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In the name of father and son and the holy spirit, Amen00:00:33
The Life of the Holy00:00:35
Equal-to-the-Apostles King Constantine and00:00:38
His Holy Mother Helen00:00:41
While the pagan world, arming itself00:00:44
against Christianity with Fire and Sword,00:00:46
thought at the end of the third and beginning of the00:00:49
fourth centuries to completely wipe it off the00:00:52
face of the earth the very name Christian,00:00:55
God's providence prepared for the church of Christ00:00:58
among the Caesars themselves, the persecutors of00:01:01
Christianity, its royal patron00:01:04
in the person of Tsar Constantine, who during00:01:08
his lifetime received the name forever00:01:11
established for him in Christian00:01:13
history, equally apostolic in world00:01:17
history, the Great,00:01:19
born in 274 to parents, although00:01:24
not Christians who were familiar with Christianity00:01:27
and who patronized it Constantine from00:01:31
childhood was alienated from pagan superstitions and00:01:34
approached Christ the true God, the right00:01:37
hand of the Lord itself gradually00:01:39
prepared and in various ways00:01:43
purified him as the chosen vessel of the Glory00:01:46
of God, Constantine's father Constantine Chlor00:01:50
Caesar in the Western half of the empire,00:01:52
being in appearance officially00:01:55
idolaters in his soul was far from00:01:59
pagan superstition inside, but he renounced00:02:03
serving many false gods and00:02:06
recognized the one true God,00:02:10
he worshiped Him alone and dedicated his entire house,00:02:13
along with his children and household, to the00:02:16
king God alone.00:02:19
How far Constantia was from00:02:22
superstitious idol worship is00:02:24
evidenced by the following remarkable an00:02:27
incident from his life,00:02:29
constance, who refused to serve the00:02:32
idol with sacrifices and incense, wanted to00:02:35
One day test the true disposition of00:02:38
his courtiers, he pretended that he00:02:41
wanted to perform superstitious pagan00:02:43
rituals and told his courtiers Who00:02:47
wants to use my favor and00:02:50
love and remain in honor, he00:02:53
must make sacrifices to idols And who00:02:57
he refuses this, let him remove himself00:03:00
from my sight and no longer count on00:03:03
my favor. For I cannot00:03:05
remain in communication00:03:07
[music] having00:03:09
accepted the words of Caesar as true, the courtiers00:03:13
immediately divided into two parties. Some00:03:16
hypocritical people without real00:03:19
religious convictions with a flexible conscience00:03:22
that can bend to the right and to the left they00:03:25
immediately expressed their consent to the00:03:28
king’s proposal. Although until this time,00:03:30
according to constant calculations, his00:03:33
good example was examined in denial and00:03:36
others gave service, who from a00:03:40
sincere heart neglected pagan00:03:42
superstition and now remained true to00:03:45
their convictions as true servants of00:03:49
Christ, refusing earthly and perishable00:03:52
honors began to leave the00:03:55
royal retinue, seeing this, the people of Constantinople00:03:59
returned the true Christians who had left the Royal Palace00:04:02
and told them, since I00:04:06
see you, I faithfully serve my God, then00:04:11
I want to have you as my servants,00:04:13
friends and advisers, for I hope that00:04:18
you will be faithful to me, just as you are faithful to00:04:21
yours00:04:23
Addressing God to those who were inclined to00:04:26
excommunicate Christianity and worship00:04:29
idols, the King said I cannot tolerate you00:04:34
in my court, if you do not observe00:04:37
Fidelity to your God, then how will you be faithful00:04:41
to me? So, having shamed them, he removed these00:04:46
hypocrites from his face and the faithful servants00:04:49
of God brought them closer to himself and made them00:04:52
leaders in his area, and00:04:55
thus, at a time when in all other00:04:58
parts of the vast Roman Empire00:05:01
persecution was in full swing towards Lithianova, in the area of00:05:04
Constance, Christians lived in peace and00:05:07
prosperity,00:05:09
however, not being able to00:05:12
disobey the will of Deaklitian, the eldest of the00:05:15
emperors of Constance allowed one00:05:18
to destroy some of the Christian00:05:21
churches,00:05:22
such was the father of00:05:24
Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine of Constantia,00:05:28
chlorine, his disposition towards Christians and00:05:32
their preference for pagans, the appeal to00:05:35
Christ of his wife St. Helena, mother of00:05:38
Constantine and daughter of Constantia, sister of00:05:42
Constantine, from an early age instilled in the soul of the00:05:45
latter true Love for God and his00:05:49
law and They laid a solid foundation for00:05:53
education and the strengthening of his00:05:55
moral character, and this small00:05:58
seed sown in the child’s soul00:06:01
subsequently grew. The Great Tree.00:06:04
Constantine had to spend the years of his youth00:06:08
not among his own family,00:06:10
but at the court of Kletian in a non-comedy where00:06:14
he was taken almost as a hostage,00:06:17
although and honorable in ensuring the loyalty of00:06:21
his father Constantius to the senior emperor00:06:24
Deaklitian Court life in the capital00:06:28
then represented in a small form00:06:30
all the moral and religious00:06:33
corruption to which00:06:35
humanity can reach, enslaved by00:06:38
unclean passionate lusts of the heart00:06:41
and falling into a deceitful mind,00:06:45
vain pomp and luxury, drunkenness and00:06:50
unbridled gluttony depravity of thought and life,00:06:53
intrigue and sedition, embitterment against00:06:56
true worship of God and hypocritical00:07:00
false respect for imaginary gods, this is a00:07:03
gloomy picture in which providence00:07:06
presented to Constantine all the insignificance and00:07:10
ignominy of paganism, but right there at the00:07:13
same time, and therefore all the more00:07:16
strikingly, the00:07:19
life of a different society, a Christian community, loomed before Constantine’s gaze00:07:23
where the Elders and Elders, young men00:07:27
and virgins, simpletons and learned sages, even00:07:32
children, proved the truth of their Faith, the00:07:35
purity and height of its content, not00:07:38
only with words but with their deeds,00:07:42
confessing it with their virtuous00:07:45
life, suffering for it even to death,00:07:49
for at that time a terrible persecution flared up00:07:52
against the Church of Christ00:07:54
superior to all other persecutions and the00:07:58
anger of the persecutors and the variety00:08:00
of torments and the number of martyrs and the triumph of the00:08:05
harmful triumph of the Faith of Christ over00:08:08
all pagan machinations. Constantine,00:08:11
placed by providence at the very hearth of00:08:14
pagan malice, could not help but see even and00:08:17
all her efforts to overcome the insurmountable00:08:20
directly with his own eyes he contemplated the00:08:24
power of God in infirmities accomplished and00:08:28
subduing everything to himself in every00:08:32
Christian confessor. In every feat, the00:08:35
martyr's gaze of Constantine was an00:08:38
indisputable witness of the rightness of the Faith00:08:41
of Christ, its superiority over the00:08:44
paganism of its divine00:08:46
origin, and Constantine retained in his00:08:50
soul the pledge of the good sown in00:08:53
childhood, preserved the purity and innocentness of his00:08:57
heart and respect for the law of God although00:09:01
he moved in a morally corrupt environment,00:09:04
But this internal alienation of00:09:07
Constantine from the developed court00:09:10
life, his inquisitive mind and spiritual00:09:13
well-being, covered with00:09:15
modesty, naturally aroused the00:09:17
anger of the courtiers around him against him,00:09:20
and his majestic00:09:23
beautiful posture, with his tall stature and00:09:26
outstanding physical strength, attracted the00:09:29
eyes of the people to him and attracted in00:09:32
his favor, the love of the entire army was the00:09:35
reason for the envy of many and especially of00:09:38
Caesar, the latter plotted to00:09:42
destroy him and even formed a conspiracy00:09:45
to prevent Constantine from achieving the00:09:48
royal dignity to which he had the00:09:51
right by birth.00:09:54
Constantine's life was in danger, but00:09:57
the hand of providence saved his chosen one and00:10:00
granted him what uncreated bloody envy wanted to take away from him00:10:04
Constantine00:10:07
retired to Galilee to his father,00:10:10
whom he found already on his deathbed and00:10:13
who soon died after the death of00:10:17
Constantius Chlorine, the army that was with him in00:10:20
306 proclaimed00:10:23
Constantine, who was00:10:27
then 32 years old, emperor of Gaul and Britain. birth as the00:10:31
beloved son of everyone respected Caesar,00:10:35
under the vivid impression of seeing the terrible00:10:38
persecution of Christians in the East, Constantine,00:10:42
having inherited power from his father, considered00:10:46
his first task to confirm all00:10:48
his orders for the benefit of Christians,00:10:50
declared in his areas the freedom00:10:53
to profess Christianity,00:10:56
thus the hour of the Victory of the00:10:59
Christian Faith over pagan superstition approached00:11:02
but the onset of rays of times for the church00:11:06
was preceded by the time of God's judgment over its00:11:09
persecutors, the emperors Deaclitian and00:11:13
Maximian. Tired of their own00:11:16
anger against the unshakable sufferers00:11:18
for the holy truth, they decided to seek peace in00:11:23
