modern borisov try to spend the first main holiday of the church calendar in a local church named after the nativity of christ, a cozy church. on the outskirts of the city, a lot of believers traditionally gather at midnight. it barely accommodated everyone who wanted to take part in the joint meeting of the star of bethlehem in the early morning for worship at the nativity house of god , hundreds of parishioners arrived. i wish everyone belarusians, health on this great holiday. god grant everyone health, happiness, love, glory to god, one of our great orthodox holidays and a lot for us, it means the second most important after, well, the whole family every year go merry christmas to all orthodox christians for me such a sacred holiday. that is, how important it was for me. congratulations to all people. with a holy holiday, good health yes, good luck for the fact that in our life we ​​have come forever in the nativity church. borisov is also called disk or others, since, according to tradition , a large number of orthodox kids take part in the service after the liturgy. they receive communion, giv

and say, you members of the native american church, you can't beon citizens, you can practice your religion, we're going to pass legislation saying no, , no religious practices of the native american church are allowed. now, from my perspective to our government doesn't do that, , en the state of oregon doesn't usually do that. but that'sht what governments ud to do all the time. you must be catholic or you can't be catholic, or usb products and we can't be protestant, or you must be muslim or you can't be muslim. and so this natural rights language at the naturalju rights theory, a come back to the three inches the second, significant. in fact, in the way we live in a natural right republic even if we don't understand, because we actually all do believe that government can't do these things. i mean, the teachinghe really is deep in our bones. so i don't it's as bad as what john thinks. okay. now why is this a limited? the founder selassie is of this, we empower thern government to o all sorts of things, to protect our property, to regulate marriage. is all legitimate function

or purpose of the free exercise clause is to tell the state of oregon you can't target the native american churchbers of that native american church you cannot be citizens you cannot practice your religion. where going to pass the legislation note religious practices current doesn't do that in the state of oregon doesn't usually do that. but that is what governments used to do all the time. he mostly catholic or yout cant meet protestant or you must be muslim or you can't be muslim. so this natural rights of language and the theory i'll come back to the theory justt a second is significant and away we live in a natural rights are public even if we don't understand it. we actually all do believe government can't do these things. the teaching really is a deep in our bones. is not as bad as what john thanks. but why is it so limited? the philosophy is this. we empower thehe government to o all sorts of things to protect our property, to regulate marriage. these are legitimate functions of government. but we don't give a government authority to do everything. that is what it means to have it in alien

function or purpose, the free exercise clause was to tell the of oregon you can't target the native american church and say you members of the native american, you can't be citizens. you can't practice your religion. we're going to pass a legislation saying, no, no religious practices of the native american church are allowed. now, from our perspective, our government doesn't do that. even the state of oregon doesn't usually do that. all right. but that's what governments used to all the time. you must be catholic or you can't be catholic or you must be protestant, you can't be protestant or you must be muslim or you can't be muslim. and so this natural rights language and the natural rights theory and i'll come back to the theory in just a second is significant. in fact, in a way, we live in a natural rights republic, even we don't understand it because we all do believe that government can't do these things. i mean the teaching really is deep in our bones. so i don't think it's as bad as what john thinks. okay, now why is it so limited in the founders philosophy? is this we we empower the governm

churches. moscow all russia kirill is expected to traditionally lead the meeting of the nativity in the cathedralrch of christ the savior . 12 russians, including two children, had to be rescued by rescuers from snow captivity everything happened in kazakhstan on the road leading the border with russia, a strong snowstorm raged to break through to our compatriots. they were able only to the height of passable transport people were evacuated temporarily. they were placed in a hotel and provided with hot meals. willingness to come to the rescue sometimes even at the risk of life at a time when there is no time to think about every second of the story of salvation, which shakes to the core, and we are talking not only about adults who have chosen to serve another matter of their whole lives, doctors, employees of the ministry of emergency situations, but also about children, for whom the fear of grief or pain is not alien or more detailed. first , bulletproof vests and only then sterile gowns and gloves into the operating room , as if the team of our military surgeons went into battle, their patient

nativity of christ. for eternity. every great church holiday. this is an important spiritual lesson for each of us, therefore, during the vain baptism of the lord, let us remind ourselves of the promise we made at baptism to love god and our neighbors. let us thank god for being spiritually worthy of our birth in the sacrament of baptism and for invoking his kingdom for eternity. we will try to live in such a way as to become worthy of this great mercy of god dear brothers and sisters, the lord came into this world born of the virgin mary and was baptized in the jordan river from st. john , not just for the salvation of mankind, but for the personal salvation of each of us, so god grant us to remain unanswered to this great god's love, but to grow more and more in our spiritual life with the feast of saints. live news to belarus 1 with you pavel zovik good morning and watch in this issue winners, medalists of the olympic games and world championships , the commonwealth cup stage starts with the women's sprint race in raubichi

