Quote from the Bible, words of Jesus Christ. Chapter 26 of the Gospel of Matthew describes how they came to arrest Jesus, the betrayer. One of Jesus' supporters decided to fight for him (chapter 26, pp. 51-52):
“51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus, stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
52. Then Jesus said to him: Return your sword to its place, for everything those who take the sword will die by the sword;".
The Revelation of John the Theologian (chapter 13, p. 10) says:
“Whoever leads into captivity will himself go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must himself be killed with the sword.”
This phrase from the Bible became the basis of the famous expression attributed to Alexander Nevsky.
Examples
“The history of mankind is filled with proof that physical violence does not contribute to moral regeneration and that the sinful inclinations of man can only be suppressed by love, that evil can only be destroyed by good, that one must not rely on the strength of the hand to protect oneself from evil, that real security for people is in kindness, long-suffering and mercy, that only the meek will inherit the earth, and those who take up the sword will perish by the sword."
We once again congratulate the Triune Russian People on their symbolic victory in the “Name of Russia” project Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky. Please note that the Russian People include “Great Russians, Little Russians and Belarusians, as well as Russian Tatars and Chuvashs, Russian Bashkirs and Mordovians, Russian Dagestanis and Chechens (yes, yes, these natural bandits are also Russian), Russian Buryats and Yakuts and about 100 more indigenous Russian peoples and nationalities [all those who from time immemorial have linked their fate with the third God-chosen Russian People]. Neither the Chinese, nor the Jews, nor the African blacks, nor representatives of other nationalities who have their own states abroad are included in the concept of the indigenous peoples of our country" With the definition that he gave in his speech Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov at the Russian March on November 4, 2008, we completely agree.
And it doesn’t matter at all what criteria the rogue jury was guided by and how it counted the votes. The important thing is that all three names that “won” belong to Russian people who, to one degree or another, took part in governing Russia, in strengthening and developing it during very difficult periods in the life of the Russian People. They all worked very hard for the benefit of Russia and gave their lives for the Russian People.
1. " Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword!”
1.1. Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky is the heavenly patron of the Russian Army
The importance of the victory in the name of Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky lies in a huge spiritual sense, which sets the vector of direction for Russia's development in the coming years. For the first time in the entire period of the Jewish anti-Christ yoke, Russia was named after a Russian saint, glorified by the Church and the Russian People for many centuries. Russia was sanctified by the name of the holy Warrior, statesman, one of the first gatherers of the Russian Land. Let's not forget that in the powerful Russian Empire three Emperors, the three Anointed of God, the heavenly patron was the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevskiy.
The Grand Duke is also the heavenly patron of the victorious Russian Army. Here are some examples and lives of this holy Blessed Prince.
“120 years after this, before the Battle of the Don, one monk, during night prayer in the temple, saw candles lit in front of the tomb of Prince Alexander and two elders approached her with the words: “ Get up, hurry to the aid of your relative, Demetrius Ioannovich!"The Holy Prince stood up and became invisible. Based on this vision, his holy relics after the Don victory were opened and found incorrupt, and there were many healings. When before the march to Kazan (1552) Tsar John IV Vasilyevich prayed at the shrine of St. Blessed Prince Alexander, then one of His close associates received healing, which was accepted by everyone as pledge of help from the Blessed Prince the Wonderworker.
In 1571, during the attack on Moscow by the Crimean Khan Devlet-Girey, monk Anthony, of high spiritual life, saw how to the tomb of St. Prince Alexander was approached by St. Princes Boris and Gleb with the words: “Arise, our brother, Prince Alexander, let us hasten to the aid of our relative To the blessed Tsar John Vasilyevich!“St. Alexander stood up, and they were joined by the Blessed Princes Andrey, Vsevolod, George and Yaroslav, who were resting in the cathedral. Victory was won over Devlet-Girey.
In 1491 they saw the monastery church of St. during a fire. The Blessed Prince Alexander, rising on a horse to the sky through the air. His holy relics remained unharmed. In 1547 he was canonized. The miracles and healings that occurred from his holy relics are innumerable and impossible to list here..
On August 30, 1724, the holy relics of the Blessed Grand Duke Alexander were transferred by Emperor Peter the Great to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra created by Him in St. Petersburg.”(Nun Taisiya. Russian saints . St. Petersburg "ABC classic". 2001)
1.2. Why are the two names “Alexander Nevsky” and “Joseph Stalin” next to each other?
1.2.1. “Get up, Russian people!”
Let us recall that the first who returned to the Russian People the name of the great toiler of the Russian Land after the arrogant madness in February 1917 was Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. Exactly by his personal order In the most difficult time for the country in the pre-war years, the film “Alexander Nevsky” was created with the famous anthem song “ Get up, Russian people!” (The lyrics to this song are at the end of the news report.) Currently, for writing such a song, the authors of the song would be threatened with Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. But during Stalin’s time this could not have happened, because Stalin wanted with both this film and this song to rouse the Russian People to fight against German fascism. Now, through this film and this song-hymn, the servant of God Joseph Stalin made a covenant to fight the tribe of Dan, with whom he himself had been fighting since his youth. This song raised and raises the Russian People to fight the enemies of God and the Russian Land. Joseph Vissarionovich carefully monitored the progress of work through his people from the circle of film director Sergei Eisenstein, so that just such a patriotic film would be created that would strengthen the natural human feeling of love for one’s Motherland and the desire to serve it, the willingness to die for one’s Fatherland, as our pious ones did ancestors.
Alexander Nevsky is a historical film about the outstanding ancient Russian prince who won the battle with the knights of the Teutonic Order on Lake Peipsi in 1242. It belongs to the galaxy of classic Soviet historical films of the 30s and is considered one of the best works of Sergei Eisenstein. The music for the film was written by the famous composer Sergei Prokofiev.
“Alexander Nevsky” appeared in cinemas in December 1938 and was a huge success (comparable, perhaps, with “Chapayev”). Sergei Eisenstein received the Stalin Prize and the degree of Doctor of Art History without defending a dissertation. However, soon after the film was released, it was withdrawn from distribution for reasons of political correctness towards Germany, with which the USSR was trying to improve relations during this period. In 1941, after the start of the Great Patriotic War, “Alexander Nevsky” returned to the screens with even more resounding success. Almost in full force, the Nevsky film crew staged Eisenstein’s next film, Ivan the Terrible.
And here is the opinion of a modern viewer about the film “Alexander Nevsky”: “Of course, it pleases the main line running along the plot is faith. Not just faith, but values, primordial Russian ones. Very colorfully shows the ideological difference between the West and Russia one of the first scenes, where the knight, saved by the Prince himself, suggests that Alexander should not grieve for those killed, since the servants were killed, and his bright grace should not grieve over such trifles.
To this the Prince of Novgorod answers him that not servants, but people were killed, and it’s impossible not to mourn for people. In this short, seemingly flashing scene, lies the whole difference in the essence of the existence of the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Catholics are quite clearly presented as a cumbersome management mechanism, oppressing and conquering everything in its path, where a person is nothing more than a small device that performs a certain set of functions; if the device dies, another will take its place and continue to operate. At all, The film spends a lot of time on religious issues" Let us pay attention to the fact that it is no coincidence that on the eve of a difficult and bloody war, Stalin voiced the words to the whole country: “It’s impossible not to mourn for people!”
And what wonderful words Joseph Stalin put into the mouth of the Novgorod Prince Alexander Nevsky for the edification of the ambassadors of the Livonian Order, who after the Battle of the Ice (summer 1242) came to him in Veliky Novgorod to ask for “eternal peace”: Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword. That is where the Russian land stood and stands! Obviously, this phrase is based on the well-known gospel expression: “ Those who take the sword will die by the sword " Or in full: Then Jesus said to him: Return your sword to its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. (Matt. 26.52).
The film by Sergei Eisenstein was released on December 1, 1938, and since then these words have been associated with the name of Alexander Nevsky as his personal, “historical” phrase. Although such an expression was well known in the ancient world, in pre-evangelical times. For example, in Ancient Rome it was used as a catchphrase: He who fights with the sword dies by the sword.
1.2.2. « Where are the Tatars? Where are the Poles? And the same will happen with the Jewish yoke. The Christ killers will bear their toll...»
If we keep in mind all of the above, then it becomes clear why the Lord God placed the names of these great workers next to each other for the glory of the Russian Land and its People! After all, they both bore the cross of the rulers of the People, who were either under the intelligible Tatar yoke, and in the time of Joseph Vissarionich and to this day - under the intelligible yoke of the cannibal Jews.
