hello kirill vyshinsky, and this program is a typical novorossiya, our name says it all, we are talking about the territory that returned to its historical roots with the help of a careful look at history. we will try to reveal the originality of her present day, find both typical features and recognizable signs of the past. and that's what we'll talk about today. spiritual life in the wounded land of the church in arms who destroys temples and how to arrange spiritual life in new territories conversation with an expert of the program war without war in films grigory chukhrai, a native of melitopol, became

a film director. the fate of the ukrainian orthodox church, abbreviated as the ukrainian orthodox church, which is a self-governing part of the russian orthodox church, today seems largely tragic after several decades of split of the overt intervention of kiev politicians in religious affairs and confrontation with the new orthodox church of ukraine , unrecognized by most economic churches, the uoc was on the verge of destruction by several regional councils western ukraine khmelnitsky rivne volynsky voted for the prohibition of the uoc on its territory. local councils break contracts with the church to lease land. the seizures of temples and their transfer to the raskulian dog became more frequent, attacks on priests from

the ivo-pechersk lavra became frequent, monks were expelled, offering to go to raskolnikov, the adamant abbot of the monastery was imprisoned. under house arrest, a bill that proposes for political ukraine all religious denominations affiliated with the russian federation is in the draft, but everyone understands that we are talking about ukrainian orthodox church. they did not help stop the persecution of the uoc. even the decision of its cathedral, adopted years ago, was then amended in the charter of the church, emphasizing its independence and the independence of the cathedral. he condemned the holding of svo in ukraine and the position of patriarch kirill. however, such decisions were not approved in all parties, and three crimean dzhankoy simferopol feodosiya parties transferred to direct canonical and administrative subordination of the patriarch of moscow and all russia did not support the decision of

the kiev cathedral and the diocese of ukrainian of the orthodox church on the territory of the lpr and dpr and yet, the main drama in the life of ups all these years unfolded in novorossia, where since 2014 more than 150 years have been destroyed or damaged by shelling by the armed forces of ukraine. the most serious destruction occurred in 2022, retreating under the blows of the army russian and units of the dpr, the ukrainian military set fire to the wooden skete near the svyatogorsk lavra, the church with 17 domes, built in the traditions of russian architecture of the 16-17th centuries, burned down. it was erected on a donation on the site of the cathedral, blown up in 1947 completely destroyed and not subject to the ruling of the church. in mariupol gorlovka, several more cities and towns

of donbass are shelling temples. from the outside, the vsu does not stop, just as the work to restore them does not stop today only by the forces of the russian orthodox church, together with philanthropists. last year, 12 was restored. this year, 14 more are planned to be repaired. but, no matter how sometimes the temple in novorossia with broken windows and warped walls, people go to them with vera to the best and prayer, and the world to victory about what the faith of these people rests on in the story by anna efimova this is a banner for our fighters who asked to go to the front line. here we give them.

church utensils, candles, incense, illuminated oil for worship, icons, this is not the first time the believers of several moscow and vladimir parishes have been collecting all this and sending it to where it is most needed in the donbass , because prayer before a battle plays no less a role than the weapons themselves on the battlefields. this is , as it were, not the first wave of help, in fact, her they began to collect from the moment all these events of special operations began, and, uh, this is not the first time, but this help was specifically collected, but maybe in a week and a half, that is, people react very quickly. in the donbass, now half-ruined, according to the estimates of the dpr authorities, in total, more than 70 churches were damaged or completely destroyed , nevertheless, somewhere, perhaps, the service does not stop sometimes, the believer prays under shelling of the allied forces, they did not disdain to fire rockets at donetsk at the federal cathedral . even on easter night, a woman died as a result.

it is not known what moral laws ukrainian gunners were guided by that night, but the law on the service of military chaplains in the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine was adopted by the verkhovna rada back in november 2021, a few months before the start of a special military operation, before voting , amendments were made to the document, which actually banned priests of the canonical ukrainian orthodox church to become chaplains, instead of them, the uniates joined the army ranks and representatives of the schismatic psu. these are our orthodox people in front of us. if you were not orthodox, then we made a mistake with them in mutual understanding. they have undergone such treatment that it is impossible to talk to them, they are struck by this rust, and today they come here no longer with kind ones. today they are on the territory of ukraine and are destroying our orthodox churches and killing our priests. these are difficult people. you are the prayers

