Meeting with a priest at school No. 30 in Kolomnatranslated

On October 29, at school No. 30 in the Shchurovo microdistrict of the city of Kolomna, as part of the Subject Week of Orthodox Culture, a meeting of high school students with the clergyman of the Trinity Church in Kolomna (Shchurovo), Priest Nikolai Glukhov, took place. The meeting, held in the school assembly hall, was devoted to a relevant and profound topic - “Christian teaching about man and the challenges of modern technologies.” Students from grades 9 “A”, 9 “B”, 9 “C”, 8 “A” and 8 “B” took part in it. The modern world is changing rapidly. Digital technologies are becoming an integral part of everyday life, opening up enormous opportunities for people, but at the same time posing difficult moral questions. How to preserve your identity in the era of technological progress? Where is the line between human freedom and dependence on technology? Why do spiritual and moral values ​​remain unchanged even in an ever-changing world?

It was these questions that became the semantic basis of the meeting, allowing us to look at the modern achievements of mankind through the prism of the Orthodox understanding of the human personality. Particular attention was paid to the Christian teaching about man as the image of God, possessing priceless dignity and freedom...