Curing Fear - Russian film - request for English subtitles (or Cyrillic, which could be auto-translated) - [PEACE]

[Zenaan Harkness]

This Russian Film is a Soul cookie just waiting for subtitles and a translation into English: "Curing Fear":

   New Russian Film About 20th Century Crimean Saint (Luke)
   https://russia-insider.com/en/culture/film-about-holy-hierarche-luke-crimea-be-released/ri6639
   This article from our archives was first published on RI in May 2015
   http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/78953.htm

      One of Russia's newest saints, he was canonized in 2000.  He was a
      brilliant scientist and surgeon, as well as a priest, who publicly
      professed his faith despite the dangers of Bolshevik repression.  He was
      wildly popular, and the authorities were afraid to touch him.

      On April 30, 2015, the film, Curing Fear, will be released, based on the
      history of life of the outstanding surgeon, scientist, and Holy Hierarch
      Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol and the Crimea, reports the Rossiyskaya
      Gazeta Russian newspaper.
      http://www.rg.ru/2015/04/24/luka-site.html

      ~2min trailer, ~14MiB, in Russian:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezUzl0scNc

      He was born Valentin Felixovich Voyno-Yasenetsky (1877-1961, his
      feast-day is June 11). He was a brilliant surgeon-practitioner and
      scientist, and his notable written work, Purulent Surgery Essays, has
      been a manual and reference book for several generations of medics. A
      profoundly pious person all his life, the future saint was widowed in
      1919 and became a monk in 1923 when the anti-religious and anti-Church
      campaign was rising in Russia. In monasticism he received the name Luke
      in honor of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke. In the same year he was
      secretly consecrated a bishop.

      Later he was destined to undergo arrests, prison, exiles, and many years
      of ministry for the Lord and to people. In 1937, following another arrest
      and 13 whole days of interrogations without sleep he went on a hunger
      strike for 18 days and did not sign any testimony against other people
      who were under investigation. He performed surgeries during his exile in
      Yeniseysk, and received patients in Arkhangelsk. He kept searching for
      new methods of medical treatment and collecting materials for their
      support. Everywhere he remained a true physician, monk, and priest.

      According to the website Pravmir.ru, the pre-premiere screening and
      discussion of the film, Curing Fear, has taken place at the Oktyabr
      cinema. The film’s general producer Oleg Sytnik, actress Yekaterina
      Guseva (who played the female lead), actor Vitaly Bezrukov (who played
      the role of Holy Archbishop Luke in his mature age) as well as
      Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), Abbot of the Moscow Sretensky
      Monastery, took part in it.

      His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent a message
      of greetings to the film makers:

      “With great interest I have watched the film, Curing Fear, devoted to the
      life and ministry of St. Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of
      Simferopol and the Crimea. From the bottom of my heart I express
      gratitude to the director, producer, and the film’s creative team for
      this remarkable work of art”.

      “It is extremely hard to portray sainthood by means of film-making. Not
      only does it require extraordinary professionalism and exclusive creative
      valor from the director and actors, but also the ability to touch
      intellectually and wholeheartedly this marvelous spiritual phenomenon.
      Reflecting upon sanctity, it is very important not to confuse it with the
      phenomenon of a superman.”

      “A saint, a holy man is neither a superman nor a hero in the usual sense
      of these words. A saint is identified not in loud words and grandiose
      deeds, but rather in everyday deeds – in execution of one’s professional
      duty, in one’s utmost personal honesty and decency, in the ability to
      endure all trials courageously and firmly, the ability to remain calm and
      with presence of mind in the face of terrible dangers, setting all hopes
      upon the good will and the all-wise providence of God. It is gratifying
      to state that the director together with the creative team have succeeded
      in developing the theme of genuine Christian holiness, without running to
      extremes, avoiding excessive sublimity and sentimentality.”

      The movie was shot for five years in Russia, Belarus, and the Ukraine.
      Producer Oleg Sytnik has expressed his hope that the picture would be
      watched by millions of people in Russia and the CIS states.