of your works without weapons, but in full military equipment, hundreds of priests are serving on both sides of the line of military contact, however, they are separated not only by the trenches, but, first of all, by principles and completely different attitudes to what is happening, some voluntarily or involuntarily support the spirit, others strengthen the nazis and russophobes in the faith, the defenders of the people of donbass. we have always called on the front line in the first place. so i, at least, always call, i try to call on fighters so that they do not become like, that is , the side with which we have to deal, because that's what they do. i'm sorry, animals. so they don’t do such things, father svyatoslav churkanov was not in one hot spot behind its furnaces and nagorno- karabakh and the north caucasus well, now donbass here. he has already made several long-term business trips. and this is only at first. yes , these were also humanitarian missions, along with the fighters,

military priests came under fire near marinka on a par. with military personnel under exploding shells, they confess , instruct, and also not sympathy, according to father svyatoslav, a request for confessors. at the front. now colossal in combat conditions . many do not lose, but on the contrary, gains faith in god always warn the fighters that you are coming? and when before that time until october november the first question was there, father. bring some food and some things there, then october november showed that when you announce that you will come to the front line, the first question is always a tank. you will clean up in the luhansk holy cathedral, there are also services among the parishioners, mostly women, old people and children, men on the front line, however, first of the hostilities in the donbass and this is not 22, and in 2014 the militias and military personnel come here regularly, both separately and in whole

units. really russian soldier what to do? he protects the population here helps people who have suffered here for decades, they often ask not for themselves for their loved ones for close relatives for commanders for their one palchan, they value not only themselves, but most importantly they value their loved ones in this difficult time, temples have become not only a place of attraction for believers, but also centers for the distribution of humanitarian aid, it was here that they were the first to bring medicines and food. items essentials in a word are quite earthly things. the church did not refuse help to anyone - this is space, love and peace, but we hope that when the experience is completed , it is the churches that will become, say, centers of reconciliation, the restoration of a peaceful life, and overcoming all those traumas of suffering more than

anyone brings with them. the military conflict and even now the explosions of shells sometimes drown out the ringing of bells at moments, calm involuntarily remember the world, which must certainly step on the long-suffering don land anastasia popova is typical novorossia. we will talk about the role of faith and the church in novoros today with our permanent expert, historian and political scientist alexander vasiliev. sasha good afternoon. hello in one of pikul's novels there is a quote from ekaterina's letter to potemkin. i don't know how authentic it is. where catherine asks or even orders tints, but when laying new cities of novorossiya, the first thing to do is to build a prison and a church, as far as , uh, naturally, potemkina sacredly fulfilled this

testament, how seriously this color is catherine's potemkin e, in the church life. in novorossia, i can say that for sure catherine wrote by throwing herself into educational institutions and schools. initial, including in the new cities of novorossiya, but uh, of course, uh, and uh, prisons. it's true, and moreover, the most advanced, and european intellectuals helped in the dark, well, there to build prisons in kherson according to the last word of the english five-sorry case, but i think that you had the opportunity to get acquainted, including with this heritage. yes, but, if you remember, that's opposite the arsenal yes, and it is located catherine's cathedral, uh, which was built is a stone building of the late 18th century, that is, the era of catherine the great, which became such a kind of sacred center, new russia and completely unique architecturally and historically, but uh, it's not even important that there is church construction, and organizational moments,

because here we have uh. hmm. so in ukraine , and this whole story with thomas with autocephaly. eh, with a certain primacy. yes, the kiev metropolis existed independently, then it means that here it was metropolis and patriarch of constantinople. are you saying it's so ancient and so on and so on and so forth around this discussion, they bring up documents from the seventeenth century, so, uh, constantino cancels them there. patriarch, well, and so on, poroshenko, when he lobbied to get thomas, said that this mistake should be corrected simply for yes , but it is important that with this, if you approach this, from such a formal point of view , novorossia in general. all this has nothing to do, because catherine created a special separate diocese, which was never part of kyiv diocese. these lands. these parishes were not part of the kiev metropolis, a special hierarchy was created, which she called kherson and slavic, this was a specially historical name - it

symbolized. and the times and that means prince vladimir, the baptism of russia and in catherine's ideology. in the development of novorossia, this was given great importance to this church line. there is a traditional notion that in the west of ukraine people are more religious forces that these territories became part of soviet ukraine and here in the southeast in the south. here on the territory of the current new russia always. e, people lived more atheistically inclined, less religious, well , due to the fact that this became the soviet union in the twenties. well, it's more, uh, industrialized regions where people live in cities. so men go to church. how true this is today for novorossia. well, from a formal point of view, probably, with these statements. one could agree, yes, but of course, a few important reservations must be made. the fact is that, of course, even in pre-revolutionary times,

