Bible stories online. "Bible story": made with love. The expulsion of merchants from the temple

Alexander Yakovlevich Askoldov's father was a commissar ... Hero of the Civil War, director of the Bolshevik plant, one of the largest in Kyiv. In 1937, he was taken directly from the hospital, where he treated old wounds, and taken to the Lubyanka, to Moscow, where he was shot. Then they came for my mother. When they took her away, at night, he heard the elder say to the escort: you will issue her and return for the boy. Sasha was five, he still did not know how to tie his shoelaces, and he did not know how to open the door. He touchingly talks about it: how suddenly everything turned out when he realized that he had to run: his shoes were laced up and he guessed to put a chair to the door and remembered how they cheerfully went to visit his father's friends who lived nearby, and went. It was a large Jewish family, they understood everything, and burst into tears, seized; none of the neighbors informed; and then they managed to send it to my grandmother, to Moscow. He searched for them later, but traces were lost somewhere in Babi Yar...

“Obviously, they died, these people who sheltered me, and I think that this gratitude that lived in me all these years to this family was, to some extent, an impulse that also influenced the birth of the painting, which became the film "The Commissioner".

My grandmother is simple village woman, very smart, very tough, her maiden name is Bogoroditskaya; she went to a monastery, cared for a very sick woman, whom we called the abbess ... The grandmother worked at the depot, near Novodevichy, as a night cleaner of trams, and worked as a laundry. Three years later, my mother was released; it was almost impossible to get a job, but she was a courageous person, she achieved it - they took her as a nanny, wash the pots ... ”Alexander Askoldov

When the war began, my mother's old friend was appointed director of the blood transfusion institute, he was able to make her his assistant. She carried blood across the fronts. And she herself handed over: the donor was supposed to have a piece of sugar and a piece of butter ... Mom's merits helped the son of an enemy of the people go to college, and after even becoming an assistant to the Minister of Culture, my mother was once friends with Furtseva ...

“At some point, says Alexander Yakovlevich, I felt the absolute meaninglessness of my work as bureaucrats; the thaw was over, and I left. I was examined in his ministry, this time they were examining me. They smiled, giggled. But I passed. Only Romm asked if it was too late. I said: Mikhal Ilyich, it’s probably too late. But I can’t bear to deal with bureaucracy anymore. I want to try something do..."

It's time to shoot the graduation film. “And then, somehow, at a party, such a homely one, my mother’s friend, cheerful, laughter, suddenly says: you know, yesterday I read Grossman’s story, there is such a story! The commissar comes to a Jewish family, she is about to give birth, and so on... And I crawled out from behind the table, into another room, almost without realizing it, sketched out a plan for the future picture, and I didn’t want to think about anything else. I naively thought that I would make such a picture, I understand such a thing about life, that tomorrow, after watching this film, people will become a little better. It was just that a lot worried me, I saw a huge dissonance: interethnic relations in the country, I was deeply wounded by the absolute lack of culture in relation to religion, I was outraged by the sugary depiction of the Civil War in our art. I believed that war is the limit of immorality, and civil war is chaos. Alexander Askoldov.

Rolan Bykov said that Askoldov was the first to show the Civil War as a tragedy. A woman should love, give birth and raise children, and she kills. The female image is the image of Russia; Mother. His comprehension of the Russian apocalypse is a continuation of the high road of all Russian literature: it was not for nothing that he graduated from philology and for nine years helped Elena Sergeevna disassemble the Bulgakov archive ... This is Petrov-Vodkin's "Petrograd Madonna", and, of course, "horses".

“I saw this dream - a dream about the Commissar. I saw these horses. I saw these children. I have not seen how people are killed in life, and I thought, what am I going to shoot? This will be a "movie". But I realized that war, injustice, hardens. If she hardens a child, what will then grow out of him ... And so the Jewish pogrom arose in me in the form of a child's game of pogrom. It must be immoral to force these kids, for a minute, to turn into little animals. I filmed it with great difficulty. But the result is moral - this should give birth to such a disgust for violence! Which will be stronger than articles and words. Alexander Askoldov

“At first, Rolan Bykov said, many supported the picture, since the theme was supported in the world, and they wanted a good attitude from international filmmakers ... But the first denunciation that was written on the picture was the denunciation of our consultant, the rabbi of the Moscow synagogue. He wrote that the anti-Semites Shukshin, Mordyukova and Bykov had gathered and were mocking the image of a Jew. This letter came to the party committee... a terrible panic. And I asked Askoldov to let me talk to this rebbe, and asked: "What does not suit you?" He says: Why are you playing such a dirty Jew? What, Jews are so dirty? I answered: Who told you that I am playing a Jew? That when I play Hamlet, I have to play a Dane? I play the father of seven children. Time civil war: on every corner the hairdresser does not work, the baths are closed, there is no soap: where can he come from, so clean? And then you see only separate shots, bricks, and what I will lay down from bricks, what kind of temple - you have no idea ... "

They met in their youth, when Askoldov beat Bykov at a reading competition. Then fate brought them together in St. Petersburg, when Alexander Yakovlevich, an official sent by Furtseva to close the Bykovsky performance, on the contrary, defended it ... At first, Rolan Antonych refused to play in the Commissar. Then I thought about it and decided to play a Jew, whom everyone does not like, so that they would love him. So they built the role of Efim Magazanik. Naturally, he has a nervous breakdown when he has to give the room to the commissioner. But having learned that she is expecting a child, he sews a dress for her, gives her slippers, repairs the crib. And when she gives birth in pain, she prays as if she were her own.

Not only Yefim is changing. Looking at this family, at Mary, their faith and true love - he washes her feet, like Christ to the apostles! - Commissar is changing. The commissioner becomes a woman and runs to baptize, to dedicate her child to God. “Listen to how she sings! This katsapka has gone completely mad... Either he catches a cold, or he has a fever... - like a good Jewish mother, in a word. - What do you think? If a woman puts on leather pants, then she becomes a man…”

“In order to film the Pass of the Doomed scene, extras were needed. Where can I get so many Jews? Tells A.Ya. On the advice of the entangled man, I put on a cap and went to the local rabbi. He listened to me and said: “I did my time, I don’t want to sit for your picture, and I can’t set people up, they believe me.” I have despair. I am writing a letter to the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party of Ukraine, comrade. Scobe: "I'm making a film about the revolution, about ordinary people, about Jews... Help!" What do you think? an instructor came from the regional committee, the command was given, they just asked me, and bring the children? and children! And when the extras were ready, and we should have already started, the man with the violin said: Comrade Mordyukova, I have a word for you. We will not film, because the Jews will laugh at us later. Mordyukova says: We are shooting such a picture, and you are a coward! Oh you Jews! He retired; circle, consulted; he said: comrade director, we will be filming. Only your movie will never come out. I said: come out!