Even the Venerable Abel the Seer of Mysteries spoke to Emperor Paul the First: “The fate of the Russian Power was revealed to me in prayer about three fierce yokes: Tatar, Polish and the future Jewish one*...
Blood and tears will water the damp earth. Bloody rivers will flow. Brother will rise up against brother. And packs: fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internal enemy, Jewish power . There is death there, there is death here, and there is nowhere to run. The smoke of fires and ashes, all living things are disintegrating. Dead deserts all around. Not a single human soul, not a single animal. Neither trees nor grass even grow... And will be JEW scorpion to scourge the Russian Land,* plunder its shrines, close the Churches of God, execute the best Russian people. This is God's permission, the wrath of Godfor Russia's renunciation of its God-anointed! Or else there will be more! Angel of the Lord pours out new bowls of calamity[by the hands of Jewish Christ fighters, by the hands Nazis, by the hands of communists and democrats], so that people come to their senses » .
But the acuteness of the pain of the intelligible (they had to learn to love autocratic rule!) Tatar yoke passed after the battle on the Kulikovo field, on which they finally fought and won under one sovereign hand of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy. “Muscovites, Belozersk, Rostovites, Suzdal, Vladimir, Kostroma, Dmitrovites went to battle... and returned as a united Russian People!”
About the intelligible (we must love the power of God over ourselves, which is exercised by the lawful Tsar - His Anointed!) Jewish yoke not of people, but of the fiends of hell, Abel the Seer spoke to Emperor Paul the First like this: “Where are the Tatars, Your Imperial Majesty? Where are the Poles? And the same will happen with the Jewish yoke. Don’t be sad about that, Father Tsar, Christ killers will take their toll... “We will add that all traitors to the Russian People, and all true Russian Patriots, will bear their own. Only their burden will be different, and some will carry her to the depths of hell for eternal torment, while others will carry her to the Kingdom of Heaven for eternal life.
1.3. “I serve one God, I honor Him and worship Him »
Realizing that this result in the “Name of Russia” project is quite satisfactory both to the modern government allowed to us by the Lord, and to all other people of Russia, Kremlin political scientists apparently were satisfied with this recognition, considering the personality of our holy Blessed Prince as the most neutral, remote from our time historical figure. In fact, the life of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky was instructive for Russian Patriots at all times, but his life is extremely relevant today.
Judge for yourself. Remaining the Russian Prince, the hero of the Battle of the Neva, he becomes the owner of the khan's label, which subordinates the Horde warriors to him and Rus' acquires the status of a union state in relation to the Golden Horde. At the same time, Prince Alexander remains faithful to the Orthodox Faith.
The life of the holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky says that when he refused to perform Tatar pagan rites (the Tatars killed other Russian princes for such a refusal), Batu Khan ordered not to force the saint anymore and to quickly bring him to him. “Tsar,” the Blessed Prince addressed the khan, bowing before him, “ I bow to you because God has honored you with the kingdom I serve one God, I honor Him and worship Him». (Lives of the Saints. August. 30th day. P. 553).
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The foreign policy and wise internal rule of the holy Prince are in demand and relevant in our time as an example of the preservation of the Orthodox people: its priesthood (from which later came the saints St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Venerable Martyrs Alexander (Peresvet) and Andrey (Oslyabya)), and its nobility (from which later Prince Dmitry Donskoy came out), the holy Orthodox army. Russia in those days was between a rock and a hard place: the Catholic West and the pagan Golden Horde.
And now from the West the blows of the tribe of Dan are directed at Russia to exterminate the Russian People, and not for ordinary enslavement, as was the case during the Tatar times. Mongol yoke. Invisible Khazaria, as always, commits aggression through the hands of others - the hands of our Christian “brothers and friends” (the hands of the countries of the “peace-loving” NATO bloc), and our “brothers and friends” from the Russian Empire and the socialist camp (Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Baltic states). From the East, the armadas of godless China are ready to devour all of Siberia to the Ural Mountains, and China is being pushed towards this by the same Invisible Khazaria.
« It is today that the military leadership experience of Alexander Nevsky is being developed in the defense of our Motherland. Alexander Nevsky was ahead of his time and achieved victories, largely violating generally accepted canons. Among the techniques that the Grand Duke used when waging battles and which brought him victories, one can recall such as strike at the enemy's weakest link, advantageous use of weather and geographical conditions, pursuit of a defeated enemy..." (former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Yuri Baluevsky).
Alexander Nevsky made, as history has shown, the only correct choice at that time between an alliance with the West and an alliance with the East. Union with the West meant union in “love and friendship” through union with Rome, and this inevitably led to damage to the Orthodox Faith by the heresy of papism, which is what happened in the western principalities of Red Rus'. Therefore, the holy Prince preferred submission to the Golden Horde - powerful, wild and bloodthirsty, but not encroaching on the Orthodox Faith. People offended by God's mind and faithful servants of the world behind the scenes (Invisible Khazaria) accuse the Blessed Prince of betraying the Russian People. And they even provide “strong” evidence for their claims: he zealously served the Golden Horde and even executed Russian fighters for freedom from the Tatar yoke.
Yes, indeed, the Grand Duke proved himself not only wise, but also a tough statesman, mercilessly punishing the Orthodox people under his control. Yes, the holy Prince executed those “Russian patriots” who tried to free Rus' from the Tatar yoke, which the Lord God imposed on the Russian People, so that they would learn the vital necessity of the Single Power. Yes, the holy Prince suppressed the “national liberation” struggle of false patriots, which led not to learning an understanding of the Will of God, and this would ensure that the Russian People gained God’s Protection, but to a premature action, which led to the senseless death of the Russian people. But it was precisely this fruit that the servants of Satan wanted to pick in Russia: let in as much Russian Blood as possible!
But isn’t this the fruit that modern “Russian Patriots” will lead to, who, having not come to the mind of Christ under the extremely painful yoke of cannibal Jews - they don’t need Kings, they need Freedom from both the Tsar and the Jew, they call to beat the Jews, to save Russia. This Spiritless patriot-revolutionaries offer plowing a frozen field in winter . And in order to get rid of people who want to fulfill the Will of God, and follow their “patriotic” (in fact, demonic!) wisdom, these “Russian Patriots” are even ready to pray in advance for their next “Great Master and Father” - for the Pope Moscow All Rus'!
But prayer to God is needed for something completely different: to ask for understanding to understand the Will of God and the gift of strength, understanding and grace of the Holy Spirit to put this Will of God into practice! He who has ears to hear, let him hear! (Matthew 13:9)
It should be understood that the Lord God imposed the penance of the Tatar yoke on the Russian people in order to stop the fratricidal internecine wars of the Russian principalities, so that the Russian people would realize the vital necessity of a sovereign princely hand.
The Novgorod uprising was premature, because with this uprising they showed that they did not care about other Russian lands. Which means it’s too early for God to take away the intelligible things from the Russian people. Tatar yoke, because these Novgorod “heroes” do not yet need the Single Power, they prefer their momentary selfish interests.
A since the uprising is premature, it is pointless. Only the enemies of the Russian people would benefit from it, because again the Russian Land would be saturated with Russian blood. And already exhausted Rus' would have found itself in an even more difficult and dangerous situation.
The blessed Grand Duke, caring for all Russian lands, acted quickly and decisively. He dealt with the Novgorod “heroes” provocateurs very cruelly (though much more softly than the Tatars would have done!), and thereby saved the future Third Rome - Russia from terrible and senseless bloodshed.
2. The life of Saint Alexander Nevsky gives us an example of a God-pleasing life under the yoke!
2.1. “Novgorod closely joined the rest of Rus', becoming an inseparable part of one huge whole”
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The above is a text from the life of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky. The words of the Grand Duke are very interesting, in which it is clear that he did not submit to the pagan khan, but humbly accepted God’s decree: “Tsar,” the Blessed Prince turned to the khan, bowing before him, “ I bow to you because God has honored you with the kingdom, but I will not bow to the creature. I serve one God, I honor Him and worship Him».
Saint Alexander Nevsky declared to his brother princes that “either we all free ourselves from Tatar slavery together, or we all together must bear the cross of God’s wrath.” Those wishing to escape from the Tatars alone, the Grand Duke warned that will personally punish those who do not want to bear God's punishment in the form of Tatar oppression; those who want freedom from tribute to the Tatars at the expense of the tears and blood of his brothers from other Russian principalities. By the way, he had a khan’s (read: royal) label, which allowed him to fight when and with whomever he saw fit.
