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St. Eutychius, archbishop Constantinople (582).

Equal to ap. Methodius, archbishop. Moravsky (885). Rev. Platonides of Syria (308). Mchch. 120 Persians (344–347). Mchch. Jeremiah and Archilius the priest (III).

Mchch. Peter Zhukov and Prokhor Mikhailov (1918); ssmch. John Boikov presbyter (1934); ssmch. Jacob Boikov presbyter (1943); Rev. Sevastiana Fomina, Spanish (1966).

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

At the 6th hour: Isa. LXVI, 10-24. Forever: Gen. XLIX, 33 - L, 26. Prov. XXXI, 8-32.

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Saint Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople

Saint Eutychius of Constantinople, Archbishop

Saint Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople , was born in a village called "Divine", in the Phrygian region. His father, Alexander, was a warrior, and his mother, Sinesia, was the daughter of a priest of the Augustopolis church, Hesychius. Saint Eutyches received his early education and Christian upbringing from his grandfather, a priest. Once, during a children's game, the boy wrote his name with the title of patriarch, and this, as it were, predicted his future ministry. At the age of 12, he was sent to Constantinople for further education. The young man succeeded in the study of the sciences and realized that human wisdom is nothing before the teaching of Divine Revelation. He decided to devote himself to the monastic life. Saint Eutyches withdrew to one of the Amasian monasteries and received the rank of Angel in it. During his strict life, he was appointed archimandrite of all Amasian monasteries, and in 552 he was elevated to the patriarchal throne.

When the convocation of the Fifth Ecumenical Council was being prepared under the holy noble Emperor Justinian (527–565), the Metropolitan of Amasia was ill and sent Saint Eutychius in his place. In Constantinople, the aged patriarch Saint Mina (536-552, Comm. 25 August) saw the blessed Eutyches and predicted that he would be patriarch after him. After the death of the holy Patriarch Mina, the Apostle Peter appeared in a vision to Emperor Justinian and, pointing with his hand to Eutychius, said: "Let him be made your bishop."

At the beginning of the patriarchal ministry of Saint Eutyches, the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553) was convened, at which the fathers condemned the heresies that arose and anathematized them. However, a few years later a new heresy arose in the Church, the autodocets, that is, the "incorruptibles", who taught that the flesh of Christ before the death of the Cross and the Resurrection was incorruptible and did not experience suffering.

Saint Eutychius boldly denounced this heresy, but Emperor Justinian, who himself bowed to it, brought down his anger on the saint. By order of the emperor, the soldiers seized the saint in the church, tore off his patriarchal vestments, and sent him into exile to the Amasia monastery (in 565).

The saint meekly endured exile, stayed in the monastery in fasting and prayer, and performed many miracles and healings.

So, through his prayer, the wife of the pious husband Androgin, who had previously given birth only to dead babies, had two sons born and reached adulthood. Two deaf-mute youths received the gift of speech; two children, seriously ill, recovered. The saint healed the cancer on the artist's hand. The saint healed another artist by anointing his sick hand with oil and making the sign of the cross over it. The saint healed not only bodily, but also spiritual illnesses: he expelled from the girl a demon that did not allow her to receive Holy Communion; cast out a demon from a young man who had run away from the monastery (after that the young man returned to his monastery); healed a drunkard leper who, having been cleansed of leprosy, stopped drinking.

During the Persian attack on Amasia and the general devastation of the inhabitants, at the direction of the saint, grain was given from the monastery granaries to the starving, and the grain reserves in the monastery, through his prayers, were not depleted.

Saint Eutyches received from God the gift of prophecy; so, he indicated the names of the two successor emperors of Justinian - Justin (565-578) and Tiberius (578-582).

After the death of the holy Patriarch John Scholasticus, Saint Eutyches returned to the cathedra from a 12-year exile in 577 and again began to wisely manage his flock.

Four and a half years after his return to the patriarchal throne, on Fomino Sunday, 582, Saint Eutychius gathered all the clergy, gave a blessing, and with peace went to the Lord.

