[000:00:00;00] tragic after several decades of splitting 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 several regional councils of western ukraine khmelnitsky rivne volynsky voted to ban the uoc on its territory local councils break agreements with the church for land lease. the seizures of churches and their transfer to the schismatic dog became more frequent, attacks on priests from monks of the kiev-pechersk lavra are being expelled, offering to go over to the schismatics, the adamant abbot of the monastery was put under house arrest, who proposes to ban all

affiliated religious denominations in ukraine. the russian federation is so in the project, but everyone understands that we are talking about the 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. condemned holding 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 council of the hierarchy of the ukrainian orthodox church on the territory of the lpr and the dpr and yet the main drama in life, upc, all these years it has unfolded at

the gates of russia, where since 2014 more than 150 churches have been destroyed or born by shelling of the armed forces of ukraine, the most serious the destruction occurred in 2022, retreating under the blows of the russian army and units of the dpr , the ukrainian military set fire to the wooden skete near the svyatogorsk lavra, the temple 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, which was blown up in 1947. it is completely destroyed and is not subject to the decision of the church. in mariupol gorlovka , several more cities and towns of donbass were shelled at churches. on the part of the apu, they do not stop, just as work on their restoration does not stop today only by forces russian orthodox church together with benefactors. last year

, 12 temples were rebuilt this year. repair 14 more, but no matter how sometimes the churches in borussia with broken windows and warped walls are, people go to them with faith the best and america's prayers about what the faith of these people rests on in the story anna efimova this is a horugh to our soldiers who asked to go to the front. here we give them. church utensils candles incense illuminated oil for worship icons all these are believers of several moscow and vladimir parishes collects not for the first time and sends it to where it is most needed in the donbass, because prayer before the battle plays no less a role than the weapon itself on the battlefields. this is not the first wave of help. yes, in fact

, they began to collect it already from the moment all these events of special operations began, and uh, this is not the first time, as it were, but this help was specifically collected. well, maybe in a week and a half, that is, people react very quickly. in the donbass, according to the estimates of the authorities of the dpr, a total of more than 70 churches were damaged or completely destroyed , nevertheless, somewhere, perhaps, services do not stop sometimes, believers pray under shelling by the allied forces, they did not disdain to fire rockets near donetsk on the federal cathedral, even on easter night a woman died as a result. it is not known what moral laws the 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

amendments were made to the document by voting, which actually prohibited the priests of the canonical ukrainian orthodox church from becoming chaplains, instead of them, the uniates and representatives of the schismatic psu joined the army . i cannot say that it is our orthodox people opposite us. if you were not orthodox, then we misunderstood them . they have been so treated that it is impossible to talk to them, they are amazed by this rust, and today they come here no longer with good stripes. they today our orthodox churches are being destroyed on the territory of ukraine, our priests are being killed. it's not easy anymore. many people of mercy have heard the prayers of your works without weapons, but full of military equipment , hundreds of priests are serving on both sides of the line of contact, however, they are separated not only by trenches, but, first of all, by principles and completely different attitudes towards what is happening , only voluntarily or involuntarily support the spirit,

nazis and russophobes, others strengthen the faith-defenders of the people of donbass we are always on advanced call first. 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 in no hot spot behind him 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 under fire near marinka military priests. they confess along with the servicemen under exploding shells. communion is instructed, and also not the essence of the loss, according to father svyatoslav , a request for confessors. at the front. now colossal in combat conditions. many do not lose, but on the contrary, gaining faith in

god always warns 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 in points, you will clean up in the lugansk 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, militias and military personnel come here regularly, both individually and in whole units. really russian soldier what to do? he protects the population here helps people who have suffered here for decades, they they often ask not for themselves, for their loved ones , for close relatives, for commanders, for their fellow

soldiers. 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. basic necessities in a word are quite earthly things. the church did not refuse to help anyone - this is space, love and peace. well we hope that when this conflict gives a sound when it comes to an end, 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 carries with them. the military conflict and even now the explosions of shells sometimes drown out the ringing of bells in moments of calm, involuntarily recall the world, which must certainly attack the long-suffering

don land anastasia popova is a typical novorossia. about the role of faith and the church today in novorossia, we will talk with our permanent expert to historians 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 much one is authentic. e, where catherine asks or even orders potemkin , but when laying new cities , novorossiya, the first thing to do is to build a prison and a church, as far as e, of course, the holy potemkin carried out this testament, how seriously this color potemkin ekaterininsky e, church life. in novorossia, i can say that for sure catherine wrote to putykin start an educational institution and schools. initial, including in the new cities

of novorossiya, but of course, uh, and uh with 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 latest english five dance business, but i think that you had the opportunity to get acquainted with this heritage as well. yes, but, if you remember, opposite the arsenal yes, and there is the catherine cathedral, uh, which was built this stone building of the late 18th century, then there is the era of catherine the great, which became such a kind of sacred center, novorossiya and completely unique architecturally and historically, but uh, it’s important not even this church building there, but organizational moments, because here we have uh hmm so in ukraine , but the whole this story of thomas with autocephaly, and p. e certain superiority. yes, the kiev metropolis existed independently, then it means that here it was the metropolis and the patriarch of constantinople.

