The Day in the Liturgical Calendar

1 Kings 18:29-46, 2 Kings 2:1-15, Jam. 5:16-20, Lk. 4:25-30

Hovhannes Tumanyan, The Party Lover will Always Have Parties

Readings From the Church Fathers

St. Gregory of Tathev, On Greed

Catholicos Garegin Hovsepyan, The Salt of Life

The Day in the Liturgical Calendar

Jer. 1:1-10, 38:1-13, 2 Pet. 2:9-22, Mt. 2:16-18

Glinka had the idea of creating the opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" still at the time of Pushkin. The composer wanted to create it on a libretto by Alexander Pushkin, but because of the sudden death of the poet he was forced to turn to his friends: he wrote the libretto with the help of Valerian Shirkov, Constantine Bahturin, Nestor Kukolnik, and others.
In this work, Glinka instilled the images with epic breath, developed the content of the opera, and created new types of operatic drama that are based on the development of symphonism, the clash and juxtaposition of opposite characters, and the sequence of separate complete episodes.