how big a strain is this putting on the orthodox church in particular, and those 90 odd million orthodoxig strain. it is particularly putting strain on members of the orthodox church in ukraine itself, already there is an independent ukrainian orthodox church, and now we are seeing more and more priests who have felt so torn between their country and the russian orthodox church led by patriarch kirill, they feel that what he has been doing, endorsing the war, effectively blessing it, making it a holy war, is completely unacceptable and they are also talking about splitting. i read something today from a theologian in ukraine who suggested that as many as half of the 12,000 parishes of the russian orthodox church in ukraine could break away, so this is really significant. there are also some priests in russia itself who have started to be more and more anxious about what is happening, but for them you can imagine it's extremely tough to speak out, and we are also seeing breakaways as well elsewhere. the russian orthodox church in amsterdam, for example, has decided it will break away from

it have been consecrated as saints by the orthodox church.— the orthodox church.vice - the orthodox church. it was really interesting, in that service at - the orthodox church. it was really interesting, in that service at the | interesting, in that service at the monastery, the priest went to the back room. — monastery, the priest went to the back room, you could hear them singing — back room, you could hear them singing and doing whatever they do, and the _ singing and doing whatever they do, and the ordinary people are just making — and the ordinary people are just making a — and the ordinary people are just making a circuit of the icons and crossing — making a circuit of the icons and crossing themselves, and the actual heavy _ crossing themselves, and the actual heavy lifting is being done in secret, — heavy lifting is being done in secret, is— heavy lifting is being done in secret, is if behind the kremlin waits. — secret, is if behind the kremlin walls, except it's on the back room of this— walls, except it's on the back room of this church. it's interestin

the orthodox faith. that is, it should be a joy for all our people, and being in the company of all this, you are inspired even more and you understand more and more that the fortress is precisely in the orthodox faith. already at night in the cathedral of christ the savior , the main festive service and the cross watch the live broadcast at 23:30 on our channel. well, now all the attention, of course, to jerusalem, believers are waiting for a big miracle with the walking of the holy fire in the church of the holy sepulcher, following the sacrament around the world , i repeat the centuries-old tradition, we will see on the first channel live before the broadcast, there is very little left. the holy fire is not appears every year on the eve of orthodox easter in the temple to put out the candles on the vaklyuyu, this is the name of the chapel on the cave, where, according to legend, the body of the savior was buried will check and seal the patriarchates of jerusalem , lead the procession, and then go up t

position of the rush orthodox church. oh much oh yeah. habit. the new greets his guests. that normally only has 9 months would be eating in the small kitchen. but this russian orthodox monastery has taken in about 20 refugees from ukraine. so now everyone takes their meals and shifts settle, although you'd have dog. sonya has found refuge here to the school. now one is never, she's innocent to give just as we are, as i met you guys, we're all just waiting for peace law. peace everywhere in the world. that's my greatest wish. now that with their common language is russian habit to neil has integrated the refugees into the monasteries daily routine, including the chores. but you'll see here in the mona stream, you live by the principal audra at la bora, labord, pre and work that we have for pictures of land. and so there's plenty to do at the low butte has been assigned to the hosting together with her daughter and parents, she's found sanctuary in the russian orthodox monastery. as a practicing christian, she assumed the m

so, for example, you have the greek orthodox church, the romanian orthodox church.among equals, the ecumenical pate arc, the former of constantinople, now the city of istanbul. >> the parishes from ukraine, are they taking direction from kirill, in moscow, or from bath bartholomew? >> we shouldn't focus so much on kirill. kirill is clearly someone who is slightly deranged. and most of the churches have expressed their discontent with his leadership. and the fact that he's making all of these states in support of putin. so what you're having is individual parishes and priests and parishioners leaving the church. what we would want to see more of these heads of churches, 67 condemning the war actually step out against him and expel him from the role of the council of churches. but the situation in ukraine is that we actually have an an autoseplis church, it received its independence which is formally recognized the ecumenical patriarch, the orthodox greek church, the alexandria church, a number of other churches. and the head of -- i'll stop in a second -- the head of