When Alexander Yakovlevich is asked what this film is about, he always answers: about Love; to a woman, to children, to a neighbor, and about the biggest one, about which the Lord speaks in the Gospel: as if someone lays down his life for his friends. Klavdia Vavilova, realizing the risks of the people who love her, as if foreseeing their future, goes to fight for them. Knowing that - to certain death.

“The most painful thing, says Askoldov, was that the first to kill the painting were not party workers, not the KGB, but brothers-artists. There was a screening at the studio, the film was not accepted. He was fired from his job for professional unsuitability! "The stomping and whistling is still in my ears." Then he was accused of embezzlement of public money. There were trials. They could easily have imprisoned... The sympathizers said: remove the scene of the Holocaust, and they will leave you behind. He sacrificed himself.

When the moment of complete despair came - the picture was washed away, all the working material was destroyed, he began to write letters to Suslov - asking the all-powerful ideologist of the party to keep at least one copy. And Suslov kept it.

“The most difficult was the 86th year. When Perestroika was already raging. When the Fifth Congress of Cinematographers was held and the films that had been lying on them for a long time were removed from the shelves ... And about the film “Commissar”, the Goskino board gathered, closed, where my colleagues ... buried the “Commissar” in the ground. And I was completely isolated.

There was a Moscow festival in July 1987, says A.. Within the framework of this forum there was a press conference. And in response to the question of a Brazilian journalist - have all the pictures lying on the shelf already been released to the screen? - sounded: everything. Something outraged me, something irrational raised me up, went up to the presidium and said: “20 years ago I made a film, an anti-war film, a film about a cancerous tumor of mankind - about chauvinism. I don’t know if it’s good or bad. But I invested in her with all her strength and skill. I beg you, look and tell me whether she is alive or dead." Gorbachev received the famous writer Marquez the next day - and this demarche of mine was attended by De Niro, Marquez, Vanessa Redgrave ... - and Marquez apparently told Gorbachev what had happened. The command was given, and on July 11, in the same White Hall of the Cinema House, where I was expelled from the party and muzzled, they showed "Commissioner". The public reaction was amazing. Bykov cried, and all the guests wanted to know more about the fate of the picture, and in general, this viewing decided her fate - "Commissioner" broke free. Alexander Askoldov

September 30, 1452 in Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg printed the first book - the Bible. The Bible contains many different stories. Today we decided to make a selection of the five most popular stories from the Bible.

The Bible is a collection of sacred texts of Christians, consisting of the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament is also the sacred text of the Jews. The New Testament is the second part of the Bible, a collection of 27 Christian books that have come down to us in ancient Greek. This part of the Bible is the most important for Christianity, while Judaism does not consider it divinely inspired.

Nativity

One of the most important stories in the New Testament. Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem because of the census of the Roman Empire. According to the law, every inhabitant of the empire had to appear in his city. Both Joseph and Mary were descendants of David, they went to Bethlehem. When Mary and Joseph arrived in the city, all the hotels were already taken. Mary was due to give birth, so the Holy Family took refuge in a cave near the city, which was used as a stable for animals, where the baby Jesus Christ was born. After the birth, Jesus lay in a manger for animal feed. Of the people, shepherds came to bow to him, informed of this event by the appearance of an angel. According to the Evangelist Matthew, a wonderful star appeared in the sky, which led the magi to the baby Jesus. They presented Christ with gifts - gold, frankincense and myrrh.

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Kiss of Judas

The plot of the kiss of Judas is in three versions of the Gospel. Judas Iscariot, having decided to betray Christ, led a multitude of high priests and armed people, then Judas approached Jesus and betrayed him, pointing to the guards, kissing him at night in the Garden of Gethsemane after praying for a cup. After this kiss, which was a sign to the people that Jesus should be arrested, the next Passion of Christ began. The kiss of Judas Iscariot is one of the Passion of Christ.

crucifixion of christ

The execution took place on Calvary, on it was the crucifixion of Christ. The execution of Jesus Christ through crucifixion is the final episode of the Passion of Christ and preceding the burial and Resurrection of Christ. Jesus suffered on the cross, two thieves were crucified next to him. One told Christ that since He is the Christ, let Him save us and Himself. The second thief defended Jesus and repented of his sins. Then Jesus told him that the repentant will be with Him in Paradise.

Resurrection of Jesus Christ

When Saturday passed, at night, on the third day after his suffering and death, the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead. His body has completely changed. He came out of the tomb without breaking the stone, without breaking the Sanhedrin seal and invisible to the guards. From that moment on, the soldiers, without knowing it, guarded the empty coffin. Later, Mary Magdalene was ahead of the rest of the myrrh-bearing women and was the first to come to the tomb. It was early, it was dark outside. Mary saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, immediately ran to Peter and John and said: “They took the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they laid Him.” Hearing these words, Peter and John immediately ran to the tomb. Not finding the body of Jesus Christ, they noticed an angel in a white robe sitting on the right side of the place where the Lord was laid, and they were seized with horror. The angel said to them: “Do not be afraid; You are looking for Jesus, the crucified Nazarene; He is risen; He is not here. Here's the place where He was laid. But go and tell His disciples and Peter that He will meet you in Galilee, where you will see Him as He told you.”

In this article, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the most famous biblical stories. It is known that biblical stories became the basis of many works of culture. Learning about Bible stories does more than just teach us wisdom, tolerance, and faith. Bible stories help us better understand the culture and ourselves.

In this material we offer you biblical stories of the Old and New Testaments. The Greatest Prophets, Kings Ancient World, the apostles and Christ himself - these are the heroes of epic biblical tales.

World creation.

The biblical story about the creation of the world is described in the Book of Genesis (1st chapter). This biblical story is fundamental to the entire Bible. He not only tells how it all began, he also sets out the basic teachings about who God is and who we are in relationship with God.

Creation of man.

Man was created on the sixth day of creation. From this biblical story, we learn that man is the pinnacle of the universe, created in the image of God. This is the source of human dignity, and that is why we follow spiritual growth, so we will be more like him. Having created the first people, the Lord bequeathed them to be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and rule over animals.