removing themselves from the royal thrones. But00:11:26
their refusal of power, not giving peace to the00:11:30
fierce persecutor himself, served as another reason00:11:33
and to the public disorder of the00:11:36
galleries, who reigned in the east instead of00:11:39
Declitian and were dissatisfied with his reign in the00:11:43
north-west of Constantine, did not recognize00:11:45
him as emperor, but recognized Siver, who00:11:49
ruled Italy and Africa, meanwhile in00:11:53
Italy the son of Maximian was proclaimed emperor by00:11:55
Maximian, supporting the00:11:59
north of the galeria, he went to war against00:12:02
Mohentius, who asked for protection from00:12:05
his father, the latter again took00:12:08
control of the North, surrendered to Maximian and was00:12:13
killed, then Galerius proclaimed00:12:16
his commander Licinius emperor, and00:12:19
the army of Caesar Maximian ended up00:12:23
in such a way that00:12:26
six emperors reigned in the Roman Empire at once and00:12:30
they were all at enmity with each other,00:12:33
only the subjects of Constantine enjoyed peace and prosperity00:12:38
inherited from my00:12:40
father and did not want to take00:12:43
part in the mutual struggle of other00:12:46
co-rulers, having completely devoted myself to00:12:48
governing the country according to the desire of my00:12:51
pure heart and sound mind, in00:12:55
submission to divine providence,00:12:57
I alienated Constantine, who spoke about himself from the00:13:02
hitherto rulers because00:13:04
he saw the savagery of their morals in relation to00:13:08
Christians Following the example of his father, he adhered to the00:13:11
policy of peace because he valued them as00:13:15
zealous and faithful subjects. Constantine00:13:19
understood that Christianity is a Great00:13:22
power that can recreate the world;00:13:26
nevertheless, He was not yet a Christian. With00:13:29
all the deep respect for the servants of Christ,00:13:32
he could not easily refuse without an internal00:13:35
struggle. from the old pagan00:13:38
covenants and only the terrible and00:13:42
difficult circumstances that came upon him disposed him to00:13:45
openly bow before the greatness of the00:13:48
crucified God, who miraculously brought him out of a00:13:52
crippling state and00:13:55
confirmed him in the decision to become a00:13:57
Christian after Galerius, who died in00:14:01
311 from a terribly severe illness, and00:14:05
Maximian, the ruler of Syria, who died00:14:08
in 313 in shame by death by00:14:10
suicide in the eastern half of the00:14:13
empire, Licinius remained the sole ruler, who00:14:16
later married00:14:19
Constantine’s sister in the Western half in the00:14:23
Italian region, after the second00:14:25
reign of Maximian, Maxentius reigned again00:14:28
against the wishes of the Roman00:14:31
people. Constantine recognized him as king in00:14:35
Rome and even sent him a Peaceful00:14:37
Embassy, but not only Maxentius did not00:14:41
want to have peaceful relations00:14:43
with Constantine, but did not even want to00:14:46
call him king, wanting00:14:49
to be the sole autocrat of all the lands and countries of the00:14:53
Roman region, having00:14:54
strengthened the throne. Having00:15:07
seduced his pagan co-religionists during00:15:10
his accession to the people he needed with gifts00:15:13
and communications, he began to persecute and00:15:16
torment honorary senators, plundering their00:15:19
property, kidnapping their wives and daughters to00:15:23
satisfy his animal passions, as00:15:27
well as the passions of his Favorites, and he was00:15:30
very difficult and disgusting for all of00:15:33
Rome according to their cruelty and bad00:15:36
life, the Romans, suffering under his heavy00:15:40
yoke, decided to secretly seek protection from00:15:44
Constantine, asking him to come and deliver them00:15:47
from this tormentor. Constantine first of00:15:51
all sent a letter to Maxentius on this occasion in a00:15:53
friendly manner, urging him to00:15:56
stop his violent actions, but the00:16:00
magician Sentius not only did not heed his good00:16:02
advice and did not improve, but he became even more00:16:06
embittered, he extended his bitterness to00:16:10
the point that he began to prepare for war against00:16:13
Constantine, hearing about this Constantine in00:16:17
312 decided to undertake a military00:16:21
campaign against the Roman emperor. He00:16:24
wanted to snatch Rome from the hands of the evil tyrant,00:16:27
but this campaign presented difficulties00:16:30
irresistible to the most courageous commander00:16:34
beloved by the troops, it was not easy to force the00:16:38
army to enter with a sword into the heart of Italy to00:16:41
bring war to the soil of Great Rome,00:16:45
sacred to the peoples of that time, such an00:16:49
enterprise should have had a00:16:52
stunning effect on the imperial00:16:54
army and a deep murmur of dissatisfaction, and00:16:59
Constantine himself could not be free from00:17:01
feeling involuntary fear when undertaking00:17:04
this campaign, especially since He himself had00:17:08
never seen Rome, which could seem to him like a00:17:11
terrible giant; at the same time, Constantine00:17:15
knew that the army of his enemy00:17:18
was more numerous than his army and that00:17:21
Maxentius firmly hoped for the help of00:17:24
his national gods, whom he00:17:27
tried to appease with generous sacrifices00:17:29
even by slaughtering youths and Trakovians, that the00:17:33
Macsenians protect themselves and their troops with00:17:36
all sorts of charms and sorceries and00:17:40
have on their side. The great power of00:17:42
demons to rely on human00:17:46
strength and means alone was not enough for00:17:49
Constantine and he had a sincere00:17:53
desire to have help from above,00:17:55
reflecting on his unfortunate state empire00:17:59
vainly seeking protection from soulless idols00:18:02
and God's help repeatedly revealed to00:18:06
his father and him about those political00:18:09
revolutions that took place before his00:18:11
eyes and the shameful death in a short00:18:14
time of three persons who shared with him the00:18:18
supreme power in the Empire, he recognized it as00:18:21
madness to vainly cling to gods that do not00:18:24
exist and After so much00:18:27
evidence to remain in error00:18:30
amidst such alarming thoughts,00:18:32
Constantine began to offer a prayer to the00:18:35
God of his father, began to ask him to00:18:39
enlighten him about himself, give him00:18:42
courage and stretch out his right hand in the00:18:45
task ahead, and this prayer of his was00:18:49
heard.00:18:51
The Lord soon00:18:55
consoled him with a direct appearance and pointed out what he should00:18:59
do and everything. A contemporary of the event who00:19:02
heard about it personally from the Tsar narrates.00:19:06
One afternoon when the sun00:19:09
began to bow to the west,00:19:12
the Tsar said, I saw with my own eyes the00:19:19
Sign of Christ made up of Light and lying in the sun with the inscription00:19:22
conquer,00:19:25
this sight struck me with horror as the00:19:29
the king and the troops who were near00:19:32
him, for the cross, as a shameful instrument of execution00:19:36
among the pagans, was considered a bad00:19:38
omen. Constantine was at00:19:42
a loss and told himself what00:19:46
such a phenomenon meant. But while he was00:19:50
thinking, night came, then00:19:54
Christ appeared to him in a dream with a banner visible in the sky00:19:57
and ordered to make a00:20:00
similar Banner visible in the sky and use00:20:04
it for protection during attacks by enemies,00:20:07
becoming resistant to sleep. Constantine told his00:20:10
friends the secret of his dream vision and00:20:14
then called experienced craftsmen to him and, having00:20:18
described to them the image of the wonderful Banner, he ordered to00:20:21
build a banner in the likeness of this from00:20:24
gold and precious stones00:20:28
He ordered his soldiers to depict a cross on their00:20:31
abacus and helmets.00:20:32
Struck by a wondrous vision, Constantine at the same time00:20:35
decided not to honor any00:20:39
other god except Christ who appeared to him,00:20:43
inviting the secret people of his word to the00:20:46
Christian priests, he asked them00:20:49
who is God and what is the meaning of the sign00:20:53
he saw00:20:55
after listening their answer about the one God about the00:20:58
mystery of the incarnation of his only begotten son00:21:01
for the salvation of man00:21:03
around the death of the Lord Jesus00:21:06
who defeated the mortal power the surrounding00:21:09
sign appeared to him that it was a sign of00:21:13
victory Constantine fully and consciously00:21:16
in his soul became a Christian from that00:21:20
time he began to diligently00:21:23
read the Holy Scriptures and constantly00:21:26
had the priests with him, although he had not yet received00:21:30
Holy Baptism,00:21:32
calling on the God of all and as the helper and00:21:36
protector of Christ, also placing a00:21:39
victorious banner with a00:21:42
saving sign in front of his warriors. Constantine00:21:44
set out with his entire army and from the00:21:47
borders of Gaul on a campaign against Magentium00:21:50
in the Italian region.00:21:53
undertaken by Constantine to00:21:56
liberate Rome from the cruel tyrant, the evil Magentius did not00:21:59
enlighten the latter,00:22:01
making abundant00:22:05
sacrifices to the gods with solemn00:22:07
ceremonies, having listened to the prediction of00:22:09
fortune-tellers from the entrails of pregnant00:22:12
women with a large army, came out00:22:15
against Constantine, but he did not avert00:22:19
worthy retribution for his wickedness.00:22:22
Constantine, covered with the saving00:22:25