she's found sanctuary in the russian orthodox monastery. as a practicing christian, she assumed the monks would help her family. she got to know father de niel some time ago by a facebook could i believe i knew it. so mr. lemme knows. my chair, to me being here is heavenly, peaceful as spooky in the night require what she and we help and know we'll wake up every morning and i d. m santa fe assure and everything will be peaceful and calm. he said that the whole emma are not from the outside. the russian orthodox monastery looks impressive. but the manor house is dilapidated and unsafe. the monks and refugees are crowded into the former servants quarters. these every little bit of space? yes, all that i housekeeper. this is our house chapel gets hubble via, you know, set up temporary beds for our refugee families here who it wasn't a. if looked at the family, the room is cluttered. before any mess would have had to have been quickly tidy. but now father de neil doesn't mind that hobbs are had the food. and what's important is that they feel g

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the most holy orthodox patriarchs and the creators of the holy temple today rested from everyone andll the brethren who lay it from here. we are looking for praying for our carts of the russian church today about the builders of the benefactors and the victims of this temple of the main temple of the russian orthodox church why and more honestly in the temple with him, singing and coming people who are walking from themselves great rich. when i support yours always. keep me to you glory is sent to the father and son and the holy spirit now and forever and ever. then the choir sings a cherubic song about the patriarch performs a symbolic act of washing hands, reminding that one should approach this great sacrament with a cleansed conscience to the holy eucharist. cherubic song music alexandra grechaninova mutual obedience of commemoration follows, from the servants the patriarch from the throne goes to his sacrifice; he is located here in the northern part of the altar. bread and wine are prepared on the altar. which, according to the church, the power and actions of the grace of the

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the dress code here is the same as in a regular russian orthodox church. true, there are exceptions for tourists; women can come in trousers, but always with a scarf on their heads. the church of the holy sepulcher is the greatest shrine. everything is lit with christ here, and when, for example, fasting days cannot be celebrated according to the church charter bowing to the ground, you can’t kneel to pray in the temple. these rules do not apply to the holy sepulcher, even the most difficult times, uh, when well, you can’t get up there, so to speak, on your knees or adamant, or vice versa, you can’t trail the post on easter , it’s the most difficult and you can always sing to yourself in this place, then there is the paschal troparion christ is risen from the dead by death trampling down death and bestowing life on those in the tomb. christ has risen to the whole world, the bright sunday of christ. what could be even brighter? what else could be saving? you can stay in the temple for the night, but for this you need to obtain special permission from a repr

church in okhtyrka, and the ukrainian orthodox church, this is important.atulate you, mr. andriy, so 3 ukraine!" what should i watch now? thank you for your support, so i wanted to talk to you, we wanted to talk. well, first of all, i hear that from my compatriots, because i am from sumy oblast, that people gather at cemeteries, we understand that there is a ban because sumy oblast was partially under occupation in okhtyrka there it was the first uh there and the vacuum bombs were falling like that and there was a lot of enemy equipment nearby trostyanets was under occupation let's start with this let's start from the holiday what are your recommendations for the residents of villages and towns where the enemy passed, in particular sumy oblast and others because in kyiv, i also see that klitschko said not to go to cemeteries. and what do you tell people, these recommendations should be given by explosives specialists and local self-government bodies, because in different settlements, for example, okhtyrs themselves are several i have already been to the cem

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which, of course, lives and acts in the orthodox church. this is the force that holds.e that this force today. all the sharp arrows and poisoned arrows of those who would seek to divide the church, compromise the church, tear it away from the people are directed. saying so, i'm first. i think, i pray for our church on ukrainian soil. who is going through the hardest time. i pray that the lord will give strength to the current pescopath of the church our clergy, the believing people, to be worthy of those who, on the far frontiers of our united fatherland, fearing neither the climate, nor morozov, nor other external circumstances, suffered exile and imprisonment precisely for their fidelity to the lord, but remained faithful. so today, wherever we are in the east in the west in the north in the south, everywhere fighting for the unity of our church, not in order to be strong and powerful, but realizing that holiness is preserved in the church and the grace of god is preserved in the church, here in the struggle per the unity of this church. we must give our souls in the

