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  News 13.02.2007    RUS  UKR   

The Holiday of the Lord's Stretenie - Meeting with the Lord

According to the tradition the radio broadcast "Spiritual Landing Place" with participation of the leader of the All-Ukrainian Party of Spirituality and Patriotism, Hetman of the Ukrainian Registered Cossacks, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Ph. Doctor of Theology, Ph. Doctor of Technical Science, rector of the Donetst State Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Full Professor Anatoli Shevchenko, begins with the heading "Where have you been? Whom have you met with? What are your impressions?"

This time, inparticular, it was told about a trip to the Crimea, where an impetuous development of Registered Cossacks is taking place. The URC Hetman told about the presentation of of a Russian issue of the newspaper, edited by the Ukrainain Registered Cossacks, the Center of Religious Investigations and International Relations of the Donetsk State Institute of Artificial Intelligence and of the All-Ukrainian Party of Spirituality and Patriotism, "Ukraina Kozatskaya" ( Cossack Ukraine). The speaker also told about election of the URC Bereguina of the Crimea Madam Ludmila Franchuk - a successful business lady, a person, who is devoted to the idea of spirituality and patriotism, the idea of united Ukraine.

The speaker also told about the Temple of Eucumenian Teachers and Saint people such as Vasili the Great, Grigori Bogoslov, John Zlatoust, whose days had been celebrated on February 12th. He also spoke about the Lord's Stretenie. Ph. Doctor of Theology Anatoli Shevchenko reminded the lesteners that according to the Jewish Law , the Law of Moses, had bring their first-born son to the temple on the fortieth day after his birth for devotion to the Lord.God's Mother and Joseph brought their Infant Jesus Christ to the Jerusalem Temple. A righteous and good old man Simeon had been waiting for the Savior's coming for a long time. He had lived already for 300 years!. It was on the same day when he, being lead by the Holy Spirit, came to the Temple. There Simon met the Infant and called him " the light of enlightening of the gentiles", that is of all the tribes and peoples. He called the Infant "glory of His people", that is the people of Israel. here, in the Temple, there was a righteous widow, Anna the Prophet, who recognized the Savior and glorified the Lord - Christ the savior, for His coming to the Land.

"This event, when Simeon and Anna met the Infant, Christ, in the Temple of israel, and glorified Him, is called the holiday of the Lord's Stretenie ( Meeting). This is the event of meeting with the Lord. This is a great holiday for the Orthodox Christians of Ukraine," stressed Anatoli Shevchenko.

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