belarus belarusian, sparta president of the republic of belarus alexander yegorovich lukashenko metropolitan of minsk zaslavl veniamin patriarchal of them for the arche, belarus dear friends tonight is a continuation of the brightest most family and beautiful holiday of christmas awards, which we annually present these winter days tribute to the primordial traditions that connect the eras of the generation the strength of wise hardworking belarusians then we could not even think. what challenges will we face in the struggle for our spirituality, for our historical legacy and for your treasure? and they had no idea how relevant the tradition would be to reward people who have dedicated themselves to the noble cause of preserving our spirituality. but we have always known, and today we are especially acutely aware of it. that all the material and non-material values ​​created by the belarusian people are the bonds on which the national statehood was born and developed. they are in the works of the first enlighteners of the belarusian land, built by our temples of painting, created by our talented compatriots. who gave us the world