TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov switches to an Orthodox TV channel. An employee of the Spas channel: Under Korchevnikov, layoffs and scandals began. And this new breath was required for the channel

TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov decided to change the show "Live" to a program on the Orthodox channel "Spas".

The TV presenter nevertheless decided to leave the talk show "Live" and generally change jobs.

This was announced by TV producer Boris Kostenko. According to him, Korchevnikov was offered to head the Orthodox channel Spas, and he agreed. In the near future he will move to a new job.

"Korchevnikov will be the head of the TV channel, and I will become his deputy. We have a formal organization and a production one, it is not yet clear what position he will officially occupy, but in fact he will be the first person on the TV channel, and I will be the second," Kostenko said. .

Regarding the show "Live", it will be hosted. This information appeared in the winter, and then it caused a stir among viewers: many categorically did not want to see Zhanna Friske's civil husband in this role. Moreover, the story of Shepelev has repeatedly become the topic of a talk show, although the presenter himself did not come to the discussion. But Zhanna Friske's parents, with whom he had a protracted conflict, were frequent guests of "Live".

Today, the media reported that TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov received a new position. Boris Kostenko, general director of the Orthodox TV channel Spas, announced this. According to the man, this should happen in the near future. The specific dates when Korchevnikov will take up his duties and head the channel have not yet been announced. The founder of Spas, Patriarch Kirill, as Kostenko noted, approved the showman's candidacy.

StarHit turned to the representative of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company for more information. “We do not comment on this news,” press attache Maxim Kranin said.

We also note that at the moment Boris Korchevnikov continues to work in the show "Live". The host's fans are waiting for an official statement from representatives of the channel and the program, which would clarify the situation with his alleged departure. StarHit got through to Boris Korchevnikov, but he declined to comment, referring to the fact that he was busy filming.

“This decision was made by the founder of the channel. We have known Boris Korchevnikov for a long time, most likely, I will become his deputy, and he will start this work in May. As for whether he will remain on the Russia 1 channel, I can’t say anything, ”said Boris Kostenko, general director of the Orthodox Spas TV channel, to StarHit.

Earlier, information was actively circulated in the media that Boris Korchevnikov decided to leave the Live program. The showman himself and representatives of the channel refrained from commenting on the data that appeared on the Web. It was also alleged that Dmitry Shepelev would take the place of a colleague. Specific terms were also named - it was said that personnel changes would take place this spring.

After information appeared in the press that Shepelev would replace Korchevnikov, lively discussions arose on the Web. Boris's fans couldn't believe that he was leaving his favorite show. Some of them suggested that Korchevnikov decided to suspend filming due to health problems. However, the representative of the showman did not confirm these speculations.

We also add that Boris Korchevnikov is a believer. In his microblog, the presenter regularly shares publications that reflect his worldview. So, in February of this year, Boris announced that he had replenished his collection of icons. “A new saint has come to my house. Martyr Abraham... This rich and very successful entrepreneur was not Russian, he converted to Orthodoxy and was not forgiven for this. And I have the following connection with him: I ended up in Bulgar almost 800 years after his death. In a cozy wooden church far from the regional centers, I recognized him as a priest, Fr. Vladimir Golovin. He said a few words to me that spring. And everything fell into place in my life. And it went differently, ”the man wrote on Instagram.

For several months, rumors were buzzing around the news about the departure of the host of the show "Live" on the Russia-1 channel - Boris Korchevnikov. Various reasons were discussed in the media and among the fans that prompted Boris to leave the position of the TV presenter of "Live". Korchevnikov was credited with a terrible illness, but the presenter denied the rumors.

In "Live" Boris Korchevnikov will be replaced by the symbol of Russian television, the host of the talk show "Let them talk" Andrey Malakhov, which Boris is very happy about. Boris Korchevnikov noted that now the viewer will take a different look at the usual “Live”.

There were rumors that Korchevnikov was suffering from hearing problems, the level of which is so low that the presenter does not hear the commands and instructions of the director of the TV show "Live". Such conversations only smiled at the presenter and he hastened to assure that his poor state of health was too exaggerated.

"Live" in its former form really ends its existence. The program that will appear in its place will not be the same, but it will retain everything that made "Live" successful and beloved by the viewer. The upcoming changes in the talk show are not related to my health. Yes, it is difficult to call him ideal, but show me an absolutely healthy person. Those problems that happen from time to time, they are solvable. Everything is far from being as scary and fatal as it has been written about lately, ”commented Boris.

As it turned out, for a long time, Boris Kochernikov tried to combine work on two channels - on the Rissia-1 channel and on the air on the Spas TV channel. It was difficult for Korchevnikov to “divide” and she made the post of host on Spas a priority.

“It seems that Blessed Augustine said that if God is in the first place, then everything else is in its own place. I try to follow this philosophy - said Boris. - Whatever I had to do, I tried to make God always come first. When this proposal was made, I felt from the inside that this proposal was from God. So, it is better to take a step and make a mistake than not to take a step and make a mistake. So I agreed!

Recently, the first transfer of the new “Efir” with Andrei Malakhov was released on the Russia-1 channel, in which its ex-leader Boris Korchevnikov became the hero of the transfer. This arrangement caused cognitive dissonance among the audience. The entire program was built on a cross-interview between the new presenter Andrei Malakhov, and the already former host of Live. During the conversations, it turned out that Korchevnikov did not completely leave the Russia-1 channel and would soon present his new show. The pregnant wife of Andrei Malakhov came to the shooting of the program to support her husband's debut on a new channel for him.

Boris Korchevnikov

General Director, General Producer of Spas TV Channel

Russian journalist, TV presenter. Member of the Russian Television Academy.

Since 1993, he has been a TV presenter and reporter for the Tam-Tam News program on the RTR channel. After that he became the host of the youth program "Tower" on the same channel.

Since 2001 - a reporter for the information service of the NTV television company, prepared reports for the programs "Today", "The Other Day", "Personal Contribution", "Country and World", "Profession - Reporter", "Today. Final program”, “Protagonist”.

2003 - graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. Lomonosov

2006 - performer of one of the main roles in the series "Kadetstvo" on the STS channel.

