Title: Boys
Year of manufacture: 1990
Country: USSR
Genre: Fiction, film adaptation.
Duration: 01:21:54
Director: Yuri Grigoriev, Renita Grigorieva
Cast: Alyosha Dostoevsky, Evgeny Tashkov, Dmitry Chernigovsky, Sasha Sukhovsky, Anastasia Ivanova, Olga Gobzeva and others.
The film is based on chapters of the novel “The Brothers Karamazov” by F. M. Dostoevsky. Trying to protect the boy from the persecution of his classmates, the monk Alyosha Karamazov eventually becomes involved in the life story of the entire family of Staff Captain Snegirev - a man trying to maintain his dignity despite poverty and grief. Wondering why an unfamiliar boy, Ilyusha, suddenly rushed at him with his fists, Alyosha comes to his house and finds out that this is the son of the same staff captain who was recently offended and humiliated by Mitya Karamazov, the eldest of the Karamazov brothers. Ilyusha is very sick. Alyosha becomes a friend and mentor to Ilyusha and his comrades
Title: Siberia. Mon amyr
Year of manufacture: 2011
Country Russia
Genre: Drama.
Duration: 01:44:37
Director: Vyacheslav Ross
Cast: Pyotr Zaichenko, Mikhail Protsko, Sergei Novikov, Lydia Bayrashevskaya, Nikolai Kozak and others.
Siberia. Late fall. In the taiga, in an abandoned village, live old man Ivan and his 7-year-old grandson Leshka. They are waiting for the boy's father, who left 2 years ago and has not returned. A pack of stray dogs devours all living things in the surrounding area. The boy becomes friends with one of these dogs, for which the old man often scolds him. Sometimes a distant relative, Uncle Yura, brings them food.
Title: Vanechka
Year of manufacture: 2007
Country Russia
Genre: Drama.
Duration: 01:43:12
Director: Elena Nikolaeva
Cast: Elena Velikanova, Maxim Galkin, Andrey Panin, Evdokia Germanova, Sergey Batalov, Alisa Grebenshchikova and others.
1998 - this year events begin to happen in the film. Nadezhda came to the capital of Russia to enter VGIK. But trouble happened, Nadya’s only relatives died in car accident. The girl was now left alone in a huge strange city. And also Small child Vanya remains in her arms. The child is her only one and close person in a huge city. The heroine of the film carries it with her everywhere in any weather, wherever she goes. The orphanage, where it is warm and well fed, seemed like a nightmare for the girl. The girl has a desire to keep little Ivan with her, no matter what happens.
Title: It Doesn't Concern Me watch online
Year of manufacture: 2013
Country Russia
Genre: Fiction. Dramas
Duration: 56:27
Director: Archpriest Alexander (Novopashin)
Cast: Yuri Belyaev, Veronika Dolgodusheva, Anton Grebenshchikov, Alan Makiev, Linda Akhmetzyanova, Vitaly Gudkov
The plot of the film “It Doesn’t Concern Me” tells the story of young residents of one of the large Russian cities, whose destinies are ruined by drugs, as well as about people who are far from drug addiction, citizens who are quite successful in life, for whom the principle “It doesn’t concern me” is quite acceptable. However, it costs fate nothing to prove how illusory such a stereotype is. When trouble invades a seemingly strong and reliable world from an unexpected source, everything around collapses like a house of cards. The film “This Doesn’t Concern Me” was filmed according to the script and under the direction of Archpriest Alexander Novopashin, rector of the Cathedral in the name of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky. Previously, Father Alexander had already made a name for himself in cinema - he had shot such documentaries as “Tsar of Bulgaria” and “Fracture”.
Title: Proverbs 3. Three words about forgiveness
Year of manufacture: 2012
Country: Belarus
Genre: Fiction
Duration: 01:06:26
Director: nun Joanna (Orlova)
Cast: Lev Durov, Grigory Solovyov, Ruslan Chernetsky, Sergei Vlasov, Valery Agayan, Anton Labko, Evgenia Kulbachnaya, Alexander Abramovich and others.
The third trilogy of the audience's favorite series has been released fiction stories- Parables. The film is staged in a completely different style, because the genre of parables is, first of all, to convey a simple truth in an accessible language. The first part is devoted great power forgiveness of one's neighbor. Second part family relations: parents confused good and evil, but they little son admonishes them and opens their eyes to the sin of not honoring their parents. The main character of the third story makes many mistakes. But the Lord did not forget him and, as often happens, through sorrows and hardships he brings him to Himself....
Title: Proverbs 4
Year of manufacture: 2013
Country Russia
Genre: Fiction film. Lyrical comedy
Duration: 1:14:07
Director: Lyubetsky Vitaly
Cast: Alexander Tkachenok, Mikhail Esman, Alexey Yarovenko, Alexander Odinets, Svetlana Ben, Oleg Tkachev, Gennady Gotovchits, Alexander Tikhanovich, and others...
Do you remember the heroes of the previous “Proverbs” - the wise confessor and his unlucky novice? Life does not stand still - in the monastery where they serve God, new buildings grow, and the monks and parishioners grow in spirit through work and prayer, learning to bear each other’s infirmities. The first parable, “The Ladder,” is about a young and ambitious businessman. It is difficult for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God... So Sergei Sergeich even believed in God, but he relied too much on himself. Here there is jealousy beyond reason, haste in spiritual achievements, and absurd fantasies. So there is something to smile about and something to think about... The second story is about a novice. The poor man was overcome by evil thoughts and condemnation. While I was confessing, my soul was like a pure spring, but I forgot about the power of confession - it became like a stinking swamp. I've messed up so much... Thank God, the confessor is nearby - he will pray, and say a good word, and impose penance on time. Our hero corrected himself and even managed to reconcile two people who were deeply offended by each other. That’s why the third parable is called “The Wise Novice.”