the native american church is proper now and just one of the evidence with reichelistic practices and -- ritualistic practices and it's effectively illegal in the state of oregon.qu the member of the native american church and doesn't matter that the state of oregon targets the religious practices illegal and john would add in lieu of the supreme court or the state of oregon do that. yes, that is natural rights approach. the state of oregon could make it with no constitutional right for exception. the next step is what do the free rights do. they have no religious practices of them too and it's no sooner fallowed but that's not perspective to do that and you must be catholic or can't be present or you must be muslim or can'tll be muslim. it isd significant. in fact, the more we live in a natural rights republic and i understand it, we all do believe that government can't do these things. we empower the government to do all sorts of things to protect our property and these are all legitimate functions of government and we don't give the government authority to do everything and that's

tell you sergey lugovsky hello, today the great orthodox belarus celebrated the nativity of christ and in small village churches and majestic cathedrals of large cities the new edition of the land code entered into force has changed, including the conditions for purchasing plots of details in the interview program and not freezing, which even morozov could not stand and is dangerous to health, several types of windshield washers were banned from selling at once. see also the issue. the brightest holiday the president lit a christmas candle in a small metropolitan temple, but in a spiritual and vital panorama unique artifacts and complete immersion in the past era for the gomel palace park ensemble, a special presidential award for the preservation of a rich historical and cultural heritage, and we will tell the main brand of the city nadjom in the panorama. belarus russia are developing a regional grouping of troops focusing on intensive operations while training what is needed in the war, why and how do the allies train in the disposition project? go to first grade, yes simplify entrance tests higher education

kaluga church of the 12th century appeared a living christmas nativity scene, its arrangement has already become a good tradition under an impromptu canopy, symbolizing the cave in which jesus was born. the animals described in the biblical traditions - lambs and a donkey for the installation were brought from an agro-tourist complex in the suburbs. grodno everyone who visits the temple these days will be able to admire the animals and feed them. mary gives birth to babies by god. christ in a tiny cave in the hayloft, where animals were usually sheltered in inclement weather, and therefore today we see ancient living verte near the walls, where, among the hair dryer, we also see lambs and a donkey from those animals that met christ of the review until january 10 at the benzing near the building capitol washington carried out the detention of people who came to remember the events of two years ago, then during the storming of the congress building, five people were killed, dozens were injured, one of the detainees turned out to be the mother of the victim. ashley baby who died at the hands

theater was opened the project was implemented by schoolchildren with teachers and local church of the nativity of the blessed virgin that cooperation is active and productive, my colleagues and i were convinced when we visited this school watched excerpts of the performance, talked with directors and actors about this our plot. let's watch it with pleasure, but before that, we would like to thank alexandra lupirenko once again for the wonderful news. have a good day to you and the entire gomel region right now. let's see the plot. for inom stepanova, a teacher of additional education at the uritsa secondary school, the elective course in spiritual and moral culture and the light of the soul association of interests are only part of the project that is being implemented under her leadership. he says that students come to classes with pleasure, it’s interesting for everyone, both children and teachers, if they see from the teacher, really, that he is kind in himself, that he loves this world of god’s people, what he wants do good deeds, and it seems to me, looking at me, they themselves become l

in churches, a holy nativity scene is installed.his is a model of the bethlehem cave in which jesus christ was born as a gift to the baby. nakhly brought gold incense, and confession and communion are traditionally quietly held among the parishioners, both local residents and russian military personnel to pray with you for their relatives and friends. well, everything else is so all right? we are doing well, we are serving . everything is fine. soon we will be the house of victories , we will have a festive service also visited the acting governor of the kherson region, volodymyr salda. it helps us a lot. now the whole russian federation, because everyone is riveted to our regions by a new subject. on this day, i want to just wish everyone such a holy day. here is the same calmness of the same confidence that we all had during the referendum, because the referendum showed what we think about on the occasion of christmas the first deputy head of the presidential administration visited the church of st. george the victorious in the kh

orthodox believers are preparing to celebrate one of the main holidays of the church calendar. nativity of christ today is christmas eve - this is a day whose name comes from the word sochivo, this is a lenten sweet. kasha, exactly. this dish is usually put on the pre-holiday table and tasted before sunrise. the first star of the divine services that will be held in the temples will sound the old testament prophecy about the birth of christ according to the tradition of festive worship on christmas day, the radio company will broadcast on the air of the belarus 3 tv channel on the air of the holy spirit cathedral at 18:00 and at midnight, when the metropolitan will serve the divine liturgy. minsk zaslavl patriarchal exar of all belarus veniamin the ministry of internal affairs is ready to ensure public safety on christmas at a high level , they took special attention from the places of worship, where law enforcement officers will serve around the clock metal detectors in the adjacent territory of the temples will ensure law and order, will ensure foot orders will be controlled and the o

vadim sinyavsky handed over the banners, the ceremony took place on the territory of the church of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary, the official symbol of the military unit is the battle banner personifying. valor glory to his servicemen khorug, in fact, for centuries. it was also a military banner, but a church one today, when the historical interaction of rescuers with the belarusian orthodox church has been restored, the tradition of presenting banners to military units for the purpose of spiritual and moral education of military personnel has been revived, and the revival of the tradition of the cross -loving army has, uh, been two years. as soon as vladyka benjamin and the belarusian orthodox church signed an agreement on our cooperation, and spiritual moral education of personnel, support for our workers during quite serious risky work rescue teams to save people service teams itself the banner of the church the banner of the spiritual the banner of the choir, it personifies fidelity to the once chosen cause of serving one 's fatherland in 2021, the ministry of emergency situation