Suppression is instructive Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky Novgorod rebellion in 1255. The Holy Prince had just managed to achieve tolerable conditions for the shameful Tatar yoke (although Novgorod now also had to pay tribute to the Tatars, like the rest of Rus'), like the Novgorod zealots of isolation from the rest of Rus', fighters for independence of Novgorod from the grand ducal power, rebelled for their small-town freedom. Holy Prince, dear for the entire Russian people , understood that a new punitive invasion of the Mongol barbarians would devastate the entire Grand Duchy of Vladimir before the punitive forces reached the Novgorod rebels. That is as always, false zealots of piety wanted freedom at the expense of others.
So, incited by ambitious people, the Novgorod mob rebelled. "At the head champions of antiquity stood mayor Ananias, in simplicity of souls and* fancied himself a defender of the dear interests of his homeland[although he saw nothing further than his nose (his suburb) and did not understand that there was his homeland. And now, centuries later, demons slip their instigations of ungodly jealousy into simple-minded people in the form zeal in the old days . They slip it not lukewarm, but hot, so that when they catch these well-intentioned of people on their sincerity, turn the ardent desire to serve God into heat, as St. Ignatius of Caucasus called this state of foolish zealots
*This simplicity is worse than theft, for it would inevitably lead to a new terrible invasion of the Tatars. After all The Lord taught Russians to live with this yoke one people under one grand ducal hand .
So back in 1257] most prudent part population, some boyars and the best people, understood well all the untimeliness troubles started, however, they could not curb the dispersed rebels" . «... Son same saint Grand Duke Alexandra, the ardent and young Prince Vasily, who continued to reign here, announced incited by seditious advisors, What doesn't want to obey father, who carries with him shackles and shame for free people, and left Novgorod
Anticipating terrible revenge on the part of the Tatars, which threatened first of all to fall not on Novgorod, but on the innocent Suzdal region through which they would pass, Saint Alexander hastened to severely punish the instigators of the rebellion and executed the main ones by cutting off a hand or depriving them of their eyes and others. members. Of course, he resorted to these executions, unusual in the Russian land, only in order, if necessary, to show those executed to the Tatars and convince the latter that the perpetrators were immediately punished; if he had executed them by deprivation of life, then, not knowing anyone in Novgorod, the Tatars, upon arriving there, might not have believed it.
There is no doubt that this time in the life of Saint Alexander was for him the most bleak; even his own son did not understand him and rebelled against his father; of course, it was extremely difficult for him to resort to these brutal executions , and only in the consciousness of their complete necessity for the benefit of the entire Russian land could he find moral support for himself?. Indeed, thanks to the decisive measures taken by Saint Alexander, the khan was satisfied with his explanations and notification that the Novgorodians had decided to submit to the new rulers of the Russian land." .
"Thanks to his policies, Novgorod closely joined the rest of Rus', becoming an inseparable part one huge whole. From then on, his fate was tightly connected with the fate of the common Fatherland: together bear the weight of the yoke and together friendly, united forces strive for independence it became, as it were, Alexander's will. ...Putting Novgorod under common dependence with the rest of Russia and having destroyed one of the pretexts for separation, Alexander prepared the case of John II». (Alexander Nevskiy. pp. 164-165).
2.2. Fighters against oppression, against the wrath of God, intensify His wrath on their own heads!
How amazingly clearly the example of the Novgorod rebellion shows who is the author of the idea of such freedom, if for this freedom the zealots first require it rebel against the Grand Duke (Tsar) and father how I did it at the instigation of seditionists ardent Prince Vasily. What symbolism! striking the current delusion to the very core. After all, even now" free people", impatiently shackles and shame Jewish yoke (imposed for treason against the Father-Tsar (Nicholas the Second), thereby showing their reluctance to obey to the coming King-Father (Conqueror of the Antichrist). For God the Father, according to the zealots, not according to the mind of Christ, slow to deliver and so carries shackles and shame"free people".
Saint Alexander Nevsky clearly understood that the Tatar yoke was penance from the Lord for independence separate principalities, for the reluctance of the Monocracy in Rus'. He knew for sure that when the independence of the principalities was ended, the Lord would remove the heavy, but understandable, Tatar yoke from the Russian people. And indeed, when the Russian God-bearing people came to their senses and realized the need for a single Sovereign over them for pleasing service to the Lord Jesus Christ(the squads of all Russian principalities gathered on the Kulikovo Field), The Lord God lifted His penance from the people, who were soon to become the third Chosen People of God, and freed them from the Tatar-Mongol yoke.
And Novgorodians and others rebels, fighting oppression, fought and are fighting the wrath of God. Now over us is the yoke of the Jews, which is penance for disloyalty to the kings from the house of Romanov, for infidelity Christ of the Lord, for not subordinating slaves to princes, for living according to the slogan: who was nothing, suddenly became everything. And again one who cannot be said to be Who has intelligence Christov (Rev. 13:18), but he shows the virtues of a fallen nature, like the Novgorod mayor Ananias, in the simplicity of his soul* , imagines himself as a defender of the dear interests of our homeland. These "simple people", incited by false teachers, rebel against oppression, against the wrath of God. They do not see, and do not want to see, their sins that caused this anger, and therefore do not repent of them and, naturally, do not change and do not come to the mind of the Truth. This means that by their activities they are asking for strengthening the wrath of God on your own head! Remember, the Monk Abel the Seer of Mystery warned: “Or else it will happen! The Angel of the Lord pours out new bowls of tribulation so that people will come to their senses».
*This simplicity, according to the definition of the Russian People, worse than theft.
During the previous Mongol yoke, Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky and his reasonable subjects, as it were (in appearance), participated in the strengthening and expansion of the Tatar-Mongol power quite significantly: they not only paid tribute, but also gave their squads, with which the Mongols suppressed the peoples they had conquered or conquered new peoples. But the Mongol khans, being pagans, tried to force many Christians to worship idols (fire).
And what? The Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky ordered the Novgorod “fighters” against the yoke of the Basurmans, who killed the Baskaks, to cut off their noses and ears, and also threatened the princes and his brethren to deal harshly with anyone who dares to resist the power of the khans. For the holy Prince understood that this power of the khans was allowed by God in order to burn out the Russian people with a hot iron nonsense of independence and instill in these people desire and ability carry out the will collectively, and not everyone on their own.
During his lifetime, the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander was one of the founders of Russia. With his life, he seems to bless the path of righteous service to her . The visions at his tomb coincide with years of disaster. During the years of trials, St. Alexander was always the representative and defender of Rus'. And now, in the years of new disasters, he does not leave Russia, just as the prayers to him for intercession and protection do not stop. In these last years more numerous than ever, despite persecution, crowds of pilgrims coming in procession to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra on the day of his memory. The same prayers are offered to St. Alexander that have been offered to him for many generations. But in Russia’s terrible hour, these fervent prayers and petitions are more significant than in the years of peace and prosperity:
2.3. Prayers, Troparions and Kontakion to the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky
Troparion (voice 4)
As the pious root of the most honorable branch you were, blessed Alexandra, manifest for you Christ asѣ Some Divine Treasure Ross I am th earth, a new wonderworker, glorious and God-proclaimedі yatna. And today, having come together in your memory, I dig and love I, in the psalm I x and p i n i rejoicingly we glorify the Lord, who gave youѣ grace healedі y. Pray to him to save this city, and powers ѣ your relative God-pleasing th be, and son Ross And let us be saved.
The highlighted words are absent in the modern text of the troparion. And it’s clear why: after all, under the relatives of the Blessed Grand Duke our ancestors understood the legitimate Russian Tsars and Emperors.
Kontakion (voice 8)
Like the sound of the Most Holy One We honor the corrupt one, which rose from the east and came to the west: the whole country withі you enrich with miracles and kindness, and enlightenѣ eat in ѣ I dig in honor of your memory, blessed Alexandra. For this reason, today we celebrate your success Yes, people and your beings and: pray to save your Fatherland and the Orthodox EmpireBlessed Sovereign and Our Father (His name You, Lord, weigh), and all flowing to the race your relics, and truly You: Rejoice, our city has been established i e.
The highlighted words are absent in the modern text of the kontakion. Before the revolution it was read like this: and the State of the Orthodox IMPERATOR of our N IKOLYA ALEXANDROV ICHA.
