Short review"READING THE BIBLE TOGETHER - IN ONE YEAR!"
For January 20 - Exodus Chapter 7 (I write selectively how much I physically manage to do).
EXODUS 7th chapter
7:3-5 The Lord warns more than once: both Moses and the Jewish people, that it is He who will harden the heart of Pharaoh, that for this reason he will resist for so long and not let them go, so that they would not think in their cowardice or unbelief that so strong is the pharaoh, or that the Lord does not have enough strength against the very strong Egyptian priests, or that the Lord, having begun the process, left him halfway. Do not be surprised at what is happening, and do not allow different thoughts into your hearts and minds, but calmly and firmly believe and trust in the Lord, observing His actions attentively and with amazement.
Why did the Lord harden Pharaoh's heart? I am absolutely sure that the pharaoh at that time had an unrighteous and evil heart; what is worth only one command - to abandon those born Jewish boys into the river! God does not harden the heart good man; I am sure that if Pharaoh had had at least something good in his heart towards the Lord, even like a broken reed or smoking flax, He would not have hardened his heart on His part. But when the Pharaoh turned his heart into solid spiritual blackness, when the measure of the iniquities of the Pharaoh and the Egyptians reached a certain critical point by the Lord, then He decided to punish them in a special way in order to reveal and glorify Himself in this process, to reveal His wonderful and powerful deeds for the peoples . Pharaoh would no longer repent before God, but he would definitely break down earlier, be afraid of this crushing wave of disasters that hit Egypt, and the Lord hardened his heart so that all ten executions planned by Him would be committed against the Egyptians.
This was necessary in order to confirm the hearts of the Jews in faith and trust in the Lord, who revealed them in Egypt and brought them out of there, a God whom they still did not know. This was also necessary in order for the surrounding nations to get an exhaustive idea of the power and possibilities of the Lord, who became the God of the new people on earth, who emerged from Egyptian captivity.
If the Lord does not answer our prayers and save us right away, maybe even today He hardens someone's heart in order to show His glory in a special way??
7:6 "And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so they did." What important and powerful words! Very often, acting in accordance with these words is more important than many prayers and fasts, than boldness of faith and sacrificial consecration, than all other characteristics in our life. And there are times when He does not accept anything else from us. This will be one of the criteria for assessing the quality of all our deeds before the Judgment Seat of Christ.
How often do people act one way or another for various other reasons: because they think it is right and necessary in their mind, or they were told so by authoritative people, or so they were taught at universities, or such actions are dictated by their heredity and upbringing, and for many other reasons. human causes and prerequisites. Even outwardly acting according to the Bible - the Word of God, we are often actually self-willed, taking as a basis those passages from the Bible that we like or justify us, ignoring those that are unpleasant or inconvenient for us. In this case, we do not receive a word from the Lord, but we ourselves take for ourselves from the word written by Him. Often the reason is the simple fact that we do not know how to hear the Lord and do not know how to receive from Him a specific word for real life. Moses and Aaron did everything according to the word they received from the Lord, and so they did.
7:8-12 Priests, sorcerers, sorcerers, psychics, and other servants of the spirit world of Satan, as well as Satan himself, can perform some supernatural actions similar to the actions of God. For this dark world and its prince also possess real power, given by God to them even at their creation. But the deeds of God in such cases are still of better quality than the deeds of Satan, and the authority of the power behind the performed miracles is higher - therefore, Aaron's rod/serpent swallowed up the priests' rods/serpents. For all of us, however, the lesson is that one cannot be sure of a person that he is a servant of God, only on the basis of the supernatural actions performed by him: even Satan can do some of these actions. “Beware lest anyone deceive you” (Matthew 24:4) Jesus Christ taught.
Every year on May 24, the Church commemorates and glorifies the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius, the creators of Slavic writing. On this day, in many Slavic countries, festive concerts and events dedicated to this event are held.
According to the tradition that has developed over the past few years, on May 24 at 13:00 in Moscow, on Red Square, an all-Russian festive concert dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be held.
At 13:00 (Moscow time) concerts will simultaneously begin in all regions of Russia from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. Red Square will become the center of celebrations; direct broadcasts from Belgorod, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod complement the program of performances in Moscow.
The main idea of the holiday this year will be the theme of spiritual unity, unity of the Slavic peoples and veneration of the great cultural heritage. At the beginning of the concert called "I, you, he, she - together the whole country..." sacred works by Kastalsky and Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Sviridov will be performed. Then popular songs will be performed Soviet authors, including V. Basner, M. Blanter, G. Struve, V. Shainsky, A. Pakhmutova, A. Gladkov, I. Dunaevsky, D. Tukhmanov and others. In the final Russian singer Polina Gagarina, accompanied by the Great Combined Moscow Choir, which this year includes about 1200 people, will present a song "Million voices ", with whom she took second place in the LX song contest Eurovision.