sacrament of the eucharist. the choir sings a chant a strange nativity that has seen music hallelujah alleluy hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah the church calls christmas the second pasta and gives it an exceptional place among the days of the liturgical year. and the nativity of christ is the twelfth holiday, belonging to the category of the most important twelve christian holidays, but even among them, christmas is usually celebrated especially before these holidays . one day of the fore-feast of such days is supposed to be five fore-feast of christ begins on the second of january according to the new style. for the sake of the feast of the nativity of christ, fasting is canceled, even if the feast falls on weekly fast days on wednesday or friday. and after the holiday, christmas time comes, which will last until epiphany eve, that is, until january 18. at christmas time, as a sign of spiritual triumph and universal joy, weekly fasting days and prostrations are canceled. as i said, christmas time or holy evenings will last until epiphany christmas eve. by the way, in ancient times, christmas and the epiphany of god were celebrated by

these are already canonical hymns and for the evening liturgy for the morning liturgy, the nativity borisov churchll of people, a biblical event of a planetary scale. everyone comes to experience the appearance of christ personally with the hope that the best divine kindness of mercy, love , will visit him sometimes, confused in the hustle and bustle of modern man. i wish all belarusians good health on this great holiday. god grant everyone health, happiness, love, glory to god, one of our great orthodox holidays and a lot for us. means the second designation after, well, the whole family every year the course of the earthly holiday with the nativity of christ of all orthodox christ today is like, the gospel shepherds were trash. we are all pilgrims, and each church is more than one and a half thousand churches and about four and a half million. the largest religious orthodox denomination of belarus on the eve of the believers of the country congratulated the metropolitan of minsk zaslavsky patriarchal exar all belarus veniamin led the festive liturgy of the nativity of christ in the holy spirit c

midnight, when the divine liturgy is served by the metropolitan patriarch of minsk. the local church of the nativity and the pupils of the sunday school have already decorated the house. god's, including author's souvenirs and handicrafts created by local children. guys, get ready for the holiday musical congratulations poems and shared wishes on the eve of a bright and good christmas this wonderful evening of god. glorify. i sent russia and the owner. i wish everyone a merry christmas. this is a big holiday. i really want everyone to be in their families on this holiday, so that everyone would celebrate it so well together, so that everyone would be happy for health, well-being and love. i wish you to be joyful on christmas and not be upset. and not only on christmas in the borisov church, according to tradition, they will celebrate more than one day at the services of christmas eve and celebration on january 7 for almost 2 weeks, filled with a variety of activities. on holy week. the parish will be visited by the head of the belarusian orthodox church, metropolitan. minsk zaslavsky veniamin check

boris baglebskoye, the kaluga church of the 12th century, a living christmas nativity scene appeared. its arrangement has already become a good tradition under an impromptu canopy, symbolizing the cave in which jesus was born, there are picturesque lambs described in biblical legends and a donkey brought for installation from an agro-tourist complex in the suburbs. grodno everyone who visits the temple these days will be able to admire the animals and feed them. mary gives birth to babies by god. christ in a tiny cave in the hayloft, where animals were usually sheltered in inclement weather, and therefore today we see at the walls. the oldest living verge, where we also see lambs and a donkey among those animals that met christ, will be available for viewing until the tenth of january. the bet on the allied protection to ensure the country's defense capability was discussed the day before in the brest region, the president visited the abuz training ground, lesnovsky near baranovichi, the russian part of the joint grouping is located here, the troops, the belarusian and russian militar

drive the icons from the upper laurel and demand to transfer church valuables according to the inventory. to enlighten them on the nativityboth churches were leased, the term, which is not extended, according to vladyka, this was done intentionally in the interests of the so-called orthodox church of ukraine, the raskolnikov, who appeared under poroshenko . 100 years after the baptism of rus lavra a monument to our common history, which is so diligently rewriting kiev today , they want ukraine to not have a holy church. for some reason, no one fights against the catholic protestants of other religions, but only took our church for us. why because they are afraid of the christian god they are afraid of faith because they will answer if they want i do not want to unleash the internal religious for all their atrocities before god. nuyu war in and repression, we are persecuting the spirit. veins pressure intensified case bet on raskolnikov v temples across the country are being searched by several hierarchs. accused of treason became more frequent and attacks in the vinnitsa region, an unknown person destroyed the church and