Troparion to Saint Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople

The rule of faith and the image of meekness, / the abstinence of the teacher / show thee to your flock / the truth of things, / for this sake you acquired high humility, / rich in poverty. / Father Eutyches, / pray to Christ God / / be saved to our souls.

Translation: By the rule of faith and the image of meekness, abstinence as a teacher, the immutable Truth has revealed you to your flock. Therefore, by humility you have acquired high, by poverty you have gained wealth. Father Eutychius, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion to Saint Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople

Divine faithful Eutychius all sing, people, / let us appease love, like a great shepherd and minister, / and a wise teacher, and a banisher of heresies, / / ​​prays to the Lord for all of us.

Translation: Truly Saint Eutychius is glorifying everything, people, with love we will glorify as a great shepherd, minister and teacher of the wise and banisher of heresies, as he prays to the Lord for all of us.

Reading the Gospel Together with the Church

19 April. Great post. Studying the Holy Gospel History. About the Cross

Hello dear brothers and sisters.

And so the Great Lent came to an end. This week we remembered the most important events that were a type of the coming Passion of Christ. Ahead of us are the memories of the resurrection of Lazarus, the Lord's entry into Jerusalem, and Holy Week.

Every day we read the Gospel, becoming witnesses of the great blessings of God and hearers of the words of Christ's Truth. But once a year, before the great feast of the Pascha of Christ, for several days we read very terrible words about the betrayal and suffering of our Savior, about His death on the Cross. And today I would like to talk about the Cross.

Back in the days when none of the apostles could even imagine that someone was capable of raising a hand against Jesus Christ, our Lord began to warn His disciples about the suffering He was about to experience. In the Gospel of Mark we read:

8.31. And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer much, be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and rise again on the third day.

8.32. And he talked about it openly. But Peter, having called him away, began to rebuke him.

8.33. But he, turning and looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying: get away from me, satan, because you think not about what is God, but what is human.

8.34. And calling the people together with His disciples, He said to them: Whoever wants to follow Me, deny yourself, and take up your cross, and follow Me.

(Mark 8:31-34)

This part of the Gospel of Mark contains the central and important points of the Christian faith. So, from our conversation with Peter, we learn that for Jesus as the Messiah, as the Christ, there is only one way, the way of suffering. And this road is for everyone who wants to follow Him. The Lord has never tried to bribe people by promising them an easy way. He promised them the glory of the Kingdom of God, but he never promised people comfort. Therefore, the Savior calling the people together with his disciples, he said to them: whoever wants to follow me, deny yourself, and take up your cross, and follow me(Mark 8:34).

To tell a man that he must be ready to bear his cross was to tell him that he must be ready to be looked upon as a criminal, that he must be ready to die. It is clear that the first Christians understood this expression not in the same way as we do, but literally: “to carry the cross” means to be crucified.

The execution of crucifixion was the most shameful, the most painful and the most cruel. In those days, only the most notorious villains were executed with such a death: robbers, murderers, rebels and criminal slaves. The suffering of a crucified man is indescribable. In addition to unbearable pain in all parts of the body and suffering, the crucified one experienced terrible thirst and mortal spiritual anguish. Death was so slow that many were tormented on the cross for several days.

The Lord does not just offer such a terrible image of following Him. The memory of the cross should not only frighten, bring to life the people who accompanied the Lord, but strengthen them in faith in Him when these same people become witnesses of the sufferings of Christ.

The cross itself, as a kind of shameful and painful death, will be transformed by the Savior's Honest Blood into a symbol of sacrificial love - a clear example of all the gospel words of the Savior. If in the first centuries the Cross was a symbol of suffering, now it is a symbol of the glory of millions of Christians around the world.

But what does the Cross of Christ call us to? Only one thing - love! After all, the Cross is love, the all-conquering, merciful, compassionate love of God for every person. To be outside this love means not to accept either the Cross of the Lord or the Gospel of Christ in general. And every Orthodox Christian is called to embody the Gospel, the sacrificial service to one's neighbor, in his life.

