Let there be light! - Да будет свет!

С православным Рождеством, дорогие! Умирения сердцам нашим! И пусть в жизни накапливается то богатство, которое мы можем унести в вечность, за таинственную грань земного бытия - легкую, светлую душу, полную любви и благодарности Богу за все!... За все! In Russia the Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on 7th of January. And Christmas tree would stay decorated till 14th of January - in Russia we call it the “Old new year“, because the new year was celebrated this day before revolution of 1917 until it was shifted back 13 days to unify the calendar with Europe. Ksenia and Pelageia sang a song with Lermontov’s lyrics and Rubinshtein’s music. An angel was crossing the pale vault of night, And his song was as soft as his flight, And the moon and the stars and the clouds in a throng Stood enthralled by this holy song. He sang of the bliss of the innocent shades In the depths of celestial glades; He sang of the Sovereign Being, and free Of guile was his eulogy. He carried a soul in his arms, a young life To the world of sorrow and strife, And the young soul retained the throb of that song — without words, but vivid and strong. And tied to this planet long did it pine Full of yearnings dimly divine, And our dull little ditties could never replace Songs belonging to infinite space. Translated by Vladimir Nabokov