Conscript Day in Sargatskoyetranslated

An event dedicated to Conscript Day was held at the Memorial in the village of Sargatskoye. After the ceremonial part, it continued in the Sargat Museum of History and Local Lore.

The children were addressed by the Military Commissar of the Lyubinsk and Sargat districts of the Omsk Region, Dmitry Viktorovich Kolb, a veteran of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a participant in the Special Military Operation, Yuri Viktorovich Savchenko, and the rector of the church in honor of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky in the village of Nizhneirtyshskoye, Archpriest Gennady Bulov, whose life was also connected with military service.

In his speech, Father Gennady recalled the most important quality of a Russian warrior, that his strength is not in weapons, but in fortitude, in the ability to lend a shoulder to his friend in difficult times: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” John 15:13, which means sacrificing oneself for the sake of one’s family, comrades, and colleagues. All Russian commanders followed this rule. Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, who did not lose a single battle, said: “Without prayer, do not draw your weapon, do not load your gun, do not start anything. Start every business with God's blessing. Until your dying breath, be faithful to the Sovereign and the Fatherland.”

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