hello, alena berezovskaya is with you, this is the church and we are on russia 24, and today our gueste rector of the church of the life-giving trinity on the sparrow hills in moscow, a member of the synodal biblical theological commission of the russian orthodox church proteraeus andrei novikov. father, hello, hello, alena, you are from odessa, i am from kiev, we met in the moscow studio. the us senate approved the allocation. billion dollars in ukraine, and experts say that this will only lead to new victims, primarily among the ukrainians themselves. do you agree with this opinion and how do you evaluate the actions of the united states of america? well, it’s impossible to disagree with this opinion. this is certainly true. this is a colossal sum and a colossal infusion into this mill of killing death, an offering to the bloody idol of the moloch of war. here. this, of course, yes, has some basis in the domestic politics of the united states, in the interests of the deep state, financial, but still the most important thing is not this, the most important thing is the hatred of the a

hello, this is the church, i’m alena berezovskaya, our guest is the chairman of the synodal affairs onetween the church and society and the media, vladimir ligoida. vladimir amanovich, hello. hello. one of the main topics of recent days is large-scale flooding in several regions of our country. church-wide, what kind of church-wide help might be provided, and i think that upon return some additional steps will be taken, how is the difficult situation affecting the parishes, are services taking place? well, in those where there is water, of course, this is impossible to do, there is actually no one to come there, but those dioceses that were directly affected by the elements, they certainly participate, like all people, they help the victims, our priests always visit time points. therefore, the first stage is always to study the situation, determine the need, what is necessary, and the church, if possible, together, of course, participates in this with everyone. this week, the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in krokusehol revealed the identity of their coordinator, the criminals we

hello, this is our weekly program on the russia 24 tv channel, church, i am alena berezovskaya, todayg with the chairman of the synodal department for interaction with the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, metropolitan kirill of stavropol and nevinnomyssk. vladyka, hello, good afternoon, good day. tv viewers, yes, i know that you not only interact with the armed forces in your capacity, but also personally visit the special operation zone and even on the front line, and of course, you know well how much our military needs spiritual support. patriarch kirill, during his enthronement, 15 years ago, spoke about the need to introduce a full-time position in parts of the armed forces, an assistant commander for work with believers... employees, in other words, a military priest, how many chaplains are there now in the russian army and how many of them is located in a special military operation zone. today we have 309 full-time positions in the armed forces; these are priests who are assistant commanders in working with religious servicemen; for example, in the airborne forces toda