novorossia was distinguished by its diversity. and yes, these communities of lutherans really were religious. eh, big german ones, and there were not only german ones. and there he was poles, there were quite a few catholic churches in many large cities, novorossiya, uh, and they existed, that is, such was a motley picture. and, of course , such a monolith yes, like here is the central one somewhere in ukraine where there is simply an orthodox population. well , there, not counting, again, there you are. what kind of community or there are polish, but in general it was like this here, of course, was not and naturally. yes, all these factors are there with the soviet period. of course, they played a role, but uh, what is the difference, i would say in religiosity, if we are already talking in the modern era. the fact is that , uh, this rural, so to speak, regions, they have preserved in many ways and religiosity is traditional, so, well, i would say the superficial ritual side of religion go to a holiday there to dedicate

a bunch of little water there in the cities of novorossia. yes, you can really say no. there was such a mass folk religiosity, but when in the nineties, if they start from the end of the eighties , the church revival as a whole began in the soviet space along the soviet, and then in the cities, let's say a significant part of the parishes. yes, the parishioners were non-traditional grandmothers in headscarves, and these were ordinary urban environments. the class and in general, but some let's say the educational bar was higher and what it says it says that people went to temples, not so much for rituals, but in search, well, the truth of religiosity, what changed in the spiritual life of novorossia after 2014 during the years of the war, because at that time it was possible to lose faith not only human justice, but also the justice of the deity. yes, but here it’s like, yes , yegor letov sang, yes, the sun shone at night and during the day there are no atheists in the trenches under the fire, and

these words are not empty. this is anyone who communicated directly with the militias, especially the first wave, knows how high, and the level of religiosity these people had was ukrainian and the authorities. especially extremists. they constantly blamed the orthodox church is that they open militants there, they make weapons depots, it is absolutely such ridiculous things. uh, well which hmm were proclaimed in order to put pressure on the church, and including when the accusations are heard today, of course, nothing new. it was invented in the fourteenth year. why? i assure you, not a single search, which was then actively carried out by enthusiasts. e of this case. yes, and uh, so uh, so to speak, the state official security forces did not reveal any there. uh, caches with weapons. uh, then on the territory of donbass and now we see that they are trying to find them even a little bit in the kiev-pechersk lavra. here.

uh, hmm, of course i understand, all these accusations are absurd and natural. it was a very serious test. and for the church. the church helped a lot people who found themselves in difficult circumstances. here is today. and yes, we see how and where intense hostilities are taking place and in uh, those places where a means that some kind of missile attacks on military facilities can be carried out there, ukraine right here in odessa yes, one of the monasteries, and such newly emerged ones. yes, it is actually located around a military airfield. and of course, when the ukrainian authorities send drones from there to attack crimea, but they are well aware that military facilities are about a legitimate military target. and this goal is located inside not just urban areas. yes, just actually behind the fence from a large monastery. it doesn't stop anyone. although, believe me, in the odessa region, there are enough such potential military airfields the remaining soviet times, which could be used like that, but no,

it’s just here, but hiding behind, so to speak. well, essentially a civilian population. eh, it's being done. that's why, of course, that's what 's happening. now. naturally, it left such a heavy imprint on the spiritual life of the region, too. thanks for the story. we are trying to talk more about people who were born at different times on earth, novorossia and became the pride of our history of culture and science. today we will talk about an outstanding soviet film director. gregory chukhraev, he was born on may 23, 1921 in melitopol, the boy was given his mother's surname, chukhrai in melitopol, he went to school, was a pupil of the local palace of pioneers about this in the city they remember with pride during the war grigory chukhrai met in the ranks of the red army fought in the airborne troops was

wounded was awarded with medals and ordinates he graduated from the vgik workshop of famous soviet directors yudkevichi, and roma was recently assigned to a film studio in kiev by them, but he could not realize himself there and returned to mosfilm in 1956, the film forty-first, based on lavrenev’s story, was almost put on the shelf, a love story during the civil war of a girl from the red army detachment and a white officer almost became dirty white guard cooking in the opinions of some colleagues, but a year later in cannes where the film was sent on a personal note on khrushchev's instructions, he received a special prize for the original script, humanism and romance . there, the jury prize was nominated for an oscar and he was awarded

the lenin prize, then the largest in the ussr among the poplars in the soviet and russian film director, grigory chukhraya in the story of olga mokhova the local history museum of melitopol stores memorable photos of the evidence, the arrival in the hometown of the famous film director grigory naumovich chukhra and among the builders and with pupils palace of pioneers in childhood, chukhrai was one of the first circle members here, at the same time he learned drawing and acting . here is grigory chukhrai among melitopol residents. let's see if it's signed no, not signed in 2011 in melitopol , a memorial plaque to his memory appeared on the building of the former pioneer palace, and in 2016, artyom street, however , was renamed grigory chukhrai street as part of decommunization.