Another Troparion (voice 4)
Get to know your brotherі ь,/ Russian і йsk і й I osfa ,/ not to Egypt ѣ , but reigning in Heavenі й,/ good ѣ rnious Prince Alexandra,/ etc. and I pray to them I am them, / multiplying the lives of people and bearing fruitі I eat your lands, / cities of dominionsі I pray for your protection I eat,/ and nasl ѣ your birthday, / Blagov ѣ OUR ROYAL EMPERATOM to resist, fighting.
This troparion is sung on the day of the transfer of the relics of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky ( Aug 30./ 12 Sep. 1724 by decree of Emperor Peter the Great, the relics were transferred to St. Petersburg). The highlighted words are absent in the modern text of the troparion.
Prayer to the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky
Quick helper to all who diligently come running to you and our warm representative before the Lord, Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexandra! Look mercifully upon us, unworthy, who have committed many iniquities that are indecent to ourselves, now flowing to the race of your relics and crying out to you from the depths of your heart: in your life you were a zealot and defender of the Orthodox faith, and you have unshakably established us towards it with your warm prayers to God . You have carefully carried out the great service entrusted to you, and with your help, guide us to remain in what we are called to do. Having defeated the regiments of adversaries, you drove them away from the borders of Russia, and brought down all visible and invisible enemies against us. You, having abandoned the corruptible crown of the earthly kingdom, have chosen a silent life and are now righteously crowned with an incorruptible crown in Heaven, intercede for us too, we humbly pray to you, arrange for us a quiet and serene life and a steady procession to the Eternal Kingdom through your intercession. Standing before the Throne of God with all the saints, praying for all Orthodox Christians, especially about our Most Pious, Most Autocratic, Great Sovereign, EMPEROR(his name, Lord, You weigh)all Russia May the Lord God preserve them with His grace in peace, health, long life and all prosperity in the coming years, may we ever glorify and bless God, glorified in the Trinity of Saints, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
The highlighted words are missing from the modern text of the prayer. Before the revolution it was read like this:especially about our Most Pious, Most Autocratic, Great Sovereign, IMPERATORE NIKOLYA ALEXANDROV ICHAall Russia.
Get up, Russian people!
from the film "Alexander Nevsky"
Music: S. Prokofiev Words: V. Lugovskoy, 1938
Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio
Get up, Russian people
Get up, free people
For our honest land!
Honor and honor to living fighters
And to the dead - glory eternal!
For my father's house, for the Russian Land
Get up, Russian people!
Get up, Russian people
For a glorious battle, for a mortal battle!
Get up, free people
For our honest land!
No enemy!
Get up, get up,
Dear mother, Rus'
Native in Rus', big in Rus'
No enemy!
Get up, get up,
Dear mother, Rus'
Get up, Russian people
For a glorious battle, for a mortal battle!
Get up, free people
For our honest land!
Enemies should not go to Rus',
Regiments are not important to Rus'!
There are no paths to Rus',
Do not trample the fields of Rus'!
Get up, Russian people
For a glorious battle, for a mortal battle!
Get up, free people
For our honest land!!!
To realize "Who was our Russian Tsar Nicholas" (Holy Ruler of Pskovozersky Elder Nikolai Guryanov), we present the books of Roman Sergiev “ The atoning sacrifice of Saint Tsar Nicholas became the guarantee of the inevitable resurrection of Tsarist Russia" By clicking on one of the lines you will go to a more detailed table of contents, and from it you will find texts that will help you understand the greatest feat of the Holiness of Emperor NIKOLAI ALEXANDROVICH, who, in fulfillment of the Will of God, became like our Lord Jesus Christ in the redemptive feat! It was through the hands of His Anointed One - the Holy Redeemer NIKOLAI ALEXANROVICH - that the Lord saved the God-chosen Russian People from extermination by the servants of Satan and made IMMINENT resurrection of Tsarist Russia.
About the great redemptive feat of our Sovereign, raised and accomplished by Him in the image and likeness of the Redemptive Feat of Christ the Lord, see the news reports on our website. We also recommend visiting the website "NICHOLAS II REDEEMED THE TREASON OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE!" contains two sermons about the Christ-like redemptive feat of Tsar Nicholas, delivered after the liturgy on May 19, 2008, performed according to the full Imperial Order.
On our website you can see portraits of Emperor Nicholas II, painted during His lifetime. Look
On the need to pray for the coming Russian Tsar Victor and on how to do this in practice, see the work:.
Father Roman on Orthodox Radio of St. Petersburg on Sunday, July 20, spoke about the need to pray according to the Imperial rite and about the need to take out pieces at Proskomedia, and for the Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas II and for the coming Tsar from the Reigning House of Romanov through the female line. The conversation can be downloaded from the news message address: " The Royal Priest on the radio with the Royal theme". At the same address you can read and download conversations between Father Roman and Zhanna Vladimirovna Bichevskaya already on Moscow Radio in her author’s program “From Heart to Heart”. In addition, there you can download the Liturgy performed according to the 1901 Missal (all exclamations according to the Imperial Chinu, without abbreviations
Everyone revered the Spirit-Bearing One of blessed memory Pskovovozersky Elder Nikolai Guryanov can find on our website the rarest and most valuable books about the Elder, written by the person closest to him - the clerk of Strats, his cell attendant Schema nun Nikolai (Groyan): "a fiery prayer book of the Russian land for the whole world", " ", “ ” " "
After reading these books you will learn why the enemy of the human race is rising up against the Holy Crowned Royal Family with such force. On the Friend of Tsarev - the “Man of God” slandered by the enemies of God, the Tsar and Russia, the Holy New Martyr Gregory the New (Rasputin). Learn the Truth about the Holy Blessed Tsar John Tsar John Vasilyevich IV Grozny and get answers to many other burning questions about which the Lord announced through the mouth of His Pleasant - the “Pillar of the Russian Eldership” - the spiritual Elder Nikolai Guryanov
In light of the heated discussions that often arise today around the most ancient symbol of Russian National Culture - Gammamatic Cross (Yarga-Swastika) Our website presents an extensive selection of material on this issue: For information on the Russian Cross of the Resurrection of Russia, see.
You and I remember that the Lord God indicated to Emperor Constantine the Great that with the cross he would win. Let us pay attention to the fact that only with Christ and precisely with the Cross The Russian People will defeat all their enemies and finally throw off the hated Jewish yoke! But the Cross with which the Russian People will win is not simple, but, as usual, golden, but for the time being it is hidden from many Russian Patriots under the rubble of lies and slander. In news reports made from books Kuznetsov V.P. "The history of the development of the shape of the cross". M. 1997;Kutenkova P.I. "Yarga-swastika is a sign of the Russian folk culture" St. Petersburg 2008;Bagdasarov R. "The Mysticism of the Fiery Cross" M. 2005, tells about the place in the culture of the Russian People of the most blessed cross - the swastika. The swastika cross has one of the most perfect forms and contains in graphic form the entire mystical secret of God's Providence and the entire dogmatic completeness of Church teaching!
Moreover, if we remember that The Russian People are the third Chosen People of God(The Third Rome is Moscow, the Fourth will not happen; what the swastika is a graphic image And the whole mystical mystery of God's Providence, And the entire dogmatic completeness of Church teaching, then a completely unambiguous conclusion arises - Russian people under the sovereign hand already soon to come Victorious Tsar from the Royal House of Romanov ( They swore to the House of Romanov To God in 1613 to be faithful until the end of time ) will defeat all his enemies under the banners on which the swastika (gammatical cross) will flutter under the face of the Savior Not Made by Hands! In the State Emblem, the swastika will also be placed on a large crown, which symbolizes the power of the Anointed Tsar both in the earthly Church of Christ and in the Kingdom of God’s Chosen Russian People.
On our website you can download and read the wonderful work of the general and writer Pyotr Nikolaevich Krasnov “”, which is an unfading wreath to the valiant soldiers and officers of the Russian Imperial Army, who laid down their lives for the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland. After reading this book, you will learn why the Russian Imperial Army was stronger than all the armies of the world and you will understand who General Pyotr Nikolaevich Krasnov is. A warrior of the Russian Army, a Russian Patriot, an Orthodox Christian will deprive themselves of a lot if they do not find time to read this very blessed book.
A unique book in which a specialist investigator being an Orthodox person, obviously through the prayers of the holy Tsar-Redeemer Nicholas II and the New Martyr John, the Tsar’s faithful servant - cook I.M. Kharitonov, who died along with Tsar Nicholas II and His Family in the basement of the house of engineer Ipatiev, was able to show the ritual nature of the murder of the Anointed King by the servants of Satan.