banner of the Cross, after three oncoming00:22:28
clashes retreated with the enemy to the00:22:31
eternal city itself and here inflicted a decisive defeat on him,00:22:37
Magsintius, fleeing across the00:22:40
Tiber River when the bridge was destroyed, died like the00:22:43
ancient Pharaoh with his chosen00:22:46
horsemen in the abyss of the water, the winner00:22:49
triumphantly entered Rome and was greeted by00:22:52
the people with great joy, realizing that00:22:56
this Victory had been granted With divine help,00:22:59
Constantine erected a sacred banner in the most crowded00:23:02
place of the city and then,00:23:05
when the grateful Romans erected a00:23:08
statue in honor of the new emperor, he ordered a00:23:14
high spear in the form of a Cross to be placed in the hand of his image and the00:23:18
following inscription to be inscribed with this saving00:23:21
sign, I freed your city from the yoke00:23:25
of the tyrant and returned it to the Roman to the people and the00:23:29
Senate the former splendor and celebrity,00:23:33
thus becoming the ruler of the entire00:23:36
Western half of the Roman Empire,00:23:38
Constantine the First of the Caesars, by decree in00:23:42
313, declared complete religious tolerance for the people under his control; he00:23:48
left the pagans the right to perform the00:23:51
rites of their worship of God, and00:23:54
allowed Christians to freely worship the one00:23:57
true God; this decree was followed by a00:24:02
whole series of decrees favorable to the Church00:24:05
of Christ were prohibited, the execution of the cross was00:24:08
abolished, bloody games in the circus00:24:12
were stopped, pagan00:24:14
sacrifices and smoking on00:24:16
solemn days were established, the00:24:18
celebration of Sunday was established, the prohibition of00:24:21
legal proceedings on this day00:24:23
and the cessation of work of both00:24:26
free citizens and slaves, orphans and00:24:30
children abandoned by their parents the poor and00:24:33
wretched, whom paganism had left00:24:36
helpless and scorned, were accepted under the00:24:40
Royal patronage;00:24:43
celebrations of renewal and00:24:46
illumination of churches began in all cities;00:24:49
songs of praise and prayers of thanksgiving00:24:52
to God were heard everywhere; bishops00:24:55
gathered freely to discuss the needs of the00:24:58
church. Constantine himself00:25:00
was sometimes present at these meetings and delved into00:25:04
questions concerning the Faith. out of readiness00:25:07
he did everything that was required for the benefit of00:25:09
Christian society, he freed the00:25:12
clergy from all extraneous00:25:15
positions and taxes, just as the00:25:18
pagan priests were free from taxes, so that they00:25:22
could completely devote themselves to serving00:25:24
God. He not only returned to the church00:25:27
the tombs and Christ taken away by the persecutors,00:25:31
but also granted them for worship00:25:33
several vast buildings called00:25:36
basilicas in which judges sat and00:25:39
which, according to their internal structure,00:25:42
could easily be converted into churches,00:25:44
giving the right to pastors to resolve disputes00:25:47
and mutual disagreements between Christians,00:25:50
wearing on his helmet as a visible00:25:54
sign of reverent veneration of Christ00:25:57
God the monogram Christ Constantine gave00:26:01
his soldiers a prayer which they00:26:04
had to read on Sundays and which,00:26:07
being a confession of the heartfelt Faith of the00:26:10
emperor himself, disposed everyone00:26:13
to recognize the one Almighty giver of00:26:16
blessings and to seek his help in all matters,00:26:21
the favor of the emperor caused delight00:26:24
among Christians;00:26:27
their hearts were filled with great spiritual joy from tasting the00:26:30
sweets of life under the new government.00:26:33
Contemporary Eusebius depicts that00:26:36
time in this way: now a bright and clear day, not00:26:42
darkened by any cloud, illuminated00:26:45
the church of Christ with rays of heavenly Light, we00:26:48
must confess that our happiness is higher than00:26:52
our merits, we are brought into the Greatest00:26:55
amazement of the grace of the author of such00:26:59
great Gifts, we are worthy of marveling at him and00:27:03
speaking with the prophet Come and see deeds00:27:07
of the Lord What devastation has he caused on00:27:11
earth Psalm 45 verse 900:27:14
people of all ages, male and00:27:18
female, all with the strength of their souls, rejoicing in00:27:21
mind and heart, sending up prayers and00:27:25
thanksgiving to God But while in the00:27:28
west Christians00:27:31
prospered in this way under the rule of00:27:33
Constantine, it was completely different in the east00:27:36
where Licinius reigned, raised at the00:27:40
court of Diaclitian, the commander at the galleria,00:27:43
he who had achieved Caesar's dignity in his00:27:48
soul hated Christians,00:27:50
having become related to Constantine, Licinius even00:27:53
signed the Milanese00:27:56
decree of overtolerance issued by the latter. But soon00:27:59
after the death of Emperor00:28:02
Maximian he became the sovereign ruler of the00:28:04
entire East, he began to oppress and humiliate00:28:08
Christians for fear of losing his royal00:28:11
power and obeying slander from00:28:13
representatives of idolatry, he closed00:28:16
and destroyed Christian churches. Under the00:28:20
pretext that they were praying in them for treason against00:28:23
him for Constantine, and demanded from everyone, and00:28:27
especially from his troops, a pagan00:28:30
oath and the sacrifice of idols00:28:33
to the novices of his will, he subjected to00:28:37
imprisonment and terrible by torture, leading them00:28:41
to martyrdom at that time, among00:28:44
others, the courageous squad of00:28:47
40 martyrs of Licens suffered, however, he was cruel00:28:52
to not only Christians and all the00:28:55
peoples subject to him suffered a lot from his00:28:58
love of covetousness and malice, and his00:29:01
suspicion and cruelty is sufficiently00:29:04
evidenced by the fact that he00:29:07
betrayed the death of the wife and daughter of his former00:29:10
patron Diocletian and exterminated all the00:29:13
children of00:29:15
Maximian Severus and Galerius The00:29:19
Roman Empire, according to the image of Eusebius,00:29:22
divided into two halves represented the00:29:25
two opposites of day and night, the00:29:28
inhabitants of the East were enveloped in the darkness of the night and the00:29:33
inhabitants of the West were illuminated by the light of the00:29:36
brightest day, the00:29:37
relationship of Licinius to Constantine was not00:29:41
Licinius may or may not have been friendly, he00:29:44
showed deceit and double-mindedness in them, he00:29:47
assured Constantine of friendship, but in secret he00:29:51
hated him, tried to do him any00:29:54
evil, his intrigues did not succeed, and more than once discord began00:29:57
between them,00:30:00
ending in wars. Constantine00:30:03
remained the winner, but deceived by the00:30:06
deceitful confidence of his son-in-law, he concluded peace with him00:30:10
However, over time, relations00:30:13
between the emperors took on a more and00:30:15
more aggravated character; the00:30:18
oppressed subjects of Licinia and the00:30:21
Christians persecuted by him saw no end to their00:30:24
suffering; the weaves finally stopped00:30:27
hiding their plans against Constantine00:30:30
and entered into an open struggle in 323, a00:30:35
cruel war broke out between them00:30:38
this the war was to finally00:30:41
decide the fate of Christianity in the Roman00:30:43
Empire, which embraced the entire universe,00:30:47
both emperors gathered significant forces00:30:51
and prepared for a decisive battle, each00:30:54
in accordance with their faith, it seemed that the00:30:58
dusted off paganism had taken up arms against00:31:01
Christianity, which had come into the world to expose00:31:04
humanity on the eve of the battle, lithiums00:31:07
surrounded by priests and fortune-tellers gathered00:31:11
selected warriors and his best friends, a00:31:14
pure grove in which the idols stood,00:31:17
made a solemn sacrifice00:31:20
and, addressing everyone who was here, said00:31:23
friends These are our public gods before00:31:29
whom we need to revere, as our00:31:32
ancestors taught us, the chief of00:31:35
the army hostile to us, having rejected00:31:38
fatherly customs, accepted false opinions and00:31:42
glorifies some foreign00:31:45
unknown God and with the shameful sign of00:31:49
his cross he disgraces his army00:31:53
by trusting in him he raises weapons not00:31:56
so much against us as against the gods the00:32:00
matter itself will reveal who is right and who is00:32:04
wrong. If we win, then it is clear that00:32:08
our gods are true gods. If the00:32:13
side prevails Constantine, a foreign god ridiculed by us,00:32:17
let them honor him, but it00:32:22
is certain that our gods will win, therefore00:32:26
we will boldly rush with weapons in our hands against the00:32:29
atheists opposite.00:32:31
Constantine, before the battle,00:32:34
retired to his tent and there, with prayer and00:32:38
fasting, prepared for battle. In these decisive00:32:42
moments of his life, he turned to his00:32:45
past, he went through in his memory the events of00:32:47
his life, the danger to which he was00:32:50
exposed and which passed00:32:52
safely for him, he recalled the00:32:55
shameful death of the persecutors of Christianity00:32:57
and the courageously peaceful death of the disciples of00:33:01
Christ, and in all this, seeing the wondrous00:33:05
dispensation of the Almighty, he entrusted himself00:33:08
and all his work to the highest heavenly00:33:12