what are you, she's so ancient and so on and so on and on and on around this discussion. they raise documents of the seventeenth century, which means they are being canceled there, the patriarch of constantinople, well, and so on, when poroshenko lobbied to get thomas, he said that this mistake should be corrected just for yes , but it is important that with this, if you approach, here it is with such a formal point of view in general novorossii. all this has nothing to do, because catherine created a special separate diocese, which was never part of the kiev diocese. these lands. these parishes were not part of the kiev metropolis a special diocese was created, which she called kherson and slavic, this was a special historical name - it symbolized. and the times of e, means, e of 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 are traditional ideas that in the west of ukraine people

are more religious due to the fact that these territories became part of soviet ukraine, but in the southeast in the south. on the territory of present-day novorossia, people have always lived more atheistically inclined less religious, well , due to the fact that it became the soviet union in the twenties. well, it's more, uh, industrialized regions where people live in cities. so the smaller ones go to church. how true this is today for novorossiy. 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 were really religious congregations, but lutherans. uh, big german ones, and not only german ones, but there were a lot of poles, catholic churches in many large cities, new russia existed, that is,

such was a colorful 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 is a jew. the community or there were polish, but in general, it was like that here, of course, there was none. and uh, naturally. yes, all these factors are there with the soviet period. they certainly played a role, but uh, what difference? i would say in religiosity, if we are already talking in the modern era. the fact is that here, here, this rural, so to speak , regions, they have preserved in many respects such, and religiosity e traditional, so, well, i would say superficial ritual the side of religion is to go on a holiday there, to dedicate a little bunch of little water there in the cities of novorossia. yes, indeed, one can say there was no such mass popular religiosity, but when in the nineties, if starting from the end of the eighties, church revival as a whole, here in the soviet space according to the soviet, 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 average. and in general, well, let's say the educational bar was higher and what it says, it says that people went to the temple and not so much for rituals, but in search of, well, the truth of religiosity, what has changed in the spiritual life of new russia after 2014 for years of war, because at that time it was possible to lose faith not only human justice, but also divine justice. 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 waves knows how high, and the ukrainian authorities had a level of religiosity among these people. and especially extremists. they constantly accused

the orthodox church of covering militants there and making weapons out of warehouses, they are absolutely such ridiculous things. uh, well, which were proclaimed in order to put pressure on the church, including when the accusations are heard even today, of course, nothing new. it was invented in the fourteenth year, moreover? i assure you, not a single search, uh, 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, weapon caches. 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 absolutely all these accusations and of course. 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 those places where a means that some kind of missile attacks on ukrainian military facilities can be launched there. 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 from there ukrainian authorities send drones to attack crimea but they are well aware that military facilities are legitimate military targets. and this goal is located inside not just urban areas. yes, just practically 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 from the soviet era that could be used like that, but no, it’s just here, but hiding behind, so to speak. uh uh essentially civilian population. and this is being done. that's why, of course, that's what 's happening. now, of course, it has 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. grigory 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 a pupil of the local palace of pioneers , this is remembered with pride in the city during the war. grigory chukhai met in the ranks of the red army, fought in the airborne troops, was wounded, was awarded medals and ordinates, graduated from the gig workshop of the famous soviet directors yudkevichi, and roma was assigned to kiev at the dazhenko film studio, but he could not

realize himself there and returned to mosfilm in 1956, the film forty-first according to lavrenyov's story, 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 a dirty white guard, cooking in the opinions of some colleagues, but a year later in cannes, where the film was sent on the personal instructions of khrushchev, he received a special prize for the original script, humanism and romantics. the second film directed by ballad of a soldier also got to cannes. there , the jury's prize was nominated for an oscar, he was awarded the lenin prize, then the largest in the ussr about poplars in the soviet and