Title: Father
Year of manufacture: 2011
Country Russia
Genre: Fiction
Duration: 40:08
Director: S. Andryushkin
The main character of the film is a well-to-do man, but behind the façade financial well-being family problems are hidden, because no amount of money can buy happiness. The wife is absorbed in her career stepdaughter does not recognize him as his father, the house turns into a battlefield. Where and when did he make a mistake, who is trying to destroy his calm life? What enemy should he fight and, most importantly, in what way? Which law should he rely on - worldly or divine, because if he does not find a way out, he will be left completely alone...
Name: A little prince
Country Russia
Genre: Fiction, family, children's
Duration: 111:04
Director: Andrey Ross
The film is based on the world famous work Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince". Great fairy tale that a piece of a child should forever remain in every adult. Cast: A. Shcherbakov, A. Ross, O. Rudyuk
Title: Angel
Country Russia
Year of manufacture: 2011
Duration: 89:19
Director: Dmitry Fedorov
A story about a child who carries within himself the spiritual light of hope, for whom childhood ended with separation from his mother. Mom, solving her personal problems, sends Yurik to his great-grandfather in the village for the summer. Summer holidays, which usually bring so much joy and impressions, became a real test for the hero of the film...
Actors: Georgy Mirskoy, Olga Berezkina, Felix Antipov and others.
Title: Blessed. When ashes turn into flowers
Country Russia
Year of manufacture: 2008
Genre: Fiction, Drama, Family
Duration: 88 min.
Director: Sergei Strusovsky
Neither super hero, neither a child prodigy nor new technologies can change this world for the better, but only Love! It is about such Love - which does not demand anything for itself, but only gives - that this film was created. Alexandra comes to Moscow with the desire to learn to draw and meet her loved one, because in a big city there are many people and many opportunities. However, there are also many troubles that will not bypass her. The way the world works is that white is most visible on black. The trials that befell the seventeen-year-old heroine could shape the character of a rather practical person who despises the weak and selfish. But Alexandra managed to preserve childish spontaneity and purity, and the ashes in her hands turn into flowers...
Title: Saint and Sinner
Released: 2001
Country Russia
Genre: Biography
Director: Ivan Solovov
Duration: 01:41:08
Cast: Vladimir Gostyukhin, Lev Durov, Valery Garkalin, Nikolai Fomenko, Nina Ruslanova, Viktor Pavlov and others.
Locksmith Tudyshkin lives poorly: there is no money, his wife and daughter are sawing, and he has no health either. But he can always get hold of some vodka, or at least some whiskey - that’s why he’s a plumber. One day Tudyshkin drank without eating, and said in his hearts: “Lord, help me!” - and an unprepossessing little man appeared in his small car. "Called God? Here I come!" God took the plumber as his assistant, and everything began to turn out somehow okay and happily in the poor fellow’s family. However, after God the Devil also appears. The Devil provokes Tudyshkin into all sorts of dirty tricks and gives in gratitude everything that his wife and daughter ask for, and even more than that. So the unfortunate Tudyshkin rushes between God and the Devil, looking with hatred at his grumpy wife and insatiable daughter.
Many educated people today refuse TV and prefer to read interesting books. Modern television is truly mind-numbing, but good films are not like that. They spiritually enrich a person, motivate them to think and even change. Watch high-quality Orthodox films and you will see this. We offer our readers a selection of five feature films - from Tarkovsky to Lungin.
Island (2006)
Director: Pavel Lungin
Duration: 1:54:52
We have heard about the elders one way or another, but to imagine what their looks or looked like everyday life, very hard.
The Orthodox film by Pavel Lungin “The Island” tells the story of the fate of the holy fool Anatoly, who has been living in a monastery somewhere in the North for more than 30 years. He is perspicacious, but tries to hide his gift behind his eccentricities.
People who come to the “perceptive priest” mistake him for the elder’s cell attendant. Father Anatoly supposedly goes to the elder for advice, but in reality he hides his gifts from everyone. He denounces a pregnant girl who came to receive a “blessing for an abortion”; he tells the widow that her husband was captured during World War II and is now in France. With prayer he heals a boy on crutches and the admiral's possessed daughter.
Like a real holy fool, Father Anatoly very wisely denounces his brothers. His life is surprising in its modesty: he sleeps in a copter, right on the coal, without a bed, almost never dines with his brethren, and privately asks God for forgiveness. What? Father Anatoly has one sin that does not give him peace. Let’s not spoil it, it’s better to watch the Orthodox film “The Island” for yourself, in which the main roles were played by Pyotr Mamonov (Elder Anatoly), Viktor Sukhorukov (abbot of the monastery - Father Filaret), Dmitry Dyuzhev (monk Job).
The film motivates you to think about your own life.
Pop (2009)
Director: Vladimir Khotinenko
Duration: 2:03:34
The directorial work of Vladimir Khotinenko lifts the curtain on the history of the Church during the war. In 1941 - early 1944, the priests of the Baltic states tried to revive religious life - the so-called Pskov Orthodox mission operated.
