remains an island of peace and harmony in as part of this visit, patriarch kirill meet from er, vladyka benjaminl it be? the main purpose of their visit, and i think that there will be a conversation about the unity of the russian orthodox church and what the orthodox church is. e in belarus, it retains its strength and, e, belarus always remains faithful to the russian orthodox church . this year is recognized as the year of historical memory, of course, we will not forget it. it seems to me never because the beginning of january. we only have events. it even seems to me that we do not have time to keep track of everyone, but one of the most important. in my opinion. this, of course, is the return of the festival of national cultures. it is also called, of course, a symbol of our friendship, unity, and so on this year. why are you really a feature of the festival is very much expected, because because of the pandemic, it had to be rescheduled and everyone is really looking forward to the opening of the festival. well i want to say that more than 800 participants will take part more than 30 nati

vladyka benjamin thanked his holiness for participating in the celebrations and presented one of the the best example of the belarusian icon painting of the 17th century. congratulations on holiday and very glad that the lord has me. to the heroic belarusian land, indeed, marked by the great feat of our people, who defended the fatherland in the most difficult years of the great patriotic war. this very morning, the chairman of the russian orthodox church went to the holy land, to the cradle of christianity in belarus in polotsk, and there he led the main celebrations on the occasion of the 1030th anniversary of the baptism of our lands and the day of memory, the monk euphrosyne and the stripe of his holiness held a late divine liturgy in the church of the cross. savior of the euphrosyne monastery, sharing minutes of common prayer with many pilgrims from different parts of the country. lord, who will be inscribed in the history of orthodoxy on belarusian soil, indeed. today we worship the reverend euphrosyne abbess of polotsk and the fact that today, with the visit of the primate of