guidance and intercession,00:33:14
Christians diligently they prayed for the emperor00:33:18
of their patron, the00:33:20
sacred Banner was planted among the regiments of00:33:23
Constantine and inspired by the hope of00:33:26
heavenly help,00:33:29
his army looked at this victorious Banner with reverence, the enemies00:33:33
looked at it with fear in many00:33:37
cities of the Licini of his kingdom, in the middle of the day00:33:40
they saw the Ghosts of Constantine’s troops00:33:43
victoriously patronizing this00:33:45
banner Lithium did not himself convince his00:33:49
soldiers not to look at the00:33:51
enemy banner, for he said it was00:33:55
terrible in its strength and hostile to us;00:33:59
pagan priests and fortune-tellers foretold00:34:02
victory for Licinius, but God granted it to00:34:06
Constantine Licinius, repeatedly00:34:09
attacked the approaching enemy.00:34:12
But each time he was defeated and00:34:15
fled, pretending00:34:18
to repent. asked for peace in secret,00:34:21
gathered new Militia, sought00:34:24
help from the barbarians, finally, the naval Victory of Crispus,00:34:28
son of Konstantinov, near Byzantium00:34:32
and the battle of Adrianople finally00:34:35
decided the success of the war, Likini submitted in00:34:40
323, Constantine became the00:34:44
sole sovereign of the entire Roman00:34:47
Empire.00:34:48
This is a victory over the centuries once again and so00:34:52
clearly and clearly convinced Constantine00:34:55
that earthly blessings and successes are bestowed on the00:34:58
admirers of the true God, and this is how he,00:35:02
presenting himself as a submissive instrument in the00:35:05
hands of the Almighty, humbly gives00:35:07
Glory to God alone for his successes,00:35:12
of course there will be no pride,00:35:14
he said in one of the decrees, he boasts to the one who00:35:18
realizes that He received the blessing from the00:35:22
being of the Most High, God found my service00:35:26
and judged it fit for the fulfillment of his00:35:30
will, starting from the British sea, I, with00:35:34
the help of some highest power, drove00:35:37
before me all the horrors encountered, so that the00:35:42
human race, brought up under my influence,00:35:44
to serve the most sacred law and, under the00:35:48
guidance of the highest being,00:35:50
return the blessed I firmly00:35:54
believed in faith, he adds that with my whole soul,00:35:57
everything I breathe, everything that exists in the00:36:01
depths of my mind, everything I am obliged to bring to the00:36:05
Great God is how I feel in my soul.00:36:10
After the victory, Constantine hastened to00:36:12
extend to the Christians of the Eastern00:36:15
Empire the same rights that00:36:18
they enjoyed in the West and in the East, he forbade00:36:22
bringing idol sacrifices in the name of the emperor to the00:36:24
heads of the regions, elected00:36:28
mainly Christians, took care of the00:36:31
renovation and construction of churches,00:36:33
returned to the faithful property taken away00:36:37
during persecution, who lost property,00:36:40
it was said in one decree, passing through the00:36:43
glorious and00:36:46
divine field without fear of us, martyrdom or00:36:49
becoming confessors and having acquired00:36:51
eternal hopes in themselves, who lost them when they were00:36:55
forced to relocate because they did not00:36:58
agree to give in to the persecutors who00:37:00
demanded betrayal of the faith and least of00:37:03
all we command to give them back in cases00:37:07
where there were no close00:37:09
relatives, the property taken from Christians00:37:11
was transferred to local churches to00:37:14
private individuals from whom the martyrdom was taken away00:37:17
property received00:37:20
remuneration from the royal treasury00:37:22
Constantine's Christian feelings00:37:28
were especially fully and characteristically expressed in his rescript to the regional00:37:30
leaders,00:37:31
now this is how he addressed God here,00:37:35
I pray to you, Great God, be merciful and00:37:41
supportive of your eastern peoples and00:37:44
through me, a military servant, grant00:37:48
healing to all regional rulers under00:37:51
your leadership I began and completed the00:37:55
work of salvation,00:37:56
presenting your Banner everywhere, I led a00:38:00
victorious army and wherever00:38:03
some social00:38:05
necessity called me, I followed that banner of00:38:08
your strength and went against the enemies, which is why00:38:11
I betrayed to you my well-00:38:14
tested in love and fear soul for I00:38:18
sincerely love your name and am in awe of the00:38:22
power that you have shown through many experiences and00:38:25
which you strengthen my faith, I want00:38:29
your people to enjoy peace and00:38:32
tranquility, I want that, like00:38:36
believers, the pleasures of peace and silence will be00:38:38
tasted by those who are in error, for such a00:38:42
restoration of communication can also00:38:45
lead them to the path Let no one00:38:49
disturb the truth of the other; sensible people00:38:52
should know that only those who will live00:38:55
holy and pure will be those whom you yourself call to00:38:59
rest under your holy laws. And00:39:02
let those who turn away, if they wish, own the00:39:06
lot of their false teaching;00:39:10
let no one harm another; what one has learned and00:39:14
understood, let him use if possible in00:39:17
favor of one’s neighbor And when this is impossible, one00:39:20
must leave him, for it is another thing to00:39:24
voluntarily accept the struggle for immortality,00:39:28
or to be forced to it through00:39:31
execution, removing conscience from everything contrary, let us take00:39:35
advantage of the lot of the bestowed00:39:37
good, that is, the good of the world, becoming the00:39:41
sole ruler of the entire Roman00:39:44
Empire and declaring religious tolerance throughout00:39:47
the Universe, Constantine, however, was not00:39:51
lukewarm in his royal life, having00:39:53
abandoned paganism and becoming the00:39:57
head of Christian society, he00:39:59
saw in Christianity the most important support of00:40:01
the empire, the main guarantee of the power and00:40:05
success of the state, which, in his00:40:08
opinion, should lay the way to the free,00:40:11
non-violent establishment of the kingdom of God on00:40:14
earth indicate and provide means for the00:40:17
education and improvement of the00:40:19
human race in the spirit of Christ.00:40:22
Constantine, as the clear patron of00:40:24
Christians, was little loved in Rome, where00:40:28
many pagan customs and morals still remained,00:40:31
and he himself did not like Rome with its00:40:34
pantheon, where, so to speak, the00:40:37
pagan gods of all00:40:40
conquered peoples were mechanically collected and rarely and reluctantly00:40:43
visited the old capital and the Romans were00:40:46
grateful to the liberator for getting rid of the00:40:49
tyrant Magentius did not understand and could not00:40:52
appreciate the activities of the00:40:55
emperor in him they saw a00:40:58
violator of their ancient customs as an enemy of00:41:01
their religion, closely connected with the00:41:05
political greatness of Rome their00:41:07
displeasure and murmur even conspiracies and00:41:11
sometimes obvious indignation was the reason00:41:13
that the idea arose and matured in the mind of Constantine to00:41:17
create a new capital for himself, a00:41:20
Christian city that would have nothing to do00:41:23
with paganism. Constantine00:41:26
fell in love with the Byzantine ancient00:41:29
small Town on the shores of the Bosphorus,00:41:32
marked by a naval victory over the battle,00:41:35
and he chose it and00:41:39
he himself made the new capital of the empire with a00:41:42
ceremonial move. He marked out the distant00:41:45
boundaries of the New City and began to00:41:48
equip it with magnificent buildings.00:41:51
Vast palaces, water pipes, baths, theaters00:41:56
decorated the capital, it was filled with00:41:59
treasures of art associated with00:42:02
Greece, Italy and Asia, but00:42:06
temples dedicated to pagan gods were no longer built in it.00:42:09
instead of the Colosseum where gladiator fights took place, a00:42:12
circus was set up for horse00:42:15
competitions. The main decoration of the New00:42:19
City were churches dedicated to the true00:42:23
God, in the construction of which the00:42:27
state patron of Christians took an active part; his00:42:30
guardianship this time extended00:42:32
not only to the splendor of houses of prayer,00:42:35
but even, for example, to such00:42:37
insignificances according to him With the00:42:41
construction of new churches in the capital, the high rank00:42:42
felt a lack of liturgical books and the00:42:46
Tsar was concerned about00:42:49
their speedy production; a00:42:52
special embassy was sent to the bishop of Caesarea, Eusebius,00:42:55
with the order that excellent arctic00:42:58
foxes write00:43:01
50 copies of books on trimmed parchments and that these scrolls00:43:05
be delivered to him and00:43:08
who should be rewarded for his work, he left behind him,00:43:11
by his own order, the00:43:15
liturgical books in the capital were to be00:43:18
kept in decently rich00:43:19
bindings;00:43:21
imbued with a deep religious00:43:23
feeling, Constantine00:43:26
arranged his everyday life in the new capital in accordance00:43:29
with the requirements of piety and holiness; the00:43:32
palace itself was a clear reflection of his00:43:36
Christian mood in the royal in the00:43:38
palaces a semblance of the church00:43:41
of God was built and the Emperor, with his zeal for00:43:45
pious exercises, set an example00:43:48
for others. Every day at certain00:43:51
hours he was confined to inaccessible chambers and00:43:55