church services. on christmas eve, as well as on the day of the nativity of christ, i will celebrate. the decision was made in connection with the appeal of patriarch kirill to the primate. the russian orthodox church called on both sides of the conflict establish a truce at the same time the main orthodox holidays. meanwhile, in kiev, they announced the completion of work on the inventory of the property of the assumption cathedral and the refectory church in kiev. the ministry of culture of the country announced to the pechersk lava that the building was transferred to the state, according to some reports , the christmas service. now consumables and the so-called orthodox churches of ukraine can be brought there , as the head of the senadal department of the russian orthodox church, named vladimir, commented on the events. this step by the ukrainian authorities is difficult assess otherwise as continuing, but the strongest pressure on the believers of the ukrainian orthodox church, the only economic one, and the orthodox church in ukraine. moreover, i can say that this, of course, is

consecration of water in the black cheremosh river was held, a festive service was held in the church of the nativityf the most holy theotokos, after the service near the kolyada church, let me remind you that in kryvorivnia the famous hutsul carol takes place, to which many believers come, because all ukrainian traditions are observed there. these are the news for the moment. read more about important things on our website espresso tv, also subscribe to our channels in social networks, be close to us, movies, television, sports, music, education, free people have a choice, choose what you want on megogo, a plaid, found a working store in three letters, the world is closed, i am not here, please, this bouquet is lucky . the generator on the street is humming ukrainian veteran background money fund helps veteran enterprises i wonder what is needed for this but only fop and ubd here is for example how my husband and i have a family business up to 20 thousand hryvnias they give it i understand great thank you for the bouquet support of the ukrainian veteran business , find out the details on the website

he gave churches of different confessions in his native viteben. from the heat , the entrance hall of a baroque church appeared. i forge this, not everyone is called. and the matter of how to stir up the church of st. michael near the vilnius had a chance to arrogate with an imperious finger gently on such an elegant costume. became hemming kind of sniffles first there pohaval any joke of the road. another wife of albert, syomuha lipin, in 1633 , the cook-winter took a place and leu himself competed from rough with a comfortable, baroque memorial , and already at our hour new fullers appeared. elephants stole away their ginnik, however, the hungry afternoon snack of dissolution. coconut himself was a rival to the statute of the grand duchy. and he survived the introduction of the autocracy the day he lived due until 1840. yes , and today they make a ringing about him. this is the operational part of the law and has become a pattern for many ukrainians. what? taken our daily task talk about belarus in the country and abroad. more than 100 million vie

nativity scene. near the kaluga church.is possible for a few more days, teenagers and youth of the grodno region joined the republican charitable action to sincerely congratulate on the new year holidays older people guys. until the end of this week, the focus will be on lonely people living alone, as well as war and labor veterans. concerts theatrical performances tea drinking and not only events within the framework of the action planned in all districts of our region, but also in our region the installation of information plates with qr codes in places of military glory continues last week in grodno, two such plates were installed, one of them in forested area of ​​the gun. here , a monument to cadets of border guards has been digitized, who died during the defense of the city in june 1941, the second tablet was installed in the polyush microdistrict on the site of the former concentration camp, where the memorial complex is still located . and we also have a story my colleague. alice, armolchik, will tell about an inter

he gave churches of different confessions in his native viteben. eaten lake appeared about baroque church hallway. yakuyu. today everyone calls it wine, the church of st. nicholas happened to be an imperious palace, nyash such a cartoon, an elegant church became from hemming a company, the first sapegu there was hawked any terrible gift from them died and another wife, ashbeta, semukha, lipin of 1633, the cook took a place in chemistry and leusappero himself. i am from a coffin with a convenient commemorative of the era of vice, and new commemorations have appeared in our ass. it can be seen that the musulka was also sculpted by elephants. however, the hungry remember the dissolution. what kind of opponent did the statute of the great fire, and he endured the overthrow of the autocracy a day did not live due until 1840. and even today they talk about him with arrogance. this is from the law of the opera and has become a pattern for many cranes. what norms are in force today and for what period they are fixed today, the norm is valid, firstly, i want

all days of the church year from the feast of the nativity of christ to epiphany eve are called christmastide in the ancient church, the feasts of the nativity of christ and the baptism of the lord were a single holiday. this event was called god's appearance over time, a single holiday was divided into two independent ones, and the 12 days between them became days of special joy, and jesus christ, the savior of the world, who appeared to the world , jesus christ, the savior of the world, was born from in the reign of emperor augustus octavia in the city of bethlehem , augustus ordered the most holy diva mary to make a nationwide census throughout his empire, to which the story belonged at that time. the jews had a custom to conduct a national census by tribe, tribe and clan, each tribe and clan had its own specific cities and ancestral places, therefore, under the blessed virgin and righteous joseph, as descended from the clan. davidov had to go to bethlehem, the city of david, to put their names on the list. hallelujah the world, probably the tutors of the guardian of souls and taurus. they

