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Nativity of St. John the Baptist. The sole biblical account of the birth of John the Baptist comes from the Gospel of Luke. John’s parents, Zechariah or Zachary — a Jewish priest — and Elizabeth, were without children and both were beyond the age of child-bearing. During Zechariah's rotation to serve in the Temple in Jerusalem, he was chosen by lot to offer incense at the Golden Altar in the Holy Place. The Archangel Gabriel appeared to him and announced that he and his wife would give birth to a child, and that they should name him John. However, because Zechariah did not believe the message of Gabriel, he was rendered speechless until the time of John's birth. At that time, his relatives wanted to name the child after his father, and Zechariah wrote, "His name is John", whereupon he recovered his ability to speak (Luke 1:5-25; 1:57-66). Following Zechariah's obedience to the command of God, he was given the gift of prophecy, and foretold the future minis...

The Transfiguration of Jesus.  The Transfiguration is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. This miracle is unique among others that appear in the Canonical gospels, in that the miracle happens to Jesus himself. Thomas Aquinas considered the Transfiguration "the greatest miracle" in that it complemented baptism and showed the perfection of life in Heaven. In Christian teachings, the Transfiguration is a pivotal moment, and the setting on the mountain is presented as the point where human nature meets God: the meeting place for the temporal and the eternal, with Jesus himself as the connecting point, acting as the bridge between heaven and earth.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". This is not fiction. This is our history. And a human who doesn't understand it is an illiterate human. You cannot be free from God because God is your father, your flesh and blood. You cannot reject from yourself. Life without God is death.

Who can say he knows God? Nobody. Who can say he knows what is faith? Nobody. We treat God and faith as the consumers but not as God's children. Therefore Faith leaves our hearts. We begin to think there is no God. In fact we forgot Faith is not the gloves which we can buy and God is not a seller.

Can I save all humanity? No I can't. I can save only myself. Also and everyone can save only oneself. And if everyone saves oneself all humanity will be save.

If there is no God in the Church, why do you need such Church? There is no God there is no Church. If there is no God in the Pope's heart, why do you need such Pope? There is no God, there is no Pope.

"Offspring of vipers, who has  forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?  Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance. "  (Matt. 3:8)

Amateurishness is the worst that can be in our life. Amateurishness in religion will lead to loss of faith, and it means the loss of development. Amateurishness in art will lead to fall of morals and manners.  Amateurishness in medicine will lead to your death. Amateurishness in politics is the death of all humanity.

Art and religion have one purpose – the evolution of humankind. I accept the new in art if it is the spiritual revelation which allow me come nearer to understanding God’s nature. All other in art is politics and commerce. I do not blame the artists who make a bad art for the sake of money. But firstly, do not call it art and secondly, do not make it standard. Moscow lives by the rules of the powers that be. I would say by rules of a wolf pack. If you have money and power you are always right, even if you are wrong. Moscow is a mixture black and white, a good taste and a bad taste, talented people and persons without talent. One can either love Moscow or hate it. But everyone wants to live in Moscow.