Through the story of one rural priest, the fate of people in the occupied territories is revealed. War, devastation, the Germans kill someone’s last cow, in one family they shoot a girl who resisted violence. The local priest, Father Alexander, together with his mother, support and raise orphaned children. Among them is a girl from a Jewish family who believed and wanted to be baptized (she was played by Liza Arzamasova).
But not only disasters were associated with the arrival of the Germans. Thanks to them they are reborn Orthodox churches. Christian life Things are getting better in the village, but not for long. The power will change, and the priest will have to undergo a 30-year trial in the camps...
Khotinenko’s film is Russian Orthodox cinema in a refined form (Christian themes are closely intertwined with the history of the Great Patriotic War). But historians criticize Khotinenko for superficiality and tendentiousness. But to a wide circle The audience, primarily believers, liked the film. Largely thanks to deep experiences and good actors(Sergey Makovetsky, Nina Usatova, Liza Arzamasova, Kirill Pletnev, Anatoly Lobotsky).
Cure Fear/Luca (2013)
Director: Alexander Parkhomenko
Duration: 1:47:10
Doctor. Artist. Priest. Bishop. Saint. Luka Krymsky, in the world - Valentin Feliksovich Voino-Yasenetsky (1877-1961), in Soviet time known as a professor, doctor of medical sciences, author of “Essays on Purulent Surgery” and laureate of the Stalin Prize. But this is only one side of the coin.
On the other hand, an Orthodox saint, a victim of Stalinist repressions, who spent 11 years in exile, a bishop Orthodox Church, author of the theological works “Spirit, Soul and Body” and “Science and Religion.”
His life, thoroughly saturated with antonymous irony, secular recognition and rejection of the atheistic system, looks like an Orthodox movie.
A family doctor and father of four children, after the death of his wife, becomes a priest and takes monastic vows. Born in sunny Crimea, he is serving exile in the Arctic. For achievements in medicine he receives the Stalin Prize, and for his religious beliefs he receives a ticket to Stalin’s camps. In his medical practice, he cures many from severe eye diseases, and he himself last years bishop loses his sight, but still continues to serve.
Despite the number of videos about the life of the saint and surgeon, it is Alexander Parkhomenko’s film, in which the main roles were played by Vitaly Bezrukov (St. Luke) and Ekaterina Guseva (Voino-Yasenetsky’s prematurely deceased wife), that deserves everyone’s attention.
First of all, this Orthodox film is highly appreciated by believers, but it will also be interesting to “doubters” and neophytes.
For My Name (2005)
Director: Maria Mozhar
Duration: 0:27:45
Sometimes it feels like you experience half your life in 27 minutes. If you are familiar with this feeling, then you have probably seen the Orthodox film “For My Name.” This film describes the life of a post-war village. At the center of the action is a little orphan girl. She is a child of concentration camps. Her mother gave birth to her from a German policeman during her imprisonment, and she soon died.
A five-year-old girl does not understand why there is so much hatred towards her: local children tease and beat her. Only the priest, Father Alexander, sheltered the child. When the priest asked the girl what her name was, she sincerely answered: “Fascist” (that’s how the kids teased her). Nobody called her by name.
After this, the priest christened her Anna - in honor of her mother. For the first time, the girl felt that she was loved and cared for: they fed her, sewed dresses, made a doll out of straw...
But the day comes when they come for the priest. Father Alexander accepts everything calmly. To reassure the women, he says that he is going for a reward. What kind of reward could a priest go for at that time? But the father did not deceive. For what reward? If you haven't guessed it yet, remember the name of this Orthodox film.
The title is reminiscent of the Gospel warning of the apostles who are facing persecution:
...and you will be hated by everyone because of My name; he who endures to the end will be saved (Matthew 10:22).
Find 27 free minutes in your schedule and be sure to watch the movie. Despite some mistakes and inconsistencies historical era, asceticism of shooting and lack of famous actors, the tape deserves attention. You can’t immediately say that this is not a film by a venerable director, but course work VGIK student Maria Mozhar.
Andrei Rublev/The Passion of Andrei (1966)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Duration: 3:26:50 (full version)
It’s already 50 years since the release of Andrei Tarkovsky’s masterpiece film, which became the face of Orthodox cinema and world cinema.
Tarkovsky managed to make not just a historical drama, but a film for the ages. The world opens before the reader's eyes medieval Rus' and the worldview of the protagonist. Very few reliable facts from the life of the amazing icon painter have survived to this day, but Tarkovsky is trying to reveal the image of the hero as much as possible.
From the monologues of Rublev (played by Anatoly Solonitsyn) we hear reflections on love and holiness, truth and sin, temporality and eternity.
You can analyze the dialogue between Andrei Rublev and Feofan the Greek (Nikolai Sergeev) into individual quotes. And the scene of the crucifixion of Christ, transferred by Andrei’s consciousness from distant Israel to the Russian snowy outback, evokes, at a minimum, a deep emotional experience. Those who have seen the film understand what we are talking about. And for those who are still planning to watch, we won’t spoil it. You won't regret spending three hours.
You will probably see this film in any list of Orthodox films. But “Andrei Rublev” is known and appreciated regardless of country or religious affiliation. Professionalism and love for your work can be felt in every detail. In addition to Solonitsyn and Sergeev, the film also starred Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Burlyaev, and Rolan Bykov and Yuri Nikulin appeared.