Since 2009, he has been a creative producer and host of multi-series documentary projects on the STS TV channel.
Presenter of the six-episode documentary film “Concentration Camps. Road to hell". (TV Center)

2010 - the project "Concentration camps. Road to hell" (TV Center) and "History of Russian show business" (hosts Boris Korchevnikov and Sergey Shnurov) (STS) - winners of the TEFI award.

In 2013, the NTV channel premiered the author's documentary-investigation "I don't believe it!", which caused a wide public outcry.

In the same year, he became the host of the talk show "Live" on the TV channel "Russia-1".

From October to November 2016, he was the host of the Team project with Ramzan Kadyrov.

Since October 2017 - the host of the project "The Fate of a Man".

On May 3, 2017, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, he was appointed General Director and General Producer of the Spas TV channel.

Inna Vedenisova

TV journalist, presenter, teacher

Born and raised in Moscow. Has two higher educations.

In 2013 she graduated with honors from the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. In 2012 she studied English in London at the St. Giles Highgate. He speaks two European languages ​​- English and French. She taught English at one of the oldest educational institutions in Moscow - at the Gymnasium. Kaptsov.

In 2016 she graduated from the Humanitarian Film and Television Institute named after A. M.A. Litovchina, studied at the Faculty of Journalism and Screenwriting. In her graduation year, as a diploma work, at the suggestion of the leadership of the Russian State Archive of Film and Photo Documents for the 90th anniversary of its creation, she became the author of the documentary film “See the Past”. In 2015, she worked as a correspondent for the News Media holding.

Since 2016, the host of the Spas TV channel. He teaches the discipline "Fundamentals of TV Journalism" at the Children's and Youth Media Center of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers.

“My first course work, the short film “Plush Miracle”, as it turned out, became a harbinger of my coming to the Spas TV channel. "Self-portrait" - a genre that all first-year students puzzle over, was embodied by me through the theme of faith. True, then I could not even think that it was she who would become the leitmotif of my future journalistic activity. Today, working on the Spas TV channel (after a long study of Western European culture) is an amazing opportunity to be in the very center of our native culture, the grain of which is Orthodoxy, and also to be part of a spiritual team, because it is for the “soul” that viewers thank our TV channel, for as to them - heartfelt thanks.

Alena Gorenko

Russian TV presenter, journalist, actress, screenwriter.
After graduation, she entered Moscow State University. Lomonosov, as Alena's grandfather dreamed, who built the university building on Sparrow Hills.

At the end of her first year, she came to work for the Stolitsa TV channel, becoming the youngest information presenter.

In 2003 she graduated from the television department of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, having defended her work on the topic "Ethics of a television journalist", and in 2010 - from the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute.

In 2003, Gorenko, together with friends, came up with and began filming the program “Travel with Taste” for DTV-Viasat, where Alena was a presenter and correspondent, and together they made a travel section on M1.

For two years she worked as an editor on the Rossiya TV channel, after which she hosted the Star City program on the Zvezda TV channel. Start".

Since August 2006, she has been working as the host of the news program "Events" on the TV Center TV channel. From February 2010 to August 2015, on the same channel, she hosted the morning information and educational program "Mood".

In 2013, she worked on the KHL-TV channel, where for the 13 project she made a series of interviews with show business stars about hockey.

Since May 2015, she has been the host of several projects on the Tsargrad TV channel.

In December 2017, she came to work for the Spas TV channel.

Played a dozen roles in movies and TV shows. Screenwriter for television films.

"Spas" for me is a platform of like-minded people. People who are creative, subtle, deep, smart, modern, open, absolute professionals in their field, but at the same time - Orthodox, who speak the same language. Whose hearts beat in the same rhythm. People asking questions. Seeking, but already found the most important thing - faith. And those who know in their hearts the most joyful - His love. And I really want this love to touch everyone who watches "Spas".

Natalia Moskvitina

Leading TV channel "SPAS"
At the age of 15, I began to publish weekly in the local Volgograd newspaper. "Sex U-turn" about culture gave me a good push in choosing a profession. A year later, I received an award from the mayor of the city for "Achievement in Youth Journalism" and immediately entered the journalism department of Volgograd State University. Then there was work as a correspondent in the news and a Volgograd magazine with monthly business trips to Moscow. And a year later, Moscow itself.

There was a production center in Moscow, but I was struck by the mercantile relationship between clients and performers and ... deceit. We ourselves came up with news for the stars, competing in originality, and the next day the news was published in the media. This disappointed for a while, but prompted the search for work "with a soul."

I began to look for her in the field of charity and social service. Charity, it seems to me, gives "a little" more than just implementation. This is an opportunity to be human. She is out of salaries, shifts, schedules and vacations. This is service. God, people, homeland, everyone has his own. But then there was little such work, it was 2003. I found an opportunity to help refuseniks and on the site of survivors of an unsuccessful suicide.

She gave birth to three children (the birth of the first coincided with the end of the Faculty of Journalism) and began to help the homeless at the station: with clothes, food. Every time while feeding the homeless, she read to them the life of the holy day.

In 2010, a referendum was scheduled in Kosovo on the separation of the region from central Serbia. Ordinary people protested and went to the barricades with icons, they were on duty there in shifts for days. I began to think how to help them. First I sent the icon there, then the money. But I felt that I could do more, but did not understand how. On the Internet I met journalist Natalia Batraeva, who wrote a book about Kosovo. We decided to go there together and bring icons donated by ordinary Russian people. In 14 days, 11 hand-painted icons were collected and taken away. The icons were lecterns and larger, we donated them to the destroyed monasteries of Kosovo and Metohija.

After Kosovo, I entered the missionary course in Moscow. After graduating, she gave birth to a fourth child. Own motherhood and constant assistance to women in difficult life situations gave impetus to the creation in 2016 of a fund that helps save children from abortions.

And then suddenly such an unexpected and such an expected offer to come to Spas at the same time. I doubted that I could combine heavy workloads in the fund and work on a TV channel. But it seems that this is what I have been praying for all the years, looking for myself between journalism and charity, heaven and earth. “Saved” for me the opportunity to give love to God to people. And every day to believe, love and pray, forgetting that you are at work.