they are not orthodox.here does it come from in orthodox ukraine , it’s no coincidence in this regard. azov, yes, that is, from cruelty, it is based on the fact that, as it now turns out, they took there those who were initially ready for sectarian processing. that is, believers were not taken here, that is, there are no orthodox there, that is, initially there were certain crits. but what happened in the orthodox ukraine but this er. here i am sure this is the result. and what, and what happened to the cultural germans? e with the nation of humanists with the nation of goethe e, mozart, what happened to them? so they turned into people who were ready to build camps, not remarkably did not pay attention to this. no, it was due to the fact that their anti-semitism was based on a long tradition of the german version of protestantism, which luther still sang. that is, their anti-semitism is part of a cultural tradition that goes back as much to their philosophical writers as to musicians, types of wagners, so

that was the director of the orthodox christian studies centre at fordham university.our website. it is pretty much constantly being updated by our team of correspondents and producers with lots of analysis of events as well. just log onto bbc dock on forward to us news or you can always download the bbc news app as well. the government has confirmed that borisjohnson hasn't received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. it comes after reports that the metropolitan police force has issued more penalty notices for an event held in the garden of number 10 downing street in 2020. our political correspondent damian grammaticas gave us this update. we know that the civil servant sue gray looked at 16 different events here and elsewhere. the police are looking at 12 of those, and we understand they have issued fines, 50 or more already, relating to three. now the reports that they have begun issuing fines for one more event, that garden party in downing street on the 20th of may, as you say. downing street here say the prime minister has not had a fine in relation t

you also belong to the orthodox church in america.e of the claim that putin is destroying it? >> well, i think it's -- there's a lot to it and the fact that he's aligned so closely with president putin and to the point of supporting the war is discrediting the orthodox church in the world and in ukraine. >> right. the religion is very similar, obviously, russia ukraine. i'm wondering, some experts say the russian orthodox religion is crucial to putin's vision of recreating a russian empire. help us better understand what that connection might be. >> so this is -- it's an alliance you can say made between president putin about ten years ago. these ideas haven't always been central to putin but ten years ago, when putin faced the most serious opposition in the runup to his third term, he embraced the ideas the patriot developed of the russian world and belarus and ukraine as being distinct civilization as you touched on that represents these patriotic and so-called traditional cr christian values in contrast with the west which is moral

time and again, the head of the russian orthodox church has sided with putin. all the more remarkable, therefore, that a small russian-orthodox monastery here in germany -- in a village north of berlin has been giving refuge to a number of ukrainians seeking shelter from putin's bombs. >> [speaking foreign language] >> abbot daniil greets his guests. normally, only his nine monks would be eating in the small kitchen but this , russian-orthodox monastery has taken in about 20 refugees from ukraine, so now everyone takes their meals in shifts. ira's dog, sonya, has found refuge here, too. >> she's innocent, just as we are. we're all just waiting for peace -- peace everywhere in the world. that's my greatest wish now. >> their common language is russian. abbot daniil has integrated the refugees into the monastery's daily routine -- including the chores. >> in the monastery, we live by the principle ora et labora -- pray and work. we have four hectares of land, so there's plenty to do. >> ira's been assigned to the hoeing. together with her daughter and parents she

churches, as well as all the metropolitans of the archbishops, the bishop of an orthodox priest, deacons and monastics and metropolitans archiepiscopal bishops. the entire priestly monastic rank will be commemorated by the lord god in his kingdom, always now and forever and forever and ever, prayerful commemoration of the members of the church. on the great in the course means that the holy containers will be sacrificed to the god of astralia and the salvation of all, we commemorate them. great lord and our father gokirilla, his holiness patriarch of moscow and this russia of the holy trinity lavra of st. sergius, the sacred archimandrite will be remembered by the lord god in his kingdom always now and forever and forever and ever and all orthodox christians. may the lord god remember in his kingdom, always now and forever and ever, a cup or fun with wine is delivered to the throne as well as a disk with bread. why are bowls and disks of bread covered with air, this is a special veil symbolizing the shroud of which the body of the savior was entwined during burial. sounds like the final

