to the life of the church and therefore always with great attention in the first place and i will not hide it with human pleasure i meet with you. thanks your holiness. it will soon be a year since we have been living in the conditions of a military conflict, and i know, and everyone knows, that the russian church has been praying tirelessly for peace all this time. but fyodor mikhailovich dastoevsky once said, i will quote, to be precise, a long peace hardens people, a long peace produces apathy, it is not the baseness of thought that debauchery dulls the feelings of social superiority. during the long peace always under the end passes to gross wealth. now, does this mean, in your opinion, that wars between states are inevitable since the post-stoevsky world has such a negative effect on the moral state of society. this seems to be from the writer's diary, if i'm not mistaken, and it seems to me that this is not

dostoevsky's dictionary, but the words of some other character. uh, maybe i 'll look again later, but now, it seems to me that these were not his words. he puts these words into the mouth of someone else. but in general. e hmm , the thought is such that, inherent in general only to dostoevsky. these are the hardest moments in a person's life, when you need to step over the owl yourself, to achieve something in your professional growth in education in many other areas of life, but here is the most important thing that i for myself, uh, as i once endured. what an impression from all this, even from personal experience, i can say that indeed the burden that falls on the shoulders of the correct perception of this burden, of course, is also spiritual psychological. she helps growth, so the difficulties they give us are given, among other things, so that we

become stronger and wiser. and you, if we talk about the life of the society of the state, so that positive changes take place in the life of both society and the state, so that the people become more consolidated, if we are talking about difficulties associated with dangers from the outside, so that people really consolidate, so that they appreciate more what they have, so that there is a desire to protect what they have, well, to improve their personal social life, so difficulties are given to us, maybe so that we got stronger and better. it all depends on what thoughts. with what aims do we meet these difficulties and struggle with them? to meet their difficulties with electrical tape, as we say to the front line, but a huge number of military priests left. they are there now and many of them have

died. here is one of them, mikhail vasilyev , a proteest. he was awarded the title of hero of russia, your holy. how important do you think the presence of priests of the russian orthodox church is in general today and maybe a friend of other faiths is also on the line there front. the priest has no right to take up arms. he cannot even defend himself during hostilities. that is, the presence of a priest in the armed forces during e military operations - this is a huge risk. if we take an agreed, pre-revolutionary practice, then a regimental priest with a cross in his hands. i started the attack like this, i went with the first ones, who went out and behind the cop and went towards them. and most often priests were killed, because this is a desired target for the enemy. today our priests are also raising their spirits. and strengthen

the faith of our soldiers in the war zone, but of course, i would also like to say very much, how would a priest in the army humanize this difficult, very negatively radical sphere of human existence. this is the one who can listen to help, we advise you to pray together the one who does a lot of work with relatives, because most often wives. there, mothers and children turn, including to the clergy for support. uh, because people have great feelings for their loved ones, for those who can live their lives put. therefore, i want to say again that the priest does not take weapons in his hand. he continues to be a longed-for and easy

target, and we know that we followed father mikhail vasiliev and this blow was dealt precisely in order to destroy him. and every priest who is in the war zone is aware that he is an easy target and at the same time no one leaves from there. as long as the hierarchy does not recall , they remain true to their priestly oath and loyalty to their pastoral duty. i am very i appreciate hard our clergymen in any extreme situation. but, especially, where the presence of a priest is of great importance for the spiritual state of people, and first of all, of course, we are talking about military personnel in this case. recently , the president of the russian federation approved a number of proposals, which, by the way, the russian orthodox church has been advocating for a long time. i mean, those bills

that concern the protection of our traditional spiritual values ​​and the prohibition of propaganda of homosexuality and pedophilia. here's how you from the moment you consider these laws somehow, but act to the extent that this will help the further moral improvement of our society. it is difficult to say, because, in fact, morality is a very inner human dimension. and this is how external laws can affect the internal state of a person. this is a big question. it seems to me that it primarily affects the internal state of a person, of course, the spiritual factor, the upbringing of culture, but why these laws are needed, the state determines its attitude towards these they cease to be phenomena. eh, what is called a certain norm, that is, what