There is one instructive story in the life of St. Paisios the Holy Mountaineer. When Elder Paisios was carrying out his feat of prayer in Sinai, next to him were Greek missionaries who had come on a mission to the Bedouins. One day the monk learned that one of the missionaries gave his clothes to a Bedouin to be washed for money. This aroused the astonishment of the saint, and he asked the missionary: “And what were you doing while he was washing?” - to which the young man replied: “What? I read commentaries on Holy Scripture so as not to lose a minute of time without spiritual benefit. Then the Monk Paisios wisely remarked: “Perhaps you have not lost time, only you have definitely lost the Gospel. You yourself had to wash the pants for the Bedouins. Only then will the gospel become your life. If you sit and read a book while others wash your clothes, there will be no spiritual sense.

Saint Paisios himself was a model of evangelical love for people. To some, as a consolation or blessing, he gave icons of the Most Holy Theotokos and crosses, which he himself made from Athos trees. Looking at this cross-blessing of the Monk Paisius the Holy Mountaineer and remembering the numerous instructions of the Athos elder, you understand how important it is to accept Divine love in your heart, how important it is to respond to the Cross sacrifice of our Savior and trust God.

Ahead of us lies Passion Week, a time when we must give ourselves an account: who will we be at the terrible moment of Christ's suffering? Idle and indifferent onlookers, who are watching with interest the events of the Gospel, not letting them into their hearts, or we will find ourselves among the faithful followers, carrying their cross with Him.

Help us in this Lord!

Hieromonk Pimen (Shevchenko),
monk of the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra

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BATTLE WITH OUR DEATH: Word on the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem

G The Lord is now entering Jerusalem, His city, in order to enter into battle with death. Whose death? With the death of each of us - with yours, with mine, with the death of each of the people. Join the battle and win.

IN After all, death is not a one-time event, when a person passes from this life into some state that is completely incomprehensible to him. What is called biological life ceases. Death goes on and on. This is only the beginning of death, something that we sometimes witness - the death of our loved ones or some other people. This is just the beginning. And then it continues in another life. And how terrible and sad it is when we see it with our own eyes here, it is infinitely more terrible when it continues in the spiritual world, when death embraces not only the body, but also the soul. All thoughts, everything that makes up the soul of a person: his feelings, aspirations, the enormous experience that he has accumulated during his life, everything that we do not even suspect is contained in the human personality - everything begins to undergo terrible destruction and decay.

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IN section " Preparation for Baptism" site "Sunday school: online courses " Archpriest Andrey Fedosov, head of the department of education and catechesis of the Kinel Diocese, information has been collected that will be useful to those who are going to be baptized themselves, or who want to baptize their child or become a godparent.

R The section consists of five categorical conversations, which reveal the content of the Orthodox dogma within the framework of the Creed, explain the sequence and meaning of the rites performed at Baptism, and provide answers to common questions related to this Sacrament. Each conversation is accompanied by additional materials, links to sources, recommended literature and Internet resources.

ABOUT The lectures of the course are presented in the form of texts, audio files and videos.

Course Topics:

• Conversation #1 Preliminary Concepts
• Conversation #2 Sacred Bible Story
• Conversation No. 3 Church of Christ
• Conversation #4 Christian Morality
• Conversation No. 5 The Sacrament of Holy Baptism

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So, let's take a little digression into history. Why was March 14 chosen for the celebration of the “Orthodox Book Day”? Everything is very simple. It was on this day, in 1564, that the first book, the liturgical "Apostle", was printed by deacon Ivan Fedorov. I want to remind you that before the advent of the printing press, books were weighty folios. They were copied by hand, using very expensive materials such as parchment, i.e. specially crafted leather. Such books were real works of art, which combined calligraphy, painting and jewelry. Naturally, only the richest people could afford handwritten books. The advent of the printing press significantly reduced the cost of creating books, and they have now become more accessible, a mass phenomenon. Thus, it is believed that the aforementioned "Apostle" was issued with a circulation of approximately 2,000 copies.

It is safe to say that 1564 was a turning point, as the printed book gave a tremendous impetus to the development of modern culture and science in Russia.