Veronika Ivashchenko

Leading TV channel "SPAS"

Russian actress and TV presenter. She graduated from the acting department of VGIK. SA Gerasimova She made her film debut in 2005 and has played more than 15 roles in feature films and serials. Worked at the Moscow Drama Theatre. M.N. Yermolova.

In 2015 she graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. She worked at the Tsargrad TV channel, hosted the Image program. She currently works as a news presenter on the Moscow 24 TV channel. Since 2017, she has been a host on the Spas TV channel.

“The Lord brought me to the Temple, then gave me the opportunity to communicate with many amazing, smart, wise and kind clergymen, among whom I found a confessor. Three times in a year I had the opportunity to personally communicate with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, who blessed me and thanked me for my work on the Spas TV channel. This job is a blessing. I am glad to be part of a team of professionals led by Boris Korchevnikov! Without Orthodoxy, without faith in God, life has no meaning, and we are trying to convey this to our viewers.”

Peter Romanov

Roman Golovanov

TV and radio presenter, journalist

Born on August 26, 1994.
Graduated from the Tula State Pedagogical University.

Since 2016, he has been working as a correspondent for the domestic policy department of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. Conducts weekly programs on radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" with Vitaly Milonov, Natalia Poklonskaya, Maxim Shevchenko. Prepared reports from the hot spots of Donbass.

Since September 2018 - host of the program "Covenant" on the TV channel "Spas"

Janis Politov

Anna Kovalchuk

Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Born in the city of Neustrelitz (GDR), in a family of hereditary teachers. She spent her school years in Leningrad. After graduating from school, where Anna was especially good at exact sciences, she planned to enter a technical specialty in order to study cybernetics in the future. However, at the suggestion of a friend, she applied to the theater institute and successfully passed the exams.

In 1998 she graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts, the course of Professor Anatoly Shvedersky. While still a student, she joined the troupe of the Leningrad City Council Theatre, where the director Gennady Trostyanetsky drew attention to her, who at that time was looking for a young heroine for the play “The Imaginary Sick” based on Molière's comedy. In the same theater, Anna still works, being the leading actress. Among theatrical works - the role of Isabella in the play "Measure for Measure" by Shakespeare (dir. V. Senin), the role of Tanya in the "Reserve" by Dovlatov (dir. V. Senin), the role of Natalia Petrovna in the play "We are all wonderful people" by play by Turgenev (dir. Yu. Butusov). In 2015, Anna Kovalchuk was awarded the Golden Soffit Award for Best Actress (Agafya Tikhonovna) in Yuri Butusov's play City. Marriage. Gogol. In the same year, another performance by Butusov, Three Sisters, received the Golden Mask. In the legendary Chekhov play, Anna played the role of Natasha.

She first played in a movie in 1998 in the lyric-comedy parable "Love is Evil" directed by Vladimir Zaikin, however, the general popularity came after the role of investigator Maria Shvetsova in the television series "Secrets of the Investigation" (2001), thanks to which the actress became the winner of the prize "For the embodiment of the image positive hero” at the international legal film festival “Law and Society” and the winner of the prize “For the best female role in the series” at the festival “Vivat, cinema of Russia!”. In May 2018, filming began on the 18th season of the series.

In 2005, Anna Kovalchuk starred in Vladimir Bortko's TV series The Master and Margarita, an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's famous novel. In creating the image of Margarita, Anna was helped by the diary of the wife of the writer Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova, which was presented to the actress by her close friend, actor Alexander Novikov. After the release of the picture on the screen, real glory fell upon Anna.

In 2014, the premiere of the musical The Master and Margarita took place in St. Petersburg, where Anna Kovalchuk played the role of the witch Gella, in love with Woland.

From 2010 to 2011 she worked as the host of the morning program "Subbotnik" on the TV channel "Russia-1".

In September 2018, Anna Kovalchuk's author's project "Secrets of Fairy Tales" was released on the Spas TV channel. Together with her little guests, the presenter understands the meaning of the works, among which are not only fairy tales, but also stories, parables, riddles and, of course, biblical stories.

Married, has a daughter and a son.

Maxim Syrnikov

Arkady Mamontov

Born May 26, 1962 in Novosibirsk in the family of cameraman Viktor Gavrilovich Mamontov and director Alevtina Ivanovna Zimina.

From 1980 to 1982 he served on conscription in the Strategic Rocket Forces in the Trans-Baikal Military District.

In 1988 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. Lomonosov.

He began his career in journalism as a special correspondent in the video information office of the Novosti Press Agency.

From 1992 to 1994 he worked as a stringer in "hot spots" on the territory of Moldova, on the border of Nakhichevan and Armenia, in Tajikistan, the Baltic states. As part of the "Business Russia" program, he made the project "Russian Calendar" about Russian merchants-philanthropists.

In 1994, Mamontov began to collaborate with the NTV television company on a freelance basis.

From April 1995 to May 2000 he worked as a special correspondent for the information programs of the NTV television company. He prepared reports for the programs "Today", "Results", "Hero of the Day", was one of the regular authors of the program "Profession - Reporter".

In the spring of 2000, he moved to the Rossiya TV channel and became one of the authors of the Special Correspondent program. In August 2000, he reported from the site of the death of the nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk. The RTR film crew was the only one accredited on board the cruiser Pyotr Veliky.

Mamontov reported for news programs from Chechnya, Abkhazia, Iraq, Kosovo, Bethlehem, Beslan, South Ossetia, the Biryulyovo West district in Moscow after the explosion in the Pushkin passage, after the collapse of the Transvaal Park, from the Center on Dubrovka. In parallel, he worked on a series of programs called "The Other Side". As part of the cycle, the films “Children”, “Chek”, “Yugoslavia. Decay period”, “Brothers”, “Aliens”, etc.

In 2008, Arkady Mamontov's first book "Check for the Other World" was published - a novel written in the genre of criminal investigation.

From March 2012 to July 2014, in addition to working on documentaries, he was the host of the television program "Special Correspondent" on the Russia-1 TV channel.

