Light to the World

The film tells about the transfer of the Holy Fire from the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem to Moscow and the passage with it through the places associated with the activities of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius. PART 1. Moscow. The sculptor Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov and his assistant are working in his workshop on the monument to Cyril and Methodius. Israel, Jerusalem, April 26, 1992. Patriarch Diodorus I of Jerusalem, Metropolitan Gedeon of Stavropol and Baku and their accompanying persons pass along the Via Dolorosa ("the Way of Sorrow"), enter the Church of the Resurrection of Christ (the Church of the Holy Sepulcher). Patriarch Diodorus I brings the Holy Fire out of the Kuvuklia; believers light candles. Inspector of the Moscow Theological Academy, Archimandrite Sergius (Seraphim Vladimirovich Sokolov), lights a lamp with the Holy Fire. Passage of vehicles along the streets of the city. Greece, Thessaloniki, May 4-5, 1992 Thermaikos Gulf of the Aegean Sea. Fortress walls. Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius: external and internal view; caskets with the relics of the Saints; a Greek priest speaks of their relics (sinhr.). The bus of the pilgrim group carrying the Holy Fire. Turkey, Istanbul, April 28-30, 1992 Hagia Sophia Cathedral (now the Hagia Sophia Museum) in the panorama of the city. Members of the pilgrim group walk past the walls of the cathedral; among them is Bishop Vasily (Vladimir Mikhailovich Rodzianko). PART 2. Turkey, Istanbul, April 30, 1992 Archbishop of Constantinople - New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I receives members of the pilgrim group in his residence (sinhr.). Among those present - Archimandrite Sergius, Bishop Vasily, archaeologist Sergei Alekseevich Belyaev, economist of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Archimandrite Pankraty. Bulgaria, Sofia, May 1992. Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky, a monument to Cyril and Methodius in front of the building of the National Library. Bishop Vasily performs a requiem at the Central Cemetery at the graves of Russian emigrants (sinhr.). Serbia, May 9-12, 1992 Members of the pilgrim group led by Bishop Vasily, Archimandrites Sergius and Pankraty visit the convent in Vrsac, meet with Patriarch Pavel of Serbia (sinhr.), Lay flowers at the obelisk of Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation city of Belgrade. High reliefs, bas-reliefs and sculptural groups in the frame of a Catholic church. Ukraine, Kiev, May 19, 1992. Monument to the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir on Vladimirskaya Gorka. Meeting of the Holy Fire in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, religious procession. Among those present are Archimandrites Sergius and Pankraty, Bishop Vasily. Belarus, Minsk, May 20, 1992 Meeting of the Holy Fire by the believers of the city. Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk Filaret speaks at the Liberation Square (sinhr.). Religious procession through the streets of the city. Smolensk, May 22, 1992 Meeting of the Holy Fire at the Smolensk Cathedral. Moscow, May 22, 1992 Meeting of the pilgrim group with the Holy Fire at the walls of the Donskoy Monastery. Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, May 23, 1992 Meeting of the pilgrim group with the Holy Fire at the walls of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Bishop Basil is handed bread and salt. PART 3. Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, May 23, 1992 Pilgrimage group with the Holy Fire in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Archimandrite Sergius at the shrine of St. Sergius of Radonezh lights candles from the Holy Fire, distributes them to believers, talks about the pilgrimage mission (sinhr.). Moscow, May 24, 1992 Meeting of the pilgrim group with the Holy Fire at the walls of the Kremlin. Bishop Basil kisses the icon of Saints Cyril and Methodius. Procession through the Trinity Gate to Cathedral Square; among those present - V.M. Klykov. On the steps of the Assumption Cathedral, members of the pilgrim group are met by Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II (Ridiger Alexei Mikhailovich). Among those present are Metropolitan Nikolai of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas (Nikolai Vasilyevich Kutepov), photojournalist Nikolai Anatolyevich Mayorov, Bishop Vasily, Archimandrite Sergius. Prayer service in the Kremlin's Assumption Cathedral. Religious procession from Cathedral Square to Slavyanskaya Square. Patriarch Alexy II, sculptor V.M. Fangs make a speech at the opening of the memorial to Cyril and Methodius on Slavyanskaya Square (sinhr.). Among those present are Archimandrites Sergius and Pankraty, Bishop Vasily, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov, member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Alexandrovich Filatov, Metropolitan Nikolai, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and Yuryevsky Pitrim (Konstantin Vladimirovich Nechaev). Patriarch Alexy II consecrates the monument, inserts an icon lamp with the Holy Fire into its base. Monument to the pioneer printer Ivan Fedorov in Teatralny Proezd. Monument to A.S. Pushkin on Pushkin Square. Monument to N.V. Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard.

Color

3

1992