The attempts of the Russian people to understand what happened to the Royal Family in Yekaterinburg on the night of July 17-18, 1918 have not stopped and will never stop. The truth is needed not only to restore historical reality, but also to understand the spiritual essence of the martyrdom of the Emperor and his Family. We do not know what they experienced - the Lord judged them to languish for more than a year under arrest, in prison, in complete obscurity, in an atmosphere of hatred and misunderstanding, with the burden of responsibility on their shoulders - for the fate of the Motherland and loved ones. But, having endured what was allowed, accepting everything from the hands of God, they found humility, meekness and love - the only thing that a person can bring to the Lord and, most importantly, what pleases Him. The work of Pyotr Valentinovich Multatuli, a historian, great-grandson of one of the Tsar’s faithful servants, Ivan Mikhailovich Kharitonov, is unusual. This is not a scientific monograph, but detailed, scrupulous investigation of the Yekaterinburg crime. The author's goal is, if possible, to get closer to the spiritual understanding of what happened in the Ipatiev House. The work uses materials from the archives of Russia and France. Many documents are published for the first time
All news reports on the book by Pyotr Valentinovich Multatuli on our website can be found in the library
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Publishing house: grains, Ryazan, 2008. Hardcover, 477 pages, Price in Krupskaya (St. Petersburg) - 200 rub.There is no more slandered figure in Russian history than Emperor Nicholas II. For decades, the name of the Emperor was surrounded by slander, lies, misunderstanding, condemnation, and mockery. And the further we move away from the events of 1918, the stronger and more furious the slander campaign against Nicholas II becomes. The time has come to tell the truth about the last Russian Tsar. In the largest television project of the year, “The Name of Russia,” where Russian citizens chose the greatest compatriot in the entire history of the country, the name of Nicholas II was among the 50 most popular personalities in Russian history.
The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in the history of Russia.
Content
PREFACE ..........................................3
CHAPTER 1.
EMPEROR NICHOLAS II. MAN AND THE ERA......9
MAN................................................9
1. What was the basis of Nicholas II’s worldview? ...........9
2. Was Nicholas II “not ready” to reign? .............17
3. Was Nicholas II “weak-willed”? ...........................22
4. What personality traits did Nicholas II possess? ..........36
ERA......................................................... .44
1. Why is the beginning of the reign of Nicholas II one of the most difficult eras in Russian history? ..........44
2. Is Nicholas II to blame for “Khodynka”?...................................51
3. Why did Nicholas II decide to convene the Hague peace conference? .........................................57
4. Who started the Russo-Japanese War? ....................73
5. What really happened on January 9, 1905 and was Nicholas II guilty of “Bloody Sunday”?............78
6. What really was the “first Russian revolution”? ......103
7 Was Nicholas II an enemy of reforms? ...........................130
8. How and why was the State Duma created in Russia? ................................................"37
CHAPTER 2. THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE DURING THE REIGN OF NICHOLAS II ........................... 148
1. Was there Russian empire a backward and poor state? ................................148
2. Was the Russian Empire a “prison of nations”? .........158
3. Who was Grigory Rasputin really? ..........170
CHAPTER 3. FIRST WORLD WAR....................................177
1. What was the First World War for Russia?........................177
2. Did Nicholas II want war with Germany? .................188
3. Did Nicholas II put the interests of his allies above the interests of Russia?.................... .........205
4. What were the reasons that Nicholas II assumed supreme command in 1915? ...............219
5. What was Nicholas II like as Supreme Commander-in-Chief?....................... ......225
CHAPTER 4. FEBRUARY REVOLUTION...... ......250
1. Who stood behind February Revolution? .......250
3. Did Nicholas II abdicate the throne on March 2, 1917? ..... ........ .....264
We firmly affirm that Tsar Nicholas abdicated the Throne on March 2, 1917, about this see the news message from 02/01/2008. and news report from o2.02.2008.
CHAPTER 5. WAY OF THE CROSS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY... .314
1. Who initiated the arrest royal family? ... .314
2. Did the West seek to save royal family? .. .....323
3. What was the mission of Commissar Yakovlev? ...338
4. Organizers of the murder of the royal family: who are they? ...375
5. What were they wearing? real reasons murders of the royal family?......................... .. .438The fragment is taken from the book by Tatyana Gracheva. Invisible Khazaria. pp. 384-398. Discharge is highlighted by the author of the news report.
Studies of geopolitical and historical problems in the book by T.V. Gracheva is built on Orthodox doctrine, Holy Scripture, Holy Tradition, the writings of the Church Fathers, and the resolutions of the Ecumenical Councils. Characteristics of religious extremists and fanatics, Satanists and Christ-haters are given in the book in the generally accepted Orthodox sense.
In the introduction to the book, charging the reader an optimistic approach to both history and present life, entitled« We are defeated, but we are invincible» , it says:
“The book of political scientist Tatyana Gracheva “Invisible Khazaria” will be a revelation for many, overturning established ideas about modern world big politics and, in a certain sense, a real sensation.
For the first time in many decades, such a simple in form and deep in essence understanding of the most pressing “forbidden” topics appears not only in the intellectual dimension familiar to secular society, but also in an unusual, spiritual and religious sacred context. The world is ruled religiously and behind the big politics of the West are religious anti-Christian forces- this is just one of the fundamental discoveries author analyzing world politics not only as a political scientist, but also as a spiritual analyst.
Russia, represented by the state and secular society, turned out to be completely unprepared and unable to adequately respond to the modern spiritual challenges of external international aggressors who have seized important state positions in Russia and waging a real war against its sacred statehood.
After reading the book, you realize that only a triune union of the People, the Army and the Church, sealed by the unity of national traditions, is able to turn back the wheel today Russian history, the flywheel of which is being actively spun by the world behind the scenes.
The return of Russia to its Orthodox traditions, to the ideals of Holy Rus', nevertheless, represents an insurmountable obstacle for the world forces of evil. For the very spirit of malice on which the Western empire stands has already been defeated and defeated at its core by Jesus Christ. And today it only takes time for our people to realize that our victory in the fight against any forces, against any globalization processes is a foregone conclusion if God is with us. If we make a conscious choice in His direction, and not in the direction of His opponents. " For everyone who is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world, our faith "(1 John 5:4).
The book by T. Gracheva is an instruction for warriors of the spirit who have a courageous heart, mind, honor and dignity, a call to defend what was created and preserved for us by our great ancestors "
When we say that the history of Russia is the history of the wars that it waged almost continuously for its statehood, we should keep in mind that the enemy who encroached on our identity and statehood, after defeat, may be obsessed with a thirst for revenge. And this destructive passion to take revenge, to repeat the attempt to capture, can be rooted in history, and even in the very distant past, which suddenly comes to life, ignites inner world some group of people living in the present and becomes driving force their behavior. Revanchism becomes the dominant feature of their personality.
They become a function of the forces of historical revenge and continuers of their war against Russia. Being possessed by anger, aggression and revolutionary rebellion, destructive pride and revenge, they surrender themselves to the power of these forces, becoming continuers of the work of those who waged war against us, who wanted to enslave and destroy us, who wanted to crush our statehood. They readily accept the baton of war from those who fought against us in the past, but were never able to conquer us.
This destructive continuity and spiritual connection between the forces of aggression and revenge continues throughout Russian history. Understanding the historical origins of revanchism and its driving forces means understanding the motives and goals of modern war and determining who and how is actually waging it and how to resist the new incarnation of the old historical enemy. (“Invisible Khazaria...”, p. 141).
Content
BATTLE FOR STATE
The spiritual meaning of world politics
The main target of modern warfare.................................................... 5
War in the spaces of statehood.................................... 13
War in physical space................................................... 19
War in the demographic subspace.
When drugs become weapons................................... 21
The fight against life: technologies for population reduction.. 63
MERCENARY OF DEATH
New strategy for globalist military doctrine
War in territorial subspace. Metamorphoses of modern war................... 93
(for fragments up to page 95, see chapter 1.4.3 of the news report dated October 23, 2008. )
Mercenaries - the past army new war................. 97
PROJECT "KHAZARIA"
Who is behind the world behind the scenes?
