Youth Ministry of the ROC of the XXI Century: Ideological and Practical Principles

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe Russian Orthodox Church has been undergoing a process of revival for the last thirty years, which means that its influence on various strata of society is expanding. The Church has always seen it necessary to carry out educational work among certain groups of the population, but in the XXI century. this ministry has received a structural character. This fact is confirmed by the content of church official documents that determine the opinion of the ROC on all the main agendas of modern society: politics, economics, education, etc. Young people, as the most energetic and actively developing social group of the population, also found themselves in the focus of the Church’s attention. Along with this, the process of structuring and institutionalization of religious and social work with the youth of the Russian Orthodox Church is one of the important theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of the holistic formation and evolution of youth policy in the Russian Federation. Moreover, representatives of the Church perceive work with young people as part of an internal mission, the purpose of which is religious life and the search for answers to the eternal questions of humanity.