this is our earth preeminent, as he recalls. i have never worked for awards and orders. i have always worked for the audience at the directing departments in the geek. he applied immediately after school in 1939, but was drafted into the army, participated in the soviet-finnish, where he received frostbite on his legs, and from the first days the great patriotic war is back at the front. survived the tragedy of the retreat defended, stalingrad smashed the nazis. he ended the war on ukrainian soil. in austria, he was wounded four times after nine months of treatment in a hospital in 1946. he was surprisingly, firstly, pravitelovich, very responsive and not indifferent to what was happening in the world, he was interested in people. that is, it was somehow noted. eh, even now, when he published exams at that time, after the end of the great patriotic war

, a whole galaxy of front-line soldiers entered film directing. what's happened war? they knew firsthand the debut of the chukhra, and as a director with a film about the civil war, unusual for soviet cinema, saturated with hatred of class enemies, he laid bare the true catastrophe of the brother of murder, when love is sacrificed to inspired conviction. he was one of the first in the film a ballad to a soldier who managed to tell about the feat of a soviet soldier in simple but soul-touching strokes , together with screenwriter valentin yezhov, chukhrai rewrote the scripts several times with the main claim of critics. there was death the main character of the nineteen-year-old alyosha skvortsov, such as he, according to censorship, should not have died. what does it mean to lose a million people you need to go through and understand what

the loss of one good person means for the world. i told about this in my film the ballad of a soldier. it was with this picture , according to critics, that the literary genre of the ballad came to cinema, and it came with its own laws, the rhythm of the body and the road, the extraordinary lyricism of the film story of a fighter going on leave to his mother to fix a leaky the roof was awarded many awards, including international ones, this delight which this picture caused when it was in the kaine. after they already saw forty-first there. he was in 506. this is the fifty-ninth year. and the biggest directors were these bergmans, anthonioni and filinia pozoline here because the film starts with the finale here, as if she were the heroes inside this character inside those

events that we see, uh, hmm , there was no such picture connected with his actions, really. 1961 grigory chukhrai makes a film clear sky, where in the center is the difficult fate of the pilot hero alexei astakhov, who went through the horrors of fascist captivity and escaped from it then, this topic was still an unspoken ban, but the director, chukhrai, was not afraid to talk about it, just as he was not afraid to sign a letter later in the sixty-sixth in defense there were no soviet scientists and writers opposing the rehabilitation of a stalinist man. that is, as if he could never object. well, when he defended there, he signed a letter, there is the defense of sinevsky daniil there, i don’t know or against rehabilitation of stalin, he just knew that he was going, because he certainly had nothing. he was one of the figures, also one of the figured

one in soviet culture and in general in the soviet sauce grigory chukhra, and as a producer and manager began in the middle. in the fifties, when he was appointed artistic director of the experimental creative film studio primasfilm, using the hollywood principle of layer cake, films should be created for different segments of the population precisely. the cult ivan vasilievich changes profession land of sannikov athos white sun of the desert slave of love. uh, a very high class and in the middle of a very gray sky of the early seventies, but it will be absolutely not a fantastic exotic just a flower , a hollywood flower , an experimental creative association will flourish , chukraya, where everything will be in the asset. uh, three or four people, but they will be like-minded when he mentor grigory chukhrai in the nursery from the studio. their nikolay eve

leadership and he lost his job melitopol residents turned for help to their famous fellow countryman, and he did not refuse even wrote an article about his teacher in the newspaper grigory chukhrai's films received many prestigious awards, but he himself was most proud of the russian nickname award, for honor and dignity olga mokhova anastasia popova valery savelyev is a typical novorossia. that's all we wanted to talk about. kirill vyshinsky was with you today. see you soon.

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the armed forces of ukraine attacked mariupol with british storm shadow missiles at the azovstan plant, they struck from american hummers, at donetsk. one person was killed, there were wounded under fire rescuers and our film crew about what happened my colleague stanislav vasilchenko also got under fire