Island (2006)
Released : 2006
Genre: drama
Released: Russia
Duration: 01:54:26
Director: Pavel Lungin
Cast: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Yuri Kuznetsov, Nina Usatova
Plot of the film: Second World War. The barge on which Anatoly and his senior comrade Tikhon are transporting coal is captured by a German patrol ship. Begging for mercy from the Germans, Anatoly commits treason - he shoots Tikhon. The Germans leave the coward on a mined barge, but thanks to the help of the monks living in a monastery on the island, he manages to survive... Years pass. Elder Anatoly is revered for his righteous life and the truly miraculous help he provides to people who come here. However terrible sin The murders he committed during the war haunt him. Feeling the approach of his death, Anatoly is preparing for death and does not yet know that he will soon be forgiven...
“The inexplicable is happening here...
Pop / The Priest (2010)
Name : Pop
Release year: 2010
Released: Russia
Duration: 02:08:54
Genre: Drama, military
Director :Vladimir Khotinenko
Cast: Sergey Makovetsky, Nina Usatova, Liza Arzamasova, Kirill Pletnev, Anatoly Lobotsky,
Plot of the film: The Pskov Orthodox mission is one of the least studied pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. From August 1941 to February 1944, missionary priests from the Baltic states revived church life in the German-occupied territories of northwestern Russia. After these areas were occupied by Soviet troops, the participants of the Pskov mission were deported to camps.
Angel's Chapel (2009)
Year of issue: 2009
A country: Russia
Genre: Drama
Duration: 01:32:25
Director: Nikolai Drayden
Cast: Alexey Morozov, Alexander Bargman, Arthur Vakha, Vitaly Kovalenko, Dmitry Lysenkov, Helga Filippova, Ekaterina Novikova, Emilia Spivak, Alexander Zavyalov, Evgenia Kudinova and others.
Plot of the film: A film from the history of Soviet-Finnish relations. The film tells the story of a failed assassination attempt on General Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim. 1924 Soviet Russia. The young commissar Maxim Proshin (Alexey Morozov) is sent by Soviet authorities to the Konevets Island to a monastery on a secret mission. Maxim, under the guise of a novice, must remove a high-ranking official in Finland - and his seemingly simple mission turns into a path of personal spiritual repentance for the mistakes and sins he has committed, including the murder of a clergyman...
Proverbs 1 (2010)
Released
: 2010
Released: Belarus
Duration:
00:55:35
Director: Vitaly Lyubetsky
Cast Stars: Alexander Tkachenok, Mikhail Yeisman, Elena Sidorova, Nikita Palchevsky, Andrey Volchek
Plot of the film:
The film “Parables” is a new word in modern Orthodox cinema. In each of the three parts of the film, the viewer is offered a soulful story. The parables are told in a sincere, human way, with homely warmth and humor.
The first parable, “Unusual Obedience,” will make you not only laugh heartily, but also, together with the hapless hero, think about the sin of pride and the value of Christian humility. “Tomorrow I bless you to go to the cemetery, and when you see that the dead man is being carried, revile him last words“, says the elder to the young novice. After such an intriguing beginning, an equally interesting continuation follows...
"God! Why can't you hear us? - asks the priest in the next parable. “People go to church, pray, but they don’t feel better...” The angel’s answer to this question discourages the audience, who ultimately receive an important spiritual lesson. This amazing story written at the beginning of the 20th century by Saint Basil of Kineshma.
“In one city there lived a woman,” says the third part of the film. “I kept fasts, read the Gospel, visited church...” And then one day she gives alms to a beggar, and she says: “Christ will come to you today”!
We are so often busy with ourselves that we do not notice how life passes us by. When we turn away from each other, we move away from Christ. The film “Parables” opens up an already familiar life in a new way, showing us ourselves.
Proverbs 2 (2011)
Year of issue:
2011
Genre: art
Duration:
01:01:29
Director: Vitaly Lyubetsky
Cast:
Plot of the film: This film is a continuation of the film “Parables”, released in 2010. And again, three stories, three reasons to watch old acquaintances with a kind smile and think about what they are right about and what they are wrong about.
The hero of the first story, “The Lamplight,” is a novice, the same one who went to the cemetery to scold the dead. Again he messed up. “Whatever you condemn someone for, you yourself will be guilty of it,” says the elder, and for edification he gives him a new obedience: to walk around the village with a lamp in his hands, without spilling a drop of oil or extinguishing the fire...
In the short story “The Shirt”, Mary, who was waiting for the Savior to visit, goes through new temptations. It is difficult for her to run a dacha farm alone, and it is even more difficult for her to forgive people in a Christian way. But Mary does not lose heart - she pays good for evil, prays and waits for a miracle. And it happens...