Adam and Eve - the story of love and the fall

The story of the creation of the first people Adam and Eve and how Satan, disguised as a serpent, tempted Eve to sin and eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of good and evil. Chapter 3 of Genesis describes the story of the fall and expulsion from Eden of the first people. Adam and his wife Eve are in the Bible the first people on Earth, created by God and the progenitors of the human race.

Cain and Abel - the story of the first murder.

Cain and Abel are brothers, sons of the first people - Adam and Eve. Cain killed Abel out of jealousy. The plot of Cain and Abel is the plot of the first murder on the young Earth. Abel was a cattle breeder, and Cain was a farmer. The conflict began with a sacrifice to God made by both brothers. Abel sacrificed the firstborn heads of his flock, and God accepted his sacrifice, while Cain's sacrifice - the fruits of the earth - was rejected due to the fact that it was not offered with a pure heart.

Longevity of the first people.

We have been asked many times in the comments to the chapters of Genesis why people in those days lived so long. We will try to present all possible interpretations of this fact.

Great Flood.

Chapters 6-9 of Genesis tell the story of the Great Flood. God was angry at the sins of mankind and sent rains to the earth, which caused the Flood. The only people who managed to escape were Noah and his family. God bequeathed to Noah to build an ark, which became a shelter for him and his family, as well as for animals and birds, which Noah took with him to the ark.

Babel

After the Great Flood, mankind was a single people and spoke the same language. The tribes that came from the east decided to build a city of Babylon and a tower to heaven. The construction of the tower was interrupted by God, who created new languages, because of which people stopped understanding each other and could not continue construction.

Abraham's covenant with the Lord

In the Book of Genesis, several chapters are devoted to the post-Flood patriarch Abraham. Abraham was the first person with whom the Lord God made a Covenant, according to which Abraham would become the father of many nations.

Sacrifice of Isaac.

The Book of Genesis describes the story of the failed sacrifice of Isaac by his father, Abraham. According to Genesis, God called Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a “burnt offering.” Abraham obeyed without hesitation, but the Lord spared Isaac, convinced of Abraham's devotion.

Isaac and Rebekah

The story of Abraham's son Isaac and his wife Rebekah. Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel and the granddaughter of Abraham's brother Nahor (Abraham, who lived in Canaan, decided to find a wife for Isaac in his homeland, in Harran).

Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah are two famous biblical cities that, according to the Book of Genesis, were destroyed by God for the sinfulness and depravity of their inhabitants. The only ones who managed to survive were Abraham's son Lot and his daughters.

Lot and his daughters.

In the tragedy of Sodom and Gomorrah, God spared only Lot and his daughters, since Lot was the only righteous man in Sodom. After fleeing from Sodom, Lot settled in the city of Segor, but soon left there and settled with his daughters in a cave in the mountains.

The story of Joseph and his brothers

The biblical story of Joseph and his brothers is told in Genesis. This is the story of God's faithfulness to the promises made to Abraham, His omnipotence, omnipotence and omniscience. Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery, but the Lord directed their destinies in such a way that they themselves accomplished what they so sought to prevent - Joseph's exaltation.

Egyptian executions

According to the book of Exodus, Moses, in the name of the Lord, demanded that Pharaoh free the enslaved sons of Israel. Pharaoh did not agree and 10 Egyptian plagues were brought down on Egypt - ten disasters.

Wanderings of Moses

The story of the forty-year exodus of the Jews from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. After forty years of wandering, the Israelites rounded Moab and reached the banks of the Jordan at Mount Nebo. Here Moses died, appointing Joshua as his successor.

Manna from heaven

According to the Bible, manna from heaven is the food that God fed the people of Israel during the 40-year wanderings in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. Manna looked like white grains. The collection of manna took place in the morning.

Tencommandments

According to the book of Exodus, the Lord gave Moses ten commandments about how to live and treat God and each other.

Battle for Jericho

The biblical story tells how the successor of Moses, Joshua, asked the Lord to help him take the city of Jericho, whose inhabitants were afraid of the Israelites and did not want to open the gates of the city.

Samson and Delilah

The story of Samson and Delilah is described in the Book of Judges. Delilah is a woman who betrayed Samson, repaying her love and devotion by revealing the secret of Samson's strength to his worst enemies - the Philistines.

History of Ruth

Ruth is the great-grandmother of King David. Ruth was known for her righteousness and beauty. The story of Ruth represents a righteous entry into the Jewish people.

David and Goliath

A biblical story about a young man who, guided by faith, defeated a great warrior. Young David is the future God-chosen king of Judah and Israel.

Ark of the Covenant of God

The Ark of the Covenant is the greatest shrine of the Jewish people, in which the stone Tablets of the Covenant were kept, as well as a vessel with manna and Aaron's staff.

Wisdom of King Solomon.

King Solomon is the son of David and the third Jewish king. His reign is described as wise and just. Solomon was considered the personification of wisdom.

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

A biblical story about how the legendary Arabian ruler, the Queen of Sheba, paid a visit to King Solomon, known for his wisdom.

Golden idol of Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar, who saw in a dream a golden idol, could not get rid of the desire to make a similar statue himself huge size and of the purest gold.

Queen Esther

Esther was a beautiful, quiet, modest, but energetic and passionately devoted woman to her people and her religion. She is the protector of the Jewish people.

Job the long-suffering

Biblical stories of the New Testament.

Birth of John the Baptist

The Old Testament ends with the hope that God will send Elijah to prepare the people for the coming of the Savior, the Messiah. Such a person turns out to be John the Baptist, who prepares people for the coming of the Messiah, telling them about repentance.

Annunciation Holy Mother of God

The biblical story about the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary about the future birth of Jesus Christ in the flesh from her. An angel came to the Mother of God and uttered the words that She was chosen by God and found grace from God.

Birth of Jesus

Even in the Book of Genesis there are prophecies about the coming of the Messiah. There are more than 300 of them in the Old Testament. These prophecies come true in the birth of Jesus Christ.

Gifts of the Magi.

Three Wise Men bring gifts to baby Jesus at Christmas. In the Bible, the Magi are kings or magicians who came from the East to worship the baby Jesus. The Magi learned about the birth of Jesus by the appearance of a miraculous star.

