Premiere spring:
Spas TV channel is preparing to release several more new projects

Premier season at SPAS continues! In May, several new programs will be aired on the first public Orthodox Orthodox television channel: “All Happy Families” - a lifestyle style column on family values, a documentary series on the idols of Soviet cinema “Bright Memory”, and a talk show “How to Live,” in which the priest will answer current questions of the younger generation.

Spring at SPAS continues a series of changes on the channel. The author’s program of Vladimir Legoyda “Parsuna” has become a high-profile premiere of recent months - exclusive guests answer questions from the chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations with the Society and the Media. In April, the channel broadcast a unique medical project with Daria Dontsova “I really want to live,” as well as two culinary programs “Two Sisters” and “Monastic Kitchen”. In May, new programs “All Happy Families”, “Bright Memory” and “How to Live” are being prepared for release.

The title of the weekly broadcast, “All Happy Families,” speaks for itself. There is no place for the intrigues and scandals that the tabloids are chasing, these are sincere stories of people loving each other who share recipes for a happy family life. Among the heroes of the first issues are actress Nonna Grishaeva, singer Vika Tsyganova, winner of the Voice project, Sergei Volchkov, theater director Eduard Boyakov and others.

“The goal of the program is to show examples of couples who have been together for many or several years. What unites them? What helps to remain a family despite the difficulties of human nature, the trends of the modern world, routine? How do they understand what a family is? They say that the problem of our time is the immaturity of people who enter into relationships and build a family. If so, then what is maturity, how to achieve it? And what role does faith and man’s relationship with God play on this path? ”Says Alla Mitrofanova, program host.

Another program that will be released on the channel in May, the talk show “Bright Memory”, is an Orthodox view of the fate of those who are commonly called idols. The program host, nun Olga (Gobzeva), a famous theater and film actress in the past, discusses with her guests the life path of the program’s heroes, retired actors of Soviet cinema, who determined and continue to determine the way of life, and often the way of thinking of today’s audience.

“The program team, as it were, picked up the program“ To Remember ”, which was left as an inheritance, and the leading actor was the wonderful actor Leonid Filatov. Our program is a kind of commemoration of our favorite actors, ”the host of the program shares. - In Soviet times, the Orthodox Church was not able to openly profess the most important thing in people’s lives - “spirit and truth”, which is the foundation of the Orthodox faith, and unwittingly, Soviet cinema partially took over this confession. The 20th century can be considered the “golden age” of Soviet cinema, the face of which, of course, is the actors who deserve the ardent love of the audience. The program "Bright memory" tells about the best representatives of the acting profession, which carried the spiritual and intellectual aspects of human nature. These are representatives of the immortal system of Stanislavsky, for whom the most important thing was to study the “life of the human spirit”.

The program "Bright Memory" will be released weekly, the first issue is dedicated to the outstanding Soviet and Russian actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky.

The new project "How to Live" is designed for a young audience. Each week, the servant of the Church of St. Basil the Great in the village of Zaitsevo, a Moscow Region village, TV presenter, Archpriest Andrei Tkachev will meet in the studio with the most “lively” and curious audience - young girls and boys, and answer questions that concern any seeker: what is faith and what is there a god Each issue topic is defined by a quote from the gospel.

Channel "Spas" will continue to expand content designed for a wide variety of audience. In the summer, several more projects are planned to be launched, including a program for children and a travel program.

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The first public Orthodox television channel Spas began broadcasting in 2005. The formation of a worldview and a system of moral coordinates based on Orthodox values is the main mission of the channel. The wide content of "Spas" is aimed at the whole family - 60% of the airtime is allocated to public broadcasting (documentary films, educational and educational programs), 40% is church subjects. A significant amount of programs are produced in our own multi-format studio, including live. Since May 2017, the general director and producer of the channel has been Boris Korchevnikov, a Russian journalist and television presenter.

Over the past year, the content of Spas has expanded significantly, which has increased the interest of viewers in the channel. This is evidenced by the data of the latest study - in the second half of 2017, the share of the audience of a TV channel over 18 years old increased by 20%, and in January 2018, the indicators reached an absolute maximum in the entire measurement history. The average channel viewing time during the day has also significantly increased.

Among the new projects of the Spas TV channel is the daily educational program Direct Line. Priest’s response ”, one of the most rated projects on the channel. Every day, live and on the channel’s social networks, viewers ask questions to the priest on a variety of topics. Popular among viewers and the program "I do not believe. Conversation with an atheist ”- a polemic talk show of evening prime weekend. In a conversation, sometimes tough, and sometimes almost friendly, two worldviews collide: will the atheist’s heart respond to the apologist’s arguments? Another exclusive project of Spas TV channel is the author’s program of the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations with the Society and the Media Vladimir Legoyda Parsuna. The author talks about life, faith, meanings with famous people: representatives of the Church, cultural and art workers, scientists. The guests of the program were Krzysztoff Zanussi, Nikita Mikhalkov, Egor Beroev, Sergey Shargunov, Yuri Vyazemsky, Bishop Egorievsky Tikhon (Shevkunov).

Every weekday airing begins with the morning informational and educational program “New Day with Alena Gorenko” - a television magazine about people and events that change our lives for the better. Prime weekday opens with the Slovo program - a conversation with famous guests about the most personal path to faith and life values. The heroes of the program were Vyacheslav Fetisov, Yuri Antonov, Oksana Fedorova, Leonid Yakubovich, Rodion Nakhapetov, Svetlana Khorkina and more than a hundred guests. The evening informational and analytical show “Spas. Live ”- a lively discussion with experts, a Christian look at the most relevant topics. On Fridays, at the same time, Arkady Mamontov’s program “Traces of the Empire” is released, combining screenings of documentaries and talk shows on the subject of Russian history. Experts - historians, writers, political scientists, as well as schoolchildren and students participate in the discussion.

Weekly at Spas, another author’s program, Schipkov, is released. About the intricacies of religion, culture and politics tells the political philosopher and public figure Alexander Schipkov.

Most recently, a unique life-affirming program “I really want to live” with Daria Dontsova has been released on television. In a frank conversation, the heroes of the program, faced with a terrible diagnosis of "oncology", share their stories with the host. Doctors, experts, charitable foundations, relatives, as well as those patients who have already defeated cancer, join the conversation.

The premieres of recent months have become two programs of the lifestyle genre. Oleg Olkhov, chef, clergyman of the Holy Danilov Monastery, expert on lean cooking and ancient Russian cuisine, shares his culinary knowledge with viewers in the Monastic Cuisine program. Another culinary show - “Two Sisters”, in which two mothers with many children, sisters Alena Gorenko and Daria Knyazeva, reveal the secrets of not only good cuisine, but also the secrets of a happy family life.

The channel’s updated programmatic grid also includes documentary films, popular Russian feature films and classics of Soviet cinema, cartoons and children’s programs. On Sundays, the television channel broadcasts the Divine Liturgy (most often with the Holy Patriarch). Special projects deserve special attention: the Bishop’s Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, The Case of the Murder of the Tsar’s Family, the Easter Marathon, the Immortal Regiment — direct broadcasts from the epicenter of events, as well as archival materials, discussions and investigations devoted to high-profile historical events.