Winner of numerous awards and public awards. Among them: the National Prize "Elite" in the nomination "Press Elite" for personal contribution to television documentaries (2002), the special award "Fellows" of the All-Russian Historical and Literary Prize "Alexander Nevsky" (2009), the prize for the best television

analytical program at the Constellation of Courage Festival (2010), winner of the International Telecinema Forum "Together" in the nomination "Publicistic Programs" for the work "Victorious" (2015), winner of the International Telekinoforum "Together" in the nomination "Documentary Film" for work "Athos. Monastery of the Mother of God”, was also awarded “For careful attitude to the history of Crimea and

a cycle of documentaries about his reunification with Russia” with a special prize of the Yalta Administration for the documentary film “Our Crimea” (2016).

He has state awards: the Order "For Personal Courage" (January 1994) - "For courage and dedication shown in the performance of professional

debt in life-threatening conditions”; medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree (October 1995) - "For Merit to the State and many years of conscientious work"; medal "For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth" (Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 1999); medal "For assistance to drug control authorities" (FSKN of Russia, 2009); Order of Friendship (South Ossetia, 2009) - "For assistance in objective coverage of the events of Georgia's armed aggression against

South Ossetia in August 2008 and the breaking of the information blockade”; Order of Honor "For merits in the field of culture, press, television and radio broadcasting and many years of fruitful work" (November 2006); Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I degree (April 2014) - "For high professionalism and objectivity in covering events in the Republic of Crimea."

« Working on the Spas TV channel is for the soul. The Traces of Empire program is an Orthodox view of history. We tell the young generation of people living in our country about how the history of the Russian Empire really looked like. What kind of state was this, where we all came from, where our ancestors, great-grandfathers and great-great-grandfathers lived. It is impossible to understand that you are Russian Orthodox without studying the history of the Russian Empire.”

Vladimir Legoyda

Church and public figure, journalist, teacher, specialist in cultural studies, political science and religious studies, candidate of political sciences, professor, editor-in-chief of the Foma magazine, chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media.

Graduated from MGIMO (U) of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2000 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of political sciences. In 2005, the Higher Attestation Commission awarded the academic title of Associate Professor.

From 1996 to 2007 - lecturer, then senior lecturer and associate professor of the Department of World Literature and Culture at MGIMO (U) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, since 2013 - professor of the same department.
In 2007-2009 - Head of the Department of International Journalism at MGIMO (U) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, since 2009 - Professor of the same department.
From 2009 to 2015 - Chairman of the Synodal Information Department. Since 2015 - Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media.

Secretary of the Supreme Church Council, member of the Patriarchal Council for Culture, member of the Patriarchal Commission for Family Affairs, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood.
Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights, Chairman of the Commission on Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations of the Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations under the President of the Russian Federation.

One of the founders and editor-in-chief of the Foma magazine.

Married, has two daughters and a son.

Galina Teryaeva

Russian journalist, producer, TV presenter

Born in Tomsk. She graduated from school with a silver medal, and then from the Faculty of History of Tomsk State University with a degree in political science.

Immediately after university, Galina was invited to work in the youth editorial office of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Tomsk" as an editor and presenter. For 6 years she was the author and host of the Expertise program on consumer protection.

In 2000, she completed an internship for Russian journalists in Germany, and made a film about the protection of consumer rights of Russian citizens in Germany. After the internship, she worked as a presenter and editor of the German for You program, which was broadcast jointly with the German television company Deutsche Welle.

At the same time, she was the host and editor of the regional talk show “You decide” (Tomsk-Novosibirsk-Barnaul) and the host of the Strong Half project jointly with the Kemerovo State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
Since 2001, she has headed the morning broadcasting department of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Tomsk". For five years, she led a large team, was a creative producer, editor-in-chief and host of the Early Morning program.

In 2004 she graduated from the school of television skills under the guidance of Vladimir Pozner.

In 2005 she received a second higher education in the specialty "management" (Presidential program).

In 2006, she moved to Moscow and began working as an editor-in-chief in the Let Them Talk program.

In 2007 - supervising producer of the Utro.TNT program

Since 2008, she has worked as a deputy creative producer on the Zvezda TV channel.

From 2010 to 2012 - Deputy Head of the Morning Broadcasting Directorate of OAO TV Center. At the same time, she was the head and host of the analytical talk show "Forecasts".

Since 2012, she has worked as a creative producer at Krasny Kvadrat LLC. She developed and launched such projects as "Dinner Time", "Perfect Repair" and others.

“At some point in my life, I realized that it was time to change ... That's when Spas appeared in my life. Now I say this: "Saved" saved me. And that's how it happened. And this is now the meaning of my life - to wake up every day with God, to discover something important for myself, something very deep and unusually heartfelt, and most importantly, to try to convey to people what I myself could not understand for so long and feel."

Elena Zhosul

Leading TV channel "SPAS"

Graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, majoring in political science. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science for his dissertation on the religious factor in the process of European integration. Throughout his professional life, he has been involved in the relationship between religion, politics and society.

Since 2010, Head of the Department of Journalism and Public Relations of the Russian Orthodox University, Advisor to the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, Member of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church. Founder and head of the first online school of Orthodox culture Pravoslavie.School.

“Spas TV channel today is the first opportunity in such an open, modern and close format to talk about the problems of our society and deeply analyze these problems through the prism of the values ​​of the Church in the entire recent history of Russian television journalism. We are the only ones in the space of federal TV who cover all significant social, political, cultural processes in the context of the Orthodox tradition. And with this we respond to the urgent need of the audience. People want to hear from the TV screen an Orthodox assessment of what is happening in Russia and in the world. "Spas" gives this opportunity to millions of its viewers.

Alla Mitrofanova

Leading TV channel "SPAS"

At the age of 20, when I was still studying at the institute, I was invited to work in the Foma magazine and I realized that this was where my place was. It is worth a lot to do work that brings joy and pleasure, and allows you to talk about the most important thing - about meanings, about love, about the relationship between man and God. I was happy because I found mine. When I first saw "Foma" in a magazine kiosk at our institute, I was struck by a graphic in the form of a seal on the cover with the words: "For those who are tired of nonsense ..." It was for me. Even then, I knew it very clearly.