Three old fishermen lived on the same island, says the third story, “Three of You - Three of Us.” One day, a well-known and revered archimandrite sailed past on a ship. Having heard that holy wonderworkers lived on the island, he did not believe it and decided to see everything for himself. And when I learned that the fishermen didn’t even know the Lord’s Prayer, I began to teach them how to pray correctly. But you’ll see for yourself who taught whom and what…
Wanderer (2006)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 01:28:01
Director: Sergey Karandashov
Cast:: Vitaly Pichik, Tolya Klochiev, Ekaterina Gorokhovskaya, Konstantin Bykov, Alexey Tyurikov, Anatoly Dubinkin, Pyotr Kozhevnikov, Maxim Krivoborodov, Alexander Yuminov
Plot of the film: Once upon a time, God spoke to people in the language of signs and wonders. The thirst for a miracle still lives latently in every person. The hero of the film, Fyodor, witnesses an accident, as a result of which people close to him die. He decides that he was saved not by chance, and that now he must change his life. Living alone in the forest, in an abandoned bunker left over from the war, he tries to live as Orthodox hermits lived, in fasting and prayer. In this new world for him, Fyodor finds a guide - the elder Hilarion. But Father Hilarion is killed absurdly and senselessly. Having experienced deep despair, Fedor will return to people, to all worldly passions. He will experience love and jealousy, hatred and fear. And only having reached the edge - having decided to kill - will he witness a miracle.
Proverbs 3. Three words about forgiveness (2012)
Year of issue:
2012
Genre: Proverbs
Duration:
01:06:27
Director: nun Joanna (Orlova)
Starring in the film: National artist USSR Lev Durov, Grigory Solovyov, Ruslan Chernetsky, Sergey Vlasov, Valery Agayan, Anton Labko, Evgenia Kulbachnaya, Alexander Abramovich and others.
Description: THREE WORDS ABOUT FORGIVENESS continues the series of films beloved by viewers “Parables”. The theme of the new trilogy is the great, gracious power of repentance and forgiveness. A power that can transform the soul, revive a person, inspire him to life in God.
The film takes place in the 19th century. Place and time are allegorical, because the temptations are the same in all centuries, only the scenery changes. The first novella is based on a case described in the books of Metropolitan Veniamin (Fedchenkov) and Sergius Nilus. A thief, planning to steal, asks for help from St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. It would seem, what a ridiculous request! But the Lord is merciful, and His holy saint appears to personally admonish the sinner.
The second part of the trilogy offers a Christian understanding of the problem of relationships between generations - old people and grandchildren, fathers and children. Parents little boy They confused good and evil, but a pure child, like a mirror, reflects the behavior of adults. And... awakens their conscience.
The third story is a film adaptation of a famous Eastern parable. The main character made mistakes many times, ruining his life. But sorrows and hardships made his heart wise. Now he strives to teach his hot-tempered son not to hurt people, to try to avoid mistakes that are then so difficult to correct.
Proverbs 4 (2013)
Year of issue:
2013
Genre: Orthodox cinema, parables
A country: Belarus
Duration:
01:14:16
Director: Vitaly Lyubetsky
Cast: Alexander Tkachenok, Mikhail Esman, Elena Sidorova, Sergey Novitsky, Vladimir Matrosov.
Plot of the film: Do you remember the heroes of the previous “Proverbs” - the wise confessor and his unlucky novice? Life does not stand still - in the monastery where they serve God, new buildings grow, and the monks and parishioners grow in spirit through work and prayer, learning to bear each other’s infirmities.
The first parable, “The Ladder,” is about a young and ambitious businessman. It is difficult for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God. So Sergei Sergeich at least believed in God, but he relied too much on himself. Here there is jealousy beyond reason, haste in spiritual achievements, and absurd fantasies. So there is something to smile about and something to think about...
The second story is about a novice. The poor man was overcome by evil thoughts and condemnation. While I was confessing, my soul was like a pure spring, but I forgot about the power of confession - it became like a stinking swamp. I've messed up so much...
Thank God, the confessor is nearby - he will pray, and say a good word, and impose penance on time. Our hero corrected himself and even managed to reconcile two people who were deeply offended by each other. That’s why the third parable is called “The Wise Novice.”
Elder Paisios and me standing upside down (2012)
Original name: Elder Paisios and I, standing upside down
Year of issue: 2012
A country: Russia
Duration: 01:21:14
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Stolyarov
Cast: Sergey Sokolov, Daniil Usachev, Alexander Stolyarov
Short description: Hesychia means silence (in Greek). Monasticism is the path to silence. Our hero is a monk. He has a prototype - Elder Paisios, a Greek monk, now a saint, who died at the end of the twentieth century on Athos. Another monk, Christodoulus Agiorite, wrote down stories about him. And we wrote a script for an Orthodox comedy in which two monks, an old and a young one, confront evil. These are almost jokes. In them our main character simple-minded (Schweik in a cassock), and this despite the fact that the real elder Paisius himself wrote three theological books. In our film, the hero acts - he wins and gets into trouble - but hesychia does not leave him for a moment. And everything visible and audible, everything that happens to him are random rays of a huge mystery. Our second hero is a young monk, he is always next to the elder. In front of the elder’s eyes, he doubts and affirms the purity of love. Our film covers the last days in the life of the elder and the first days of the monastic life of the young monk. Paisius dies, the young monk leaves the monastery in grief. It seems that everything is over. But suddenly - a miracle, again a miracle, there are many of them in our film, often they are ordinary, like our life, but that is what it is - a miracle.
How do people live? (2008)
Year of issue: 2008
Genre: art
Duration: 38:32
Director: Alexander Kushnir
Starring in the film: Valery Pleshko, Natalya Sinyavskaya, Alexey Shevtsov, Olga Kroytor, Vyacheslav Kolyuzhny, Marina Golyanova and others.
Description:“How do people live?” - a parable film.
The Lord sent an angel to earth so that he, living among people, could find out and understand: What is in people? What is not given to people? And how do people live? Only then can he return to heaven.
Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy.
