Posted on 09/07/2022 6:29:38 PM PDT by marshmallow
“The Current Problems and Challenges of the State Policy in the Upbringing and Education of Children and Youth” conference was held on August 18th, 2022 at the recently constructed Church of the Resurrection complex in Patriot Park under the International Military-Technical Forum’s “Army 2022” initiative, and brought together many high-ranking officials; from both the Church and the State, including Metropolitan Paul of Krutitsy and Kolomna.
As Patriarchal Deputy of the Moscow Metropolis and Rector of the Russian Orthodox University, Metropolitan Paul has incredible influence in the Orthodox Church in Russia and by extension in Russian society as a whole. Speaking at the conference, Metropolitan Paul called for cooperation between Church and State in the education of the young Russian citizens.
Below is a translation of his address; initially published on the third most visited Orthodox website Pravoslavie.ru. As this article is machine translated, we apologize in advance for any errors.
Dear participants of the conference, dear friends!
Addressing you from this podium today, I will try to express my position on the need to combine the maximum joint efforts of the Church and the State in upbringing and education of the children and young people in order to ensure the strong spiritual and national security of our Motherland.
One of the key factors in the successful implementation of the national priorities of the Russian Federation in the field of national security (outlined in Russian Presidential Decree № 400 of July 2, 2021) is the protection of traditional, spiritual, and moral foundations of Russian society. It is spiritual and moral ideals and cultural and historical values that are the foundation for the development of the country and its defense capability.
The events of recent months show us very clearly that the main technologies of modern military conflicts are the technologies of........
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Ping.
The USA has the "hard way" part nailed. The "learn" part, not so much.
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