there he privately talked with God in prayers,00:43:58
bending his knee and asking for what he00:44:01
needed, and sometimes he invited his00:44:04
own people to participate in the prayers. the courtiers with00:44:07
special reverence. He spent00:44:10
Sunday and Friday. The day of the00:44:13
death of the Lord Jesus on the cross on these days00:44:16
he stopped his usual activities and devoted00:44:19
himself to serving God. The palace of Constantine00:44:22
was thus completely different00:44:25
from the palaces of the former Roman Caesars;00:44:28
here there was no idle talk and there00:44:31
were no insidious intrigues noisy, vain,00:44:34
often treacherous amusements,00:44:37
hymns of praise to God were heard here,00:44:42
the king’s interlocutors were the secret places of God’s00:44:45
word, bishops and priests,00:44:48
his servants and guardians of the whole house00:44:51
were men adorned with purity of life and00:44:54
virtue, the spear carriers themselves00:44:57
The bodyguards were guided by the example of the00:44:59
pious king, the00:45:01
Christian owner of the palace put the00:45:05
Christian seal on everything in the main palace in the00:45:09
locked recess of the ceiling there00:45:12
was an image of the Cross made of precious00:45:15
stones in a gold frame above the door leading00:45:19
to the royal chambers I was00:45:21
going for everyone, a00:45:23
painted picture made of wax was approved, the00:45:27
meaning of this picture is the dragon of the00:45:30
enemy of man Constantine, in the00:45:34
person of the persecutor of Christianity, cast down the pagan00:45:36
emperors into the00:45:37
abyss of destruction by the00:45:40
saving power of the Cross the picture00:45:43
instilled in everyone that its owner was a00:45:46
admirer of the true God, the Godmother by the00:45:50
death of her son, who gave new00:45:52
life to humanity, a00:45:54
new Christian capital,00:45:57
named after its organizer, the City of00:46:01
King Constantine,00:46:02
Constantinople, which occupied the middle00:46:05
place between the former capitals of the Empire of Rome00:46:08
and not a comedy, as Jerusalem once was, the City of00:46:12
King David, which did not belong00:46:14
exclusively not a single tribe of00:46:16
Israel due to its lucky00:46:18
geographical position and lying under the00:46:21
patronage of the Mother of God quickly00:46:23
blossomed and eclipsed the Glory and Majesty of not00:46:27
only the magnificent Nicamedia but also the00:46:29
great Rome itself, and just as in00:46:33
ancient times David, when he settled in Zion,00:46:36
was embarrassed by the fact that he lived in the house of A the ark of00:46:39
the Testament remains under the skins, the second book of00:46:42
the kingdom, chapter five, verses from 9 to 11. So00:46:45
now Constantine, having settled in00:46:48
beautiful Byzantium, could not remain00:46:50
indifferent to the desecrated cradle of00:46:53
Christianity, the place of the earthly life of the Lord00:46:56
Jesus, his suffering of death and00:47:00
resurrection,00:47:01
reverently before the banner of the Cross, he00:47:04
wished to glorify the most life-giving00:47:07
Tree on it the king and the Lord were crucified,00:47:11
but as a warrior, and, moreover, having shed a lot of00:47:14
blood, he considered himself unworthy00:47:17
to do it on his own. This pious00:47:21
emperor was carried out by his00:47:24
equally honest mother, Queen Helena, whom00:47:27
he sent to Jerusalem, providing her with00:47:30
authority and rich gifts, Helena, as00:47:34
Eusebius narrates this the old man with youthful00:47:38
speed rushed to the east to00:47:41
perform due worship at the feet of00:47:43
the Lord, according to the word of the prophet, let us worship at the00:47:47
footstool of his feet Psalm 131 verse to the seventh00:47:51
country of the Sacred, marked by wondrous00:47:55
events where Everything reminds of the Great00:47:58
Mystery of the piety of the appearances of God in the flesh, the00:48:02
Greatness of the humble00:48:05
soul of the royal Elder there Saint00:48:09
Helena was clearly manifested dressed in the attire characteristic of her00:48:12
rank and in the most modest clothes00:48:15
she rotated among the crowd of people,00:48:18
trying to be unrecognized, gave out00:48:21
generous alms, imitating the Lord Jesus,00:48:25
her self-abasement. She extended her self-abasement to the00:48:29
point of gathering virgins in her house,00:48:31
treating them and herself serving at the00:48:35
table in the form of a simple slave, an example of a00:48:37
sincere The queen’s piety made a00:48:40
deep impression not only on00:48:43
believers in Christ, but also on non-believers, the00:48:46
queen-mother’s stay in the cradle of00:48:49
Christianity was marked by the00:48:52
fulfillment of the plans of her00:48:54
royal son in Palestine, all the places00:48:57
illuminated by the gospel events had00:49:00
long been devastated, the00:49:03
pagans, out of hatred of Christianity,00:49:05
tried to erase the very memory of them00:49:09
the most precious place for a believing00:49:12
Christian heart, the cave of the00:49:15
Holy Sepulcher was covered with rubbish and00:49:19
thus hidden from reverent gaze;00:49:21
moreover, as if in mockery of the crucified00:49:25
God and his admirers, on a hill00:49:29
built on top of the Holy Cave, a temple00:49:31
was built for the00:49:34
voluptuous demon of love Venus, and according to the00:49:38
instructions of Helen, idolatrous temples00:49:40
erected in places sacred to00:49:43
Christians were destroyed and instead00:49:46
holy temples were built, so beautiful00:49:51
churches were built at the request and at the00:49:54
expense of the queen Bethlehem over the cave of the00:49:57
Nativity of Christ and on the Mount of Olives00:50:00
together with the Ascension of the Lord Gethsemane00:50:03
was decorated with temples the place of the Dormition of the00:50:07
Blessed Virgin Mary the place of the appearance of God00:50:10
to Abraham Moorish oak, but the main00:50:14
concern of the royal Elder was00:50:17
to carry out the idea of her Great Son00:50:20
to find the very Tree on which00:50:24
the Savior of the world was crucified, the place where the00:50:28
cross of the Lord was hidden was unknown, to00:50:32
find it, pious Elena00:50:34
used all means00:50:37
and her Royal influence on her part and After long,00:50:41
strengthened surveys and searches, this place00:50:44
was indicated by a certain I give him to the Jews of00:50:48
advanced years, the elders, the son of a Jewish00:50:51
teacher, it was00:50:52
indicated under a pagan temple00:50:55
built on a hill covering the00:50:58
cave of the Holy Sepulcher, at the order of the queen, the00:51:00
vile Venus was overthrown; her00:51:04
temple was immediately destroyed. Saint00:51:07
Macarius of Jerusalem performed a prayer00:51:10
on the desecrated place and proceeded to00:51:13
clearing the hill and pious00:51:16
zeal received wonderful reinforcement, the00:51:19
faithful who worked digging the ground00:51:22
smelled the stench of fragrance emanating00:51:25
from under the ground, zeal for the glory of the name of00:51:29
Christ prompted those who worked, according to the00:51:32
desire of Blessed Helen, to carry00:51:34
the materials of the destroyed pagan temple00:51:36
and all the rubbish from under it as00:51:39
far as possible from the place of burial of the Lord00:51:43
Jesus so that in this way00:51:46
nothing defiled by idolatry would00:51:49
touch the Great Christian shrine, the00:51:52
cave of the Holy Sepulcher was found and00:51:56
cleansed.00:51:57
Nearby on the Eastern side,00:52:00
three Crosses were found and next to them a board with an00:52:04
inscription and honest nails, but how was it possible to00:52:07
find out which of the three crosses was the00:52:11
cross of the Savior? there was00:52:13
general confusion about this matter00:52:15
was resolved about the organization of the providence through00:52:18
such a miraculous event that it happened that00:52:22
at that time a dead man was being carried past this place00:52:25
for burial, the witness00:52:28
Macarius ordered those carrying the00:52:31
dead to stop, and on the advice of the00:52:34
bishop, they began to place the found crosses, one at a time, on00:52:37
the deceased, and when the cross of Christ was laid, the00:52:40
dead rose again,00:52:44
seeing all this the miracle rejoiced and00:52:48
glorified the wondrous power of the life-giving00:52:50
Cross of the Lord, the00:52:53
old queen reverently00:52:55
bowed to the honor tree and kissed00:52:58
it, and since with the multitude of people it00:53:01
was impossible, following the example of the queen, to00:53:04
each separately pay due respect to the00:53:06
found cross, St. Macarius00:53:10
satisfied the common desire to00:53:13
see the shrine at least from afar for the good having honestly00:53:16
lifted it and standing on an elevated place,00:53:19
he created the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord00:53:22
in anticipation of many of the faithful who at that00:53:26
time were publicly exclaiming Lord00:53:30
have mercy, this was the first Exaltation of the00:53:33
honorable and life-giving Cross,00:53:36
it took place in 326, the00:53:41
Orthodox Church celebrates this00:53:43
event annually on September 14, many of the00:53:48
pagan Jews then turned to00:53:51
Christ, among those who converted was00:53:55
Judas, who indicated the place where the00:53:58
Holy Cross was kept. The00:54:00
Holy Cross was then placed in a00:54:03
Silver Ark for preservation.00:54:06
Good Friday. It was carried to00:54:09
Calvary for worship in the00:54:12
soon-built temple where it was kept, but00:54:16
St. Helena left a particle of the life-giving tree.00:54:18
