the lord commanded zechariah to introduce mary to the holy of holies, a place where only the high priest was allowed to enter, and even then only once a year. from this unusual. for contemporaries the moment began a long, grace-filled, but filled with difficulties, path of serving the mother of god. for nine years, the holy virgin lived at the temple, spent her days in prayer, studied the holy scriptures, and did handicrafts; only when she reached the age of twelve was she forced to leave the jerusalem temple. according to the laws of that time, the virgin mary had to return to her parents' house or get married. then mary was betrothed to righteous joseph. joseph had already reached an advanced age by that time, so this marriage was not a complete marriage. sense of the word. joseph became more of a guardian and mentor to the virgin mary, since by that time her parents had already departed to the lord. she had nowhere to go. the feast of the presentation of the most holy theotokos into the temple reminds us of what it means to truly devote our lives to god. each person is surrounded by t

the high priest zechariah met the future mother of god, and he took her to the holy of holies, a placel us, this was a sign from god that there was no longer this wall, this barrier, that the lord through the mother of god himself comes to us, he does not want to something separated us, so that we would not erect any artificial walls, today there are solemn services in all churches, the vestments on this day are blue, blue is the color... of the sky, these are the colors the church chose to venerate the blessed virgin mary, because her care for us, her help to us, and her special purity of life, the purity of her soul, always inspire us, inspire us, and do not allow our faith to fade. the chants are also special, the choir sings the veda troparion, in it the very events of two thousand years ago, and there are special words that say that this holiday heralds the nativity of christ, and even on this holiday there used to be a tradition in orthodoxy of bringing children who were already 7 years old to confession for the first time, another tradition of preparing treats, and even christma

it, in the center of today festivities icon depicting young mary, her parents and the high priest zechariahtoday, in front of the mother of god icon, people pray for the healing of illnesses; couples ask for the birth of children. next, in our morning broadcast , we will tell you about the developments of economic news at 9:00 on a successful day. belarus plans to increase exports to african countries by at least 2 and a half times. the first deal for the sale of lumber products to the republic of korea and brazil was concluded at the belarusian universal commodity exchange. 2024 join apec, that's not about it we’ll just tell you in the next few minutes, on the air of economic news, in the studio svetlana lukinyuk, good morning. belarus plans to increase exports to african countries by at least 2 and a half times next year. the reference points have already been identified: egypt, kenya, nigeria, zimbabwe, south africa and equatorial guinea. we will sell more machines, equipment, and chemical products. in january-september, the volume of our exports exceeded $35 billion. in the market of fr