metropolitan of leningrad, and after the third year of study i had the opportunity to go to the trinity lavra and to receive icon painting practice from marya nikolaevna sokolova, this communication made on me... a colossal impression. for the first time i saw how the holy face was born, i could no longer perceive so enthusiastically, neither raphael, nor rembrandt, nor michelangelo, nor titian, nor anyone else. their canvases, in comparison with the icon, began to seem, excuse me, lifeless, although magnificent in technique, in red. truly, my passions throughout my life have been icon painting, i have had a love for the sky since early childhood, it attracted me, i loved small models of airplanes made of plasticine, others were hard to get, each airplane was stuck on a needle so as not to handle the plasticine, i didn’t lose the shape of the plasticine, i had airfields on the rubble. “ants served as an image of people, and so i could spend hours with my imagination, takeoffs, landings, and i retained my love for the sky, one might say, even increased it, only this love for the spiritual sky,

metropolitan of leningrad. and after the third year of study i had the opportunity to go to the trinity lavrathis interaction made an impact on me.

our great lord and father kirill, the most holy patriarch of moscow of all russia, the holy trinity lavra the archimandrite. may the lord god remember you in his kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever, all of you orthodox christians, may the lord god remember you in his kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever. orimosti. so, the cup of wine and the paten with bread were transferred from the altar to the throne. the final words of the cherum song sound. hallelujah. next, the patriarch prays that the lord would grant him the opportunity to offer the holy gifts as a spiritual sacrifice, and would send down on them, as well as on all believers, the grace of the holy spirit. meanwhile, petitions are heard, the so-called petitionary ones. for the souls of our bodies, we ask the lord, forgiveness of our sins and transgressions, we ask the lord, kind and sick souls and peace from the lord we ask, the rest of our life in peace, repentance. we ask the lord christian death of our belly, painless, shameless, peaceful, and a good answer in fear, the judgment seat of christ, we

up the narrow steep stairs, dozens of believers climb to the bell tower of the holy trinity sergeev lavra, on the last fifth tier it awaits them. easter is probably the most important holiday for orthodox christians, the joy is so great that it is impossible to fit it into one day; bright week is the week after the resurrection of christ. every day we have holiday services, a solemn procession of the cross takes place, as on the first day of easter. during lent, we don’t have holiday ringings, only one bell rings, everyday, so slowly, rarely, at easter all the bells ring. in the old days, bell ringers looked after their students on these days. today, he comes to serve in the bell tower and most often comes after training in special courses, already prepared guys and girls. yes, yes, the weaker sex also has a place in this matter. despite the heaviness of the bell, uh, it's not that hard to ring. seraphim has been ringing the bells of the lavra for a year and a half, but he speaks now and continues to study. these four bells, they are called ringing bells, they contain all the beauty of ri

our lord and father kirill, the most holy patriarch of moscow, from all russia, holy trinity st. sergius lavrathe lord god remember in his kingdom, always now and ever and ever forever and ever. may the lord god remember you all orthodox christians in his kingdom, always, now and ever, and forever and ever. amen. yes. next, the patriarch prays that the lord would grant him the opportunity to offer the holy gifts as a spiritual sacrifice and not send the grace of the holy spirit to them, as well as to all believers. meanwhile, petitions are heard, the so-called petitionary. with all the saints, remembering ourselves and each other and committing our entire life to christ our god. lord, by the bounty of your only begotten son, with him you are blessed, co-holy and by your good and life-giving spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, amen, peace to all and spirits. the repentance of sins, the resurrection of the dead and the life of the next century, amen, let us rise for good, let us stand with fear, let us take in the holy offering in the world . the hymn of the mercy of the world sounds, th

the american astronauts got acquainted with the history of russia; they visited the trinity of selgivo and the lavraof the 16th century, and visited the assumption cathedral. here he treats us to pilaf, this pilaf, it was very hot, the pilaf is transparent, they are masters at doing this, well, guys, but they never ate pilaf for this, and they have a habit of washing everything down with cold water, oh, oh-oh-oh, what happened? a nightmare? what happened? their american representative office there, they called their doctor. they have it. and cernan says: well, why is this so, such toilets, cesspools, you understand, this is from tamerlane, 11th century, you can’t redo it, but paper could be placed there, astronomical yearbooks. it was, well, such a culture, well, yes, they are generally clean, they use water every time after that, but this is private, and there are no public toilets, it’s terrible, it’s a pity that the sochi shores greeted the guests with drizzling rain and then rested a week in sochi, rested in sochi, then we went to america, there was already a us... i got on the plane, where ther

trinity. subsequently, the small troitsky church will lay the foundation for one of the most revered russian shrines, in the holy troitsky lavraascetic of the russian land, the holy venerable sergei of radonish. people's ambitions know no end, he wrote. first, they strive to ensure that they do not offend themselves, then they themselves begin to offend others. it is the duty of every honest person to teach others the good that, due to difficult times and he failed to realize the treachery of fate in life, with the hope that others would be more capable of doing this. 555 years ago , nicola machiavelli, the greatest historian, thinker, diplomat and military theorist of the renaissance, author of famous political treatises, sovereign and history of florence, was born in florence. 205 years ago, on may 3 , 1819, yuri samarin, an outstanding thinker and statesman, one of the leaders of russian slavophilism, was born. he was exceptionally and variedly gifted, subtle and deep. theologian, philosopher, historian, literary critic, brilliant publicist. at the same time, he was a direct and active participant in the reforms of alexande