Tsar (2009)Name: Tsar Released: Russia / Pavel Lungin Studio, Profit Cinema International About the film: 1565 Dark times. The reign of Ivan the Terrible. Rus' was torn apart by famine and the Livonian War. The ruler sees treason and betrayal in everything. His faithful servants, the guardsmen, flooded the country with blood. They are ready to see the sovereign’s enemy in everyone. The main law for them is the king. The only one who went against the royal will and the atrocities of the oprichnina was Metropolitan Philip, a faithful childhood friend of Ivan the Terrible. He raised his voice and sacrificed himself. This confrontation will tell about what Rus' was capable of both in its fall and in its greatness of spirit. |
For My Name (Maria Mozhar) (2005)
Year of issue: 2005
A country: Russia
Genre: Feature films
Duration: 00:27:45
Director: Maria Mozhar
Cast: Maria Korneeva, Vladimir Egorov, Elena Valyushina, Alexandra Nazarova, Danila Rassomakhin, Pavel Rassomakhin, Sasha Matyukova, Anatoly Shcherbakov
Description: This story is about a little girl and her difficult childhood. When Father Alexander, an old village priest, appears on the path of the hunted child, the new story- a story of domestication and love.
Peresvet and Oslyabya (Stanislav Podivilov) -
Name: Peresvet and Oslyabya
Year of issue: 2010
Genre: Cartoons, history, Orthodoxy
Duration: 30:03
Director: Stanislav Podivilov
Description: The cartoon tells about the Kulikovo massacre, about St. Sergius Radonezh, about the holy schema monks Alexander Peresvet and Andrei Oslyab, about Prince Dimitri Donskoy, about greatest heroes famous battle, about military and moral feats.
The best Orthodox sites - what are they? You will learn about this by reading the report on the first competition of Orthodox sites on the Runet “Mrezha-2006”!
February 1 in Moscow at the Church of the Annunciation Holy Mother of God in Petrovsky Park as part of the section “ Information Technology, Internet and multimedia in the service of the Church" of the XV Christmas readings, a solemn ceremony took place to sum up the results of the first competition of Orthodox Runet sites "Mrezha-2006".
The competition runs for 5 months.
The competition jury, headed by the abbot of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow, the editor-in-chief of the Pravoslavie.Ru portal, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), sent invitations to participate in the competition to representatives of more than one and a half thousand Orthodox sites from the 2,500 Orthodox Internet projects of the Runet considered at the first stage of the competition. The jury received about 500 applications for participation in the competition from website authors.
The jury held several stages of voting and selected 53 laureates in 5 categories: official church websites; Media, news, portals; church and social life; science, culture, art, education and online libraries and services. At the final stage of the competition, a winner was determined in each category competitive program. The decision of the jury - which sites became laureates and winners of the competition program - was officially announced only yesterday, at the solemn ceremony summing up the results of the competition.
The ceremony was hosted by members of the competition jury Pavel Egorikhin, head of the project “People's catalog of Orthodox architecture” and Anna Lyubimova, Chief Editor portal "". The jury also included Executive Director Christmas readings Priest Dimitry Lin, head of the PMC “Life” priest Maxim Obukhov, Andrey Volkov, representing the Orthodox Liturgical Fellowship, administrator of the Orthodoxy.Ru server Alexander Dyatlov, head of Internet projects news agency RIA Novosti Natalya Loseva, Ksenia Luchenko, employee of the newspaper "Church Bulletin", editor-in-chief of the catalog Orthodox Christianity.Ru Ivan Mazurenko, designer Grigory Malyshev, head of department of the Stack Group of Companies Ivan Panchenko, editor of the site Sedmitsa.Ru Vladislav Petrushko, mother Marina Shin from the Community Slavic typography author of the project " Orthodox calendar» Dmitry Tsypin.
In nomination "Official Church Websites" official websites of the Moscow Patriarchate and others were put forward Local Churches, Internet projects of synodal institutions, dioceses and diocesan departments, monasteries, deaneries, parishes, etc. Church structures. The main contenders for victory in this category were the winning sites of the competition:
- Official portal of the Moscow Patriarchate “Patriarchia.ru” (patriarchia.ru)
- Website “Sisters.Ru” of the Novo-Tikhvin Convent, Yekaterinburg (sestry.ru) and
- Official website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church “Orthodox Ukraine” (pravoslavye.org.ua)
The winner of the competition in the category “Official Church Websites” was ultimately an Internet project "Sisters.Ru. Novo-Tikhvin Convent, Yekaterinburg"(sestry.ru). The winning site was awarded a valuable prize - an LCD monitor was presented to the site representative by the Chairman of the Community of Orthodox Web Developers, Alexander Dyatlov. The Sisters.Ru project is the official Internet project of the Novo-Tikhvin Convent of Yekaterinburg. The site design was developed by the sisters of the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery themselves. Software development and technical support The project has been carried out by Naumen company employees since 2002.
The editors of the site “Orthodoxy and the World” express special gratitude to the portal “Sisters”: the editors of the site have warm friendly relations, and the correspondents of the site “Sisters” have prepared several excellent materials for our portal: , .