War in mental space........................ 138
The forces of historical revenge against the forces of historical sacred statehood...... 141
After Khazaria................................................... ............... 153
(news report dated 11/16/2008. )
Return of Khazaria................................................... .. 160
A snake that bites its own tail. Anti-Semitism is a product of Zionism.................................... 168
(news report dated 12/15/2008. )
USA UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL
Using "Christian" master keys, Zionism comes to power in the Christian world
War in spiritual space. The desire for spiritual revenge.................................... 324
Potion for Protestantism.................................................... 335
Defeat by spiritual weapons means total enslavement.................................... 336
(Page 324 - Page 344 news report dated 12/15/2008. )
(Page 344 - Page 363 news report dated 12/24/2008. )
IMPERIAL PROJECT OF THE “THIRD ROME” AGAINST THE PROJECT “KHAZARIA”
The future of Russia lies in preserving spiritual traditions
Tribe of Dan - doers of the will of the devil.......... 364
(Page 364 - Page 383 news report dated 12/25/2008. )
Will there be a new Pearl Harbor?................................................. 384
Russia: Third Rome or New Jerusalem.............. 392(Page 384 - Page 398 news report dated 12/26/2008. )
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Over the past eighty years, the image of the Holy Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky has been formed in our country mainly under the influence of Sergei Eisenstein’s 1938 film “Alexander Nevsky”.
Addressed to all peoples, the moral message of this film, expressed in final words St. Prince Alexander is no less relevant today, especially on the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day: “Go and tell everyone in foreign lands that Rus' is alive! Let them come to visit us without fear, but if anyone comes to us with a sword, he will die by the sword! This is what the Russian land stands and will stand on!
The warning was not heard. And today they don’t listen. They do not heed the words of Christ: “all who take the sword will perish by the sword”(Matthew 26:52). “He who took the sword” is an aggressor who encroaches on the people’s faith, on other people’s property and economy.
Russia is now considered an aggressor almost throughout the world, although in fact the aggressor is the West, which has cut off a huge share of ancestral Russian lands for its subordination over the past decades.
And from the East, Japan has again become more active regarding the Kuril Islands.
In 2008, according to the results of a large-scale all-Russian poll, the name of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky received the majority of votes in the television project “The Name of Russia”.
And no wonder, for in him is seen not only the winner of the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva or the “Western civilizers” on the ice of Lake Peipus, but also a great statesman and a holy warrior - the protector of our Orthodox Church.
Thus, ten years ago, Russia chose its patron - it determined its vector, its direction of the spiritual path.
The Holy Grand Duke is especially revered in St. Petersburg. You can always see pilgrims praying near the shrine with his relics in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
I will share a secret that the most experienced and wise petitioners from among the laity and priests do not enter the Diocesan Administration until they have prayed before the relics of Saint Prince Alexander and venerated them.
Once, on the way to the Diocese, together with my brother, a wiser priest, I gaped, started talking and wanted to pass by, but was stopped in time by his soft and ironic shout - they say, where are you going “without relics”?
We went and prayed in the Cathedral at the shrine and “with the relics” our affairs were resolved successfully.
What else do we know about St. Prince Alexander?
Our Russian historical science claims that St. Prince Alexander Nevsky received an exceptional role in a very difficult period Russian history, when in the 13th century Rus' was attacked by the Catholic West and the Tatar Horde.
The famous orientalist and Eurasianist Lev Gumilyov considered St. Alexander Nevsky the architect of the alliance that managed to build relations with the Horde, which contributed not only to the temporary peaceful existence of the “languages,” but also to the synthesis of their cultures.
Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky never lost a single battle in his entire life. Showing his talent as a commander and diplomat, he managed to make peace with the most powerful but tolerant enemy of Rus' from the East - the Golden Horde.
And on the other hand, repel an attack from the West, protecting Orthodoxy from Catholic expansion.
Our diplomats are having a very busy time right now. Our “foreign partners”—our fierce “friends”—have taken up arms against Russia from all sides. The recently held Munich Security Conference, like the previous ones, continued to be used to present more and more claims to Russia. And in the establishment of most countries, it has become a stable rule of political correctness to talk about Russia “either bad or nothing.”
In the second year, the history of Russia was taught to us by the famous and authoritative St. Petersburg historian and teacher Yuri Alekseevich Sokolov. He told how a seemingly insignificant episode, in which the best moral qualities of a warrior-ruler were demonstrated, subsequently grew into a significant diplomatic victory.
If anyone has any doubts about the authenticity of this event, I have an audio recording saved somewhere. I can scroll. And I will retell it based on a summary from ten years ago. Well, perhaps I’ll add some historical details from well-known sources on my own.
In 1241, the Great Kagan Ogedei died in the Horde. Two people claimed his place - Khan Guyuk and Khan Batu.
Batu - also known as Batu Khan - was the son of the ruler of Jochi and the grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of his father in 1227, he became the ruler of the Jochi ulus - the Golden Horde. But Khan Guyuk, as the son of Ogedei, had greater rights to assume supreme power. In fact, Ogedei bequeathed to elect his beloved grandson Shiramun as a successor, but his widow Dorgene began to fight for the election of her son Guyuk, despite opposition from Batu Khan, who did not want to see his sworn enemy as the Great Ruler.
Batu had just returned from a military campaign in Europe, which lasted four years, and was completely unprepared for the struggle for power. He had only four thousand warriors against Guyuk's one hundred thousand warriors. In fact, Batu Khan waited with bated heart to see if Guyuk Khan would fight against him. And his mood, of course, was by no means victorious. He just needed to survive and survive in this situation.
St. Prince Alexander, some time after the battle on Lake Peipsi, realizing that he did not have the strength to repel another invasion of the Livonian Order, went to the Horde to seek an alliance with Khan Batu in the hope of his military assistance. Thus, the two great commanders met and shared their troubles, plans and problems with each other.
In essence, both rulers found themselves in the same position. For Rus' would not be able to survive in the next year or two if another invasion of knights from Western Europe suddenly took place.
Batu was more concerned about the events taking place in the Horde, and not at all in the North of Rus'. He expected that Khan Guyuk would use force against him, but there was nothing and no one to defend himself and repel it. And it was no longer a matter of the struggle for power, but of ensuring one’s own safety and preserving life.
It was then that St. Prince Alexander offered Batu Khan five hundred of his warriors for personal protection. Of course, such a small number, even battle-hardened warriors, would not have influenced the outcome of the confrontation with Guyuk. But the Grand Duke’s self-sacrifice and this sincere gesture itself were so strong and timely that they melted the heart of even such a tough commander as Batu. Prince Alexander was the only one at that moment who told him: “I came to help you and am ready to die with you.”
Looking ahead, we can say that after some time the issue of power in the Horde was eventually resolved. At the kurultai in the early autumn of 1246, Khan Guyuk was proclaimed Great Kagan. He, however, ruled for only two years and died just during the preparations for the campaign against Batu Khan, who after his death took the place of ruler, already quite legally.
But then, at the meeting, when Prince Alexander also really needed help and support, Batu Khan responded with an even stronger and more friendly gesture. He gave Prince Alexander “Paidze” - a small gold tablet, which indicated that Prince Alexander was a personal friend and vassal of the Great Kagan.
Batu had very few such gold tablets - a few pieces - and he had the right, in exceptional cases, to issue them to different persons, as a symbol of delegation of power and endowing the bearers with special powers.
And with this gift, St. Prince Alexander returned to his homeland, where the papal legates came to him. They set an ultimatum: either the prince allows the activities of the order in the territories under his control, or let a new one await crusade on the part of the Order, which, in essence, has nothing to reflect. The Roman ambassadors acted with certainty, using blackmail, characteristic of Latin cunning.
At that time, the Russian princes were mired in civil strife, losing up to one hundred thousand soldiers killed. In addition, betrayal was brewing in Veliky Novgorod, where at the Assembly they openly talked about the need to make peace with Europe and give it some territories.
But if Prince Alexander had yielded to the papal ambassadors, then a stream of colonialists would pour from Western Europe into Northern Rus' and it would be very difficult to predict how the history of our state would have developed then and whether the Russian ethnic group would have taken shape at all? Most likely, the scattered peoples of the Russian land would have suffered the same fate as the American Indians.
The papal legates well understood the hopelessness of the situation in which Prince Alexander found himself, and I assume that they were already “rubbing their hands” with lust in anticipation of victory over the indestructible prince. Then, in response to these claims - to their ultimatum - Grand Duke Alexander presented them with a gold “Paidze”. So it’s casual - “bam” and put it on the table. Say, “I may not be against your wishes, but I have such a friend and ruler. And I don’t know at all how he will look at it”?
Upon presentation of this symbol of power, the atmosphere of the meeting changed in a direction completely indecent for the Latins, for the mention of the Mongols in Europe evoked a feeling of deep fainting.