Massacre of the innocents

The Massacre of the Innocents is a New Testament biblical tradition, described in the Gospel of Matthew. Tradition speaks of the massacre of infants in Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus. The murdered babies are venerated by a number of Christian churches as holy martyrs.

Baptism of Jesus

Jesus Christ came to John the Baptist, who was at the Jordan River in Bethabara, in order to be baptized. John said, "I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?" To this, Jesus replied that "it behooves us to fulfill all righteousness" and was baptized by John.

Temptation of Christ

After being baptized, Jesus went into the wilderness to fast for forty days. In the desert, the devil tempted Jesus. In Christianity, the temptation of Christ by the devil is interpreted as one of the proofs of the dual nature of Jesus, and the wounding of the Devil by Him is an example of the struggle against evil and the blessed result of baptism.

Jesus walks on water

The walking of Jesus on the water is one of the miracles performed by Christ to assure the disciples of His divinity. Walking on water is described in three gospels. This is a well-known biblical story that was used for Christian icons, mosaics, etc.

The expulsion of merchants from the temple

A biblical story describing an episode of the earthly life of the Messiah. At the feast of Passover in Jerusalem, the Jews rounded up sacrificial cattle and set up shops in the temple. After entering Jerusalem, Christ went to the temple, saw the merchants and drove them out.

The Last Supper

The Last Supper is the last meal of Jesus Christ with His twelve disciples, during which He established the sacrament of the Eucharist and predicted the betrayal of one of the disciples.

Prayer for a cup

The Prayer for the Chalice or the Gethsemane Prayer is the prayer of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. The prayer for the cup is an expression that Jesus had two wills: divine and human.

Kiss of Judas

Biblical story found in the three Gospels. Judas kissed Christ at night in the Garden of Gethsemane after praying for a cup. The kiss was a sign for the arrest of the Messiah.

Pilate's Judgment

The Judgment of Pilate is the trial of the Roman procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate, over Jesus Christ, described in the four Gospels. The Judgment of Pilate is one of the Passion of Christ.

Renunciation of the Apostle Peter

The denial of Peter is a New Testament story that tells how the apostle Peter denied Jesus after his arrest. Renunciation was foretold by Jesus at the Last Supper.

way of the cross

The way of the cross or the bearing of the cross is a biblical story, an integral part of the Suffering of Jesus, representing the path made by Christ under the weight of the cross, on which he was later crucified.

crucifixion of christ

The execution of Jesus took place at Golgotha. The execution of Christ through crucifixion is the final episode of the Passion of Christ, which precedes the burial and Resurrection of Christ. Jesus suffered on the cross alongside the thieves.

Resurrection.
On the third day after his death, Jesus Christ rose from the dead. His body has changed. He emerged from the tomb without breaking the Sanhedrin seal and invisible to the guards.

REPRESENTATION OF BIBLE BOOKS

Greek philosopher Prince Vladimir

In the beginning, on the first day, God created the heavens and the earth. On the second day he created a firmament in the midst of the waters. On the same day, the waters parted - half of them ascended the firmament, and half went under the firmament. On the third day he created the sea, rivers, springs and seeds. On the fourth day - the sun, the moon, the stars, and God adorned the sky. The first of the angels, the elder of the rank of angels, saw all this and thought: “I will descend to the earth, and I will take possession of it, and I will be like God, and I will set my throne on the clouds of the north.” And immediately he was overthrown from heaven, and after him those who were under his command fell - the tenth angelic rank. There was a name for the enemy - Satanail, and in his place God put the elder Michael. Satan, being deceived in his plan and having lost his original glory, called himself an adversary to God. Then, on the fifth day, God created whales, fish, reptiles, and feathered birds. On the sixth day God created the beasts, the cattle, the creeping things of the earth; created man. On the seventh day, that is, on the Sabbath, God rested from his works.

