic church. e, captured several hundred e orthodox churches in ukraine, which at one time before 1946 were uniate churches. and uh, then it was filed as a restoration of historical justice. but then we already spoke. now we are saying that historical justice cannot be restored at the expense of

new historical injustice, because orthodox communities were expelled from these churches, who were on the street. it was a very serious crisis then in our relations with the catholic church, then in the early nineties , without any agreement, not even information. and the orthodox church, uh, the catholics created several bronchial structures on the territory of russia, again this caused a certain crisis in our relations, then there were protests from our church against very active catholic proselytism. this is all the nineties, then it was planned in 1997 a meeting between pope john paul and patriarch alexei ii. and the place was already determined, the date was determined, but they could not agree. uh, a joint declaration, so

just a few days before the scheduled meeting. it was cancelled. therefore, i think that such events are inevitable in the current conflict situation, when the pope is under pressure from various parties. it may even be inevitable, but as the cardinal said. and in this i agree with him relations still need to be developed, and i have no doubt that they will develop anyway, it can be assumed that, suppose patriarch kirill would refuse to meet with the pope, but would insist on a meeting with the prime minister of italy, of course, the patriarch also meets with church leaders from state leaders, but i do not remember such a precedent that the patriarch refused to meet with the church leader, but at the same time would insist on a meeting with the leader of the state. vladyka, and finally a question for you as a composer. what do you

think about the victory of the ukrainian group in the competition eurovision in general about this contest today , and its musical level and do you think the victory of ukraine was a musical or political victory? i cannot answer this question for you, because the lord completely deprived me of the taste of pop music. i was raised on classical music. i continue to listen to classical music, but behind the events taking place in the world of pop music. i don't follow, of course i heard about this competition. and uh last year. you and i even discussed in the program the singer manizh, who participated there, and i specifically for the sake of that i watched the program, uh, this song, which was then performed. well, now, uh, i didn’t have the opportunity to see the songs that were performed at the eurovision song contest because there was a very busy agenda, including

this trip to cyprus, so i can’t tell you anything about this question. well, now to the questions of this week's viewers, kirill asks you. is it possible to consider the marriage of joseph and mary as unequal, because joseph was much older than mary, under what circumstances could their union take place especially, if we take into account the fact that from the first marriage of joseph there were already children, there is such a legend that joseph was already in old age when he was betrothed to the virgin mary that he was a widower, that he had children from his first marriage and it is these children that are called in the gospel, and the church perceives joseph as the brothers of jesus, first of all, as the guardian of virginity. e of the most holy theotokos and we learn from the gospel of matthew

how the angel of the lord appeared to him, how he dispelled all his doubts and how the this is the story of their marriage, which was never a marriage in the physical sense of the word, because the virgin mary is recognized in the orthodox church not only as a virgin before christmas, but also after christmas, we therefore call her a virgin and this is not just some kind of speculation - this is church dogma. vladyka sent an interesting question, in my opinion. michael in the gospel of matthew. love your neighbor as yourself, but at the same time, i did not find the answers to the question in the scriptures. and how to treat yourself there are such answers in the holy scriptures. for example, when the apostle paul says that no person, e, will go against his own flesh, because he will always

take care of her, and he will caress and warm her. but there are, of course, and uh, the commandments of god, regarding how a person. uh, one must perceive oneself , there is, in addition, a natural law, which is characteristic of absolutely every person, that every person, uh , loves himself to one degree or another. of course, a person can condemn himself for some sins a person can repent of these sins, but still he retains love for himself . i would like to draw the attention of michael that's what when the lord? uh, this commandment pronounces, he quotes. eh, the commandment that was. given in the old testament and the old. the covenant is a commandment was presented. purely the ideal of love, that is, love your neighbor as yourself, but the moral ideal that jesus christ himself

offers to his followers. this is a higher moral ideal - this is love your neighbor more, than himself, and it is no coincidence that christ says there is no greater love than if someone lays down his life for his friends. that is, it is no longer selfish love. it's not love anymore. e of a person to another in the model of self-love, and this is sacrificial love, when a person is capable, and his soul, that is, to give his life for his neighbors ksenia he asks, i must say, he is good afternoon, i have a strong desire to cheat on my husband with another man . to whom do i relate? with respect, but attraction to him, as a man i do not feel how suppress this lustful passion. but i think that it should not just be about suppressing something in yourself, first of all, it should be about rethinking your attitude towards your husband

, your attitude towards marriage, and in a christian perspective, marriage is seen not only as a union founded on the carnal attraction of a husband to his wife and a wife to her husband. such attraction. it may weaken from time to time, it may pass with age, it may, then resume and pass again, but the marriage union, in a christian perspective is perceived as based primarily on the very love that is not of an egoistic nature and which is based not only, perhaps , and not so much on carnal attraction. how much on the joint desire to live according to the commandments of christ therefore, i think that the problem that often arises in married couples with this problem very often turn to priests at confession. it

by no means comes down only to suppressing some desires and inclinations in oneself; it comes down primarily to the fact that a christian is called to live according to the commandments of christ, including according to these commandments and according to the teachings of the church, build your entire family life. artur from kaliningrad asks , please tell me, how does the church feel about such a sport as god. is it worth giving your son to the section? is this sport compatible with christianity? i have not seen any official position of the church regarding this particular sport, but i think that uh, if this sport does not have a deliberately aggressive nature, if it does not lead, uh, to severe injuries to kuveis, how is it different if it takes place in boxing matches, then the church of e will not have anything against such a sport. i think it's very important to make a distinction between

fitness sports and professional sports in professional sports. this doesn't just apply to boxing. this also applies to some other sports, there is such a load on the body, which begins to harm the body, and in addition, indeed, in professional boxing there is a risk of serious injuries. but, if we talk about amateur boxing, circles for young people for children, it seems to me that such activities can be useful for the general physical development of the child nikolai asks man for the state or the state for the person, of course, the state is for the person the state is created in order to ensure the safety of people in order to monitor over the execution of judicial functions by the relevant authorities in order to take care of the well-being of people.