During the International Youth Festival, Metropolitan Evgeniy visited the Rutube studiotranslated

Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy, as part of the International Youth Festival, which takes place in Yekaterinburg from September 11 to 17, 2026, visited the EXPO site yesterday and visited the Rutube studio.

Creative producer Andrey Rodnoy recorded an interview with the head of the Yekaterinburg Metropolis.

The archpastor spoke about the “acute search for the meaning of life” in his youth and about his meeting with God, as well as about church projects on social networks, including the Bible study project, which, thanks to the Internet, is very popular among believers in various countries.

About interaction with representatives of other cultures, about the dangers of paganism and other destructive movements. And also about how to share Russian culture and how to find God, and, therefore, the meaning of life.

Bishop Eugene presented the employees of the Rutube studio with the book “Catherine’s Fortress,” published with the support of the Yekaterinburg branch of the IOPS.

Let us remind you that ESPO has equipped an Orthodox chapel during the International Youth Festival. Here are icons of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos, as well as holy images of the heavenly patrons of the Urals - the Great Martyr Catherine, the Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye,...