And God planted paradise in the east in Eden, and brought into it the man whom He had created, and commanded him to eat the fruit of every tree, but not to eat the fruit of one tree—the knowledge of good and evil. And Adam was in paradise, he saw God and glorified him along with the angels. And God brought sleep on Adam, and Adam fell asleep, and God took one rib from Adam, and created a wife for him, and brought her into paradise to Adam, and Adam said: “This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; she will be called wife. And Adam gave names to cattle and birds, beasts and creeping things, and gave names even to the angels themselves. And God subjected Adam to beasts and cattle, and he possessed them all, and all listened to him. The devil, seeing how God honored the man, began to envy him, was transformed into a snake, came to Eve, and said to her: “Why don’t you eat from a tree growing in the middle of paradise?” And the woman said to the serpent: “God said: do not eat, but if you eat, you will die the death.” And the serpent said to the woman: “You shall not die by death; For God knows that on the day you eat from this tree, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” And the woman saw that the tree was edible, and she took the fruit, and gave it to her husband, and they both ate, and the eyes of both were opened, and they realized that they were naked, and they sewed themselves a girdle from the leaves of a fig tree. And God said: “Cursed is the earth for your deeds, in sorrow you will be satisfied all the days of your life.” And the Lord God also said: “When you stretch out your hands and take from the tree of life, you will live forever.” And the Lord God drove Adam out of paradise. And he settled opposite paradise, weeping and cultivating the earth, and Satan rejoiced at the curse of the earth. This is our first fall and bitter retribution, falling away from the angelic life. Adam gave birth to Cain and Abel. Cain was a plowman and Abel a shepherd. And Cain offered the fruits of the earth as a sacrifice to God, and God did not accept his gifts. Abel brought the firstborn lamb and God accepted the gifts of Abel. Satan entered into Cain and began to incite him to kill Abel. And Cain said to Abel, "Let's go into the field." And Abel listened to him, and when they went out, Cain rose up against Abel and wanted to kill him, but did not know how to do it. And Satan said to him, "Take a stone and strike it." He took a stone and killed Abel. And God said to Cain: "Where is your brother?" He answered: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” And God said, "Your brother's blood is crying out to me; you will groan and tremble for the rest of your life." Adam and Eve wept, and the devil rejoiced, saying: "Whom God honored, I made him fall away from God, and now I have made him weep." And they mourned for Abel for thirty years, and his body did not decay, and they did not know how to bury him. And by the command of God, two chicks flew in, one of them died, the other dug a hole and put the deceased in it and buried him. Seeing this, Adam and Eve dug a hole, put Abel in it, and buried him with weeping. When Adam was 230 years old, he gave birth to Seth and two daughters, and took one Cain and the other Seth, and therefore people began to be fruitful and multiply on the earth. And they did not know the One who created them, they were filled with fornication, all uncleanness, murder, envy, and people lived like cattle. Noah alone was righteous in the human race. And he begat three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. And God said, "My spirit shall not dwell among men"; and again: "I will destroy what I have created, from man to beast." And the Lord God said to Noah: “Build an ark 300 cubits long, 80 wide, and 30 high”; The Egyptians call a fathom a cubit. Noah made his ark for a hundred years, and when Noah told the people that there would be a flood, they laughed at him. When the ark was made, the Lord said to Noah: “Enter into it, you and your wife, and your sons, and your daughters-in-law, and bring in pairs of every beast, and of every bird, and of every creeping thing.” And Noah brought in whom God commanded him. God brought a flood on the earth, all living things drowned, and the ark floated on the water. When the water subsided, Noah came out, his sons and his wife. From them the earth was populated. And there were many people, and they spoke the same language, and they said to each other: “Let us build a pillar to the sky.” Started building; and God said, "Behold, men have multiplied and their vain plans." And God came down and divided their speech into 70 and 2 languages. Only the language of Adam was not taken from Eber; this one of all remained uninvolved in their crazy deed, and said this: “If God ordered people to create a pillar to the sky, then he would have commanded it with his word - just as he created heaven, earth, sea, everything visible and invisible.” That is why his language has not changed; Jews came from him. So, people were divided into 71 languages ​​and dispersed to all countries, and each nation took on its own character. According to the teaching of the devil, they offered sacrifices to groves, wells and rivers, and did not know the true God. From Adam to the flood, 2242 years passed, and from the flood to the separation of the peoples, 529 years. Then the devil misled people even more, and they began to create idols: some - wooden, others - copper, third - marble, and some - gold and silver. And they bowed down to them, and brought their sons and daughters to them, and slaughtered them before them, and the whole earth was defiled. Serukh was the first to make idols, he created them in honor of the dead people: some he set for the former kings, others for brave people and sorcerers, and adulterous wives. Serug begat Terah, and Terah begat three sons: Abraham, Nahor, and Aaron. Terah, on the other hand, made idols, having learned this from his father. Abraham, having begun to understand the truth, looked at the sky and saw the stars and the sky, and said: truly it is the God who created heaven and earth, and my father deceives people. And Abraham said: “I will test the gods of my father,” and turned to his father: “Father! Why are you deceiving people by making wooden idols? He is the God who created the heavens and the earth.” Abraham took fire and set fire to the idols in the temple. Aaron, the brother of Abraham, seeing this and honoring the idols, wanted to carry them out, but he himself immediately burned down and died before his father. Before this, the son did not die before the father, but the father before the son; and from that time on, sons began to die before fathers. But God loved Abraham and said to him: "Come out of your father's house and go to the land that I will show you, and I will make you a great nation, and the generations of men will bless you." And Abraham did as God commanded him. And Abraham took his nephew Lot; this Lot was his brother-in-law and nephew, since Abraham took for himself the daughter of Aaron's brother, Sarah. And Abraham came to the land of Canaanite to a tall oak tree, and God said to Abraham: “To your offspring I will give this land.” And Abraham bowed to God. Abraham was 75 years old when he left Haran. Sarah, on the other hand, was infertile, suffering from infertility. And Sarah said to Abraham, "Come in to my servant." And Sarai took Hagar and gave her to her husband, and Abraham went in to Hagar. Hagar conceived and gave birth to a son, and Abraham named him Ishmael. Abraham was 86 years old when Ishmael was born. Then Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son, and named him Isaac. And God commanded Abraham to circumcise the boy, and they circumcised him on the eighth day. God loved Abraham and his tribe, and called him his people, and separated him from others, calling him his people. And Isaac grew up, and Abraham lived 175 years and died and was buried. When Isaac was 60 years old, he gave birth to two sons: Esau and Jacob. Esau was deceitful, but Jacob was righteous. This Jacob worked for his uncle for seven years, seeking the hand of his youngest daughter, and Laban, his uncle, did not give it to him, saying this: “Take the eldest.” And he gave him Leah, the eldest, and for the sake of the other, he told him to work for another seven years. He worked seven more years for Rachel. And so he took two sisters and begat from them eight sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levgia, Judah, Isachar, Zaulon, Joseph and Benjamin, and from two slave women: Dan, Nephthalim, Gad and Asher. And from them came the Jews. Jacob went, when he was 130 years old, to Egypt, along with all his kind, the number of 65 souls. He lived in Egypt for 17 years and died, and his offspring were in slavery for 400 years. After these years, the Jews grew stronger and multiplied, while the Egyptians kept them in slavery. At that time, Moses was born to the Jews, and the Egyptian magi said to the king: "A child was born to the Jews, who will destroy Egypt." And immediately the king ordered all born Jewish children to be thrown into the river. The mother of Moses, being afraid of this extermination, took the baby, put him in a basket, and carried him away and placed him in a water-meadow. At this time, the daughter of Pharaoh Fermuf came to bathe and saw a crying child, took him, spared him, named Moses and fed him. That boy was handsome, and when he was four years old, Pharaoh's daughter brought him to her father. Pharaoh saw Moses and fell in love with the boy. Moses, somehow grabbing the king's neck, dropped the crown from the king's head and stepped on it. The sorcerer, seeing this, said to the king: “O king! Destroy this boy, but if you do not destroy, then he himself will destroy all Egypt. The king not only did not listen to him, but, moreover, ordered not to destroy Jewish children. Moses matured and became a great man in Pharaoh's house. When another king became in Egypt, the boyars began to envy Moses. Moses, having killed an Egyptian who offended a Jew, fled from Egypt and came to the land of Midian, and when he was walking through the wilderness, he learned from the angel Gabriel about the existence of the whole world, about the first man and about what happened after him and after the flood, and about the confusion of languages, and who lived for how many years, and about the movement of the stars and about their number, and about the measure of the earth, all wisdom. Then God appeared to Moses in a burning thorn bush and said to him: “I saw the grief of my people in Egypt and came down to free them from the power of Egypt, to bring them out of this land. Go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him: "Let Israel out so that they make demands of God for three days." If the king of Egypt does not listen to you, then I will beat him with all my miracles.” When Moses came, Pharaoh did not listen to him, and God sent ten plagues on him: 1) bloody rivers, 2) toads, 3) midges, 4) dog flies, 5) pestilence, 6) boils, 7) hail, 8) locusts, 9) three-day darkness, 10) pestilence on people. Therefore, God sent ten plagues on them, because for ten months they drowned the children of the Jews. When the pestilence began in Egypt, Pharaoh said to Moses and his brother Aaron: “Go away quickly!” Moses, having gathered the Jews, left Egypt. And the Lord led them through the deserts to the Red Sea, and a pillar of fire went ahead of them at night, and by day - cloudy. Pharaoh heard that the people were fleeing, and he pursued them, and pressed them to the sea. When the Jews saw what condition they were in, they cried out to Moses: “Why did you lead us to death?” And Moses cried out to God, and the Lord said: “Why do you cry to me? Strike the sea with the rod." And Moses did this, and the water parted in two, and the children of Israel went into the sea. When Pharaoh saw this, he pursued them, and the sons of Israel crossed the sea on dry land. And when they came ashore, the sea closed over Pharaoh and his soldiers. And the God loved Israel, and they went from the sea three days through the wilderness, and came to Marah. The water was bitter here, and the people murmured against God, and the Lord showed them a tree, and Moses put it in the water, and the water became sweet. Then the people again murmured against Moses and against Aaron: “It was better for us in Egypt, where we ate meat, onions and bread to the full.” And the Lord said to Moses: “I heard the murmuring of the children of Israel,” and gave them manna to eat. Then he gave them the law on Mount Sinai. When Moses went up the mountain to God, the people cast the head of a calf and worshiped it as God. And Moses cut off three thousand of these people. And then the people again grumbled against Moses and Aaron, because there was no water. And the Lord said to Moses, "Strike the stone with the rod." And Moses answered: “And what if he does not emit water?” And the Lord was angry with Moses, because he did not magnify the Lord. And he did not enter the promised land because of the murmuring of the people, but led him up to Mount Vam and showed him the promised land. And Moses died on that mountain. And Joshua took over. This one passed through the wilderness, entered the promised land, slew the Canaanites, and brought the sons of Israel into their place. When Jesus died, judge Judas took his place; and there were fourteen other judges. With them, the Jews forgot God, who brought them out of Egypt, and began to serve demons. And God was angry, and handed them over to foreigners for plunder. When they began to repent, God had mercy on them; and when he delivered them, they again turned away into the service of demons. Then there was the judge Elijah the priest, and then the prophet Samuel. And the people said to Samuel, "Set us a king." And the Lord was angry with Israel, and appointed Saul king for them. However, Saul did not want to obey the law of the Lord, and the Lord chose David, and made him king of Israel, and David pleased God. God promised this David that God would be born of his tribe. He was the first to prophesy about the incarnation of God, saying: "From the womb before the morning star he begat you." So he prophesied for 40 years and died. And after him his son Solomon prophesied, who built a temple to God and called it the Holy of Holies. And he was wise, but in the end he sinned; reigned 40 years and died. After Solomon, his son Rehoboam reigned. Under him, the Jewish kingdom was divided in two: one in Jerusalem, and another in Samaria. And in Samaria reigned Jeroboam, Solomon's serf; he made two golden calves and set them up, one at Bethel on the hill, and the other at Dan, saying, "Behold, your Gods, O Israel." And people worshiped, but God was forgotten. So in Jerusalem they began to forget God and worship Baal, that is, the God of war, in other words, Ares; and have forgotten the God of their fathers. And God began to send prophets to them. The prophets began to accuse them of iniquity and serving idols. They, being convicted, began to beat the prophets. God was angry with Israel and said: “I will reject from myself, I will call other people who will be obedient to me. Even if they sin, I will not remember their iniquity.” And he began to send prophets, saying to them: "Prophesy about the rejection of the Jews and about the calling of new nations."