I worked for the Foma magazine for a happy 14 years. Now on radio "Vera" I do essentially the same thing as in "Thomas", only in a radio format. And this is also happiness. And the work on the Spas TV channel in the project “And there will be two” is an opportunity for me to talk about another very important topic, about the relationship between a man and a woman. How often today people want to be happy in their families and it doesn’t work out ... Why is this so and what to do? In my opinion, today this topic is much more important than any sharp news. Many have forgotten how to be happy and rejoice in their love. And it's not just possible - it's a natural state of man. The heroes of our programs share their difficult long-term experience of family life. They are all happy in different ways, and their examples give a lot to think about.

Konstantin Matsan

Born in 1986 in Moscow. In 2009 he graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism of MGIMO.

From 2006 to 2014 he worked for the Foma magazine. He is the author of the books “Holidays that are always with you” and “Miracle. The Testimony and Experience of Contemporary Priests (Nikeya Publishing House).

Married, has two children.

“Chesterton has these words: “Faith cannot be dismissed, for it includes everything in the world.” I would put these words as a secret epigraph to every program on the Spase TV channel. Making programs and talking about the most important thing, about the most important thing, about faith is a joy. Perhaps the greatest joy available in the profession.

Archpriest Igor Fomin

Born February 25, 1970 in a family of employees. The heavenly patron is the holy noble prince Igor of Chernigov, commemorated June 18 (n/st).

Baptized at the age of nine in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Novaya Derevnya, Moscow Region).

From the age of 14, he served as an altar in the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God near Moscow in the village of Aleksino, where Archpriest Vasily Vladyshevsky, who later became confessor, served as rector.

After returning from the ranks of the armed forces, having violated the blessing of the confessor, he tried to enter a medical institute, failed, and a year later the blessing was fulfilled - in 1991 he entered the Moscow Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1994.

In 1994 he married his future mother.

On June 25, 1995 he was ordained a deacon. On December 6, 1995, on the day of the memory of the Holy Right-believing Prince Alexander Nevsky, he was appointed full-time deacon of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow. And exactly one year later, on December 6, 1996, he was ordained a priest of the Kazan Cathedral.

Since 2003, since the release of the first issues of the Orthodox magazine "Foma", he became a member of the editorial board of the publication. Since the leadership and staff of the magazine "Foma" left the corridors and classrooms of MGIMO, the question arose of building a temple at this educational institution. The issue was resolved positively.

On January 9, 2007, by the Decree of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, in addition to the obedience carried by the staff priest of the Kazan Cathedral, he was appointed rector of the church of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky at MGIMO.

On June 17, 2013, in connection with the beginning of regular services in the temple at MGIMO, by the Decree of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Archpriest Igor Fomin was released from obedience in the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square.

From 2013 to the present, he has been the rector of the Church of the Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky - the Patriarchal Metochion at MGIMO.

On December 22, 2016, at the annual final Diocesan Assembly, he was elected Chairman of the Commission for Missionary Work and Catechism in Moscow.

Has four children.

Divine Liturgical Awards:
1998 - gaiter;
2001 - kamilavka;
2006 - pectoral cross;
2010 - elevated to the rank of archpriest.
2015 - the right to wear a club.

Church awards:
- In 2004 he was awarded the medal of St. Sergius of Radonezh I degree.
- March 6, 2016, in consideration of the work on the construction of the church of St. blgv. book. Alexander Nevsky - Patriarchal Metochion at MGIMO was awarded the Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov III degree.

Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov

Senior priest and confessor of the Alekseevsky stauropegial convent in Moscow. Member of the Patriarchal Commission for Family Affairs, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, Confessor of the Orthodox Missionary School at the Synodal Missionary Department of the Moscow Patriarchate. Teacher of the highest category. Member of the Writers' Union of Russia.

In 1983 he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University. Lomonosov. Conducted teaching activities in secular schools.

In 1988 he received the holy orders, at the same time he taught at the Moscow Theological Seminary and the Academy. He served in Moscow in the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on Uspensky Vrazhek, in 1990-1991 - in the Church of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh.

In 1990, he hosted the children's program "A Holiday Every Day" on Central Television, participated in Vladislav Listyev's programs "Rush Hour" and "Theme". Thanks to this experience, he gained his own individual style of communication with the audience.

In the spring of 1991, he was appointed rector of the Church of All Saints in Krasnoye Selo, the former Novo-Alekseevsky Convent.

From 2013 to the present - senior priest and confessor of the Alekseevsky stauropegial convent in Moscow.

Now he also teaches in Orthodox schools in the capital, in higher educational Orthodox institutions of the Moscow Patriarchate. Participates in the programs “Family Hour” by Tutta Larsen on the radio “Vera” and “Direct Line. The answer of the priest "on the TV channel" Spas ".

Anton and Victoria Makarsky

Anton Makarsky was born on November 26, 1975 in Penza. From the age of eight he took part in the performances of the Penza Drama Theater.

In 1993-1998 he studied at the Higher Theater School. B.V. Schukina. For about two months he played in the theater of Mark Grigoryevich Rozovsky and decided to join the army. After a month and a half of service in the escort company, he was sent to the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, where he sang, was the first tenor and led concerts for about a year.

After the service, he did not work anywhere for six months, heard about the musical "Metro" and came to the casting, where he was accepted by the selection jury.

Since May 2002, he has also been busy in the musical Notre Dame de Paris, where he played one of the main roles - Captain Phoebus de Chateauper. He starred in the video for the Russian version of the main musical theme from the musical - "Belle". It was the role of Captain Phoebus de Chateauper that determined the role of Makarsky - a romantic hero.

In the summer of 2003 he recorded a solo album. Since the fall of 2003, she has been taking part in a joint American-Russian serial project - the television novel Poor Nastya. In the series, he played the role of Prince Andrei Dolgoruky. In addition, together with Sergey Lee and Arina, he performed the title song of the film "I'm not sorry."