they are in other societies, the state does not repress people, but it declares its moral position. and this is extremely important and the fact that today russia is a russian state, russian power. took this position and it shows that moral issues. questions of the spiritual life of people are not indifferent to the modern russian authorities. well, and therefore, of course, all the forces of evil rush. in this case, not only on the church and priests, but and on government officials, but i think that together we will cope with this problem. one of our high-ranking officials, a recently said i will quote. and what many in russia used to say and believed in the possibility of implementing charles de gaulle's covenant with the europeans on building a common space from lisbon to vladivostok. now it's becoming clear to all of us that this project

failed. but you, when you spoke in the federation council, said that russia is not the most isolated, that it does not close, the same the window that peter once opened to europe but this window remains open only for mutually respectful dialogue, and not for ideological dictates. here, tell me your testimony, what awaits now in relations with europe does it mean that we no longer have a common foundation in the form, but common christian values. after all, they simply ignore this, to put it mildly, of course, these are the problems of europe because we preserve these christian values. and even in our multi -religious society, where a large percentage of muslims, these values ​​are preserved, because that they are refracted, including the muslim teachings, and god, people, therefore, everything is preserved for us. but, and if

somewhere it disappears, so much the worse for those from whose life all this disappears. what does it mean to lose the moral scale of values, here is an assessment of values ​​from the point of view of morality, so it’s better to say it means to lose and guides to lose spiritual guidelines in life. but if the landmarks are lost where the man goes, there are no internal landmarks. he doesn't own this compass. he's lost, destroyed, he goes where he wants to go. direct. and who directs the forces that operate in society, these forces always strive for the good at all. and that means a person becomes very manipulative. he is very weak he is really losing his freedom. and where can all this lead if evil grows in human relations, here we have an apocalyptic prospect before us, what is the age

of apocalypse, the disappearance of good from people’s lives, will i find faith in people, says the lord this is the complete disappearance of good, e moral criteria. here is the disappearance that guideline, the destruction of that guideline that helped humanity to ascend from the strength of strength helps each person and still ascend from strength to strength, if all these landmarks are not destroyed in other words. if this continues, then society is in danger of self-destruction, and from the point of view of the christian apocalypse, no. no special news here. all this is written in the apocalypse. what is the apocalypse and the end of the world, how can the end of the world happen? under what

conditions then when good disappears, because that evil is not viable, the apogee of evil is death, destruction, and if evil wins on a global scale, then humanity has completely spent every potential for life, this is the end of the world, it will not come, from where there is from above or below, it will come from the person himself and from human society, therefore our struggle for moral principles. our struggle for the preservation of the faith is a struggle for the future of all mankind for the life of the world. a little is not enough. we are fighting for the life of the world. we are fighting for human civilization to remain in a capable life. and for how long? here is the work.

and this faith will be preserved and hope for the future will be preserved, and in this sense, of course, our country has a special role, because today russia is really becoming a spiritually strong community, and the more negative pressure is exerted on us, the stronger we become. i feel it like pastas and i meet people of different positions of different ranks. these difficulties do not weaken us. and now, if i want to emphasize again, save everything that we have, let's save ourselves and our fatherland. well, they somehow do not want to save themselves. apparently. moreover, there is a real substitution of the concept of good and evil. for example, absolutely good recently, as you probably know, they announced the idea that children of primary school age can determine their gender at their own discretion, that is, change it. responsible precisely means some