Hosea was the first to prophesy: ​​“I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. I will break the bow of Israel... I will no longer have mercy on the houses of Israel, but, brushing aside, I will reject them, says the Lord, and they will be wanderers among the nations.” Jeremiah said, "Though Moses and Samuel stand before me, I will not have mercy on them." And the same Jeremiah also said: “Thus says the Lord: Behold, I swore by my great name that my name would not be pronounced by the lips of the Jews.” Ezekiel said: “Thus says the Lord to Adonai: I will scatter you, and all your remnant I will scatter to all the winds ... Because they defiled my sanctuary with all your abominations; I will reject you...and I will not have mercy on you.” Malachi said: “Thus says the Lord: My favor is no longer with you ... For from the east to the west my name will be glorified among the nations, and in every place they will offer incense to my name and a pure sacrifice, because my name will be great among the nations. peoples. For this I will hand you over to be reviled and scattered among all peoples.” Isaiah the great said: “Thus says the Lord: I will stretch out my hand against you, I will rot and scatter you, and I will not gather you again.” And the same prophet also said: “I have hated your feasts and your new moons, and I do not accept your Sabbaths.” Amos the prophet said: "Hear the word of the Lord: I will raise a weeping for you, the house of Israel has fallen and will not rise again." Malachi said, "Thus says the Lord: I will put a curse on you and I will curse your blessing... I will destroy it and it will not be with you." And the prophets prophesied much about their rejection.

The same prophets were commanded by God to prophesy about the calling of other nations in their place. And Isaiah began to cry out, thus saying: “From me will come a law, and I will set my judgment into light for the nations. My truth is near and ascending... and the peoples rely on my muscle.” Jeremiah said: “Thus says the Lord: I will make with the house of Judah New Testament... Giving them laws in their understanding, and on their hearts I will write them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. Isaiah said, “The former is past, but the new I will announce; before the announcement, it was shown to you. Sing a new song to God." "My servants will be given a new name, which will be blessed throughout the earth." "My house shall be called the house of prayer of all nations." The same prophet Isaiah says: "The Lord will bare his holy arm before the eyes of all peoples, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God." David says, "Praise the Lord, all peoples; praise him, all people."