russian film director grigoryevich region in in the story of olga mokhova the local history museum of melitopol stores memorable photos of the testimony of the arrival in the hometown of the famous film director grigory naumovich chukhra on them and among the builders and with the pupils of the pioneer palace in childhood, chukhrai was one of the first members of the circle, at the same time he learned drawing and acting skills. here is grigory chukhrai among melitopol residents. now let's see it is signed no, not signed in 2011 in melitopol , a memorial plaque to his memory appeared on the building of the former palace of pioneers, and in 2016, artem street, however, as part of decommunization , was renamed grigory chukhrai street. 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 and participated in the soviet-finnish war, where

he received frostbite on his legs, and from the first days of the great patriotic war he was again at the front. survived the tragedy of the retreat defended, stalingrad smashed the nazis. he ended the war on ukrainian soil. been to austria four times wounded after nine months of treatment in the hospital in the forty-sixth, he was surprisingly, firstly, fair-minded, 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 is war? they knew firsthand that chukhra made his debut, and as a director with a film about the civil war, it was unusual for soviet cinema, saturated with hatred class enemies, he laid bare the true catastrophe of a brother's murder, when

love is sacrificed to inspired conviction. as one of the first soldiers in a balata film, he managed to tell about the feat of a soviet soldier in simple but touching strokes , together with screenwriter valentin yezhov, chukhrai several times rewrote the script with the main claim of critics. there was the death of the nineteen-year-old protagonist alyosha skvortsov, such as he, according to censorship , should not have died in order to understand what it means to lose a million people to experience and understand what the loss of one good person means to the world. i told about this in my film the ballad of a soldier with this picture, according to critics.

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 roof was awarded many awards, including international ones, this delight that this picture caused when she ended up in kaine. after they already saw forty-first there. he was 56 years old. this is the fifty-ninth year. and the biggest directors were. you see berman and antonione and filinie pozoline here, because the film begins 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 associated with his actions. true , in 1961, grigory chukhrai shoots the film clear sky, where in the center is the difficult fate of the pilot hero alexei astakhov, who went through

the horrors of nazi captivity and escaped from it then, this topic was still unspoken ban, but the director, chukhrai, was not afraid to talk about it, just as he was not afraid to sign letter 13 later on the sixty-sixth defense of soviet scientists and writers opposing the rehabilitation of stalin. well, a very convincing person. that's it, he had it. that is, as if he could never object. well, when he defended there, signed letters there, defending sinyavsky daniel there, i don’t know whether it was against the rehabilitation of stalin, he just knew what he was doing, because he certainly would have had nothing. he uh was one of the figures also one of the figures number one in soviet culture and in general in soviet society. a new incarnation of grigory chukhr as a producer and manager began in the mid-sixties, when he was appointed artistic director of an experimental creative film studio right from the film, using hollywood principles,

films should be created for different segments of the population. the cult ivan vasilyevich changes his profession was filmed here. the land of sannikov afonya is the white sun of the desert, a slave of love. the paintings are very high class and in the middle of a very gray sky the beginning of the seventies, but it will be a completely fantastic exotic movie just a flower like a hollywood flower to bloom an experimental creative association, chukraya, where everything will be in the asset. uh, three or four people, but they will be united when he mentor grigory chukhrai in the nursery for where the artist ilary chubich had a conflict with the leadership, and he lost his job, the melitopol residents turned to their famous countryman for help, and he did not refuse even wrote an article about to his teacher in the newspaper the films of grigory chukhrai received many prestigious awards, but he himself was most proud of the award of the russian nickname, for

honor and dignity olga mokhova anastasia popova valery saveliev a typical novorossiya. that's all we wanted to talk about. kirill vyshinsky was with you today. see you soon, on may 28, a memorable date in the military history of russia , the day of the border guard was established by the border guard of the ussr, which was crossed by officers of the border guard corps in 1941, the border guards were the first to meet the nazi hordes and defended the borders of the motherland to the last a drop of blood on the day of the border guards was established in order to revive the historical traditions of russia and its border troops. in peacetime , the frontier troops always remain at the forefront, always on alert. the word is not a sparrow, it has already taken off and the west must answer for these words when i threaten them directly. yes, the enemy of our people is waging war for the president. can we assume that even now

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tell us how the voting went. it feels like how active people were at the polling station this time. i welcome you very actively and today, in fact, everyone was at the polling stations, people came to vote even with animals, for example, in istanbul, a grandmother brought a sheep with her, and the polling stations a man appeared dressed as a spider-man, and people ate in every way to attract attention, they understand that journalists from all over the world have come here. and this is understandable from the results of this voting depends not only on the future. republic well, the vector of development of international relations in the region, the second round, of course, added to the intrigue. and this, by the way, is the first time in history. i told turkey about this today and the current president of the country, erdogan, immediately after he jumped in istanbul for the first time in the history of turkish democracy, presidential elections are held in two