As part of the festival "Optina Meetings on the Banks of the Neva" held at the Uspensky Metochion, a meeting was held with Archpriest Igor Fomin, Chairman of the Commission for Missionary Work and Catechesis at the Moscow Diocesan Council, member of the editorial board of the Orthodox TV channel "Spas", as well as the host and participant of many projects on "Spas", such as "Evening on Spas", "War and the Bible", "Holy Spirit", "Ladder" and others. In a lively friendly conversation, Father Igor spoke a little about his activities and answered questions from the audience. 00:00:10 Optina Meetings on the Banks of the Neva 00:01:45 The Significance of Optina Pustyn 00:02:38 The Influence of Eldership 00:04:27 The Revival of Eldership 00:06:18 Searching for God's Will 00:07:42 The Importance of Spiritual Leadership 00:10:30 The Main Thing in Spiritual Life 00:12:18 God's Will and Its Properties 00:19:38 The Perfection of God's Will 00:24:41 Perfection and Resentment 00:25:37 Love for Oneself and God 00:27:26 God's Will and Rejoicing 00:29:19 Miracles and Faith 00:32:52 The Normal State and God's Will 00:34:46 An Example from Life 00:40:15 God's Will and humility 00:41:11 The question of superiority 00:43:00 The story of the woman on the subway 00:46:23 Humility and the will of God 00:47:22 Fulfilling the commandments 00:50:11 The story of a husband and wife 00:53:34 The will of God and churchliness 00:57:58 Conclusion 00:59:32 Answers to questions 00:59:59 Personal experience of Fr. Igor: construction of the temple 01:02:51 The importance of blessing and prayer 01:04:42 The crisis of faith and temptation 01:07:50 Faith and mercy 01:09:38 Missionary activity and education 01:10:57 Ban on clergy in schools 01:11:41 English textbook 01:14:30 Problems with opening schools 01:15:29 Spiritual and moral education 01:19:34 School of the Orthodox missionary 01:23:28 Conservatism and strictness of education 01:26:44 The question of churching 01:29:07 Presidential decree on traditional values ​​01:32:44 The role of women in the family and the state 01:36:27 The importance of communication in the family 01:38:01 Will God's and Gratitude 01:38:40 Pilgrimage and Gaidar's Story 01:39:40 Reflections on Life and Repentance 01:41:30 God's Love and Trials 01:42:28 Insight and Salvation *** 📍 Address: 199034, Saint Petersburg, Vasilievsky Island, Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment, 27/2 Tel.: +7 (812) 321-74-73 Email: [email protected] Dear brothers and sisters! 🕊️ Our church needs help to restore the covering of three chandeliers. Over the years of service, they have darkened from candle and incense smoke, but their light is a symbol of the light of Christ, illuminating our souls. And each of your contributions is an incorruptible sacrifice for the glory of God and to maintain the splendor of the temple of the Queen of Heaven. Help restore the former beauty and radiance of the lamps of the temple of our monastery 🙏 How you can help: • You can make a donation at the link: donationalerts.com/r/spboptina • Or to the T-Bank card No. 2200 7009 3416 2123 (Andrey Anatolyevich M.) with the note “Chandelier”. You can leave notes about your loved ones on our website: spb.optina.ru/rites 🌐 The Podvorye pages on social networks Telegram - https://t.me/optinaspb VKontakte - https://vk.com/public8817170 Rutube - https://rutube.ru/channel/25959959/ YouTube - / @optinaspb ©️ The official website of the Optina Pustyn courtyard - http://spb.optina.ru/ ©️ The official website of the monastery - https://www.optina.ru/