She took Jerusalem with her as a gift to00:54:22
her son Constantine, after living for a00:54:25
short time. The Blessed Queen’s mother00:54:28
died and was honestly buried,00:54:32
having received from her mother Blessed Helena a00:54:35
priceless treasure, a piece of the Holy00:54:38
Cross. Constantine decided to decorate the Cave of the00:54:42
Holy Sepulcher and near it to build a00:54:45
Temple that would be more magnificent than00:54:48
all the temples. anywhere there is a00:54:52
cave as the head of everything, according to Eusebius, the Christ-00:54:56
loving generosity of the king, and with00:54:58
excellent columns and numerous00:55:01
decorations from the cave there was access to a00:55:06
vast open-air square, this00:55:09
square was sent out with shiny stone from three00:55:13
sides it was covered by continuous porticos00:55:16
And with what amazing attentiveness the00:55:19
Christian king related to the construction of the00:55:21
temple on the Eastern side of the cave,00:55:24
this is best understood by the following00:55:27
lines from Constantine’s letter to00:55:30
Saint Macarius of Jerusalem. As00:55:33
for the construction and elegant decoration of the00:55:36
walls of the temple, know that I entrusted the care of this00:55:40
to the rulers of Palestine, I00:55:43
made sure that their care was00:55:47
immediately delivered you had00:55:50
artists and craftsmen and everything necessary00:55:53
for construction. As for decalons and00:55:57
marbles, which ones do you recognize as the00:55:59
most precious and useful? Consider them00:56:03
in detail and immediately write to me00:56:06
so that from your letter I can see how00:56:09
many materials are required and00:56:13
deliver them from everywhere; in addition, I want to know what00:56:17
Do you like the mosaic or finishing vault of the temple,00:56:21
otherwise if it is mosaic, then00:56:25
everything else in it can be decorated with00:56:27
gold your reverence May the mentioned rulers shine in the very00:56:31
near future.00:56:32
How many00:56:35
craftsmen and artists will be needed and00:56:38
how many costs, also try to00:56:41
immediately inform me not only about00:56:44
marbles and columns but also about mosaic Which do you00:56:47
recognize as the best?00:56:49
Constantine, by the way, himself came up with the idea that it00:56:53
would be good to decorate the temple with the 12th According to the number of00:56:56
apostles, columns at the top of which00:56:59
would be protruding silver vases.00:57:03
It is not surprising because this temple00:57:06
was a miracle of beauty and its appearance00:57:09
delighted its contemporaries,00:57:13
Eusebius the historian, by the way,00:57:15
describes it this way this monument to the pious00:57:18
zeal of the first Christian00:57:20
emperor, the00:57:21
basilica, a temple of extraordinary height,00:57:27
immeasurable breadth and extraordinary length,00:57:31
its inner side is dressed with00:57:34
multi-colored marbles and the outer appearance of the00:57:37
walls, shining with polished and one with the00:57:40
other stones,00:57:42
seems to be an extremely00:57:45
beautiful thing. And in no way inferior to marble, the00:57:49
domed ceiling is decorated with marvelous00:57:51
carvings which spreading like the00:57:54
Great Sea Above the entire basilica00:57:57
Interconnected arcs and everywhere00:58:00
shining with gold illuminates the temple as if with00:58:03
rays of Light00:58:05
the main object of the entire semicircle00:58:08
located at the very edge of the basilica on the00:58:11
Eastern side According to the number of 12 apostles, it is00:58:15
crowned with 12 columns, the tops of which are00:58:19
decorated with large overhangs, sorted out with00:58:22
vases a beautiful offering to God from the00:58:25
tsar himself, but the pious tsar did not00:58:29
limit his attitude to00:58:31
Christianity only to concern for its00:58:34
external exaltation; he was also concerned about the00:58:38
internal life of the Church of Christ; the00:58:40
church of Constantine’s thoughts should00:58:44
serve as the most important support for the life of00:58:46
the state;00:58:48
religious unity should be a powerful00:58:51
guarantee of the success of the empire; the church,00:58:54
resplendent with its grandeur and external splendor the00:58:57
inner world should attract the00:59:00
pagan population to itself, gradually00:59:03
turning the entire state into one00:59:06
cohesive organism within us, and life-giving by the00:59:09
single spirit of Christ, such unity and00:59:13
prosperity of the church gave the caring00:59:16
king peaceful days and good nights in that00:59:20
he saw happiness And his own and all the00:59:24
peoples of the world subject to him were not However,00:59:28
these00:59:31
peaceful days and good nights were always not easy for the Great Emperor in his time. The00:59:35
Church of Christ, already crowned with the victorious00:59:39
crown of martyrdom and having received the right of00:59:42
civil existence, even with00:59:44
advantages over paganism,00:59:47
was indignantly00:59:49
born and00:59:51
matured in the difficult time of persecution,00:59:55
Constantine barely reigned in Rome. With00:59:58
surprise and sorrow, he learned that the entire01:00:02
region of his empire was being overwhelmed by the01:00:05
conflict of a single father among Christians01:00:09
in Africa, a struggle broke out due to the01:00:12
installation of a traitor by the bishop of Carthaginian01:00:14
Caesalian - this name was01:00:18
adopted by Christians during the persecution of01:00:21
those who, out of fear, gave out to the pagans01:00:24
objects of their religious reverence from the01:00:27
Celians they said that he had given out a slander to the01:00:30
persecutor of the Holy Book; this01:00:34
turned out to be false; his opponents elected01:00:38
Majorin as their bishop. And soon after the01:00:41
death of my Rina, they elevated in his place the01:00:44
main instigator of their opposition to01:00:47
Donatus; the followers of the latter, the Donatists,01:00:51
having become close to Vatsanami, claimed that01:00:54
only they constituted the Church of Christ and01:00:57
were not embarrassed by the fanaticism they expressed. to01:01:00
slander his opponents,01:01:02
even to forcibly take away churches from them, it01:01:07
often came to bloodshed between the01:01:10
warring parties to reconcile them01:01:14
and consider their mutual complaints.01:01:17
Constantine first sent01:01:19
his beloved and respected bishop Hosea to Carthage,01:01:23
instructing him at the same time to distribute01:01:26
financial assistance to the poor01:01:28
Christians there then, by the express order of01:01:31
the emperor,01:01:35
two Minor councils were assembled in Rome in the case of the Donatists, and from many01:01:38
bishops of different places in the relat, the judgment01:01:42
pronounced on the rebellious Raskolniks by01:01:45
these councils was confirmed. Finally, in01:01:48
Milan in 316, under the personal01:01:51
chairmanship of Constantine, and the matter01:01:53
apparently was settled. But how the more01:01:57
pious king became acquainted with the01:01:59
existing provisions of Christianity, the01:02:02
less it justified his ideal01:02:05
idea of the Holy unity of the Children of01:02:08
Christ the cause of the Donatists, who01:02:11
worried Constantine in the first01:02:14
steps of his reign, was significant not01:02:17
so much in essence as in the01:02:19
passion of the fighters01:02:20
in 323, after the victory, the overlord01:02:25
became the autocrat of the entire empire01:02:28
Constantine01:02:30
walked to the east, imbued with a sincere01:02:33
desire to rebuild the entire state01:02:35
anew on better, more solid principles. In01:02:40
his plans, he gave the first place to the01:02:43
Christian church, which, in his opinion, was to01:02:47
spiritually unite the01:02:50
politically united world Empire,01:02:52
but there in the east he suffered a01:02:56
disappointment more severe than in the01:03:00
west. arrived here at a time01:03:02
when the disputes aroused by the heresy of Arius,01:03:06
unrestrained by anything, reached01:03:09
their extreme development and the whole view depicts01:03:13
this time as01:03:14
not only the leaders of the churches entered into01:03:17
debates with each other, but also the people were01:03:20
divided, the course of events reached such01:03:24
indecency that the divine teaching was01:03:27
subjected to offensive ridicule01:03:30
even in pagan theaters, this time was01:03:34
favorable for the activities of blasphemers of the01:03:36
deity of the Lord Jesus Christ,01:03:40
Constantine's brother-in-law, who was then living out the01:03:43
last years of his reign, who had01:03:46
once signed the01:03:48
Milan decree on religious tolerance with Constantine,01:03:50
was suspicious of Christians01:03:53
in general as people who were unreliable in relation to him,01:03:56
hated and even cruelly01:04:00
persecuted in their mutual discord01:04:03
caused by the Arian heresy, he could01:04:06
see a desirable phenomenon useful01:04:10
for himself;01:04:11
these disputes weakened the strength of the church could01:04:15
give rise to the hope of support01:04:18
for him in his plans against his01:04:20
powerful brother-in-law and such calculations01:04:24
were not in vain about the non-01:04:28
comedy bishop Constantine himself, for example01:04:30
he responded like this, he even sent spies to me01:04:35
and gave the tyrant Licinius01:04:38
almost armed assistance.01:04:42
Arriving in non-comedy, Constantine01:04:45
was deeply struck by the discord excited by01:04:48
Arianism, however, he did not immediately understand the01:04:52
importance of these events, and he himself and the01:04:56
