after all, that bishop phillaret noted that interfaith peace is the main achievement of belarus. the difficult foreign policy context, fortunately, did not affect the traditions of good neighborliness and religious tolerance of the belarusians. ethno-confessional relations in our country are characterized by stability and sustainability. at the same time, our society is under unprecedented pressure on the level of ideas and values. on the one hand, this is due to the unprecedented pace of technology development. i mean first of all the introduction of artificial intelligence, modern means of communication and so on, on the other hand , obviously destructive ideas of permissiveness, consumerism, childlessness, lgbt and others are imposed on us, obviously destructive for society and the state. the state and the church must together resist such destructiveness. the president emphasized that the current meeting with the synod is important right now. "we are citizens of belarus, which takes place on the eve of constitution day, this patriotic initiative has been around for many years,