Putin: Russian Orthodox Church is The Spiritual Backbone of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at a meeting of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which is taking place at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow and is timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of restoring the patriarchate in Russia.
Bishops of the Moscow Patriarchate from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Estonia, as well as over 20 other countries with dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church, participate in the Bishops' Council, which is the supreme governing body of the Church.
Plenary sessions of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church will take place from November 29 to December 2, with the discussions focusing on current issues of the Russian Orthodox Church's activities as well as international issues, in particular, the church schism in Ukraine and the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.
During the meeting, Vladimir Putin presented to Patriarch Kirill an icon of St Nicholas of Mozhaisk, which is a copy of the icon of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from the Nikolsky Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, which was damaged by bullets during civil unrest in Moscow in 1917.
The Bishops' Council will end with a celebratory church service on December 4, which is the holiday of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary and the 100th anniversary of Patriarch Tikhon’s enthronement.
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В.Путин.Вступления в должность Президента России.Part 6
Inauguration Ceremony Part 6
May 7, 2000
The Great Kremlin Palace, Moscow.
Церемония вступления Владимира Путина в должность Президента России
7 мая 2000 года
Москва, Большой Кремлевский дворец.
REGIMENT: We wish you good health, Comrade President of the Russian Federation, sir!
President Vladimir V.PUTIN: Congratulations on the 64th anniversary of the Presidential Regiment!
REGIMENT: Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
Major-General Sergey V. YANGOREV: Regiment, dress! Attention! To parade, form a line in company, right face! Shoulder arms! Eyes right! Forward march!
The solemn march of the Kremlin Guard is a stringent military ritual wherein the Presidential Regiment meets the new Commander in Chief, Vladimir V. Putin. The flag-bearers who carried in the Presidents insignia at the inauguration now march before the Commander in Chief at the head of the regiment.
The ceremonial uniform of the Guard emphasizes the continuity between todays Army and its predecessors, the heroes of the War of 1812, Suvorovs legendary warriors and all those who have defended the Motherland. The new President comes down from the podium to receive congratulations on his inauguration.
At the end of the inauguration ceremony, a brief church service to pray for the Presidents long and healthy life is held in the Kremlins Cathedral of the Annunciation. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexy II, gives his blessing to the new head of state. During the service, First Lady Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina stands beside the President.
Addressing his words to President Putin, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church notes that Russias new head of state has received the support of the majority of the countrys citizens.
Patriach ALEXY II:
Russia is getting a new head of state who received obvious support at the polls. The majority of the people voted for continuity of power, for a well-balanced and responsible style of governance, for rule of law, order, concern for people, and for a strong country that is reasonably open to the world around us. This is the direction that you, Vladimir Vladimirovich, have adhered to in recent months as acting President. Today you are taking up the full weight of the burden of the highest state authority.
The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church presents the President with a Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God. Additionally, Alexy II presents the Kremlin with mosaic replicas of icons of the Savior Not Made With Hands and St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk, which adorned the Kremlins Spasskie (Saviors) and Nikolskie (St. Nicholas) gates prior to the Revolution of 1917. Though the original icons were lost, the replicas are destined to get a place in history. President Putin presents an icon of St. Alexander Nevsky to the Patriarch.
Nebo i Zemlya. Heaven and Earth. Russian kolyadka
This is one of the kolyadki (carols) for Christmas. The St Nicholas Cathedral Children's Choir in Mozhaisk sings it accompanied by Orthodox icons of the Birth of Christ. The final image is the famous version painted by St Andrei Rublyov.
To forestall spam by nationalist extremists, the kolyadki migrated from Little Russia all over the Empire, and they are now a precious heritage of all Orthodox Russians. In any case, this choir is Russian, and it was recorded in Russia. Isn't it sad that I must include such a caveat for such a beautiful song about a meaningful feast?
Review Novhorod-Siverskyi - Огляд Новгород-Сіверський
This video is a brief overview of - the city of #NovgorodSeversky, #Ukraine, fortress, monastery and museum, The Tale of Igor's Campaign.
#The #town was first chronicled in 1044. From 1098 it was the capital of the Siverian Principality, which served as a buffer zone against incursions of the Cumans (Polovtsy) and other steppe peoples. One of the numerous campaigns of local princes against the Cumans produced the great monument of early East Slavic literature, the #Tale of #Igor's #Campaign.
After the town's destruction by Mongols in 1239, it passed to the princes of Bryansk and then to the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. It was ruled by Dymitr Korybut (Kaributas), son of Algirdas. Muscovy obtained the area following the Battle of Vedrosha in 1503, but lost it to Poland after the Time of Troubles. The town finally passed to Russia as a result of the Russo-Polish War (1654-1667). During the Cossack epoch, the town received the status of sotenny (literally, 'relating to a hundred') and later polkovoi (regimental) town; these were military and administrative divisions in the Cossack army and country. Also Novhorod-Siverskyi became a cultural center of Left-Bank Ukraine. It was made the capital of a separate namestnichestvo in 1782–97. Thereafter its importance steadily declined.
During World War II, Novhorod-Siverskyi was occupied by the German Army from 26 August 1941 to 16 September 1943.
The Principality of Novgorod-Seversk was a medieval Rus' principality centered on the town now called Novhorod-Siverskyi. The principality was aligned to the Principality of Chernigov. It may have been created in 1139, the date of one modern authority.In 1185, a large Rus'ian campaign against the Polovtsy ended in defeat for Prince Igor, famously recorded in The Tale of Igor's Campaign. The principality was taken by the principality of Briansk after the Mongol invasions, and then by the Lithuanians when the power of the Golden Horde began to decline. In the fifteenth-century the principality was given to Prince Ivan of Mozhaisk when he fled from Grand Prince Vasily II.
