, of course, this is an important time, in the first week of great lent the great penitential canon of andrew of crete is read, this is an ancient poetic creation that helps us look into the depths of our soul, bringing to mind the image of both the Old Testament ascetics and sinners, this canon helps us understand that every person, no matter how deeply he has fallen into sin, he can repent and correct himself if he sincerely wants to and turns to god. The most ascetic period of the church year is accompanied by a lenten diet, which refers us to the gospel events, christs abstinence from food in the desert. From monday , Orthodox Christians have 7 weeks or 48 days to make progress in their spiritual growth. Next, the priesthood will put on red vestments, and easter will come. Daria tarasova, alexey young man, grigory kristafovich, Television News agency. International book boom exhibition in minsk, today is the last day of the forum and many belarusians decided to spend their day off
Issues. It comes as sir mark rowley is facing calls to quit over his handling of pro palestinian protests , with pro palestinian protests, with a former home secretary, Suella Braverman, suggesting hes emboldened anti semites. The campaign against anti semitism is also calling for sir mark to resign or be sacked, after its chief executive was described as openly jewish by an officer. The met police have now responded in a statement, saying the assistant commissioner, matt twist, has written to gideon falter to offer a private meeting to apologise and discuss what the met can do to ensure jewish londoners feel safe. This evening, the met will also invite senior representatives from across londons jewish communities as officials from the Mayors Office and members of the house of lords, and selected media to operational planning exercises. A decision by the us to approve £49 billion in aid for ukraine has been welcomed by the uk, with the foreign secretary describing it as a vital step f
As a vital step forward. After months of wrangling , american months of wrangling, american politicians ended a deadlock, agreeing to provide a package which will also help replenish weapons and munitions. President weapons and munitions. President zelenskyy says the move will keep the war from expanding and will save thousands of lives. It now heads to the senate, which is expected to pass the bill in the next few days, and a record 50,000 people ran the London Marathon today, most have now crossed the finishing line after completing the 26. 2 mile route, they started just after 10 am, they started just after 10 am, the event raising millions of pounds for charities. Our very own gb news Political Editor , own gb news Political Editor, chris hope, was one of the many who crossed the finishing line today. Well, ive done it. I got round 26. 2 miles, five hours, eight minutes, but slower than normal for me. Had a very sore left hip at some point. That was really hard. But heres the proof
Date october 12th to be here on thursday night football, and look who just came in. Out of no where, Everybody Knows this announcer here and good friend of mine, this is dion sanders, he came out of no where, dion. I love you, man. Appreciate you. Look at you. I known this guy since he was 14 years old. Boy, you are looking good. You are looking better. How are you doing. Don bell joins us now as well, dion, thanks for stepping in, but we will improvise everybody here at the station. What do you think, tonight, i know, you have done your homework. You have two quarter backs playing phenomenal, i like cam under pressure and scrutiny, i like the cam when his back is up against the wall he comes out and perform and i cannot wait to see that guy tonight. That will be Something Special it will be Something Special. Your broadcasting career did you know you wanted to do this when i first met you at 14. First of all, you dont understand the impact you haddon me. You were a hero, in our inner
Most cios are appointees and maybe only stay two years. Very rarely they stay four years. I think one of the major problems is we dont have continuity of Technology Management because that position has been made an appointee, not not a permanent position, and this week, all the cios are going to be meeting at National Association of governors and cios and the governor across the way is being really strong in terms of bringing the states together and the state cios so could you comment on that . Sure, i completely disagree with your premise that im being tough on cios, because guess what . Im trying to get them more tools. Im the one trying to, i dont just bring them in front of my subcommittee. I bring the cto and the Deputy Agency headle is because they should be getting all the responsibility and authority. You didnt hold somebody accountable if they dont have the authorities to do their job, and so for me, everything we have been doing is to strengthen their authorities in order to