was exerted by the work of the church eloquence, so amos is the first song of the christmas canon that we heard composed under the influence of the words for the nativityst. gregory the theologian, father and teacher of the church, who lived in the fourth century, the first lines of this solemn festive circle are as follows. christ are born sweet christ from heaven. meet christ on earth, ascend earth. beauty consists of nine main parts of the song; they consist of several troparia, which are usually read by ermas, which are performed by the word move their brain means the connection of these hymns connect the songs of the main parts of the economy, but today, as i have already said, the service is performed for several abbreviated men, therefore only the singing part of the canons is heard, they are also sung in the monastery. the canon, as a form of christian hymn-creation, finally took shape in byzantium in the eighth-ninth centuries . at the just patriarchal archive anchor father konstantin vargan. proclaimed magnificence to my most honest and most glorious miner of warriors pure virgin. 9 songs of the christmas canon glorify the girl at this time,

centers of pilgrimage in on the eve of the feast of the nativity of christ, we are in a slightly more advantageous position for the reason that the church lives according to the old julian calendar and we celebrate the nativity of christ. uh, after new years. and the peak of our shopping just falls on the western christmas period, but in our country in our modern consumer culture, the christmas period is also associated with commercialization, and this is very bad, it is dangerous. the holiday should not lose its spiritual and historical dimension. he shouldn't. uh get out of people's minds like events of sacred history if people remember and know what and for what, in fact, celebrations will take place, then involuntarily the thought turns to the source of this festive joy, to god himself, who desired to become a man. to be with us, to walk along the road of life with us in any religion. no, nothing like that. no religion offers people in god, in the almighty creator. to see someone who walks through life next to you. christ the savior walked the thorny path of human life. he experienced everything. and prosperous joyful childhood amon

drives from the upper laurels they do not give icons and demand transfer church values ​​according to the inventory. the nativityghten them all, both churches were leased, the term, which is not extended, according to vladyka, this was done intentionally in the interests of the so-called orthodox church of ukraine, the raskolnikov , who appeared under poroshenko . 100 years after the baptism of rus laurus, a monument to our common history, which is so diligently rewriting kiev today, they want ukraine to not have a holy church. for some reason no one is fighting against catholic protestants of other religions, but only took up our church for us. why because they are afraid of the christian god, they are afraid of faith because they will answer , want and do not want to unleash the internal religion before god for all their atrocities. the kiev regime is trying not for the first time to repress and persecute the clergy in ukraine regularly, but in recent months the pressure has increased by relying on raskolnikov. in churches across the country, several hierarchs are being searched and accused of state. treason b

russian federation with prayers for faith and peace, orthodox christians celebrate the nativity of christ in the churchesre held. new shelling on christmas night, despite the ceasefire announced by russia, opened fire seven times on the territory of the dpr and the consequences correspondent on the spot. the new speaker of the us house of representatives won on the fifteenth attempt , kevin mccarthy won what ideas does he adhere to and what did he promise the radical republicans? prince harry's scandalous memoir from intra-family strife and gossip to a confession to mass murder. what unwritten rule did harry break and why did the british military already react ? the contribution of the russian orthodox church and other christian denominations of russia in the preservation of historical memory in the education of young people and the strengthening of the institution of the family. the head of state also stressed that the christmas holiday inspires people to good deeds and serves to affirm enduring spiritual values. christmas services are held today in all orthodox churches vladimir putin celebrated the ho

this is the eve of one of the most important church holidays of the nativity of christ throughout the country in the morning services were held in the temple. christ the savior was headed by the patriarch of moscow and all russia kirill, churches are traditionally decorated with spruce nativity scenes are built with branches and flowers. priests wear white clothes. christmas eve is the last strictest day of fasting, which began in november, believers completely refuse food until the first star appears in the sky. about how they are preparing to celebrate christmas in one of the oldest monasteries in the country in the savina-storgevsky monastery evgeny davydov savin ostrogevsky, the monastery of the pearl of ancient zvenigorod was founded at the end of the 14th century temples in order to become part of the great bright holiday. and this is how the ancient tradition of the virgin mary baby jesus comes to life, a story about which each of us knows from childhood on christmas eve - this saves christmas and the end of the forty-day fast. on this day, it is customary to prepare special di

that today in this house of the most holy theotokos in the cathedral church of the pechersk lavra we solemnly glorified the nativity of our savior, the lord jesus christ , with a divine liturgy more than two decades ago, the shrine was restored from the ruins as a gift of the ukrainian people to the anniversary of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of christ, and now we are celebrating, as it were, the second birth of this cathedral church and our pechersk lavra itself, because from them the artificial spirit of the unholy teaching of the russian world is leaving and the spirit is returning of true spiritual service to holy orthodoxy and the ukrainian people, our gratitude is great to the most holy mistress of the mother of god, the home and work of which is this sacred place, this year marks 950 years since the time when in advance, she herself called the builders for the construction of the cathedral of the pecherska monastery and sent them from tsargorod to kyiv so that a church would grow here above the bank of the dnieper of the new jordan, which contemporaries of construction rightly called similar to heaven