AT holiday concert 35 children's and youth academic choirs will perform. The participants of the program will be the Great Children's Choir named after V.S. Popov of the Russian State Radio Company "Voice of Russia ", Academic Grand Choir "Masters of Choral Singing" of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center, State Academic Choir named after A.A. Yurlov, State Academic Russian Choir named after A.V. Sveshnikova, Moscow Synodal choir, the choir of the Sretensky Monastery, the State Academic Symphony Chapel of Russia, as well as soloists Bolshoi Theater. The solemn concert will end with the majestic patriotic anthem “ Hail" to music by M. Glinka from the opera "Ivan Susanin".
Entrance to the concert is free.
/ Tuesday, May 16, 2017 /themes: Church Slavic writing
The All-Russian festive concert dedicated to the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will take place on May 24, 2017 on Red Square in Moscow. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate.
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The event will open with a welcoming speech by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. . . . . . The solemn concert will end with the majestic patriotic anthem “ Hail" to music by Mikhail Glinka from the opera "Ivan Susanin".. . . . .
The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Brothers Cyril and Methodius. In Russia, the holiday has been celebrated annually since 1991. Since 2010, Moscow has become the center of festive celebrations.
MOSCOW, May 24 - RIA Novosti. Celebrations on the occasion of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be held on Thursday in Moscow and other regions of Russia. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will celebrate that day, together with Patriarch Irinei of Serbia, the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, and after that will open a festive concert on Red Square.
The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is timed to coincide with the day of remembrance of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Enlighteners of the Slavs. For the first time in Russian Empire this holiday was widely celebrated in 1863 - the year of the 1000th anniversary of the acquisition of the alphabet. He was revived in Russian Federation in 1991, and since 2010, Moscow has become the center of festive celebrations.
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on the same day he also celebrates his namesake - the day of memory of his patron saint, Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril.
According to the tradition that has developed over the past few years, the All-Russian gala concert will be held on May 24 simultaneously in all regions of the country from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad, it will begin at 13.00 Moscow time. The main celebration will take place on Red Square in Moscow, with live broadcasts from Krasnodar, Serbia and Bulgaria. The concert will open with greetings from Patriarch Kirill and Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhuravsky.
"The main idea of the holiday is the theme of spiritual unity, unity of the Slavic peoples and veneration of the great cultural heritage. In the concert called" When my friends are with me! "Compositions of Russian sacred music, popular songs of Soviet authors, as well as famous Belarusian and Russian folk songs", - reported in the synodal department for relations of the Church with society and the media.
In particular, in a live broadcast from Krasnodar, the combatant song of the Black Sea Cossacks "Unharness, lads, horses" will be sung by the State Academic Kuban Cossack choir, a hymn to Saints Cyril and Methodius will be heard from Bulgaria, and a combined national choir will perform from Serbia with the song "Tamo far away".
Dozens of children's and youth academic choirs will take part in the festive concert: the Academic Grand Choir "Masters of Choral Singing" of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center, the Moscow Synodal Choir, the Sretensky Monastery Choir, the State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M.E. Pyatnitsky, as well as VIA "Pesnyary", the ensemble "Domisolki", soloists Polina Shamaeva, Oscar Abdrazakov, Vasily Ladyuk, Bogdan Volkov, the winner of the show "Voice-Children" Rutger Garecht and others.
The solemn concert will end with the patriotic hymn "Glory" to the music of Mikhail Glinka from the opera "Ivan Susanin". The concert will be hosted by the popular Russian singer and actress Valeria Lanskaya. Entrance to the concert is free.
On the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture, many Slavic countries host festive concerts and events dedicated to this event. This year, Slavic writing is 1155 years old.
On May 24, 2018, holiday programs in all regions of Russia, from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad, will begin at 13.00 Moscow time. The main celebration will take place on Red Square in Moscow. The event will open with a welcoming speech by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. During the concert there will be live broadcasts from Krasnodar, Serbia and Bulgaria.
The main idea of the holiday is the theme of spiritual unity, unity of the Slavic peoples and veneration of the great cultural heritage. In a concert called "When my friends are with me!" compositions of Russian spiritual music, popular songs of Soviet authors, including A. Aleksandrov, A. Babadzhanyan, A. Pakhmutova, I. Dunaevsky, E. Ptichkin, E. Krylatov, E. Kolmanovsky, as well as famous Belarusian and Russian folk songs will be performed.