hormones that will then kill the very possibility of having children in the future for these people. here tell me what you think, it's generally reversible a trend or they become like this once and for all when there is a trample. uh, all that 's holy when there's rejection. uh, hmm, the very ideas of biblical ideas about a person. in general, a reversible process with them will be better than it can be self-reversible now, that is, based on the level that this society has now plunged into, where all these horrors, about which we are talking about, are becoming the norm of life. it is difficult to imagine how society itself . can get out of this crisis. only if something happens. something, and this is in the hands god it can be like cataclysms. any cataclysms that shock human consciousness, when people are looking for a way out of a situation, when the absence of a way out means death in the face of

such cataclysms, a person can change his thinking and can remember the value system that came to us from above and working in which a person can only remain man, and human society can exist. therefore, this is the only way, but to rely on the fact that through some kind of evolution from evil they will come to good, this is beautiful-hearted and very far from reality attitude towards the future. here either the really difficult conditions of life, which will make a person think about a lot, as happened during the great patriotic war in our country, the conversion from atheism to the faith and in general, how strong the country turned out not only militarily in moral terms, how we all turned out strong that's either so well,

or means those who live in this terrible paradigm, where sin is mixed with virtue, and where the distinction between sin and virtue is generally lost. here, well then this system will lead, of course, to the saddest end. in the new year, we witnessed unprecedented pressure on the orthodox flock in ukraine in general, everything that happens to the church in ukraine in general happened to the church, probably only in the middle of the last century and here and now. who would have thought that priests are sometimes threatened and health and life, and before our eyes there is an encroachment on the shrine. and what will happen next in general with orthodoxy in ukraine do you think orthodoxy will be preserved? but in order to

save orthodoxy. it is necessary to make sacrifices in these conditions. and it's not a voluntary sacrifice offering. and this is just the reaction of orthodox people to the challenge before them. either save the faith, or abandon it, and all those who will keep the faith, piety, fidelity to the canonical church. they certainly take the path of confession. they have already embarked on this path, because such a nasty persecution of the church has really been unleashed in the center of europe. under the slogans of freedom democracy and so on i really believe in the strength of the spirit of the orthodox ukrainian people. people are very strong in their faith. uh, courageous, very emotional. so, god forbid

that all these very best qualities of the ukrainian people help the ukrainian country to overcome that deep spiritual crisis in which the country found itself. this is not only a political crisis, but it is a spiritual crisis. and all these calls, it means, to democratize and westernize the country. of course, they turn the head of those who, e, all these calls are connected with the improvement of the material life of people. they live in the west rich good. now, if we follow this path , you, we will live well, but after all, on the same path, as we know, the issue of sex change is also on the agenda. critical attitude to religion and much, much that today accompanies, yes, the christianization of western society, so i don’t presume to judge how right or wrong it is from a political point of view. this is not my question. i judge

all this solely from the point of view of the pastor, ukrainians will put up with the change of sexes. will put up with all this moral relativism that has become part of the culture and politics of the western world. if they agree to acceptance, that's all they lose their identity, their authenticity cease to be the holy land. and then what about the feat of the saints, the kiev-pechersk lavra pochaev lavra, all this monastic tradition, in fact, we are talking, of course, undoubtedly in the struggle with the church with the orthodox church, which was and god forbid that in the future it was the great moral spiritual force of the ukrainian people. your russian church has helped people a lot during the pandemic and has accumulated vast experience. and here's how

as soon as hostilities began, the church immediately began to help people who were victims of the war , refugees, and i see how many people are. there, just as we say behind the ribbon , parcels are being delivered by soldiers to help those who have suffered, those who are wounded. and what do you think, this kind of sincere indifference to people both inside the church and in our secular space can bring peace closer. from the point of view of the approach of the political world, it is difficult to say, but from the point of view of the improvement of the internal improvement of the life of our society, no doubt. this is very important impulses that influence the public consciousness, which influences the consciousness of young people, and what is happening now, of course, cannot but touch. and don't be grateful. i know so many of these young people,