believers are preparing to celebrate one of the most important and bright holidays of the church calendar. the nativitychrist is christmas eve for believers, the name of which comes from the word sochi, which is lenten sweet. kasha , exactly. it is customary to put this dish on pre-holiday chairs and try it before sunrise. the first star in the divine services that will take place today in the temples, the old testament prophecy of the birth will sound. christ on christmas eve it is customary to come to church for confession and communion, put candles with a prayer from relatives and friends, the birth of the savior today at midnight on belarus 24 live broadcast of the festive service on nativity of christ from the minsk holy spirit cathedral, the meaning of christmas eve is originally the most ancient form and way of preparing for christmas is such a strict fasting day, but this is severity. eh, for this, it is given to us, so that we not only stand so quietly, but that on this day we rest, calm down spiritually and all our attention. turned as far as possible . uh, to what should happen on this night

manders square in bethlehem in the occupied westbank, where worshippers have gathered at the church of the nativity to celebrate the holiday season. ah, hello, i'm fully batty boy and these are top stories on al jazeera russian state media. see a uni latch or ceasefire in ukraine ordered by president vladimir putin has come into effect, which announced of truce to coincide with the orthodox christmas holiday. but ukraine has rejected it saying russia is attempting to stop its advances. chinese authorities have urged people to limit the number of trips and gatherings ahead of the lunar new year because of the coffee 19 outbreak, but they have stopped short of banding travel altogether. begging his facing scrutiny, always respond to the surge in cases katrina, you has more were continuing to see these incredibly low numbers provided by the chinese government. and the jobulator has essentially rubbish this information and they've urged fading to provide more accurate dasa, regarding hospitalizations and deaths. we do know that some health experts around them would have put estimates at about $9000.00

here it is, it's such a wonderful place, and i also want to say that in 1747 the church of the nativity of the virgin was built there, the village of grimyach, the northernmost point of ukraine, the northernmost settlement. to the forecast we traditionally start the weather directly from the western regions. so, tomorrow in the west of ukraine due to the activity of the atmospheric front, wet weather with periodic rains is expected closer to the carpathians , there may be wet snow, but given the rather high air temperature, it will still prevail in the north of ukraine tomorrow it will also be warm eh plus three plus five degrees and also periodic precipitation in the form of mainly rain in the eastern part of ukraine it will be cooler at night until -4 in the morning slippery during the day it will be icy on the roads and on the sidewalks m-m the daytime air temperature is plus one plus three or even zero plus three, but without significant precipitation in the central regions, it will be cloudy, foggy, some mist is possible, but no serious precipitation is expected , the air temperatu

ask you to look in our next story , they are looking for her will near the still unfinished church on their nativeassif with the symbolic name victory today they say goodbye to maxim and natalya shvets, the couple was killed by a russian missile that on january 14, anastasia taught a photo of a young girl sitting on the remains of a destroyed apartment in the entrance of a house in the great nation, the whole world saw the moment when they took pictures of the girl, nothing i didn't know about the fate of the parents, but i hoped they were alive today. neighbors and acquaintances remember the couple as active volunteers, they helped animals, and first the invasion of the ukrainian army. i knew this very family personally, very kind people took care of the children. oh, not children. god, what am i saying? shelter for animals, they were volunteers, they were the eyes of animals in front of support, they took trench candles , they took care of our soldiers, and she and her husband and daughter, well, take them all well, i don't know, well , it's such a tragedy, we understand it, it's impossible it's

nativity of christ services were held in thousands of churches, throughout the country, according to tradition, the head of the russian orthodox church, patriarch kirill, addressed the believer, he noted that the nativity of christ changed the entire course of human history, the patriarch called to help loved ones and all those in need to support those who despaired and lost hope. let us remember that there are no barriers for god. he knocks at the door of every person's heart and waits only for our response, our willingness to show kindness , mercy and compassion. let us take care of each other, paying attention to relatives and close friends and colleagues at work, helping the needy and disadvantaged, visiting the sick and the weak and the god of love of the world. may it be with you as the holy apostle paul teaches us all the days of your life happy holiday to all of you, my dears, merry christmas vladimir putin sent his message to believers and published it on the kremlin website enduring spiritual values, like mercy, compassion , pure justice, putin separately noted the contribu

churches. moscow all rus' kirill is expected to traditionally lead the meeting of the nativity in the cathedral of christ the savior . willingness to come to the rescue sometimes even at the risk of life at a time when there is no time to think about every second of the story of salvation, which shakes to the core, and it’s not only about adults who have chosen to serve others as a business in their lives, doctors, employees of the ministry of emergency situations well, about children for whom fear of grief or pain is not happens to be strangers or on the stove more. first , bulletproof vests and only then sterile gowns and gloves into the operating room, as if the team of our military surgeons went into battle, their patients brought nikolai pasenko from their zone not just by slaughter, but they didn’t want to get stuck in the chest with unexploded ammunition, as if they were setting up doctors, that don’t let god does not exist. well, surgery is actually body armor, and that's how you see the syrup before you lived healthy. thank you kherug, kim. i will be grateful to him all my life i will