So God loved the new people and revealed to them that he would come down to them himself, appear as a man in the flesh, and redeem Adam's sin by suffering. And they began to prophesy about the incarnation of God, before the others David: “The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.” And again: “The Lord said to me: You are my son; I have now begotten you." Isaiah said, "Not an ambassador, not a messenger, but God himself, when he comes, will save us." And again: “A baby will be born to us, dominion is on his shoulders, and an angel of great light will call his name ... His power is great, and his world has no limit.” And again: “Behold, a virgin will conceive in her womb, and they will call her name Immanuel.” Micah said: “You, Bethlehem, the house of Ephrants, are you not great among the thousands of Judas? For out of you will come one who is to be ruler in Israel, and whose origin is from the days of eternity. Therefore he sets them up until the time when he brings forth those who give birth, and then the rest of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel.” Jeremiah said: “This is our God, and no one else can compare with him, He found all the ways of wisdom and gave it to his youth Jacob ... After that, he appeared on earth and lived among people.” And again: “He is a man; who will know that he is God? for he dies like a man.” Zechariah said: "They did not listen to my son, but I will not hear them, says the Lord." And Hosea said, "Thus says the Lord: My flesh is of them."

In many Orthodox families, television is a non grata item. You can understand these people: nowadays you don’t often see something useful for the soul on the screen, satellite Orthodox channels are not available to everyone, and you can watch Christian-themed central programs only on Easter or Christmas.

However, there are happy exceptions to this rule, and one of them is the Bible Story program, which airs on the Kultura TV channel. About how to create an interesting program about the spiritual life and what is good for a Christian on modern television, tells the author and presenter of the program Dmitry Mendeleev.

- Your program is long-lived. How old is she?

The program "Bible Story" has been on the screens for nine years. In September, we begin the tenth anniversary season.

Ten years ago, religious topics were not yet as popular in the media as they are now. Why did you come up with the idea of ​​making a program about Christianity?

The initiator of the appearance of this program was the TV channel "Culture". We all know works of art, world masterpieces related to Christianity, written on biblical subjects, but we have a poor idea of ​​the very fundamental principle of this or that work. Therefore, the idea arose to make some kind of educational program that would explain what Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Pushkin, Lermontov, Pasternak, Tarkovsky wanted to tell us. That's how this program was born.

- Is your program still religious or secular?

The program is designed for the widest audience. You can, of course, say that it is for secular people, but after all, church people just as well did not have the opportunity to receive information about the life of the great masters of the past. For 70 years of the absence of religious education in Russia, we have forgotten all the most elementary things, without which it is impossible to understand true works of art. But all the artists saw as their main goal the comprehension of the secrets of the world, the search for the true meaning of existence - that is, they were looking for God. This is an essential feature of true art. In addition, all truly great works that leave a mark in history, in the life of the peoples of the whole world, are created by the Holy Spirit.

I disagree that it didn't. For example, the program "The Shepherd's Word" was aired, hosted by Patriarch Kirill, then Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad. On Channel 2 there was a program called "Orthodox Calendar", then there was "Canon" on Channel 6. Then the "Orthodox Encyclopedia" appeared on TVC. Almost every channel had its own Orthodox program. So I can not say that we appeared out of the blue.

I do not think that anything has changed significantly in ten years from the point of view of Orthodox television. Perhaps only that there are more programs - but this is a pleasant trend.

There are about the same number of high-quality, interesting programs left - after all, they occupy a niche that the TV format allows them to occupy.

Nevertheless, one can often hear the opinion that there are few spiritual and moral programs, including Christian ones, on television, while the number of entertainment programs exceeds all reasonable limits. How can you comment on this?

The management of channels where there is advertising naturally cares about the rating: the higher it is, the more expensive the commercial space is. As a result, almost all channels follow the audience. And it should be the other way around, of course: television should educate the audience and not forget about those people - attentive, thoughtful, sympathetic, who need a serious interlocutor. This audience, albeit small, but very expensive. Of course, the rating of the "Bible story" does not compare with the rating of the popular series, but we have our loyal viewers, and there are quite a lot of them.

So, you managed to make a serious, but at the same time popular program with viewers. What is your secret? How to make an interesting program about Orthodoxy?

When we started this program, my fellow workers and I were just taking our first steps in the Church. I was a neophyte - that, by the way, is the name of our television studio. We were all neophytes. It helped us a lot, because neophyteism is such an exalted state, like first love. Of course, a neophyte may look crazy in the eyes of others, but he concentrates inside himself, he has some kind of colossal strength, energy, enthusiasm, joy of life. We have all this fuse was directed to the creation of transmission. It helped a lot. At that time, my worldview was influenced by the books of two wonderful people: Metropolitan Anthony of Surozh and Father Alexander Men. I would like to quote the thought of Father Alexander: you can draw the Madonna, and it will be a shame to look at her; and you can write a bird in the sky, but so that it screams about the beauty of God's universe, about the love of God for people, people for God.

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Once my good friend, Abbess Theodora from the monastery of St. Nina in Bodbe (Georgia), said that everything that is done with love is an Orthodox thing. These words are very memorable to me. Indeed, the point is not to show a lamp, a candle; the main thing is to make the transfer with love.

Well, if we judge know-how from a professional point of view, then we must remember that a journalist is the person who notices what others do not notice. To do this, all the time you need to engage in self-education, read, delve into the topic that the journalist has chosen for himself. This applies not only to Orthodoxy, you need to constantly study your topic, whether it be politics, economics or sports. You can't stop.

By the way, television people still do not like to show lamps and candles - they consider this hackneyed and "unformatted". You can’t even watch a divine service without constant explanations on TV ...

Fortunately, in the “Bible Story” they give me the opportunity to work freely. Our video series is not subject to censorship, but the Kultura channel, it must be admitted, is special. In the process of working on the program, we managed to create the necessary microclimate, when me and my colleagues were not driven into uncomfortable frames - that's why we got something.

You also "had a hand" in the creation of the well-known cycle of documentaries "Holy Places of Christendom". What kind of project was it, and will the continuation of the series be filmed?

This cycle tells about the shrines: about the Shroud of Turin, the Cross of the Lord, the Holy Sepulcher, the crown of thorns, Noah's Ark, about the gifts of the Magi ... The fact that they have come down to us as, one might say, witnesses is amazing. greatest events sacred history. But they also help to comprehend the Bible and the Gospel more deeply.

We are currently filming the sequel. In the new films, we want to talk about the House of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is located in Italian Loreto - from where, by the way, the miraculous image “Increasing the Mind” known to every Orthodox student originates; about the robe of Christ kept in ancient German Trier; about the cross of the Apostle Andrew, about the relics of the Apostle Thomas and St. Nicholas.

- Has the creation of Orthodox programs helped your personal churching?