Dozens of children's and youth academic choirs will take part in the festive concert: the Academic Grand Choir "Masters of Choral Singing" of the Russian State Musical Television and Radio Center, the Moscow Synodal Choir, the Sretensky Monastery Choir, the State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M.E. Pyatnitsky, as well as VIA PESNYARY, the Domisolki ensemble, soloists: Polina Shamaeva, Oscar Abdrazakov, Vasily Ladyuk, Bogdan Volkov, the winner of the Voice-Children show Rutger Garecht and many others.
How to get to the concert on Red Square on the 24th?
Entrance to the concert is free. You can easily get to Red Square from metro stations: " Okhotny Ryad”, “Revolution Square”, “Teatralnaya”.
After arriving at one of the stations, you need to find a sign indicating the exit to the city to Manezhnaya Square. On the surface, you need to focus on a large red building - State historical Museum. Red Square is right behind the museum.
Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be celebrated in Russia
On May 24, Russia will celebrate the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. At a press conference, the organizers told how the celebrations will take place. By tradition, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will deliver a welcoming speech. Holiday programs have been prepared in all regions of Russia, from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. On Red square will be held big concert. Dozens of children's and youth choirs will take part in it.
“We are for this holiday to become really like this, including family. Let someone come to Red Square, someone congratulate Kirillov and Methodius on their name days - this is also part of the celebration, because a holiday that does not have a personal dimension, it is not a holiday, in my opinion, ”emphasized the Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department Vakhtang Kipshidze on the relationship of the Church with society and the media of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Access to the Lenin Mausoleum will be closed on May 24 due to a concert on Red Square
According to the FSO, this is due to the holding of a gala concert on Red Square on May 24, dedicated to the Day Slavic writing and culture.
In addition, on Thursday, visitors will not be allowed to exit the Kremlin to Red Square through the Spassky Gates, the FSO clarifies.
Every year on May 24, the Church commemorates the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius, the creators of Slavic writing. This year the celebrations will be held in the format of a large choral festival and will cover the whole country - from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok.
The main stage of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will be Red Square, where the consolidated children's choir 2 thousand votes. He will be accompanied by the Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and an ensemble of Russians folk instruments"Russia" named after Lyudmila Zykina. The program includes children's songs by Pakhmutova, Dunaevsky, Basner, Krylatov, Shainsky, Gladkov and other Soviet composers. The feast will be opened by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'.
— Are the Day of Slavic Literature and the holiday of music inseparable?
- Since music is eternal and such events perfectly attract attention, why not celebrate in this form? How else can you? Imagine, Red Square - and the whole country sings along with the children's choir. During the concert, the Kultura channel will broadcast live from the Kremlin walls with periodic broadcasts from similar celebrations in Kaliningrad, Kazan and Vladivostok.
- The scope is impressive - except that Eurovision will be compared in scale with the Day of Slavic Literature.
- If we compare these musical events, it will probably turn out that the first is more known. It is hardly worth being proud of this fact. It is a characteristic of our reality and our assessment of what is more important and what is less.
My friend recently talked with schoolchildren. I asked one boy what river St. Petersburg stands on. And he answered: "On the Don." That is why we want the Day of Slavic Literature to become a true celebration of culture and knowledge.
- If it's still a holiday of writing, maybe it was worth checking literacy?
“I assure you, a literacy test is not a holiday. Maybe when you wrote a dictation, it was always a holiday, for me it was not. And another question - how to show the festive dictation on TV? Well, people sit and write. Nothing special.
- But does dictation improve literacy?
— I'm afraid that literacy will soon have to be re-created. The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is an excuse to think and work to ensure that our children know the Russian language better. Patriarch in introductory remarks every year speaks about the importance of this holiday. Now the Society of Russian Literature, which he headed, has been recreated.
“Writing is also the art of writing. Since beautiful handwriting is a rarity in the age of computers, maybe it's worth holding a calligraphy contest?
- The holiday is celebrated everywhere. And, perhaps, somewhere they will hold something similar. At the federal level, we did not discuss this option. But I know that there are schools of calligraphy at some temples. In the courtyard near the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, for example. Children and adults who study there say that after several classes their consciousness begins to change. After all, there they learn to write beautifully, not even with a pen - with a pen.
— The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture is held with the support of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. Will he attend the celebration?
“We are counting on it. In the morning he will serve the Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. And then the Holy One will open the feast.
- Anyone can come to Red Square or will there be invitations?
- No invitations. Anyone who wants to can come and sing along with the choir.
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