secrets of divine teaching who arrived with him from the West01:04:58
received here01:05:01
one-sided coverage of the Arius case from01:05:04
non-Commedians who, in dogmatic01:05:07
matters, saw not the subject of pious01:05:10
Faith as having vital significance, but the01:05:13
area of scientific research and even01:05:16
empty vocabulary; nevertheless,01:05:20
Constantine did not ignore the01:05:22
Arian case; at first, he01:05:26
sent an extensive conciliatory01:05:28
message to Alexandria with a convincing01:05:31
request to the bishop For Alexander and Arius01:05:34
to stop mutual discord, in the opinion of the01:05:38
king, the bishop was wrong because of his01:05:41
carelessness and sharp questioning.01:05:44
And Arius for breaking off communion without01:05:48
submitting to the bishop, he recommends both of them to01:05:51
take an example from philosophers who, although they01:05:55
argue with each other, get along peacefully, and01:05:58
both of them stand on a common ground,01:06:02
both recognize divine conduct and01:06:06
therefore it is easy for them to reconcile with01:06:09
this message. Constantine sent01:06:12
his beloved bishop01:06:14
Hosea to Alexandria, who was supposed to investigate this01:06:17
matter on the spot and contribute to the01:06:19
pacification of the Alexandrians. Hosea01:06:23
fulfilled the receipt of the emperor. True, he did01:06:27
not reconcile the opponents. But from the01:06:29
investigation of the disputes he was convinced01:06:32
that the heresy of Arius was not idle idle talk but01:06:37
surrounded by a shock to the foundations of the Christian01:06:40
Faith and led to the denial of all01:06:43
Christianity. In 324, Hosea of Korbut01:06:48
returned to the king and explained to him the01:06:51
serious danger of the Arian movement.01:06:54
Then Constantine decided to convene an01:06:58
ecumenical council, which in his opinion01:07:01
remained the only means to01:07:04
pacification. Church of the king's intentions,01:07:08
this council, speaking out in war against the main01:07:11
enemy of the church of the blasphemous Arian heresy, which was then disturbing the world of the church,01:07:14
had to01:07:17
consider other questions and give01:07:20
answers to the determination of the structure of the01:07:24
internal life of Christians; the01:07:26
ecumenical council was determined by the power of the king01:07:29
to be in the city of Nicaea.01:07:32
Constantine did everything to facilitate01:07:35
this Journey for those convened by the bishop. to the01:07:38
place of meeting the contents of those who arrived in01:07:42
Nicaea, he accepted about the state,01:07:45
saints from Egypt and01:07:48
Palestine from Syria and Mesopotamia from01:07:52
Asia Minor, Greece, Persia and Armenia arrived in Nicaea, and from the01:07:57
Danube Goths from Rome, instead of the01:08:00
elderly bishop, two01:08:03
presbyters arrived and the assembled saints were01:08:07
the elderly Alexander The01:08:10
first accuser of Alexandria, Arius, who brought with him the01:08:13
Archdeacan Athanasius, a courageous and01:08:17
skillful fighter against the Arians, later the01:08:20
Great Archbishop of Alexandria, the01:08:24
Saint of the Lycian city of the world, Nicholas,01:08:28
Saint Spyridon, the Wonderworker, in total,01:08:32
more than two thousand people arrived at the cathedral and there01:08:36
were only 318 visitors. The01:08:40
cathedral opened in June 325 in the01:08:45
vast royal chamber. of the palace,01:08:48
benches stood around the room for01:08:51
bishops and in the middle there was a table on which01:08:54
lay a book of sacred scripture as a01:08:57
faithful testimony of the truth, when01:09:00
everyone had gathered, Constantine appeared in all the01:09:04
majesty of his Imperial Sange but01:09:07
without armed guards, accompanied by01:09:10
Christian courtiers, dressed in the01:09:13
most magnificent royal clothes shining with01:09:17
gold and precious stones01:09:19
his appearance struck the assembly and01:09:23
especially those of those present at it01:09:25
who, having arrived from distant countries, had01:09:28
never seen his royal face, not of01:09:31
royal greatness, but he himself01:09:35
was embarrassed at the sight of such a gathering of01:09:38
glorious shepherds of the Church of Christ, among01:09:42
whom were strict ascetics and01:09:44
miracle workers, confessors and martyrs with01:09:48
with burnt hands and pierced eyes, those01:09:51
who had suffered for the faith,01:09:53
silently with a downcast gaze, he approached the01:09:57
Golden chair prepared for him01:10:00
and stood waiting until the saints invited01:10:04
him to sit down, after01:10:05
listening to the welcoming and grateful01:10:08
speeches of the Eustath of Antioch and the historian01:10:11
Eusebius of Caesarea, Constantine himself01:10:14
addressed the meeting with a speech in which he expressed01:10:17
his joy that he sees such a01:10:20
great meeting of the fathers and begged them to01:10:24
resolve controversial issues peacefully.01:10:28
God helped me, he said, he did not set forth the01:10:31
wicked power of the persecutors, but01:10:34
incomparably more regrettable for me than any01:10:37
war, any bloody battle, and01:10:40
incomparably more destructive, the internal01:10:43
internecine strife in the Church of God01:10:46
The Arians went to the council and held their own on01:10:49
it, boldly and confidently, they did not foresee01:10:53
that their cause would face a complete and01:10:56
comprehensive defeat, on the contrary, they01:10:59
expected in their plans Happy01:11:01
success they had on their side up to 1701:11:05
bishops, at their head was the Metropolitan01:11:09
Bishop who had connections in the Royal Palace,01:11:12
Ariane hoped that the council would not01:11:16
agree with their views, it will not01:11:19
give them strict condemnation. Aryan01:11:22
stubbornly defended his teaching using01:11:26
all the strength of his contradiction, but the01:11:29
unshakable, convinced devotion to the01:11:32
true church teaching of the fathers of the council01:11:36
put to shame the false wisdom of the01:11:38
blasphemer. The defenders of Orthodoxy01:11:41
understood well what the essence of the01:11:44
Arian heresy is and with dignity with deep01:11:48
religious feeling and the truly01:11:51
enlightened understanding refuted her01:11:54
special power and words and accuracy in01:11:57
extracting heretical theology,01:11:59
while the Alexandrian01:12:02
deacon Athanasius dissolved his word like a01:12:06
light web, the cunning words of the01:12:09
heretic, the disputes were heated and01:12:12
long-lasting,01:12:13
in vain Constantine used his01:12:16
influence to reconcile the disputants and01:12:19
lead to an amicable solution to the dispute.01:12:22
friction continued, the more01:12:25
obvious it became how far the01:12:27
Arians strayed from the truth,01:12:33
the exposition of the Faith proposed to the council by Eusebius the non-commedian head of the Arians,01:12:36
which definitely expressed the idea01:12:39
that the Son of God is a creature, and01:12:44
there was a time when he was not01:12:47
unanimously rejected by the fathers of the council01:12:50
as a false and wicked soma scroll on01:12:55
which it it was written was torn apart01:12:59
irrevocably condemning01:13:01
Arianism, the fathers of the council decided to give01:13:04
the believers an exact confession of Orthodox01:13:08
teaching. The Creed and the All-Ebis of01:13:12
Caesarea presented to their attention the01:13:15
baptismal symbol which had been used for a long01:13:18
time in his church and was01:13:21
set out almost exclusively in expressions01:13:24
taken from the Holy Scriptures from the met01:13:28
This symbol with approval, but in order to01:13:31
decisively eliminate the possibility of01:13:33
putting heretical thoughts into it, they01:13:37
considered it necessary to replace some general01:13:40
expressions in it with those that would01:13:43
perfectly define church truth. The01:13:46
emperor, who was present at the council,01:13:49
joined the fathers in approving the01:13:51
Caesarean symbol and confessed his01:13:54
full agreement with it, but At the same time,01:13:57
Constantine proposed to include in the symbol a01:14:00
formula on which the leaders of01:14:03
the church settled on at preliminary meetings01:14:06
to express the church thought about the son01:14:09
of God and his relationship to God the father,01:14:12
calling him consubstantial with the father,01:14:17
the word spoken by the king was unanimously01:14:20
adopted by the council and served as the01:14:23
definitive basis for the doctrine of the face of01:14:26
the Lord Jesus of the central01:14:29
Christian dogma, the baptismal symbol01:14:33
was corrected and the cathedral set forth a new01:14:36
certain Symbol of Faith,01:14:39
indisputable for the entire universal church. The01:14:43
final solemn meeting of the01:14:45
fathers of Nicaea took place in the Imperial01:14:49
Palace on August 25,01:14:51
325, it coincided with the 20th anniversary of01:14:56
the reign of Constantine,01:14:58
dismissing the fathers of the council. Constantine in his01:15:02
farewell speech to he begged them to have01:15:05
peace among themselves,01:15:07
beware he spoke of bitter disputes between you,01:15:11
let no one be envious of those who have01:15:14
shown special wisdom,01:15:18
consider the virtues of each as the common property of the entire01:15:21
church,01:15:22
the highest and excellent ones, do not look01:15:25
arrogantly at the inferior ones. God alone knows01:15:29
that superior01:15:31
perfection is rare Where it happens and must be01:15:34
had condescension to the weakest brothers01:15:37
Peaceful Agreement saving the unbelievers most of all,01:15:41
