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Archimandrite Savva Mazhuko will talk about laughter, give an apology for humor, and try to see the funny in the ordinary and (overly) serious. “Is it decent for believers to laugh? Will it not offend a sensitive soul, sow temptation, push them to blasphemy?” Isn’t it funny that a believer has to justify the right to laugh — a natural right that every person received from birth!? And if you are also a priest, you should support your irresistible desire to laugh with a selection of quotes from the Holy Fathers. The followers of the Teacher, Who advised imitating children, suddenly turned out to be the most adult population on the planet. This is truly the misunderstanding of the century! Meanwhile, people seeking wisdom cannot cope without humor, and Christians are precisely those people who are called to wisdom, which means they cannot do without laughter, including at themselves and, above all, at themselves. Humor is a way of describing reality, a special language that captures the subtlest shades of reality that elude more adult languages and genres.