yes, the people of christ the church of the nativity of christ is becoming such a place of polo.munities render such here just the very cave of bethlehem. e, in which we come like shepherds and sorcerers to bow to the baby born of god. uh, of course, the temple is decorated, uh, it is decorated and not only in such a canonical ecclesiastical respect, but we we allow in our temple the opportunity to express our love for the holiday and the newborn baby. eh, not only sunday schools for children, but also the children of our schools, help legitimate church saints amateur souvenirs, from the heart from the heart and golden hands into the world. she is the birth of the minovite christ. children, but you know how and before, it is divine for their fun programs. soon the years of the king, christmas trees, caroling ends of the church of the khovants of my separate school are already long-standing and kind with joy. in the evening god is glorified brightly, i shine i shine brightly and the baby. i glorify on sunday after communion, and the children come to us first for tea and stay in th

about the main one of the main holidays for millions of believers today is the nativity of christ solemn liturgy in all the churches of the country, the main thing was extremely christ the savior was addressed to the parishioners by patriarch kirill and footage from the annunciation cathedral of the kremlin where vladimir putin visited the service christmas in the donbass in many churches for security purposes on christmas night fired on civilians a strand of icy days anomalous frost forged the central region and not only in the nizhny novgorod region rescue operations there on the highway it will take a bus with more than fifty passengers and a new day a new dream come true from communicating with your favorite basketball players to riding a dolphin and a touching meeting with a penguin gifts from the wish tree do not end orthodox believers celebrate christmas in honor of this bright holiday, all over the country solemn liturgies were held. the main night service took place in the temple. christ the savior was held by the patriarch. moscow all russia kirill congratulated the russians on christmas and vladimir puti

bread is for the church, we have 22,000 hours this is a huge number and a huge amount, the church is covered with native shingles, it looks much better . even the headquarters is a sheet of metal that shines. well, it really distorts our culture. we decided that war is war, but our soldiers are there at the front, they are just fighting for our culture for our identity for our cultural heritage even during the war entrepreneurs psychologists financiers and journalists students teachers and architects restorers and even a prosecutor all of them gather every month in the suburbs of lviv the goal is to save this wooden church that does not fall only because of supports installed from the outside and the year 1693 is written on the inside above the door. here in the village there is a tradition that this church was brought from somewhere and installed here, and it really has places under foxes. it is clear that it was weighed down and moved there, the church itself is from logs that are only split and not even hewn are very archaic. a very ancient system of preparing the material and we assume that it is mu

church celebrations. renewal of the annual circle and today i would like to withdraw with you to return. by the events of the nativitys are full of deep symbols. and one of them is a candle, the light of a candle symbolizes the resurrected savior himself, his eternal light fills our souls, but as for the bell, it is famous for the gospel of the preaching of the gospel that reaches our ears spruce branches that fill the interior of the frame, with a pleasant smell, tell us that bethlehem when herod ordered to kill the baby. saint joseph closed the entrance to the cave where little jesus was covered with spruce branches with coniferous branches, and thus the soldiers ran past, and the magi who came to bow to the lord jesus christ are usually depicted in long-brimmed robes in the form of sages. who were they really, kaspark melchior and belshazzar magi who were the first to witness the coming of the mission to this world, the wanderers came in bethlehem with the east from persia or babylonia , they brought with them gifts with a symbolic meaning of gold, as in relation to the king of incense, as a gift to god and myrrh,

nativity of christ is adjacent to another widely celebrated event, the new year. it is interesting to note that according to the julian calendar, according to which the russian orthodox churchalendar year falls on january 14 according to the new style and thus does not precede the nativity of christ, but follows it. this is quite. it is symbolic, because for a christian , the new year, and every new year. this is not just another calendar date, but a gift from god, a blessing, a new opportunity to do something good and soul-saving for themselves and their loved ones. christians also celebrate the new year, this is quite natural, but for them, this holiday is filled not just with unrestrained fun, but with gratitude to god for the year, the outgoing and the realization that the new coming year is a new blessing from god, which we accept with the awareness of responsibility. and willingness to bear good fruit. dear brothers and sisters in these festive days. may the lord grant mercy, blessing and joy to each of us. when the savior was born on ephraim, the angels of god sang. glory came to god and peace on earth. let not only in the days of christmas joy, but also instantaneou

liturgy itself, by the way, it will begin exactly at midnight in the capital's churches, but and with the first star, the nativity of the lord has already been celebrated, believers in kamchatka, thousands of parishioners have gathered in four churches of petropavlovsk, of course, there are much more of them in the region, but still among the main four and among them. the main thing is, after all, the cathedral of the holy life-giving trinity throughout the far east and throughout siberia, already in the middle of christmas on this day we lay all our prayers. all our requests, all our hopes for his mercy, that there be peace in our country, that our brothers return alive and healthy, that each of us really has our prayers. merry christmas to the lord, merry christmas in churches in russia in the country, divine services were held on christmas eve on this day, believers can spend prayers in the temple, and they pay almost the whole day, glory. god is asked for health and well-being for themselves and for loved ones. well , i still want such a bright magical mood to think that everything will be fine to pray for ev