Filmography: "Classmates" (2016), "Not a couple" (2016), "Citizen Nobody" (2016), "The Last Janissary" (2015), "Dislike" (2015), "Village Romance" (2015), "Son for the father "(2014)," Road home "(2014)," Odessa "(2013)," Vangelia "(2013)," 7 main desires "(2013), Breathe with me 2 (2012)," Thunder "( 2012), Love Clock (2011), Urgent! Looking for a Husband (2011), Heart of Mary (2011), Steep Shores (2011), Way Back (2010), When the Lilacs Bloom (2010), Breathe with Me (2010), Quiet Pines (2009), Aunt Klava von Getten (2009), Justice of the Wolves (2009), Like Cossacks... (2009), Marry Casanova (2009), Golden Key (2008), “The Return of the Musketeers, or the Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin” (2008), “Smersh” (2007), “Pen and Sword” (2007), “Bloody Mary” (2007), “And the Snow is Falling” (2007), “Waiting for a Miracle "(2007), "Parisians" (2006), "Hunt for a Genius" (2006), "Prima Donna" (2005), "Adam and the Transformation of Eve" (2005), "My Fair Nanny" (2004), "Love Adventures "(2004), "Sins of the Fathers" (2004), "Poor Nastya" (2003).

Victoria Makarskaya (Morozova) was born on May 22, 1973 in Vitebsk (Belarus). From the age of 15, she has already won international competitions with the State Variety Orchestra of Belarus.

She graduated from the directing department of GITIS (RATI), the course of Academician I.G. Sharoev.

Winner of the rock nomination of the television competition "Stars of the 21st century" and Laureate of the Variety Artists Prize named after. Leonid Utesov.

Together with Vladimir Presnyakov Sr., they created a unique musical project at the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard "His Majesty the Tale", where Victoria played the main role.

The general public became known after the sensational musical "Metro". In parallel with the musical, she performed solo.

Since 2002, Morozova lost her voice and stopped her concert activity, but began producing her husband Anton Makarsky. For six years, Victoria Makarskaya did not go on stage. But at the invitation of the Moscow International House, Victoria returned to the stage, but with a joint project "Live Concert" with Anton Makarsky. Since then, they have been touring together. There are seven musicians in their group, and the desire is the same for everyone: to create high-quality music and sing it only live. The impeccable repertoire consists of the most beautiful and beloved melodies: both written especially for the Makarsky by famous authors Sergei Trofimov, Irina Dubtsova, Igor Kornelyuk, Maxim Dunaevsky, Murat Nasyrov, and already legendary - "Hug" and the aria "Belle" from the musical "Notre Dame de Paris. In 2010, their CD "Live Concert" was released, which collected the most popular songs.

Alexander Shchipkov

Russian public figure, political philosopher

Status in science, politics, Church:
Doctor of Political Sciences, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, active state adviser of the 3rd class; Advisor to the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department of the ROC MP for Church Relations with Society and the Media, member of the Inter-Council Presence of the ROC MP, editor-in-chief of the analytical online magazine Religare, honorary citizen of the city of Tarusa.

Known:
In the past - as an activist of the underground Orthodox movement. In the present - as the creator of the modern religious and political trend in Russian journalism, as the author of the concept of "social traditionalism" in politics and the concept of "axiomodern" in culture.

Work experience until 1992:
Loader, carpenter-concrete worker, stoker of coal and oil-fired boilers, electroplating 3rd category, steam boiler operator 6th category, medium-pressure gas pipeline repairman 3rd category.

Experience since 1992:
Journalism (press, radio), teaching (St. Petersburg State University, RKhGA, RPU, Moscow State University), civil service (Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation), scientific activity (sociology, philosophy, religious studies, political science).

Creation:
Author of six scientific monographs: "What Russia Believes" (1998), "Christian Democracy in Russia" (2004), "Traditionalism, Liberalism and Neo-Nazism in the Space of Current Politics" (2015), "National History as a Social Contract" (2015) , Social Tradition (2017), Questions of Ideology (2018).

Author of five nonfiction books: "Cathedral Yard" (2003), "Territory of the Church" (2012), "The Religious Dimension of Journalism" (2014), "The Bronze Age of Russia. View from Tarusa" (2015), "Before and after politics" ( 2016).

"SAVED"
She has been cooperating with Spas TV channel since 2005. Over the years, he led the author's programs "Politics and Life", "What Russia Believes", "Transitional Period". Currently presents the analytical program "SHIPKOV", in which he tells the viewer the truth about the intricacies of religion, politics and culture.

Darya Dontsova

Leading TV channel "SPAS"

She was born on June 7, 1952 in Moscow in the family of the famous Soviet writer Arkady Vasiliev and the chief director of the Mosconcert Tamara Novatskaya. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. Lomonosov, spent two years in Syria, translating from French at the Soviet consulate. After returning to Russia, she worked in the newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva, and then in the magazine Fatherland.

She wrote her first book in an oncological intensive care unit in order to somehow distract herself from the disease. Now the writer has more than 200 novels, the total circulation of which exceeded 200 million copies! In 2009, she was listed in the Russian Book of Records as the most prolific author of detective novels (100 detective stories in 10 years). According to the Russian Book Chamber, Daria Dontsova invariably tops the list of the most published authors in Russia. Laureate of the "Book of the Year" competition, "Author of the Year", "Name of the Year", "Bestseller of the Year" awards, has a book "Oscar". In 2017, according to the results of the VTsIOM poll, Russians chose Daria Dontsova as "Writer of the Year" for the eleventh time.

Dontsova's works are translated and published in the countries of the former USSR, Western Europe and China. Based on her novels, the series “Lover of Private Investigation Dasha Vasilyeva”, “Evlampia Romanova. The investigation is conducted by an amateur”, “Viola Tarakanova. In the world of criminal passions" and "Gentleman detective Ivan Podushkin".

Daria Dontsova successfully hosts programs on TV: “Earlier than everyone” (Channel One), “Cheap and cheerful” (Channel One), “You suit us” (Home), “Fashion sentence” (Channel One), “I really want live" (Spas).

Daria Dontsova actively helps people faced with oncological diagnoses. In 2008, she became the Ambassador of the international charity program AVON "Together Against Breast Cancer" in Russia. In 2010, she took part in the "Protect what is dear to you" social campaign aimed at supporting the world's first vaccine against cervical cancer.

In 2013, the book I really want to live, which became an absolute bestseller, was published. My personal experience”, written to support cancer patients and their families. And in the spring of 2018, the Spas TV channel aired a program of the same name, hosted by Daria Dontsova herself. The project “I really want to live” is a very honest conversation, a confession of the most ordinary people, those who courageously walk or have already passed the path of illness. This is a story about how to overcome fear and start your journey to recovery.