time and again, the head of the russian orthodox church has sided with putin. all the more remarkable, therefore, that a small russian-orthodox monastery here in germany -- in a village north of berlin has been giving refuge to a number of ukrainians seeking shelter from putin's bombs. >> [speaking foreign language] >> abbot daniil greets his guests. normally, only his nine monks would be eating in the small kitchen but this , russian-orthodox monastery has taken in about 20 refugees from ukraine, so now everyone takes their meals in shifts. ira's dog, sonya, has found refuge here, too. >> she's innocent, just as we are. we're all just waiting for peace -- peace everywhere in the world. that's my greatest wish now. >> their common language is russian. abbot daniil has integrated the refugees into the monastery's daily routine -- including the chores. >> in the monastery, we live by the principle ora et labora -- pray and work. we have four hectares of land, so there's plenty to do. >> ira's been assigned to the hoeing. together with her daughter and parents she

and our country is russian traditional orthodox, that is, we preserve traditions we strengthen the orthodox faith. that is, this joy for all our people should be and being in the company of this is everything. it you get inspired even more and more and more you understand that the fortress is precisely in the faith of the orthodox preparation for tomorrow. the service and the easter procession will begin shortly before midnight in the church. christ the savior will show everything. the first channel starts the live broadcast at 23:30. but we will also broadcast live the very ceremony of the holy fire descending in the church of the holy sepulcher in jerusalem, the miracle of which millions await with trepidation, believers in the temple will extinguish all the candles. the patriarchs of jerusalem will hold a procession. well and then he will rise to the chapel above the tomb of christ to read a special prayer. the appearance of the blessed fire, a symbol of the resurrection of the savior and hope for a new life, particles of flame will scatter all over the world so that believers can light

true, orthodox catholics are still arguing about a specific point, therefore, catholic and orthodox churches the site of mary's native home, stand at a distance of 70 m, from each other, an orthodox church is dedicated to st. joachim joni . that was the name of the parents of the mother of god under the building of the monastery there is an ancient cave at that time all the houses were located in natural caves in the thickness, rocks, it is believed that it was in this place that mary was born in a cave that is close, cool from high humidity, it is difficult to breathe. it is hard to imagine that people not only lived here, but also gave birth to children. pilgrims, coming here, are sure to sing church hymns and venerate the icon. yakimanka is one of the most famous and prestigious districts of moscow. who remembers? why is it named after the parents? the district of the mother of god is named after yakimanka street where the temple once stood and akim and anna in the folk language, everything merged into one yakimanka the temple was closed in 1939, and exactly 30 years later it was blown up

attacked another orthodox people.'t try to suspect me of being, uh, mystic ah, that i'm a conspiracy theorist, that hysterics. well, and so on and so forth, cuckoo, let's go- let's leave this side. i propose to compare the facts. just just decide for yourself. here, look what our fighters found at the abandoned positions here. uh, on the flag stood the right sector, a black-and-red flag , some kind of soldier was hung. there are some candles here, some hand drawings, that i just never encountered such a thing in my life, but for me it was a miracle. i think that he is like that only in some fairy tales or something else. well, it turns out, you see? there are such but this information about a special sect, that is, a special religion adopted in the battalion, azov the highest base of our azov battalion in the vicinity mariupol in the courtyard, a statue of a pagan deity immediately catches your eye next to a prayer stone, there are still offerings on it, we go inside the building and in one of the rooms we find the sa

local residents, israel orthodox many very arabs. well, it must be said that in the ceremony itself , uh, representatives of the jerusalem orthodox church , headed by patriarch theophim, will take part in the first place, uh. e, third e, representatives of the armenian apostolic church and e, representatives of the public force and the kavitsa church. that is, far from all confessions that are represented in the church of the resurrection of the lord. here we are just now seeing representatives of the gray kavitskaya, yes, the church of the lord on this special day turns instead of a pilgrimage for all christians of the world, because great saturday before easter. everything is here for us. this is precisely the special day of silence, as we sing today's worship service. next to the kuvukli and now is. as you can say, sergey pashkov, who from the scene can convey his feelings and give us a short story about what is happening now in the church of the resurrection of the lord. for us, this is very valuable. e to understand what is goin