The holiday itself, which we are talking about today, is very young. It was established by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on December 25, 2009. And, like any holiday, it has a function not only of a cultural and educational nature, when we meet people, mostly young people, and talk about the Orthodox book as a kind of historical phenomenon, about its significance for the development of society, the state. Its other important function is to highlight some of the problems that modern education faces. We can say that the appearance of the “Orthodox Book Day” is the reaction of the Church to the general decline in the cultural and, first of all, the spiritual and moral level of a person.

According to the VTsIOM data for 2014, which we see on the presented slide, compared to 2009, the number of people who practically do not read books increased from 27 to 36 percent. I want to note that in 1992 there were only 20 percent of such people. 43 percent of those surveyed said that they do not like to read at all. In another poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation, a more disturbing trend can be seen: it turned out that 58% of Russians cannot name any books at all that would make a strong impression on them. Why it happens? The answer to this question is found in the same statistics. For the modern reader, light, entertaining reading is of the greatest interest - 37%. The second place is occupied by fiction - 29%, the third - by specialty literature - 21%. In last place, unfortunately, is religious literature - only 5%. What proportion of these 5 percent is Orthodox literature is an open question, there are no such statistics, however, I do not think that it is very large.

Based on these data, it is not surprising that today the question of the need to carry out work to popularize books with spiritual and moral content is acute. But it's one thing to make a book popular, and another thing to arouse the reader's interest in this topic. The latter is the most difficult, since the modern world with all its nature, wide propaganda imposes on us the idea that it is good for a person to correspond to a certain fashion, a certain trend. Suffice it to recall the excitement that appears at the release of the next Hollywood film. At this moment, especially among young people, one can often hear the question: did you watch? At the same time, it is surprising that the plot of the film itself can be retold in just a couple of minutes. I'm not going to say what this plot is, good or bad, films are different. But we are attracted to a greater extent by the picture, and the "cool" special effects in isolation from the real content. There are very few people who, after viewing the next picture, will try to find the literary work on which it was shot. Even fewer people are able to comprehend what they saw and heard. This is probably because by the time such a sensible idea can be born in our head, we are already headlong carried by a new wave of fashion. In addition, we are very lazy, because thinking about morality is hard work, and we want something light that can momentarily cheer us up. Unfortunately, everything that I just said about films is also true for literature.

However, each of us has an idea of ​​the enduring, that is, permanent, values, which include love for one's Motherland, knowledge of its history and culture. All these are signs of education for us. I think that all those present here will agree with me if I say that being an educated and cultured person is better than being uneducated and uncultured. And it is no secret to anyone that the development of our state is closely connected with the Church. You cannot run away from this fact or pretend that it simply does not exist. And if I love my country, if I want to be useful to my compatriots in the future, if I care about who my children will become, then I have no right to throw into the dustbin of history that huge layer of culture accumulated by the joint efforts of the Church and the state, starting from Prince Vladimir, who was baptized more than 1000 years ago, in 988. And in such a situation, the book, as a material carrier of knowledge, should be of great interest to us.

The Orthodox Church has always set and still sets the spiritual and moral development of the individual as its main task, and the state, especially since the era of Peter I, encourages scientific knowledge. Let's think about what an educated, but unspiritual and immoral person can become? One does not have to look far for examples, it is enough to recall those inhuman experiments that were carried out on prisoners during the Second World War in Nazi concentration camps. So, so that we, or our descendants, never become those who trample on everything human, we need to learn now to be Humans, Humans with a capital letter. And naturally, in this teaching it is best to turn to the experience of the Church, which has more than 2000 years.

Today, on the shelves of our bookstores, or in online libraries, you can find entire sections called "Orthodox literature." And that just does not belong to it: calendars with indications of the days of memory of saints, prayer books, cookbooks, lives, teachings, answers to everyday life questions from Orthodox priests, stories, historical and theological works, etc. However, few people imagine what exactly is called an Orthodox book and by what criterion can one judge its Orthodoxy?

Indeed, according to the generally accepted opinion, an Orthodox book can be called one in which there will be no contradictions with the teachings of the Church and its dogmas. Also, it will most likely be talking about something that is more or less connected with Orthodox traditions and faith.