Other winners in this category were the following sites:
- Vladivostok-Primorye Diocese (vladivostok.eparhia.ru)
- Ascension Pechersky Monastery of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese (pecherskiy.nne.ru)
- Znamensky Church in the village. Hills of Istra district, Moscow region (znamenie.org)
- Orthodox Donbass (ortodox.donbass.com)
- Kazan diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Official website (kazan.eparhia.ru)
- Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Official website (meparh.ru)
- Nizhny Novgorod Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (nne.ru)
- Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church (diaconia.ru)
- Smolensk and Kaliningrad diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Official website (smolenskeparxi.ru)
- Church of St. John the Evangelist p. Bogoslovskoe-Mogiltsy, Moscow region. (hram-usadba.ru)
The competition was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Orthodox Runet, so special diplomas competition The jury awarded the authors of the first Orthodox websites created back in 1996. The first to receive such a diploma and a special prize from the newspaper “Church Bulletin” was one of the two authors of the first version. official website of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese priest Andrei Milkin.
In nomination "Media, news, portals" Orthodox portals, online magazines, news sites, Internet versions of TV and radio programs, newspapers, magazines and other media were put forward mass media. The main contenders for victory in this category were the winning sites of the competition:
- Abortion and its consequences. Information and support in difficult situation(aborti.ru)
- Orthodox mother's page (orthomama.ru)
- Thomas. Orthodoxy for doubters (foma.ru)
The winner of the competition in the category “Media, news, portals” was an Internet project “Abortion and its consequences. Information and support in difficult situations"(www.aborti.ru). The main goal of the site is to tell readers about the consequences of abortion, that abortion is murder. The authors managed to make sure that, based on search engine queries, those who are already planning to have an abortion come to the site. Every day dozens of women turn to the portal with questions and doubts, and, with the help of the site’s authors, doctors, and confessor, it has already been possible to save, probably, more than one hundred children’s lives. The winning site is a personal project of Yulia Lek. The site design was developed by Olga Gabay, software– Alexander Vetchinkin, layout of the project was done by Evgeny Pozdnyakov. A diploma and a valuable prize - a digital video camera - were presented to Yulia Lek, who came to the ceremony from overseas, by the head of the Orthodox medical and educational center for life, Priest Maxim Obukhov.
We congratulate Yulia from the bottom of our hearts, wish her God’s help in her work, and admire the fact that the mother of 4 children finds the strength and time for such colossal work!
The following sites were also awarded diplomas as competition laureates in this category:
- Mercy.Ru. Website of the Moscow Diocesan Commission for Church Social Activities (miloserdie.ru)
- Our faith. Orthodox portal for youth (vera.mipt.ru)
- Been through! How to survive the passing of a loved one (perejit.ru)
- Orthodoxy and modernity. Information and analytical portal of the Saratov diocese (eparhia-saratov.ru)
- Orthodoxy on Far East. Information and analytical portal (pravostok.ru)
- Union. Representative office in Moscow Orthodox TV channel(tv-soyuz.ru)
- Tatyana's Day. Orthodox online publication of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosova (st-tatiana.ru)
Two other winning sites also received special prizes in the “Media, News, Portals” category. Competition diploma and special prize for contribution to the development of the Orthodox Runet to the author of the site « Orthodox mother's page » Anna Lyubimova, editor-in-chief of the Orthodoxy and Peace portal, presented it to Mother Margarita Danilova. The authors of one of the first Orthodox sites on the Runet - the Internet project of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov “Tatiana’s Day” was presented with a special prize (laptop) from the Pravoslavie.Ru portal by the chairman of the jury of the “Mrezha” competition, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov).
We sincerely congratulate Mother Margarita and hope that her site will develop even more actively!
In nomination "Church and social life" Internet sites were put forward representing various societies, brotherhoods, unions, foundations, committees, councils, pilgrimage services, forums, blogs, communities and other Internet projects dedicated to communication on the Internet, Orthodox dating sites, shops, publishing houses, printing houses, the Internet -projects about church decoration, websites of icon painting and other workshops, personal and personal pages of Orthodox laymen and priests.
The winner sites of the competition were contenders for victory in this category:
- Big family. Charitable Foundation (fobs.ru)
- Kind words. Forum about love, marriage and life in the world (dobroeslovo.ru)
- Society of Church Bell Ringers. Bells and arrangement of traditional bell ringing (zvon.ru)
The winner of the competition in the category “Church and Public Life” was two Internet projects:
- Big family. Charitable Foundation(fobs.ru)
- Society of Church Bell Ringers. Bells and arrangement of traditional bell ringing(zvon.ru)
The competition jury, despite big number stages of voting, was unable to determine which of these projects to give preference to.
One of the two winning sites - the project Societies of Church Bell Ringers- is headed by the Chairman of the Society Igor Vasilievich Konovalov, senior bell ringer of the Moscow Kremlin Cathedrals and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The design of the site, which opened in 2004, was developed by an employee of the Society of Church Bell Ringers, Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mishurovsky, and the project software was completed by Alexey Ozherelev. The diploma of the winner of the competition and the prize - a pocket personal computer - were presented to the representatives of this site by the chairman of the Community of Orthodox Web Developers, Alexander Dyatlov.
We congratulate the Society of Church Bell Ringers on their victory and hope that, with the help of the site’s authors, we will soon be able to tell more about bells and bell ringing on our site.
The second winning site in this category is an Internet project charitable foundation helping orphans “Big Family”. The Big Family Foundation was established in 2003 by the community of sisters of mercy in the name of the Kazan Icon Mother of God in order to provide all possible assistance to state orphanages and organize the activities of non-state family-type orphanages - boarding houses family education. The foundation cooperates with 12 orphanages, boarding schools and children's homes. The foundation's website was created in March 2006. Alexander Dyatlov presented the site's representatives with a diploma of the winner of the competition and a prize - a digital camera.