why orthodox lost catholic poland by asking yourself this question.ourselves an honest answer, there were no orthodox universities in lithuania. there were also catholic schools and the jesuits were the children of orthodox nobles who came out of there. what is called brainwashed, estranged from the former kind when we we look at our intelligentsia and even at our children, unexpectedly, accepting westernization of the western matrix as opposed to the russian one, we must remember that this is far from the first time that this happens if we do not raise our children and grow into a national intelligentsia - others do it. they already did. so more than once. they know how to do it perfectly, the orthodox metropolitan, isaiah of kiev, kuppa, who lived in the 17th century, indicated the main reasons that pushed the best people of that time, the nobility, to deviate from the faith of the fathers, so to speak. first cause for the glory of this light. well, that is careers for recognition the second reason for great wealth, well, everything is clear too. bu

we are exactly the same, we also say we are khri orthodox, and they are satanists.st importantly, the spiritually sculpted core, which is going to fight to the last ukrainian to the last russian, these are pagans. indeed, after all, uh, our military often. well, sometimes they make tattoos for themselves too, and there you often write god with us, we are russians with us, god is orthodox crosses. and when they take off their clothes . i don’t even know what to call them, when they try to break in, there are tattoos of a completely different plan. that's just a completely different plan, and that's why, when we talk about the fate of the orthodox church. now the orthodox church in ukraine is a church of martyrs, because those people who profess orthodoxy now in ukraine are people who are ready for a breakfast of martyrdom for their confession, these priests, these parishioners who go now in churches, so they are trying to ban our church yes, because they do not can withstand this cross because in fact these people have sniffed and are already there saturated with blo

. >>> today, ukrainians in the bay area gather for orthodox easter as their homeland continues to be under attack. >>> the oakland teachers association has authorized a one-day strike scheduled for friday. the union said they are rallying against planned school closures and what they call unfair labor practices and we begin with a picket and a rally. they condemned the strike saying it will hurt students and their statement reads in part even the threat of depriving students of instruction let alone an actual deprivation, especially without legal justification will only further hurt students. >>> about 5000 stanford hospital nurses and lucile packard children's hospital nurses could be walking off the job tomorrow. the east bay times reports they could go on strike as part of an ongoing contract dispute with the healthcare system. they have been meeting over the weekend and they say they want higher wages and bonuses and more mental health support and if an agreement isn't met by today, the nurses say they will go on strike. the union said a formal bargaining session is set for tuesd

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an orthodox church is truly heaven on earth. he opens his doors. before every person striving for god , let us enter this grace-filled and mysterious world, turn our gaze to the altar and see the meek face of christ, hear the eye of the caller, come to me all those who are laboring and burdened, and i will truly give you rest with god in your soul to live easily and joyfully and even when the temporary difficulties of trial fall upon us. we must firmly believe that the lord himself is our helper and protector, invisibly but effectively rubbing his grace and sweetness to us. and then , before the power of god's inevitable, all intrigues recede evil and wrong and the life of residence and joy fills our hearts. this concludes the live broadcast of the easter service from the cathedral of christ the savior happy holiday to all of you, dear viewers. be healthy and resurrected lord your third time today is to confuse everyone's head. go to the window and calm him down. what is not allowed yesterday i sculpt beer, and today it’s even better to disguise be

the conflict has divided the orthodox church. the russian patriarch and ally of president vladimir putin. his throne, his support behind the war, and used his sermons to justify it. that's angered church leaders in ukraine and others across the orthodox faith. its spiritual leader has pushed for an end to the fighting, calling it an indescribable human tragedy. rushes annexation of crimea led to a part of ukraine's clergy splitting from the moscow led branch in 2018. they are fee, as the war could further rupture the wider church president of a lot of me as lensky urged ukrainians not to let anger overwhelm them. willie cassandra, so wouldn't you. today's great holiday gives us the great hope and belief that light will win over darkness. good will win over evil life will win over data. so therefore ukraine will win inevitably or g mailed to me. oh, a prayer for peace and hope heard and felt across ukraine. alixia brian al jazeera . let's explore this further. we can speak the country leak who's a senior policy fellow, the europea

