VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography)
School of Angels
One time in angel school, there was a lesson about the most beautiful church.
The teacher angel told the students a story about one church.
[ Harmony and the Church ]
[ The Story of a Church ]
There was a city named Kazan.
There was a tsar named Ivan the Terrible.
[ Kazan ]
Kazan was a very mean city,
and constantly growled at Ivan.
Ivan started thinking about how he could defeat Kazan.
And then Ivan decided to ask for help from the Virgin.
Ivan promised the Virgin to build a church once he defeated Kazan.
The Virgin helped Ivan take Kazan.
Ivan fulfilled his promise, and built the most beautiful church in the world.
Ah, how beautiful it must be!
Let me see, let me see!
Too bad, I can't see a thing.
I'll go and look for myself.
Oh, who are you?
I?
I'm Basil.
We're overshadowed by Your coming, Mother of God:
And, looking at Your most pure image, we cry with tenderness:
Cover us with Your sacred Veil