when i met with the bishop last year christians of the faith of evangelical belarus with sergei pavlovich suvoraid these words to me alexander alekseevich our brothers in faith from european countries envy us, they say that you have the opportunity to go to the house of prayer to pray. we were deprived of such an opportunity. and today i want to say that it was definitely the right decision of our head of state, because in such a difficult time for people, spiritual support was needed and every belarusian, depending on his professional affiliation, went to his temple in order to to turn to god for help. i think it has enabled so many people to endure during such a difficult time. you already this weekend we will celebrate the 1,030th anniversary of orthodoxy in the belarusian lands. well, the reckoning is conducted from the polotsk diocese, the role of orthodoxy on belarusian soil. what did we say about the fact that orthodoxy in belarus is the spiritual support of our people, and this has a very deep meaning, because it is thanks to the spread of the orthodox faith in the belarusian lands. the