But is it possible to find a book that is both Orthodox and does not explicitly mention Orthodoxy? The answer to this question is more interesting, but at the same time complicated, because "it does not lie on the surface." It is complicated because here we face such problems as assessing the personality of the author and the reader himself. Who are they? Atheists of the present or of the past? Liberals who consider it possible to revise the doctrine of the Church for the sake of new discoveries of natural science? Maybe sectarians? Or, what is even more terrible, people close to the church, those who often confuse the Orthodox faith and popular superstitions?

It should be understood that the division that is present now, into secular and spiritual literature, is actually conditional, since there is a deep connection between them. Suffice it to recall the works of our classics, such asG. R. Derzhavin, A.S. Pushkin, F. M. Dostoevsky, N. V. Gogol, A. I. Kuprina or K. G. Paustovsky, etc. In the works of these writers, themes of love, humanism, the meaning of life, the place of man in the world, the constant struggle between good and evil and the choice between them are constantly raised. All these are Christian themes that were present earlier, in ancient Russian literature. And the main goal of the latter was just the education of our ancestors, former pagans and idolaters, through the assimilation of Christian truths, through familiarization with the vast spiritual heritage of the Byzantine Empire and, of course, through faith in God. The result of this upbringing is a huge country with the richest culture, which managed to preserve itself in very difficult times and emerged victorious from them. This is what our Orthodox literature is. However, it should be understood that its heart and primary source is the Gospel and no other works can replace Him.

So, if you decide to turn to reading serious literature, which book is better to take to start with? Of course, it's hard to please everyone's tastes at the same time. Moreover, on the Internet, if you set yourself such a goal, you can find a huge list of works, of which at least one is right for you. And yet, to begin with, I would suggest that you read the book of a modern author, archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church, father Tikhon (Shevkunov), "Unholy Saints". The book included short stories from the life of the author. Many of them are associated withwhere the author began his monastic life. As Archimandrite Tikhon himself said: “I told almost all the stories that were included in the book during sermons. All this is part of our church life. Sermon... after all, it is built on the comprehension of the Holy Scriptures, on the interpretation of church eventsholy fathers and real life examples.

Another work, common to Christianity, and by its name should be familiar to all of you, is The Chronicles of Narnia,cycle out of seven children's fantasy books (fairy tales ) written . They tell about the adventures of children in a magical land callednarnia where animals can talk,magic surprises no one,good struggling with evil . The Chronicles of Narnia reveals the meaning of a large numberChristian ideas in a reader-friendly way.

If you want to get acquainted with modern Orthodox periodicals, then your attention should be focused on two wonderful magazines. The first is called "Thomas", whichpositions itself as an "Orthodox magazine for doubters." The name of the journal isThomas the Apostle denoting an incredulous listener (due to the apostle's initial unbelief inresurrection of jesus christ ). Main theme: a story about Christianity and its role in cultural and social life. "Thomas" is addressed to all interested readers, regardless of their religion, attitude to faith and political views.

STATISTICS According to VTsIOM for 2014, compared to 2009, the number of people who practically do not read books increased from 27 to 36 percent.

AGIOTAGE - Artificially induced excitement, excitement in order to draw attention to something. (Explanatory Dictionary of Ozhigov)

“Remember that the earthly Fatherland with its Church is the threshold of the Heavenly Fatherland, therefore love it fervently and be ready to lay down your soul for it.” (right. John of Kronstadt)

In the destinies of the present and in the destinies of the future of Orthodox Christianity, this is the whole idea of ​​the Russian people, this is their service to Christ and the thirst for achievement for Christ. This thirst is true, great and unceasing in our people since ancient times, unceasing, perhaps never, and this is an extremely important fact in the characterization of our people and our state. (F.M. Dostoevsky)

Literature, the word, is one of the main tools for the dialogue of young people, the intelligentsia, and the clergy in the context of Orthodox culture. It is worth paying attention to periodicals that have a bias towards Orthodox ethics and are aimed at young people. To date, there are a sufficient number of such publications. This article contains brief essays on several periodicals that can be combined under the name "Orthodox magazines". Information from such publications can be recommended for familiarization in educational institutions as an elective or used by synthesizing with material from a number of humanitarian disciplines.