volunteers who go there. in dangerous places and so they make very sacrifices in their service, people grow under the weight of external circumstances, if they do not break under the influence of these circumstances, therefore, i think that everything that is happening now is including, if we talk about the passion of our youth for charity, evidence of assistance there in these very difficult conditions in the donbass. so i think that all this will really contribute to such a positive change in the worldview of young people in their perception of life and, ultimately, be reflected favorably on their personal lives, which means that favorable effects on the life of our society should be reflected. russian ukrainians are one people, in your opinion , this is undoubtedly one people who came out of the

kiev baptismal font. but it's very big people from the white to the black sea. and this is huge. she always aroused fears of envy among others and therefore ancient times. these external forces worked to separate this people, and in the best case, push one part against another. if you look at history, this is how it all happened, but the orthodox church is and has been a force that holds these people together. that's why , in their time, very radical steps were taken to weaken the influence of the church in the first place. this creation of the union is very divided the people of western southern russia indeed, but besides, not only did they divide it into bloody clashes, but where there is blood there for a long time. now we really

found ourselves on different sides of this great confrontation, bitterness is clearly growing. and on the other hand , hatred is generally cultivated, and at once for everything, but for everything russian. but this year is a year, and our common history, as you said, we are one people and we have one date 1.035 years of the baptism of russia, we will celebrate this year. here. do you think we can well, at least based on this date, count on the fact that we have some way to overcome the split between russians and ukrainians. uh, a split, uh, politically exists uh, the fact that ukraine has declared that it is radically changing the vector of its political and, i would say, historical development. and that this new vector does not coincide with the vector of russia's development, that's the point. here they are trying to create a kind

of civilizational prerequisite for dividing people. but here's how it really works. here's to bring this separation up the very depths of people's life. this is a difficult question. although today everything is being done in ukraine so that in the eyes of ukrainians russia really becomes an enemy and in the eyes of ukrainians, so that the russian people, the russians, become another people. from how successful all this activity will be, that is, aimed at creating some kind of abyss between the two parts of one people. this is what the future will depend on, of course. but the church must do everything to ensure that in no case do ukrainians and russians become enemies. he thank god we do not have such cultivation, there is

hatred for ukrainians. we treated them as such, so no cultivation, we especially treat them guided by criticism, but also because political categories do not descend to me for any insults. we do not agree with the political position of the leadership, but there is no question of cultivating an unfriendly attitude towards ukraine to the ukrainians, and i, as the patriarch of all russia , am especially attentive to this for me, this is one people, one church. and so, therefore, of course and blows are struck both at the patriarch and at the russian orthodox church, because the unity factor is not political seclusion, but spiritual just like we are in one with the orthodox people who belong to our church in the united states of america in great britain in western europe anywhere, we one church one nation one praying community, but even this spiritual unity

is too much for those who want to dig a gulf between russia and ukraine, which is why the church is under attack. well, those who are digging the abyss between ukraine and russia they will probably never be able to do one. they will not be able to cancel the julian calendar, and this calendar of russians and ukrainians remains. in general, thank god, and very soon we will celebrate the bright holiday of the nativity of christ together at the same time. this is what this holiday should be like. is there a place for joy in this holiday during times of grief, but if we say a holiday, we already mean joy, because all kinds of holidays become a holiday when people celebrate, and celebrate with sorrow and an impossible celebration - this is bright emotions, bright feelings and church holidays, in a special way affect the soul

of a person, even the consciousness of a person. here is creating this special state of experiencing the holidays in joy in quiet joy. ste, in prayerful joy, but in joy. this is the same joy to be for everyone, and for our brothers and sisters in ukraine and for all those of our brothers and sisters who live in russia for our entire church. your testimony we congratulate you all journalists of russian tv channels 24 russia culture vgtrk we congratulate you on the bright holiday of the nativity of christ. i thank you from the bottom of my heart and wish god's help to everyone who works on these channels, uh, who are, uh, very important in general in our information space, and who have the opportunity to have a positive impact and emotional and worldview on all those who watch and listen to your channels, we

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