Undoubtedly! And not only mine, but also my colleagues and friends! I am infinitely grateful to God for the Bible Story program, because by doing it, we all grow in faith. When we study the material from which the program is to be made, we receive an infinite amount of new knowledge, new sources for reflection, doubt and discovery. And this is a very interesting and exciting process. And it's endless. Studying the spiritual path of the artist, I immediately discover several more interesting personalities and themes. That is why we are unlikely to run out of ideas for programs in the near future. There are many more than we can cover. I hope that the spiritual search of the artists, which we are talking about, can inspire our viewers to some kind of moral effort.

- You mentioned people who influenced your worldview. Do you have programs about these people?

There is. And about Vladyka Anthony, and about Father Alexander. The main thing we wanted to tell in them is their love for God and neighbors. They were amazing people, and after all, they are almost our contemporaries, they managed to be Christians in a world that is so familiar to us and which, due to our laziness, it sometimes seems to us, is absolutely not conducive to any revelations of the spirit.

I am amazed at their preaching and selfless service, they burned like that candle, about which the Gospel says: “No one, having lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a candlestick so that those who enter see the light.” That's how they shone for all of us, and we basked in this warmth.

- And what other church figures have you interested in as heroes for programs?

We had programs about the Fathers of the Church, and about the Old Testament prophets: Moses, King David, King Solomon, Isaiah and others. We also talked about the Monk John of Damascus, Saints Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and Blessed Augustine.

It is difficult for a person to burn constantly. Were there any difficulties in your work when you wanted to quit everything and close the program?

Of course, there were such difficulties. My biggest enemy is myself. It is very important for Christian journalism to draw living water from the never-ending source, which is God. “Sowing the reasonable, the good, the eternal” is simply impossible if you yourself do not try to live according to the Gospel. The topic itself imposes very big obligations on a person, and because we do not comply with them, real problems appear. But work saves, does not let perish.

Today there are several satellite Orthodox channels, more and more often there is talk about the creation of a federal church channel. Do you think this is real?

Hard to say. Previously, I was convinced that such a channel was not needed. There were talks about its creation five and seven years ago. Someone should maintain such a channel. But if the state, then the question will arise: why the Orthodox channel? Then there should be both a Muslim channel and a Jewish one. In addition, to make such a channel, creative people were needed, and then there were not enough of them. There was no such a large number quality Orthodox programs for content. It seemed to me that it was much more important that Orthodox programs be present on federal channels - after all, everyone should watch them, and not a limited number of church-going people. After all, you can make Orthodox television using the resources of large channels. This is, in fact, how it is done.

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But now, I think, maybe such a channel is needed, because there are more literate church people, there are more church journalists who would like to work on it. In addition to journalists, there are cameramen, and make-up artists, and artists, and directors who are not alien to Orthodoxy and could work on such a TV channel. Many creative people are stuffy on the programs they are forced to work on. I myself would gladly take part in the creation of an Orthodox TV channel.

But for now, the big question for me is what kind of channel it will be, who should finance it, whether there will be patrons. Maybe it will be a board of trustees, or a foundation, or something else… Why am I talking about this in the first place? Because journalists should be given more freedom. This cannot be amateur performance, at the level of “something good needs to be done”. If done, then professionally, otherwise they will not watch it, and many will even turn away from Orthodoxy when they see such a “home video”. That is, if we want to speak to a wide audience, then we must meet the modern requirements of television, and this is a lot of money, and people must work constantly and professionally and receive good salaries so that they can feed their families. And when it comes to funding, then there is the question of control. The relationship between author and producer is very important. If a journalist is under endless pressure, nothing good will come of it.

- Do you yourself watch Orthodox programs on TV?

Sometimes I watch such programs on public channels, although, of course, in my free time I’m more interested not in television, since this is my job, but in picking mushrooms, for example. And I don’t have a satellite dish, so I don’t watch Orthodox channels.

I like the program "Word of the Shepherd" with the participation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. This lively conversation that the patriarch has with the viewer is always very interesting, and for me personally, this dialogue helped me several times to resolve internal issues that concerned spiritual life. The fact that the patriarch remained a TV presenter can be considered a unique phenomenon. And the fact that he directly addresses the audience is just wonderful.

- And what do you miss on our television?

In my opinion, there are many untapped resources for preaching. For example, it would be possible to create an excellent program like the "Club of Travelers" - but not to show the beaches and tourist services, but the beauty of God's world, temples and monasteries, pilgrimage routes. You can make films and programs about church history, about people's lives.

Now a living person has practically left the screen, and this is a real disaster. From program to program we see the same faces. Do you remember the program "Interlinear" was recently released, where P. Lungin's mother talked about her life? There were no modern television technologies there, but the country did not tear itself away from the screens, because a living person is always interesting.

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I know that there is a large interview in the archives, for example, with the already mentioned Metropolitan Anthony of Surozh. If you launch it in the evening, on the same channel "Russia", I give a guarantee that everyone will watch it.

In Soviet times, there were people on the screen, and there was a discovery of real personalities. Our people are hungry for such television, and I personally miss it too. It is a pity that the main functions of television - education and communication of people - are forgotten.

- What's new awaits us in the anniversary season of "Bible Story"?

We will continue to talk about artists, writers, poets and musicians. As for the upcoming programs, Heinrich Heine and other great masters will become their heroes. At the end of his life, Heinrich Heine, when he became seriously ill, published wonderful books of penitential poems - we will tell this story.

Another program will be dedicated to Samuel Morse, the inventor of the famous alphabet. For many years he was tormented by spiritual quests. Not everyone knows that he was an artist and at one time even headed the American Creative Union. But then he gave up everything, began to study physics and believed that this was his calling. And when he sent his first telegram, it was the words: "How marvelous and great are your deeds, Lord."

- Who else would you like to see as the hero of your program?

Maximus the Confessor. This is a great philosopher, and he has an amazing biography; he single-handedly resisted not only the entire state, headed by the emperor, but also the Church: the patriarch and all the bishops in Constantinople declared him a heretic, and the Lord told him that he was right. He was actually killed, because he did not survive the exile into which he was sent, cutting off his tongue so that he would not preach, and cutting off his hand so that he would not write. But after his death, the Council met, and everything that he said about Christ, about the union of His two natures, Divine and human, - all this became the property of the Church and all mankind.

In addition, I would like to see the light of a film from a large four-hour interview with Metropolitan Anthony of Surozh as soon as possible. Once upon a time, only a small 20-minute program was shown on the Kultura channel. I rewrote it many times for friends, because it aroused great interest at that time.