- Mite. Orthodox book publishing house (lepta-kniga.ru)
- Patriarchal Center spiritual development children and youth (cdrm.ru)
- Cover. Interuniversity Association for Spiritual and Moral Education of Youth, St. Petersburg (pokrov-forum.ru)
- Orthodox conversation. Internet forum community (pravbeseda.ru)
- Restavros. Volunteer Youth Association (wco.ru/restavros)
- Orphan soul. Karelian website public organization"Equilibrium". (sirotinka.ru)
- Foundation of the Holy All-Valuable Apostle Andrew the First-Called (fap.ru)
- Center for Education and Mercy of the Belarusian Exarchate “Joy of All Who Sorrow”, Minsk (hramvsr.by)
A special prize from the Union of Writers of Russia and a diploma from the competition for his contribution to the development of the Orthodox Runet was awarded to the author of one of the first Orthodox Internet libraries - the library "The Spiritual Heritage of Orthodoxy"– Vladimir Pavlenko.
In nomination "Science, culture, art, education" Iconographic, musical, poetic sites, projects dedicated to cinema, photography, theater and other forms of art and culture, educational Internet projects, local history and historical sites, sites containing the lives of saints, biographies of devotees of piety, etc. competed.
The contenders for victory in this nomination were the following Internet projects:
- Department of Biblical Studies of the Moscow Theological Academy (bible-mda.ru)
- Word. Orthodox educational portal(portal-slovo.ru)
The winner of the competition in the category “Science, culture, art, education” was an Internet project Department of Biblical Studies of the Moscow Theological Academy(bible-mda.ru). The website of the Department of Biblical Studies of the Moscow Theological Academy began its work on February 2, 2005. The design and software of the project were made by an employee of the department, priest Dimitry Yurevich. One of the goals of the site is to promote the development of biblical research in Russia. For this purpose, an electronic library was organized on the website by students, in which the best pre-revolutionary articles and monographs devoted to the study of the Holy Scriptures, as well as articles and books by current teachers of the department, are posted in scanned form in djvu format. Now there are about 250 books and articles on the site, their volume has already exceeded 1 gigabyte.
The diploma of the winner of the competition and the prize - a professional laser printer - were presented to the winner by Igor Chelebaev, director of the Lekom company, which sells and services copiers, printers and other office equipment.
Other winning sites in this category were the following Internet projects:
- Bishop Vasily Rodzianko. Ascetic of piety (episkopvasily.ru)
- Icons and icon painting techniques (ukoha.ru)
- Kazan Theological Seminary (kds.eparhia.ru)
- Minsk theological schools (minds.by)
- Orthodoxy Photo. Orthodox photo (foto.orthodoxy.ru)
- Russia: history, culture, spirituality (russia-hc.ru)
- St. Petersburg Theological Academy and Seminary (spbda.ru)
- Christianity in art. Icons, mosaics, frescoes (icon-art.info)
- Church school (pedagog.eparhia.ru)
In the fifth and final nomination of the competition - "Online libraries and services"– Internet libraries and media libraries, liturgical libraries, hosting services, catalogues, ratings, search engines, banner networks, web services, fonts, sites about web design and web programming and other projects were put forward. The winning sites in this category were the following:
- Annunciation. Library Orthodox Christian(wco.ru/biblio)
- Full Orthodox prayer book. Prayers for every need (molitvoslov.com)
- Pagez.Ru. Orthodox pages of Andrey Lebedev (pagez.ru)
The winner of the competition in the category “Internet libraries and services” was an Internet project "Pagez.Ru. Orthodox pages of Andrey Lebedev"(pagez.ru) The Pagez.Ru portal has been created for many years by one enthusiastic person and includes a catalog of Orthodox sites, a book search system in Orthodox electronic libraries Runet, church calendar, an extensive library of works of the holy fathers and teachers of the Church and much more. For his work for the benefit of the Church, Andrei Lebedev was awarded a diploma as the winner of the competition and a valuable prize - a professional scanner.
Other sites-winners in this category were Internet projects:
- Library of Orthodox literature for the PDA (fbppclib.orthodoxy.ru)
- Manuscript. Slavic manuscript heritage (manuscripts.ru)
- Russian Orthodoxy (ortho-rus.ru)
- Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. Official server (stsl.ru)
- Typikon. Divine service of the Orthodox Church (typikon.ru)
A special prize in the category “Internet libraries and services” was established by the Stack Group of Companies. The head of the information systems department of this company, Ivan Panchenko, presented a diploma of the competition and a special prize for his contribution to the development of the Orthodox RuNet - a gift certificate for 3 years for free hosting of the third free hosting server of the Orthodox Russia project - to the administrator of the Orthodoxy.Ru server, who recently celebrated his 10th birthday -anniversary, Alexander Viktorovich Dyatlov.
Concluding the award ceremony, the chairman of the competition jury, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), noted that the Internet, which once originated for military-technical purposes, has now acquired worldwide significance and plays a big role in the life of the entire society. Therefore, there must be a mission on the Internet, and the Internet itself, first of all, must be considered as an instrument of this mission. “You are doing a great thing - the churching of an instrument that today has a huge impact,” said Father Tikhon, addressing the numerous guests and participants of the ceremony, and wished “joy in your work.”
02 / 02 / 2007
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