The Kazan youth club 'Azbuka' discussed the features of preaching on the Internet

A youth club from Kazan called 'Azbuka' regularly organizes meetings with interesting people, experts, specialists from different fields. A few days ago, the teacher of the Kazan Theological Seminary - the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, priest Alexander Danilov became a guest of the young men and women from the 'Azbuka'.

A well-known priest in the Republic of Tatarstan maintains a blog on the social network Instagram, which has many subscribers. Father Alexander told the members of the club about the peculiarities of Orthodox preaching in the worldwide network and invited them to a dialogue on this topic.

“We often hear that the Internet negatively affects a person, as it is filled with evil and immoral content. But we must understand that the Internet is a reflection of our needs. For example, you can hammer in a nail and hit on the head with a hammer. It's the same with the Internet. The task of Orthodox believers is to fill the Internet with creative materials, ”said Father Alexander.

The priest blogger urged young people to post more Orthodox materials on their pages. However, he did not forget to remind that the most a strong testimony of Christ is good works. Father Alexander answered difficult questions of concern to young men and women, for example, those concerning free will and the Providence of God.