. >> reporter: just outside kyiv is the church of the nativity. been here since the soviet days. but now it has a new priest, father pablo, and has a new denomination. oh, wow. beautiful. the orthodox church of ukraine. >> translator: previously, nobody paid attention to whether it was a ukrainian or russian-speaking church. they were simply coming to god. when the war started, everything changed. >> reporter: in september, parishioners voted to cut ties with the orthodox branch that had been loyal to moscow. >> translator: it was very difficult, but we understood why we were doing it. first and foremost, it was about security. >> reporter: more than 100 churches have switched their allegiance to the church of ukraine since the war began, including one of the most famous cathedrals in the country, evidence perhaps of a growing mistrust of the formerly moscow-linked branch despite its public break with russia. >> it's not like just a church. it's like russian agenda here in ukraine. ♪ >> reporter: ukraine suspects that agenda lives on in some churc

and on the day of the nativity of christ, you credit orthodox church was a part of the moscow patriarch. it's before the start of the conflict, serving all ties with russian holy leaders up to the express support for russian armed forces. now zelinski has announced new measures seeking to bandit moscow affiliated churches that happened to have the largest parishes in ukraine. ah, what we're talking to now, which has pressured twitter to find a russian connection to the us elections. and that's even after the platform tried and failed to discover any such evidence. and that's according to the latest batch of legal documents from investigative journalists, must be revelations, detail events before the most recent takeover of the social media. finished with investigation 2500 full manual account reviews. we think this is exhaustive. $32.00 suspicious accounts and only 17 of those are connected with russia. only 2 of those have significant spend one of which is russia today. you'll recall back in 2016. how there was all this is stereo in american media that somehow russia had meddled in the

church services. on christmas eve, as well as on the day of the nativity of christ, i will celebrate. ion with the appeal of patriarch kirill to the primate. the russian orthodox church called on both sides of the conflict to establish a temporary truce.

all over the country, on the eve of christmas, churches are transformed with multi-colored lights of nativity eternal life christ the baby who came into the world also the christmas tree, and it is green even when it was cut down and placed in the temple, as a symbol of such eternal life, they decide together with the parishioners. this is a holiday of magic, a holiday of miracles fulfillment of desires, what do you know follows your dreams as decorations toys from biblical stories? and in the krasnodar territory, to hang a star on such a nine-meter green beauty in the church of the ascension of the lord, even a high staircase. i had to put a christmas star. she is eight-pointed, she crowns the christmas tree. and how do we read the gospel on that night when christ was born in heaven, a bright big star lit up, she pointed the way to you, who wanted to come and bow to the born god-child. for more than a century of history, temples have their own traditions here, for example, it is customary to make toys with your own hands, toys that are created by your own hands. still, people perceive closer

nativity of christ solemn services in tens of thousands of churches of the russian orthodox church around the world patriarch kirill delivered a traditional address dear brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the coming of god into the world events that changed the entire course of human history, what is the meaning of this event? why and why the creator of the universe descends to earth in the form of a baby, being born from the virgin mary of bethreem cave, of course, comprehend this mystery to the fullest . we are not able, but listening to the words of the gospel and listening to the voice of the church. we can understand the main thing by loving a person. the lord came into this world, he became one of us in order to free the human race from the power of evil, such is the true and enduring meaning of the nativity of christ, which is relevant to each of us with the time of the birth of the savior and dana to everyone who believes in him and wants to live in truth and conscience the opportunity is open to enter into fellowship with god and through fellowship with him to become strong

. >> reporter: just outside kyiv is the church of the nativity. it's been here since the soviet days, but now it has a new priest, father pavlo and has a new denomination. >> oh, wow, beautiful. >> reporter: the orthodox church of ukraine. >> translator: previously, nobody paid attention to whether it was a ukrainian or russian-speaking church. they were simply coming to god. but when the war started, everything changed. >> reporter: in september, parishioners here voted to cut ties with the orthodox branch that had been loyal to moscow. >> it was very difficult, but we understand why we were doing it. first and foremost, it was about security. >> reporter: 3 to 400 churches have switched their allegiance to the church of ukraine since war began, including one of the most famous cathedrals in the country, evidence perhaps of a growing mistrust of the formerly moscow-linked branch, despite its public break with russia. >> it's not like just a church. it's like a russia agenda here in ukraine. >> reporter: ukraine suspects that that agenda lives on i

was attended by the military teroborons of kyiv region and also an improvised nativity scene the head of the orthodox church of ukraine awarded the defenders with medals of the cross of freedom epiphanius wished so that this year 2023 becomes the year of the expulsion of the aggressor from our lands and the victory of our state, i will mark christmas eve according to the julian calendar today part of ukrainians have already celebrated together with other christians of the world on december 25. today we are celebrating christmas for the second time. this is a great christian holiday. now, as a transition period, we all understand that we will celebrate these 25 days. this is our joint initiative with the orthodox church of ukraine. it was a difficult year of trials. today we we pray and ask god that the next year of our existence will be victorious, that we will win our victory , cut down the aggressor, cut down the evil that broke into our common home, lomonosov's place in the zoo in the dnipro was dismantled the monument to the russian scientist mykhailo lomonosov, the 8-meter-long monument was demolished