00:00Good afternoon, I want to give you the most important wish of the Holy Patriarch of the Moscow City.
00:28I would like to give you the best greetings from his Holy Patriarch of Moscow alone, Russia Kyrio.
00:37I met him before my trip here.
00:42He personally told me how the Russian Orthodox Church was established here.
00:53He told me he'd been to Alaska and he assisted at the Divine Service.
01:02And he spoke with great warmth about his recollections.
01:09And he asked you to give his first greetings.
01:14And I would like to present you some small gifts.
01:19This is a token.
01:21This is Saint Herman of Alaska.
01:23As far as I understand, he is the patron saint of America in the Orthodox tradition.
01:36Yes.
01:37I would like to wish you all the best.
01:41Thank you so very much.
01:43And there is also a holiday.
01:47As a holiday.
01:48As a holiday.
01:49As a donation of Piotokos.
01:51I would like to present you.
01:54So this is another gift I would like to present you.
01:56I would like to wish you all the best.
02:00I am very, very grateful.
02:06I am very, very grateful.
02:07I am very, very grateful.
02:08I am very grateful.
02:09I am very grateful.
02:10I am very grateful.
02:11I am very grateful.
02:12I also have a little gift.
02:13I have a small gift.
02:14It is a small gift.
02:15But it is the icon that I was given when I was made of Bishop.
02:18And it was given to me by monks from the Holy Mountain.
02:21And it has been in my prayer corner for four years.
02:34And I would like to give it back to you to express the gratitude that the native peoples of Alaska have to the leaders that came before, to those in Russia that sent the missionaries.
02:46For us, Russia has given us what is most precious of all, which is the Orthodox faith.
03:04And we are forever grateful.
03:06But this is what brings us together.
03:07Absolutely.
03:08This is the foundation of our relations.
03:09And I go to Russia, try to go yearly, and it's a great benefit to my priests and my seminarians, because they, you know, they see, for them when they come to Russia, they say,
03:13I've been home, I've come home.
03:38And I feel like they've been home every year.
03:39And for me, as well as for my saints, and for the seminarians, it's always a great gift.
03:44Every time they come to us, they say, we feel that we've been home.
03:48And you always live in the country.
03:51And you feel like you're home.
03:53You are always welcome guests in Russia, and please feel at home whenever you come.
03:58Thank you so much.
04:01Thank you very much.
04:02Thank you very much.
04:03Thank you very much.
04:04Thank you very much.
04:05Thank you very much.
04:06Thank you very much.
04:08Thank you very much.
04:09Thank you very much for taking such great care and for preserving the memory of our valorous warriors.
04:15Absolutely, President.
04:18It's our honor to care for all veterans here, and especially for the 14 Russian citizens of Turkey here.
04:26Thank you very much, Mr. President.
04:28It's a great honor to keep the heritage of all veterans who are buried here,
04:33and also 14 Russian citizens.
04:37This is what brings us together. This is our heroic past.
04:45And it also lays the foundation for us moving forward into the future.
04:51And you are doing this important job.
04:56So I'd like to say a huge thank you for that.
04:59Thank you. Thank you for being here, for bestowing honor upon your Russian citizens.
05:07I hope you find the environment here to be honorable and respectful to your veterans.
05:19I hope the situation, which you will find here, will demonstrate your respect to your veterans.
05:28Thank you very much.
05:30Absolutely. Thank you.
05:32We've just had a very good conversation with President Trump today.
05:39And thank you very much for creating this kind of environment here.
05:46Yes, thank you, President.
05:48Спасибо, Господин Президент.
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