Prince of Novgorod-Seversk was the kniaz, the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Principality of Novgorod-Seversk. It may have been created in 1139, the date of one modern authority, and is most famous for Igor Sviatoslavich, hero of the Old Russian Tale of Igor's Campaign.
The Tale of Igor's Campaign (Old East Slavic: Слово о плъкоу Игоревѣ, Slovo o plŭku Igorevě) is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as The Song of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of the Host of Igor, and The Lay of the Warfare Waged by Igor.
The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (d. 1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current scholarly consensus is that the poem is authentic and dates to the medieval period (late 12th century).
The Tale of Igor's Campaign was adapted by Alexander Borodin as an opera and became one of the great classics of Russian theatre. Entitled Prince Igor, it was first performed in 1890.
According to the Primary Chronicle, before the 11th century the principality was ruled by local tribal elders and voivodes from Kiev who were appointed by the Grand Prince to collect tribute from the local population, manage judicial trials, and defend the land from external enemies. In the years 1024–1036 the principality of Chernigov was passed under the administration of son of the Vladimir the Great, Mstislav of Chernigov, who came there from Tmutorokan. Together with Yaroslav the Wise, Mstislav ruled the Kievan Rus' establishing Chernigov as one of the most important administration centers in Rus'. Upon the death of Mstislav, Chernigov was incorporated into the realm of Kiev.
After Yaroslav the Wise the principality of Chernigov was passed to one of his sons, Grand Prince Sviatoslav, who initiated the Chernigov branch of the Rurikids. During the civil war of the Yaroslavichi, Chernigov was contested between sons of Svyatoslav and Vsevolod. By the decision of the Liubech Congress in 1097, the sons of Sviatoslav, Oleg, Davyd, and their descendants, secured the principality. After that the principality obtained a certain degree of autonomy and was primarily secured after the Oleg's descendants.
The Principality was later split into three main apanage principalities: Chernigov, Novgorod-Seversk, and Murom-Ryazan, while Tmutarakan, due to its remoteness, often became contested and eventually was overtaken. Murom and later the Ryazan principality drifted away from the influence of Chernigov and after some time was contested by the Principality of Vladimir. Nonetheless the influence of Chernigov princes remained large and they retained the title of Kiev Grand Prince for some time. Chernigov was one of the largest economic and cultural centers of Kievan Rus.
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Crimean–Nogai raids into East Slavic lands | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Crimean–Nogai raids into East Slavic lands
00:02:38 1 Causes
00:02:47 1.1 Economic factors
00:03:55 1.2 Political factors
00:04:41 2 Military
00:04:49 2.1 The theater of war
00:08:12 2.2 Tactics
00:10:08 3 The fate of the captives
00:10:17 3.1 On the steppe
00:12:06 3.2 In Crimea and Turkey
00:15:41 4 Resistance to the raids
00:15:51 4.1 Russia
00:16:18 4.2 Poland–Lithuania
00:17:06 5 In folk culture
00:17:49 6 Historians on the Tatar raids
00:18:34 7 List of raids
00:18:43 7.1 Outline
00:20:37 7.2 1480–1506
00:34:18 7.3 1507–1570
00:59:11 7.4 1571–1599
01:15:51 7.5 1600–1648
01:48:24 7.6 Wars 1648-1709
01:50:13 7.7 1648-1655: Khmelnitsky Uprising
02:03:20 8 1657-1663 Vyhovsky and the Poles
02:10:13 8.1 1665–1678
02:48:46 8.2 1677–1699
03:03:13 8.3 1700–1769
03:13:00 9 See also
03:13:17 10 Sources
03:13:57 11 Notes
03:14:05 12 External links
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The Crimean-Nogai raids were slave raids carried out by the Khanate of Crimea and by the Nogai Horde into the region of Rus' then controlled by the Grand Duchy of Moscow (until 1547), by the Tsardom of Russia (1547-1721), by the Russian Empire (1721 onwards) and by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569). These raids began after Crimea became independent about 1441 and lasted until the peninsula came under Russian control in 1774.Their main purpose was the capture of slaves, most of whom were exported to the Ottoman slave markets in Constantinople or elsewhere in the Middle East. The raids were an important drain of the human and economic resources of eastern Europe. They largely inhabited the settlement of the Wild Fields – the steppe and forest-steppe land which extends from a hundred or so miles south of Moscow to the Black Sea and which now contains most of the Russian and Ukrainian population. The raids also played an important role in the development of the Cossacks.Estimates of the number of people involved vary: according to Alan W. Fisher the number of people deported from the Slavic lands on both sides of the border during the 14th to 17th centuries was about 3 million. Michael Khodarkhovsky estimates that 150,000 to 200,000 people were abducted from Russia in the first 50 years of the 17th century.The first major Tatar raid for slaves occurred in 1468 and was directed into Galicia. Crimean Khan Devlet I Giray even managed to burn down Moscow during the 1571 campaign. The last raid into Hungary by the Crimean Tatars took place in 1717. In 1769 a last major Tatar raid, which took place during the Russo-Turkish War, saw the capture of 20,000 slaves.
What made the wild field so forbidding were the Tatars. Year after year, their swift raiding parties swept down on the towns and villages to pillage, kill the old and frail, and drive away thousands of captives to be sold as slaves in the Crimean port of Kaffa, a city often referred to by Russians as the vampire that drinks the blood of Rus'...For example, from 1450 to 1586, eighty-six raids were recorded, and from 1600 to 1647, seventy. Although estimates of the number of captives taken in a single raid reached as high as 30,000, the average figure was closer to 3000...In Podilia alone, about one-third of all the villages were devastated or abandoned between 1578 and 1583.