“Working on the project “I really want to live” is a great joy for me. This is an opportunity to help people, to explain to them that cancer is treatable, this is an opportunity to tell patients: “Never give up, everything will certainly be fine!”

Boris Kostenko

Soviet and Russian journalist and media manager, reporter and TV presenter. Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia. Master of Sports of the USSR in modern pentathlon.

Born on September 14, 1960 in Voronezh. In 1981 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Physical Culture. In 1986 - the international department of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. Fluent in English, Hungarian and Serbian.

Since 1986, he worked at the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, was the host of the program "Time", "International Panorama", a special correspondent for the programs "Seven Days", "Before and After Midnight", "Sunday".

As a special correspondent, he prepared reports from abroad (Great Britain, Spain, USA, France, Switzerland, Japan) and from "hot spots" (Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, etc.).

In 1992, together with I. Mikhailov and director E. Pozdnyak, he made a television documentary film “Who needs this war. Pridnestrovian diary”, after which he was removed from the conduct of the “News” programs. Filmed in 1993 by Kostenko and directed by Pozdniak, The Island of Serbia was awarded a special jury prize at the Golden Knight International Film Festival in Yugoslavia.

In 1992, together with TV journalist A. Denisov, he created the program "Russian World", for which in 1995 he was awarded the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II with the wording "For the creation of the best national program".

From 1997 to 1999 he was the general producer of the Moskovia television company.
In 2000-2001, he served as Director of the Directorate of Information, Socio-Political and Sports Programs of the TV Center TV channel.

One of the founders of the 7TV sports channel, where from 2003 to 2005 he worked as First Deputy General Director.

From 2007 to the present, he has been the host of the Hour of Truth television cycle on the 365 Days TV channel.

Since April 2008, he has been the author and producer of the documentary film The White Angel of Moscow about Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and a live broadcast of the Easter service from the Martha and Mary Convent and the Church of Mary Magdalene in Gethsemane (Jerusalem) on the TV Center TV channel. The broadcast received the TEFI-2008 award in the nomination "Television Program Director". In October 2008, the film was awarded the Diploma of the 1st degree of the International Festival of Film and Radio Programs "Radonezh" - "For the disclosure of the Christian feat of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna", as well as the Diploma of the 1st degree and the Gold Medal of the All-Russian Festival "Orthodoxy on Television , radio and in print" - "For a work of high artistic merit and affirming Christian values."

Since January 2008, he has been the author and producer of a live broadcast of the Christmas service from the Sretensky Monastery on the TV Center TV channel. Since 2011 - producer of a live broadcast of the Christmas service from the Temple of the Icon of All Who Sorrow at Bolshaya Ordynka on the same channel.

In April 2009, he headed the Spas TV channel, where he also hosted the Conservative Club, Ukrainian Question and Russia and the World programs. Since May 2017 - Deputy General Director of the channel, host of the programs Eternity and Time, Shchipkov.

Boris Kostenko is the owner of numerous international and domestic awards and prizes. According to the results of 1993, he was named by the Russian Biographical Institute "Person of the Year" in the nomination "Journalism". In 1994 he was awarded the medal "Defender of Transnistria" for the documentary film "Who needs this war? Transnistrian Diary. In 1997 he was awarded the Order of Negosh, Second Class (Republic of Srpska - Bosnia and Herzegovina) for a series of documentaries and reports on the events in Yugoslavia and Bosnia in 1993-97. In 2005 he received a commemorative medal "Ivan Ilyin" for the film "Return". In 2007 he became the owner of the medal of the All-Russian public movement "Orthodox Russia" - "For Sacrificial Service" III degree. In May 2010 he was awarded the highest order of the Serbian Orthodox Church - the Order of St. Sava of the First Class.

On September 25, 2005, he was ordained a deacon and appointed deacon of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "The Life-Giving Spring" in Tsaritsyn, Moscow.

Since 2007, he was sent to the Intercession Convent in Moscow, where the relics of St. blissful Matrona of Moscow.

In 2011, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia ordained Fr. Gregory to the rank of priest and appointed rector of the Church of the All-Merciful Savior under construction in Mitino. Now it is a large multi-clergy parish with a strong community and a variety of active activities.

O. Grigory is a member of the Council of the North-Western Vicariate of Moscow, responsible for catechism and missionary activities in the North-Western Vicariate of Moscow, a member of the commission for missionary work and catechesis at the Diocesan Council of Moscow, confessor of the ANO "Secondary School "Spas" .of Moscow".

O. Gregory is married and has six sons.

“For me, participation in the projects of the Spas TV channel is, first of all, an opportunity to publicly discuss with viewers and program guests issues that seem to me the most interesting and significant in our lives. These are questions that concern our faith, our participation in the life of the Church, our relationship with God and our neighbors, the life of our souls. I am grateful to the authors and organizers of the channel's programs, guests and, of course, viewers for the very interesting topics that are raised daily on the air. Sometimes it happens that I continue to reflect with interest on some question asked during the broadcast of the program, after I left the Spas studio a long time ago. And sometimes I come to new, meaningful conclusions for me. And, probably, as for any priest, any opportunity to preach is very important for me. I always want to share the most valuable and dear thing - the gospel joy in Christ the Savior.

After graduation, she entered the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. She studied in the workshop of the People's Artist of the USSR Boris Andreevich Babochkin. Starting her cinematic career in 1961 as a first-year student, Olga Gobzeva, an actress of the highest category, starred in 42 films. Filmed with many famous directors, such as M. Khutsiev, A. Smirnov, L. Shepitko, E. Klimov, L. Osyka, P. Todorovsky, A. Voitetsky and others. Her partners were N. Mordvinov, O. Borisov, N .Mikhalkov, V.Ivashov, Z.Gerdt, I.Smoktunovsky. I. Savina, B. Stupka. The most famous films: "Zastava Ilyich", "Not the best day", "Magician". “Ilf and Petrov rode a tram”, “The Adventures of a Dentist”, “Once, Twenty Years Later”, “Boys”, “Wings”, “Etudes about Vrubel”.