remember that not everyone can be01:15:44
converted by learned reasoning, teaching the01:15:48
need to form with the different01:15:50
dispositions of each, like doctors01:15:53
applying their medicines to various01:15:56
diseases,01:15:57
thus the cherished01:16:00
desire of the pious emperor was fulfilled when01:16:03
he once confessed, even bringing01:16:07
God himself as a witness the desire to unite the teaching of all the01:16:11
peoples of his state in divinity01:16:14
into one common system. The01:16:16
great thought suggested to the king by his01:16:19
holy religious feeling, the01:16:21
implementation of which he set for himself as a01:16:24
vital task for his spiritual desire,01:16:26
this thought of the Great Constantine, amazing in01:16:29
its sublimity and breadth of volume,01:16:32
was now introduced01:16:36
into the general consciousness and became property the entire01:16:39
Christian world is not enough to01:16:43
implement this thought. In Christian01:16:45
life, the pious king also pointed out the01:16:48
surest path of the Ecumenical Council, walking01:16:53
along which the sheep of Christ's plowing, both already01:16:55
called and not yet called, by the grace01:17:00
of God, unmistakably enter the courtyard of the01:17:03
heavenly father for true life and this is a01:17:08
truly victorious triumph equal to01:17:10
the apostolic king was also headed at the same time by the01:17:13
gratifying receipt for him of the01:17:16
priceless Treasure of a particle of the01:17:19
life-giving Cross of the Lord,01:17:21
brought from Jerusalem as a gift to him by his01:17:24
mother, Queen Helena. Constantine lived01:17:29
after that for more than 10 years and during all this01:17:33
time of his reign he adhered with unwavering01:17:35
fidelity to the Nicene01:17:38
confession of faith and zealously tried01:17:41
to establish the spirit of Christian piety01:17:44
in his kingdom in himself, presenting an01:17:47
example worthy of imitation, possessing a01:17:51
thorough general education and01:17:53
theological education in particular, he conducted extensive01:17:56
correspondence with independent churches on01:17:59
subjects of faith and piety and the structure of01:18:03
church life; they rarely spoke in his palace01:18:06
before the assembly of the king's palaces and01:18:09
people even with godly teaching,01:18:12
his diligence was extraordinary;01:18:15
he no longer tolerated idleness, and in his01:18:18
old age he did not consider it a01:18:20
burden for himself even to01:18:23
write extensive legislative acts with his own hand;01:18:26
truly magnanimous by nature and01:18:30
modest, he was not seduced by his royal01:18:33
grandeur and the noisy delights of the people's01:18:36
crowd; these delights inspired He even felt01:18:39
boredom,01:18:40
standing at a high level of moral01:18:43
development, Konstantin wanted to raise01:18:46
everyone who came01:18:48
into contact with him to the same level.01:19:02
then he said his greed,01:19:06
outlining with a spear a space the01:19:09
height of a man, if you acquired all01:19:12
the wealth of the world and mastered all the elements of01:19:16
the earth and then you would not use anything01:19:19
more than such a piece of land. And even then, would01:19:24
you still be honored to receive this, and this is01:19:28
another example, having listened to the flattering speech of01:19:31
one honorable person from the clergy01:19:33
which called the king blessed and01:19:37
expressed that throughout his life he was honored with01:19:40
autocratic rule over all and in01:19:44
the future and will rule over all the son01:19:46
of God Constantine answered the caresser You01:19:50
better Pray for the king so that in his01:19:54
future life he too will be honored to be a servant01:19:58
of God the01:19:59
king’s charity flows in a wide01:20:02
stream according to the testimony From01:20:05
morning to evening, he was looking for a contemporary to01:20:08
show mercy to the poor. And in general,01:20:12
he supplied people thrown out onto the street with01:20:15
money and food and decent clothing;01:20:19
he took care of orphaned children instead of the01:20:21
father of virgins who had lost their parents; he eliminated them in01:20:26
marriage; he supplied them with a dowry from his01:20:29
treasury; he did especially a lot01:20:33
benefactors on Easter Day in his new01:20:36
capital, Constantine introduced the custom that on01:20:40
Easter night01:20:42
high wax pillars, like fiery lamps, would be lit along all the streets.01:20:45
So that the Mysterious01:20:49
night became brighter than the day itself, and01:20:52
as soon as morning came, Constantine01:20:56
extended his right hand to all the poor and01:20:59
gave them gifts with With the same generosity,01:21:02
the king gave out alms and on the occasion of01:21:05
his family joyful events,01:21:07
for example, the marriage of his sons, in recent01:21:11
cases, luxurious feasts and01:21:14
dinners were arranged for invited guests, then the fun was01:21:18
carried out of the Palace even into the street,01:21:20
the king warmly received round dances of women,01:21:24
but under the king, complete observance was always and in everything01:21:27
decency and01:21:30
nothing immodest and seductive was allowed. The01:21:32
last years and01:21:35
especially the days of the life of Tsar Constantine and01:21:38
his death were a worthy completion of01:21:41
his Christian pious01:21:43
disposition long before his death.01:21:47
Constantine began to prepare for it in01:21:50
his new capital, he built a temple. In the01:21:54
name of the holy apostles, this temple01:21:57
was decorated among other things,01:21:59
the arks For the Glory of the Apostolic Face, and01:22:03
in the middle of these arks01:22:05
a tomb was built, at first it remained unclear why01:22:09
the tomb was built here, but01:22:12
then it was clarified and it turned out that the01:22:17
pious king built this tomb for01:22:19
himself. The thought of death became a01:22:23
subject of intense01:22:25
reflection for Constantine as soon as he began01:22:28
to feel the decline of his physical strength01:22:31
in 337, Constantine01:22:35
solemnly celebrated01:22:37
Easter in Constantinople for the last time and soon could not01:22:41
foresee his imminent death, he completely01:22:44
devoted himself to holy exercises, often01:22:47
bending his knee, zealously poured out01:22:50
fervent prayers before God, on the advice of01:22:53
doctors, he moved at that time to the city of01:22:56
Elianople to be treated there by warm01:22:59
us, but Constantine has01:23:02
not yet been baptized; this is in our time. And for us it01:23:07
may seem a very strange phenomenon,01:23:09
but in ancient times of the Christian Church,01:23:12
many received Baptism in adulthood01:23:15
or even in old age; some felt01:23:19
deep respect for the Great the sacrament01:23:21
for the reception of which01:23:24
others considered necessary a long preparation,01:23:27
but not without a sly lust to live01:23:31
first for their own sinful pleasure and01:23:34
then be reborn for a new01:23:37
spiritual life. God is their judge.01:23:40
Constantine, who from a young age carried01:23:43
Christ in his heart. Having long since become a Christian in his soul,01:23:46
put off his Baptism for in the01:23:49
humble consciousness of his sinfulness,01:23:52
desiring through the feat of his whole life to prepare01:23:55
himself for this,01:23:57
at the same time, in his soul there was a01:24:00
sincere desire to be baptized in the waters of the01:24:03
Jordan River, not receiving relief in01:24:06
Elenopol and feeling an extreme decline in01:24:09
bodily strength, Constantine crossed into01:24:12
Nekomedia and here, convening the bishops,01:24:15
asked them to honor him with the Saint baptism01:24:19
before Baptism, the dying king made01:24:22
such a speech, the01:24:24
desired time has come for which I01:24:28
have been waiting for a long time and for which I pray as the time of01:24:32
salvation, it is time for01:24:33
us to accept the seal of immortality and01:24:38
partake of saving grace. I01:24:42
thought of doing this by the water of the Jordan River, where the01:24:49
Savior himself, but God who knows, received baptism in our image. useful01:24:53
honors me with this here,01:24:56
having received holy Baptism, Constantine01:25:00
forged in spirit His heart was full of living01:25:03
joy,01:25:04
clothed at baptism in a white robe that01:25:07
shone like light, he did not take it off01:25:11
until his death, but he rested on a bed01:25:14
covered with white veils of crimson, and with01:25:18
this royal distinction, a servant of God I did not01:25:22
even want to touch on my last01:25:25
prayer of gratitude, raising my voice,01:25:29
the king concluded with these words.01:25:32
Now I recognize myself as truly blessed,01:25:37
for I have undoubted Faith that I01:25:41
have partaken of the divine light and01:25:44
have been honored with immortal life.01:25:48
The Great and Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine01:25:51
died, bequeathing the kingdom to his three01:25:54
sons on the very day of Pentecost,01:25:58
337, 32 year of his reign,01:26:03
being 65 years old from birth,01:26:06
his body was transferred with great triumph01:26:10
to the City of Constantinople, which he had created,01:26:13
and was laid, according to his covenant, in the Church of the01:26:16
Holy Apostles in the tomb01:26:20
prepared by himself. Now he lives an endless01:26:24
life in the eternal kingdom of Christ01:26:27
our God, who with his father and by the holy spirit01:26:31
honor and glory forever and ever Amen01:26:36
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