Everyone still had fresh memories that in the battle of Polish city On April 9, 1241, in Legnica, in an hour and a half, the Mongols crushed the entire flower of the crusaders, together with the Poles, led by Duke Henry II the Pious, whose head was brought on a spear to the gates of the city. And the Hungarian king Bela IV was completely defeated by Batu in the battle of Chaillot River April 11, 1241.
According to historical sources, in three days from April 9 to April 11, 1241, the Mongols destroyed three European armies totaling up to 150,000 people. The Horde army then also swept through Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria.
Therefore, the horror of the mention of the Mongols among Europeans was by no means a joke. It turned out that the papal ambassadors proposed peace or war not to some lonely and defenseless Grand Duke of Novgorod, but to the entire Golden Horde led by the Great Kagan, whose army consisted of hundreds of thousands of warriors, and whose territories began somewhere beyond China.
As they say: “I would like to see the faces of the papal legates at this moment.” I believe that they became very similar to the faces of the tram abreks from the film “Brother”, who, muttering “Don’t kill, brother, take the money, take everything, just don’t kill, brother,” crawled away from the place of their shameful humiliation. So the papal ambassadors crawled away from the Russian land, with a failed mission and shudder at the possibility of a new Horde invasion.
This diplomatic victory of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky was several times greater in political significance than that won on Lake Peipsi. For after it, one could confidently conclude that in the coming years there would be no Swedish-Livonian campaign against Rus'. It was a time-out to gather strength for at least ten years.
And the merit of St. Grand Duke Alexander is that he did not lose his head and, in a completely hopeless situation, found the only and bloodless way out of it. For Rus' in the forties of the 13th century could not present anything as a force.
Such a story!
Let me note that a similar situation developed in Russia at the beginning of the 21st century. And I believe that all the many years of “deflections” of our government in front of “Western friends” are nothing more than a time “to gather strength.”
Our “Western colleagues” really want to throw us into a “meat grinder” civil war fraternal peoples, or rather, the same people, so that it happens as American President Truman called in his time: “let them kill each other as much as possible.” But so far the West has failed to implement this plan.
These days also mark the mournful anniversary of the fifth anniversary of the Ukrainian Maidan, when our diplomacy and intelligence services “blanked” the aggressive actions of the West and the rise to power of the current Bendera junta.
You note the calls with surprise Russian authorities about peace to the ruling circles in Kyiv. Yes, all this is pointless, although from the point of view of diplomacy, it is probably objectively necessary.
In Ukraine today there is only one power - the power of the US State Department. And all actions, from the odious speeches of the head of the Ukrainian clique and the church schism to the massacres of Donbass residents, are carried out under the direct leadership of American advisers.
But let's go back to the 13th century.
Then, in response to his strong faith and loyalty, the Lord gave St. Prince Alexander wisdom and prudence, a deep humble mind and insight, determination and the ability to defeat enemies not only on the battlefield - with the sword, but also in the diplomatic field.
We can say that the Holy Prince possessed wisdom similar to that which the Lord endowed the Old Testament King Solomon: “And God said to him: ... I give you a heart that is wise and understanding, so that there was none like you before you, and after you there will not arise one like you.”(1 Kings 3:11-12).
The Holy Fathers of the Church call prudence the mother of all virtues.
As the Holy Scripture says: “When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, then prudence will protect you, reason will protect you from the evil path.”(Prov.2.11:12).
Thus, the wisdom and prudence of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky saved him from unreasonable decisions and evil paths.
And I would like to wish all of us to seek such prudence and pray to the Lord that He would grant it to each of us, and especially to our Supreme Commander-in-Chief and his diplomatic corps.
Priest Sergius Chechanichev, publicist
On April 5, 1242, a battle took place, rightfully inscribed in the tablets of brilliant Russian military victories, and is currently known as the Battle of the Ice.
In the battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, the Russian squad led by Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the army of the knights of the Teutonic Order.
In honor of this event, we suggest refreshing your memory of the most famous statements of Alexander Nevsky.
Grand Duke of Vladimir and Kiev, Prince of Novgorod Alexander Yaroslavich was born on May 13, 1221. The victory he won on July 15, 1240 on the banks of the Neva over a detachment commanded by the future ruler of Sweden, Earl Birger, brought universal glory to the young prince. It was for this victory that the prince began to be called Nevsky. On April 5, 1242, with the defeat of the knights of the Teutonic Order on the ice of Lake Peipsi, the prince wrote his name in history as a commander who secured the western borders of Rus'. Died November 14, 1263. He was buried in the Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin. Was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547. In 1942, the Soviet government established the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
In many military units In Russia we will find on posters the phrase “Whoever enters us with a sword will die by the sword!” And the signature under it: “Alexander Nevsky.” In this case, we are dealing with a cultural and historical curiosity. And that's why. Some statements of Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky, one of those great princes of Rus' who most strongly influenced its history, have reached us. However, it seems that he did not say these exact words, otherwise they would have been preserved in the memory of those from whose words the chroniclers then, hot on the heels, recorded the facts of the biography of Alexander Nevsky.
Why do we still present them in the book “Speeches that Changed Russia”? The answer to this question is given by Feature Film“Alexander Nevsky,” filmed by director Sergei Eisenstein in 1938 under the patronage of Stalin, who made his own adjustments to both the script and the final editing of the film. The film was supposed to become not only an artistic, but also an ideological phenomenon. The threat of a big war was then real, and this threat came from Germany. The historical parallels with the film were clear to the viewer.
When the film was released in 1938, it was a tremendous success, comparable only to the success of Chapaev. Sergei Eisenstein received the Stalin Prize and the degree of Doctor of Art History without defending a dissertation. However, soon after the release of the film, it was withdrawn from distribution for reasons of political correctness in relation to Germany, with which the USSR was trying to establish strong ties during this period. In 1939 Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany, and the film was banned from showing by special order and put on a shelf so as not to lose Hitler’s favor and not to create a negative image of the German conqueror in the minds of Soviet citizens.
However, as we know, the non-aggression pact was treacherously violated by the Nazis in 1941, and keeping the film on the shelf no longer made any sense. After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, “Alexander Nevsky” returned to the screens with even more resounding success. And even more than that, 1942 marked the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Peipsi. There was an impression that the film was specially made for this date, and even with propaganda overtones. Indeed, in the film, the knights of the Teutonic Order (Germans) are presented as a powerful, well-organized force that turns into nothing when faced with the heroism and resourcefulness of the Russian people. Pointing to this, Stalin’s words were printed on the film posters: “Let the courageous image of our great ancestors inspire you in this war.”
The film ends with the complete victory of Russian troops over the invaders. In the final scenes, the Novgorod people decide their fate as follows: ordinary warriors are released, knights are left to receive a ransom, and the leaders of the troops are executed. Actor Nikolai Cherkasov, who plays Alexander Nevsky, tells the departing bollards to tell everyone else: “Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword!” This is where the Russian land stood and will stand!” At that moment, these words sounded very relevant: it seemed as if the disgraced and defeated Germans of the thirteenth century had to convey these words to the Germans of the twentieth. But, apparently, neither one nor the other heard these words. But they were accepted with all their souls, understood and inspired by the Russian people of the twentieth century, whose lot it fell to repel the powerful, well-organized force of fascism and turn it into nothingness.
Historical parallels were not an accident, as evidenced, in particular, by the words of the film’s creator, Sergei Eisenstein: “The year was 1938. “Patriotism is our theme” stood steadily before me and the entire creative team during filming, during dubbing, and during editing. Reading simultaneously the chronicles of the 13th century and newspapers of today, you lose the sense of the difference in time, for the bloody horror that was sowed in the 13th century knightly orders conquerors, is almost no different from what is being done now in some countries of the world.”
Let us now return to the personality of Alexander Nevsky. Oddly enough, not much is known about him. “The Life of Alexander Nevsky,” created in the early 80s of the 13th century, is small in size, and it is no coincidence that Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, the author of “The History of the Russian State,” inserts large excerpts from the reports of Plano Carpini and Willem into the presentation dedicated to Alexander Nevsky van Rubruck about their trips to the Horde in order to balance the volumes of the various chapters of their historical work. But, as they say, it is what it is.
Apparently, the explanation for this lies in the fact that the activities of Alexander Nevsky were devoted mainly to his relationships with the restless Novgorodians, with their formidable western neighbors - the Germans and Swedes - and with the Horde, which caused great trouble for the prince. And the interests of the chroniclers, traditionally, lay in the plane of confrontation between the Kyiv and Vladimir princes, although, frankly speaking, in historical terms these endless intrigues no longer had much significance. It is not for nothing that Andrei Bogolyubsky, remembering the sad fate of his father, Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, poisoned by the Kyiv boyars, renounced his claims to the Kiev grand-ducal table.
