The governor of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) hopes that the experience of Russian Orthodox Christians in the 20th century, reflected in his book of stories "Trecking Saints", will be important for the Americans. On Friday, Archimandrite Tikhon in the library of Congress in Washington presented an English translation by a book that has become a bestseller in Russia, RIA Novosti reports.

Forward of the national team of Argentina and the Spanish football club Barcelona Lionel Messi became a father. The 25-year-old athlete and his girlfriend Antonella Rokutzzo had a son, whom they called Tiago. The football player admitted that he is incredibly glad of the birth of a child and experiences amazing feelings. He also expressed the hope that he would clog the ball in the upcoming "classic" with Madrid Real Madrid as part of the Spanish championship to celebrate this event.

In relation to the Deputy General Director of Uralvagonzavod, Semyon Mlodik, accused of fraud in an especially large scale and laundering of funds, was elected a preventive measure in the form of a pledge in the amount of 20 million rubles. With this amount of pledge, he falls into the ten most expensive prisoners, having a chance to go free for money.

The head of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Jose Suleiman said that the former middleweight world champion, the 26-year-old Mexican Hulio Cezara Chavez Jr. has problems with gambling. According to Suleiman, who always supported Chavez Jr., and whom many accused of favoritism in relation to the young Mexican, Chavez loses large sums in the casino and sharply reacts to attempts to be tangled.

The prosecutor's office will check the facts set forth in the documentary "Anatomy of Protest - 2", which was shown on the NTV television channel last Friday. Such checks were required by the leaders of United Russia , where the film was called "truthful and honest" and asked to ban the exit from the country as soon as possible.

The famous American illusionist David Blaine decided on the next “deadly” trick - he climbed a 6 meters high, specially installed on one of the pierces in the port of New York. There, on a small round platform, Blaine intends to stand in a special-Kolchug Special Cross-Street for three days in a row of voltage of 1 million volts. Behind the progress of the experiment can be observed on the YouTube channel : "Electrified: One Million Volts Always On".

The Turkish army on Saturday morning is returning fire on the territory of Syria after falling into the border province of Hatai mortar ammunition , NTV news television company reports. "The shell, released from Syrian territory, fell into the village of Guvench border guards with Syria of the province of Hatai. There are no victims. Turkish immediately responded with response by artillery fire," the television channel reports.

The leader of the coalition "Georgian Dream" Bidzina Ivanishvili conducts consultations with associates on Saturday about the personal composition of the future government of Georgia. At a consultation with Ivanishvili, they come to his chic house in Tbilisi, changing each other, two or three participants in the coalition. Not everyone speaks journalists.

The Russian poetess, the author and performer of the bard song of Ada Yakushev, in the 79th year of her life, died in Moscow on Saturday morning, RIA Novosti reports with reference to her daughter Tatyana Vizbor. “It happened today at 7:45 am in Moscow. It had been sick for a long time, for three months - it was oncology. Recently, it was at home almost all the time, and we have only traveled to the hospital. It died calmly and serene, the pain was removed,” said Vizbor.

The Vatican Tribunal recognized the former butler Pope Benedict XVI Paolo Gabriela guilty of embezzlement of secret documents from the private correspondence of the pontiff and sentenced him to three years in prison, ITAR-TASS reports. However, when the verdict was announced, Judge Giuseppe Della Torre announced that the real term for serving the conclusion is reduced to 18 months, given the “mitigating circumstances”.

In Tambov, on the eve there was a fatal accident that fell on the video: three cars collided on Gagarin Street, the driver and passenger of the VAZ -2104 - mom and girl of 11 years old died in the accident. The accident happened opposite the house number 50 at about 17 hours. According to preliminary data, the Volkswagen car drove into the oncoming lane, where the forehead in the forehead collided with the VAZ-2104. The "four" turned around, and it crashed into Mitsubishi moving along the way.

Russian woman Maria Sharapova, having outplayed the Chinese woman on Lee in two parties, became the first participant in the main match of the tournament in Beijing, whose prize fund is $ 4.8 million. The starting set turned out to be stubborn and lasted more than an hour. The Chinese woman stepped forward, making a break in the third game, but Maria was able to regain herself in the sixth game, restoring equality - 3: 3.

Almost 55 thousand people on Saturday were left without light in three settlements of the Kaliningrad city district due to adverse weather conditions, a representative of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies told RIA Novosti . The reason is the strongest wind. 15 brigades were involved in the elimination of the consequences of the elements. Emergency and restoration work is planned to be completed by 16:00.

Mona Felps, repeated Olympic swimming champion, after the games in London, retrained in golfs, showed an outstanding result during the tournament in Scotland. The American, after the London Olympiad, where he won four gold and two silver medals, announced the end of his swimmer's career. After the games, Felps told the public that he intends to try himself in golf.

In the French city of Strasbourg, the police on Saturday during an attempt to arrest a man who was suspected of terrorist activities. According to the authorities, the police were forced to open fire after the suspect was the first to use the weapon, reports Radio Freedom to http://www.svobodanews.ru/archive/ru_news_zone/latest/17/17.html?id=24730962. The name of the murdered is not called. Similar operations were carried out in Nice and in the vicinity of Paris, their details are unknown.