russian orthodox church blessing the killing of orthodox ukrainians.ning me right now. so good to see you. you call putin's invasion of ukraine the dreams of a small man, a frightened and delusional thug who believes he is doing god's will. why does he believe these things? >> well, putin has been surrounded for years now by nationalistic, right-wing figures and clerics and priests in the russian orthodox church, including the patriarch who has a long history -- to put it gently, being comfortable with the security services and state power. was this the putin of 20 years ago? hard to say. i think he misses the soviet union, but that nostalgia for the soviet period has translated into this notion goated on by the people around him that he can restore something bigger than the soviet union. he can put the russian world back together under orthodox christianity. and i think he genuinely believes it now. >> and how did we get here? how did he get to this point? he didn't appear to publicly strengthen his ties until his third term in office. what was the ca

the orthodox have great saturday, and tomorrow easter.ll over the country, they are preparing for this big solemn. for the day right now , i propose to go to smolensk, visit the holy dormition cathedral and find out how there preparing to celebrate the holiday. holy assumption cathedral on the kliros, the family of father gregory, two daughters olga and elena, have been singing in the cathedral since childhood. mom sang in the bishop's choir, she was a soloist, she always took us with her, since childhood we absorbed singing with mother's milk, and a year ago they were joined by the granddaughter of father gregory, elena's daughter, elizaveta, these days are beloved for them somewhere on the subconscious that easter is coming soon, christ is risen we will sing. it gives strength to survive such terrible days, so to speak, yes, the atmosphere in cathedral, as in all churches, now is a special time of silence and reflection, a time when everyone remembers the last days of the savior's earthly life. matvey melnichuk is the youngest participa

holy saturday orthodox believers are preparing for the main church holiday of easter, the time to illuminatehe treats and wait for the miracle of the descent of the holy fire. start the bakery provide water establish communication the primary tasks in mariupol which , under the control of the fighters of russia and the dpr, are returning to civilian life plans, disclosed by the united states, new monstrous provocations are being prepared to accuse russia of using weapons of mass destruction in ukraine three scenarios that our ministry of defense has learned special care , and also the tenderness of worries in the suburbs met the first group of orphans from the donbass who will find a home and a friendly family here. for the orthodox, great saturday is also called the quiet last day before easter, the believers are preparing for the main church holiday. in all churches , liturgies are held, priests change dark mournful clothes to light ones as a sign that the main sacrament of the resurrection of christ has already happened, but people still do not know about this morning worship in the templ

, we preserve traditions and strengthen the orthodox faith.t is, it is a joy for all our people and being in society. it's all. you are inspired even more understand that the fortress that's it in vera is orthodox. and today millions believers were waiting for the appearance of the blessed fire of the particle, it will be delivered to moscow by the beginning of the main festive service. the fire descended in jerusalem in the church of the resurrection, which covers with its vault both golgotha ​​and the cave in which the body of the savior taken from the cross was laid in the holy land. today, as always, many pilgrims gathered on this day. paul red will continue. every year and hundreds of years in a row, on holy saturday , thousands of pilgrims come to jerusalem to try to get into this sacred place for everyone . christian place where the earthly path of christ ended and was revealed to the world. the miracle of his resurrection, erected on golgotha, the temple of the lord has been roughly honed over many centuries, this ritual has been perfe

vladimir putin is among the congregation in moscow as the orthodox church celebrates easter.val returns to rio after two years — the samba beat is back on the streets. ukrainian officials say at least eight people have been killed in russian missile strikes on the black sea port of odesa. the dead include a three—month old baby. 20 other people were injured in the attacks, on a military facility and two residential buildings. the ukrainian foreign minister says the attacks were designed to "spread terror." it comes as russian troops are reported to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works in the city of mariupol, where ukraine's remaining forces in the city are still holding out. more on that in a moment, but first our correspondent, caroline davies, has the latest from odesa. thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of a missile strike on the city. blown—out glass and rubble, cars crushed and burnt, floors collapsed. through the debris, the city's firefighters led those that can walk out to safety. vitalia and he