There are not many of us, but the enemy is strong; but God is not in power, but in truth: go with your prince!
However, even the little that we know about Alexander Nevsky arouses great interest in him as a politician and military leader. Here are two opinions expressed by people who communicated with the prince. The first belongs to the master of the Livonian Order Andrei Velven, who, after conversations with Alexander, noted: “I went through many countries and saw many peoples, but I did not meet such a king among kings, nor a prince among princes.” The second was expressed by Khan Batu after his meeting with Alexander Nevsky: “They told me the truth that there is no prince like him.”
Of course, reading “The Life of Alexander Nevsky”, you notice that its author, following the dictates of his time, sets out the speeches and deeds of his hero through the prism of a Christian, or rather Orthodox attitude towards the world and people, and, of course, Alexander himself thought and spoke in that same key. An example of this is the words of Alexander Nevsky, which he said to his soldiers before the Battle of Neva: “There are not many of us, but the enemy is strong; but God is not in power, but in truth: go with your prince!”
The curiosity related to the words attributed to Alexander Nevsky in atheistic Soviet times, “Whoever enters us with a sword will die by the sword!” is also due to the fact that this statement is very reminiscent of one verse from the biblical “Revelation of John the Theologian”: “Who leads into captivity, he himself will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must himself be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and faith of the saints” (Rev. 13:10).
In conclusion, it is necessary to mention the appeal to Alexander noted by the chronicler from Pope Innocent IV, who sent two legates, Cardinals Galda and Gemont, to the prince with a proposal to convert to the Catholic faith. In his response letter, Alexander Nevsky wrote the words below, which have not lost their relevance today.
Response of Prince Alexander Nevsky to the papal legates, 1251
From Adam to the flood, from the flood to the division of nations, from the confusion of nations to Abraham, from Abraham to the passage of Israel through the Red Sea, from the exodus of the children of Israel to the death of David the king, from the beginning of the reign of Solomon to Augustus the king, from the power of Augustus to the birth of Christ , from the birth of Christ to the suffering and resurrection of the Lord, from His resurrection to his ascension into heaven, from his ascension into heaven to the reign of Constantine, from the beginning of the reign of Constantine to the first Council, from the first Council to the seventh - we know all this well, and from your teachings are not acceptable.
The rector of the temple, Archpriest Vasily Gonchar, told our correspondent about the temple icons:
History of the icon of John the Baptist very unusual. At the very beginning of the life of the temple, it was brought by a woman from a family in which the icon was passed down by inheritance. This icon was from one of the destroyed Kamchatka churches; it was badly damaged: it was burnt, and the face could not be distinguished. We then imagined that this was an icon of the Savior, and we placed it in the place appropriate for such an icon. But from the moment it appeared in the temple, it began to be updated, and we now see that the icon depicts John the Baptist. And she was placed above the confessional, because the Forerunner called everyone to repentance. And the fact that the icon of John the Baptist has been renewed over the years is a small miracle, and the parishioners of the temple are very sensitive to this.
IconOur Lady of Port Arthur:
Exactly two months before the start Russo-Japanese War On December 11, 1903, the old sailor Fedor, a participant in the defense of Sevastopol, came to the Kiev Pechersk Lavra to speak. He prayed earnestly for the Russian fleet in Port Arthur. One day in a dream he had a vision: standing with her back to the bay of the sea of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Mother of God calmed the fear-stricken sailor and told him that a war would soon begin, in which Russia would face great trials and losses. The Lady of Heaven ordered to make an image that accurately depicts the vision and send the icon to the Port Arthur Church, promising protection and victory to the Russian army
Photo: Authentic icon of the Mother of God of Port Arthur in Kamchatka
When the news came about the start of the war, the monks and pilgrims of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, who knew about the sailor’s vision, collected a coin (they did not accept more than one person) for materials for making the icon. The craftsmen did not charge anything for the work. On the image was written in enameled script: “As a blessing and a sign of triumph to the Christ-loving army Far Russia from the holy monasteries of Kyiv and 10,000 pilgrims and friends.”
In our church we have an icon of the Mother of God “Port Arthur” that is dear to my heart; a copy of it was made from an original icon, which today is in one of the churches in Vladivostok. When the religious procession along the maritime borders of the Russian state was conceived, it was initially proposed that it be carried out with a genuine icon. At that time, the Archbishop of Vladivostok and Primorsky Veniamin agreed to hand over the Port Arthur icon of the Mother of God for the duration of the northern transition, but after its completion the icon had to be returned to Vladivostok.
We were not happy with this option, because we wanted the icon to remain in our diocese after such a long religious procession. We also planned to have our Avachinskaya Bay, three brothers and volcanoes depicted on the icon. But without the blessing of the Patriarch it is not permissible to do such things, so we turned to the ever-memorable Patriarch Alexy and received permission: “It is blessed without changing the appearance of the Mother of God,” that is, we were only allowed to change the appearance of the bay. Icon painting workshops did not agree to paint it: the icon was unusual, and it had to be painted in short time. For the icon painters I had to prepare a whole package of documents and photographs of hills, volcanoes, and bays. It was completed a week before the start of the procession.
Photo: Icon of the Mother of God of Port Arthur of the Church of St. blgv. book Alexander Nevsky
Our icon of the Mother of God “Port Arthur” traveled three oceans and ten seas, 200 thousand 500 nautical miles or 20.0 thousand kilometers, crossed the Sea of Okhotsk, visited Magadan and, completing the religious procession, returned with warships to Kamchatka. Now she resides in our temple.
Icon of St. blgv. Prince Alexander Nevsky: It was given to us, but it was large in size and in our small church we had no place to place it, so we donated it to the military church of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called in Rybachy. At that time, we already had a temple icon in which Prince Alexander Nevsky is depicted with a sword in his hands. It was he who said: “Whoever comes to us with a sword will die by the sword.”
Photo by Svetlana Ligostaeva. Temple icon of St. vlgv. book Alexander Nevsky
But on the icon, the weapon is more of a symbol. But when we talk about protecting the Fatherland, when it is in danger, then the ministers of the church also take up the sword. The Monk Sergius of Radonezh, having blessed Prince Dimitri, subsequently gave the Donskoy army two schemamonks - Alexander Peresvet (former boyar Bryansk) and Andrei Oslyabya (former boyar Lyubetsky). Both of them were experienced warriors before taking monasticism and died on the Kulikovo field. The duel between Peresvet and Chelebey was more of a spiritual battle than a physical one.
Photo: Duel between Peresvet and Chelebey
“...In the understanding of the Russian people, the Kulikovo field was a “place of judgment”, where two armies gathered not just to measure their strength, but where the Judgment of God’s measure and truth over man was to take place, where the question was decided: should there be a Russian Land and a Russian state?”
And Alexander Nevsky?! Being famous warrior, goes and bows to Batu Khan, he chooses between the wild Mongols and the Latin West. He goes into physical captivity among wild tribes, saving the Russian people from spiritual captivity.
INSERT: “The historical task facing Alexander Nevsky was twofold: to protect the borders of Rus' from the attacks of the Latin West and to strengthen national identity within the borders.
The salvation of the Orthodox faith was the main stone of the political system of Alexander Nevsky. For him, Orthodoxy was not in words, but in deeds - “the pillar and foundation of the truth.”
With his deep and brilliant hereditary historical instinct, Prince Alexander understood that in his historical era the main danger to Orthodoxy and the uniqueness of Russian culture came from the West, and not from the East, from Latinism, and not from Mongolism. Mongolism brought slavery to the body, but not to the soul. Latinism threatened to distort the very soul. Latinism was a militant religious system that sought to subjugate and remake the Orthodox faith of the Russian people according to its own model.
Mongolism was not a religious system at all, but only a cultural and political one. It carried with it civil-political laws (Chinggis Yasa), and not religious-ecclesiastical ones. The main principle of the Great Mongol Power was precisely broad religious tolerance, or even more - patronage of all religions
The two feats of Alexander Nevsky - the feat of warfare in the West and the feat of humility in the East - had one goal: the preservation of Orthodoxy as the moral and political force of the Russian people.
This goal was achieved: the growth of the Russian Orthodox kingdom took place on the soil prepared by Prince Alexander. The tribe of Alexander Nevsky built the Moscow state.”
So the image with weapons on the icons of the Holy defenders of the Fatherland and the Russian state from adversaries is a tribute to their services to the Russian people and Holy Russia.
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