For this review, several Orthodox magazines were selected: Grapes, Naslednik, Neskuchny Sad, Foma, Russian House, Tatyana's Day, Slavyanka, Orthodox Book Review. Copies of these publications are available in many parish libraries, making them easy to access. Publications have their own Internet portals, so you can get acquainted with their materials online.

It is worth starting the review with the magazines Vinograd and Naslednik, since from the list of the above-mentioned publications, these two main topics are the problem of children, youth, family and education. And, as you know, the family is the first step in the formation of the younger generation.

"Grape" is notable for the fact that on the pages of this magazine considerable attention is paid to the problems of adolescent education and the solution of these problems in an Orthodox manner with an appeal to traditional spirituality and the cultural experience of previous eras. Thus, a dialogue between modernity and tradition is carried out on the pages of the publication. A great emphasis in the magazine is placed on the problem of motherhood and male upbringing.

Orthodox youth magazine "Heir" addressed to a young audience. On the pages of this publication you can find many interesting articles, reports, essays, interviews, which are of interest primarily to young people in their content.

It is also worth mentioning separately the version of the magazine on the Internet. Diverse content and user-friendly interface are very attractive from the point of view of the average Internet user.

"Grapes" and "Heir" are excellent both for individual acquaintance and as additional literature to help school teachers and teachers of secondary vocational schools, i.e. people directly involved in the problems of children and adolescents.

"Boring Garden" positioned as a magazine about Orthodox life; very informative and comprehensive. On the pages of the magazine one can get acquainted with the traditions of Orthodoxy, with Orthodoxy in the context of history and modernity, much attention is paid to the correlation of science and faith, faith and modern culture, religion and politics, the dialogue of the Church and society, the dialogue of Orthodoxy with other world cultural traditions.

Journal "Thomas" can be characterized as a cultural, educational, analytical, religious publication. It positions itself as an "Orthodox magazine for doubters", which initially speaks of the democratic nature of the publication. The journal actively analyzes contemporary social and cultural processes.

"Russian house" - a magazine, from the name of which the patriotic orientation of this publication is immediately clear. A lot of interesting material is presented on the pages of the Russia House: problems are discussed, answers are sought to many questions related to the position of Russia in the world, problems of Russian culture, the current state of the Orthodox faith, many interesting facts from the history of our country are given, the diversity of Orthodox traditions is revealed and canons.

The three publications listed above are designed for a diverse, but, above all, thinking audience. These journals can be recommended as additional literature or as material for extracurricular activities for high school students, as well as students of liberal arts colleges and universities.

Online edition "Tatyana's Day" very informative and remarkably interesting news portal, has a characteristic bias in the history of Orthodox culture. Here you can get acquainted with a very diverse material, elements of Orthodox ethics in the context of the historical, cultural and social process.

This Orthodox Internet portal can be very useful from a religious point of view. The information of this online publication can be used as additional material when working with such disciplines as philosophy, theology, religious studies, social studies, history and a number of other humanitarian disciplines of universities.

Orthodox women's magazine "Slav" differs from all of the above publications in that it is addressed directly to the beautiful half of humanity. As in all such publications, Slavyanka touches upon issues of female beauty and health, the family hearth, and the upbringing of children. The pages are full of reviews, interesting articles, interviews, photographic material is very well chosen. What distinguishes this publication from other women's magazines is that "Slavyanka" addresses its readers through the prism of Orthodox traditions, the primordially Russian vision of the image of a woman.

The Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church publishes a magazine "Orthodox book review". The magazine tells about all the most important events in church book publishing and book distribution: about official events, exhibitions, meetings, presentations, the release of new books. The Orthodox Book Review publishes reviews, annotations, reviews, interviews, articles about the book culture of different times, and many others.

In conclusion of the review, it is worth recalling that Orthodoxy is not just a form of religion, Orthodoxy is a whole cultural and ethical position, the soil of the Russian worldview, the foundation of the people and the country; The Russian language has the character of a unifying language, linking together a great colorful nation, it is the language through which the continuity of cultural values ​​and traditions is carried out by generations.

It is important to raise interest in Russian culture and Orthodox traditions. The future moral image of our people and country depends on the information field in which the worldview of the young generation is formed.