she's found sanctuary in the russian orthodox monastery. as a practicing christian, she assumed the monks would help her family. she got to know father de niel some time ago by a facebook could i believe i knew it. so when mister lemme knows my chair to me being here is heavenly, peaceful as spooky in the night required. she and we hope and know will wake up every morning and id and santa fe assure and everything will be peaceful and calm. he said that the whole emma are not due to shows us photos of her life and keep visiting the christmas market with her daughter outings with her mother. she never dreamed a war was possible and she'd have to flee from her own country. nazi have i bit spinning north a national day. every day we're in touch with our neighbors on social media. jak as a way to find out who's lost their apartment. and keith is of which national dan from the outside the russian orthodox monastery looks impressive. but the manor house is dilapidated and unsafe. the monks and refugees are crowded into the former servants quarters

we are the main holiday for all orthodox. you can meet again houses in a narrow circle, and under the vault and the temple. and, of course, today there are many parishioners who are waiting not only here in the cathedral of christ the savior, but also at all easter services. moreover, nature also made an excellent gift, along with the arrival of the holy fire in the capital , truly spring warmth came to moscow on this easter night. updates revival and my grandmother in childhood told me that if the holy fire came down, then life will continue on earth and the end of the world will come if the fire will not come down, so for example, every year i am waiting for the broadcast from jerusalem . you understand that life goes on and that's it. well, believers celebrate easter for 40 days as much . how much christ spent with his disciples after his resurrection. this holiday has many customs and traditions. he, like no other, revered, is significant, and in secular society it is no secret that they try to visit the temple on easter.

derzhavin easter service in the main church of the moscow patriarchate will primate of the russian orthodoxhurch, his holiness his holiness patriarch kirill of moscow and all russia he will be served as a bishop to the lyrics of the cathedral of christ the savior and the metropolitan clergy will perform the hymns of the patriarchal choir of the temple. christ the savior led by ilya tolkachev, thanks to a live broadcast, you and i have the opportunity to participate in this divine service , pray together with the patriarch to contemplate the beauty and greatness of the easter celebration. according to the established tradition, before the start of the service with the pastor fatherly words to all of you dear viewers from the altar of the cathedral of christ the savior , patriarch kirill addresses all of you, dear brothers and sisters, and i cordially congratulate you on the upcoming feast of holy easter, a special day, a day that we celebrate very solemnly and there is a reason for this, because the holiday is established in honor of a very special event in honor of the resurrection of jesus

it is already known very soon for orthodox christians. today the bright holiday of easter has come, christ is risen words that sounded at midnight in all churches and will sound for 40 more days as a symbol of the good news about the victory of life. over death, they ended great lent , the time came for easter joy for the first time after the pandemic in russia, they could celebrate the holiday. so a mass of almost 1.5 million parishioners gathered in moscow churches alone. the main solemn service, which was attended by the president, was held in the cathedral of christ the savior, according to tradition, the holy fire was delivered there from jerusalem, ivanovsky's report shoulder to shoulder, word for word, long-awaited in all senses service after two years of wine restrictions , finally complete unity at the main christian service. in the main temple of the country, the cathedral of christ the savior will practically fill the courts, parishioners from different cities of russia came to the easter blessing to share the trembling joy of

no it orthodox churches.s michel tells you to go to the temple of the russian orthodox church and listen to how they call for war to a victorious end. although it wasn't. no, it's impossible for churches to pray for peace, especially in the russian orthodox church, but they lie, and a friend, well, or an acquaintance, now you decide for yourself. here he did. it's a simple matter. you see, instead of being saved in the faith, he renounced it, all three options cannot be. and you know, this is anxiety. vassal. i am her and i am her i feel, but you know why. what about what people who talk about wars if you come to mariupol now if you come to a number of other cities where i went through this wave of war, that is, there is a sobering up there, there is a huge amount of people understand who the enemy is. and who is a friend, who shot who killed, who prepared this country for the slaughter. and whoever came to liberate her, unfortunately, it is tragic that without this wave of war there is no purification, there