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Initially, “The Fire of the Family Hearth” was one of the symbols of the Year of the Family declared by Putin. lit up On January 24, at the exhibition "Russia" in MoscowIt was brought to the capital from the Holy Trinity Monastery. Murom, where, according to the Russian Orthodox Church, the relics of Saints Peter and Fevronia, patrons of family and marriage, are kept. The fire particles are intended to eventually end up in every regional registry office, and from there, spread throughout the municipalities. The lamps containing the fire are then intended to be given to newlyweds during their wedding ceremonies. 

В Karelia, where the fire arrived today, it is significantly called"with the blessed family fire". And in Blagoveshchensk On the occasion of the arrival of the lamps, a whole ceremony was held folk festivities, with a giant inflatable matryoshka doll and a samovar.

The meaning of fire is explained differently in different regions. "will keep and protect" families, "carries “with you light, love, warmth”, “adds more responsibility”, young families should get a boost from it energy of happiness и with new strength. As for the Orenburg region fire count them. "a shrine", and in Magadan hope under his patronage.

The lamps are delivered by plane, train, and automobile, including to the "new territories." The newlyweds who carried the flame from Moscow to Kazan, they held the lamp in their hands the whole way, they were checked three times before boarding the plane - turned out "a whole attraction."

Previously, the Russia exhibition featured weddings for couples from every region, and governors presented gifts of varying value. For example, newlyweds from Bashkortostan they gave me an apartment, from Belgorod region house certificate (but only after the birth of the third child) and a voucher for Kamchatka, from Buryatia - a horse and a hectare of land, from Omsk region carpet.