Текст песни Сестры Свято-Елисаветинского монастыря - С чего начинается Родина

Where does the Motherland begin?
From a church above a quiet river
From the ancient image of Spasov,
With a burning wax candle.

Or maybe it starts
From the prayer of my great-grandmother,
From a baby's pectoral cross,
With Communion at the Royal Doors ...

Where does the Motherland begin?
From the chapel at the Red Gate,
From the Intercessor of the Mother of Iver,
To which the people aspire.

Or maybe it starts?
With the confession of children's sins;
My homeland is reflected
In a priest with good eyes.

Where does the Motherland begin?
From a church above a quiet river
From the ancient image of Spasov,
With a burning wax candle.

Where does it end?
In the bottomless blue sky,
Where time and eternity merge
In prayer for the Russian Land.

Archpriest ARTEMY VLADIMIROV