Since 1977, Olga Gobzeva has been under the spiritual guidance of Archpriest Georgy Breev, rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Krylatskoye. Having worked in cinema and theater for more than 30 years (1961-1992), on March 7, 1993, she was tonsured a cassock by Archbishop Ambrose of Ivanovo and Kinishma in the Holy Vvedensky convent in the city of Ivanovo.

In 1994, nun Olga (Gobzeva) was sent from the monastery for obedience to the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate, under the leadership of the chairman of the department, Metropolitan Sergius of Solnechnogorsk, the manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate. With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Alexia was elected Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Women's Charitable Organizations of the Russian Orthodox Church. Bishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk appointed head of the Patronage Service.

From 1997 to 2003 she was a member of the Government Commission on the Status of Women in the Russian Federation.

From 1987 to 2012, she held educational charitable evenings in the House of Unions, the hall named after. P.I. Tchaikovsky, the Russian Cultural Foundation and other sites. The evenings were attended by: clergy, prominent figures of science and art, such as Pitirim, Metropolitan Volokolamsk and Yuryevsky, chairman of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, writers V. Rasputin and V. Krupin, film director N. Mikhalkov, famous scientist I. Shaforevich, people's artists : N. Vedernikov, V. Matorin, A. Mikhailov, N. Fateeva, N. Arinbasarova, L. Zaitseva, T. Petrova and others.

Priest Pavel Ostrovsky

Rector of St. Nicholas and Sretensky churches in Krasnogorsk. Member of the Missionary Department of the Moscow diocese.

In 2008 he graduated from the Kolomna Orthodox Theological Seminary.

On September 14 of the same year, in the Transfiguration Church in the city of Lyubertsy, he was ordained a priest by Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna.

More than ten years engaged in educational activities among young people.

Participates in the Direct Line. The Priest's Answer" and other projects of the Spas TV channel.

“I don’t work on the Spas TV channel, but I serve. This is one type of service to be used. Considering that people today are not sitting in churches and libraries, but are buried in TVs and tablets, this is an extra way to talk about Christ.”

From 2012 to 2015, he worked at the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation and the Center for National Glory of Russia.

Since 2015 - Head of the Information Service of the Youth Department of the Moscow City Diocese. In the same year, he became the coordinator of mass events of the Orthodox Volunteers movement, as well as a member of the Youth Chamber from the Basmanny District at the Youth Parliament of Moscow.

Since January 2018 - presenter of the #TochkaRu column on the Spas TV channel.

Since July 2018 - Head of Educational Programs of the Youth Department of the Moscow City Diocese.

In April 2018, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal of the Russian Orthodox Church “In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Orthodox Church”.

“For me, working on the Spas TV channel is an opportunity to show modern, bright, successful and promising Orthodox youth, tell how they live, what they are interested in, what youth projects they are implementing and planning to implement.”

An employee of the channel "Spas" told the site that Orthodox TV is being turned into a clone of the scandalous show "Live".

Previously, the site wrote about in Russia. With the advent of a new leadership in the person of Boris Korchevnikov, "promoted" by the program "Live" on "Russia 1", one of them - the channel "Spas" - began to change. An employee of the TV channel assures that his colleagues are being fired, and the audience is starting to turn away from Spas.

In May, we were told that a new general director had been appointed to Spas, Boris Korchevnikov became it. He wanted to do something new, young, to give a fresh breath to the channel, ”one of the Spas employees shared with the site, who, for obvious reasons, asked not to be named. - But in the end it turned out that the “new breath” for two months of his work led to an obvious fact. Previously, the channel showed high-quality, popular and well-deserved programs - "Ukrainian Question", "Conservative Club" and many others, which viewers watched both on the air and in social networks, on Youtube. And now there is only one program on the channel called "Live", an analogue of the program of the same name on the channel "Russia 1".

[Note Ed .: judging by the schedule, the Spas TV channel has a rather extensive program; however, the program for the current week does not contain either the “Ukrainian Question” or the “Conservative Club”, but there is also no notorious “Live Broadcast”. Archives of this show available on the channel "Spas" on Youtube, the last episode of July 14 was dedicated to the "charity marathon", among the earlier episodes - "Abortion", "Euthanasia" and "Stalin".]

- Did the channel need this new breath?

It so happened that the leadership of the channel changed regularly, Boris Kostenko always remained the most “permanent” (now he has been appointed deputy to Korchevnikov). Korchevnikov's new vision was expressed in one thing: to close all programs and leave one of his own - "Live", which would cover some hot topics. But you yourself understand that any relevant topics can be covered in different ways. For example, there were such programs on the Spas channel, but the authors did not go beyond certain limits in them. The mission of the channel is the spiritual and moral education of the audience. The channel has its own established audience, a different pace, rhythm than on other federal channels. We had expectations that it would come - and it would get better, there would be something new. As a result, everything went down to make a scandal as much as possible, to go into some kind of investigation with detailed bloody details - about murders, criminals, with people smeared on the asphalt.

- Does Korchevnikov continue to conduct the same program on the Russia 1 channel?

As far as I understand, he was fired from there, "Live" on "Russia 1" will either be closed, or a new team with a new face will be recruited. Now he will be in the frame on "Spas" one to one to repeat the same program as on "Russia 1", only without extras.

[Note Ed .: Boris Korchevnikov continues to broadcast "Live" on "Russia 1", despite previously existing rumors about him on Dmitry Shepelev. The latest issue, available on the website of the channel "Russia 1", is devoted to the topic "The adopted son of Galina Brezhneva, in order to drive his son out of the house, called him non-native and even demanded a DNA test."]

All "Live broadcasts" begin with the fact that "today such and such knocked down to death or shot someone, let's discuss it, we'll yell, we'll shout, we'll quarrel." Rating, of course, is an important thing, but it is impossible to achieve it by such means on an Orthodox channel. As a result, viewers call, write, complain, switch the Spas channel to another button.

- Boris, when he was appointed to this position, did he gather people, did he announce something?

At a general meeting of employees, the policy was announced: there will only be "Live broadcast" six to eight hours a day. Thus, the channel will become relevant, we will talk about what the newspapers and the Internet are shouting about today. Then, educational programs about faith, about Orthodox holidays, about Russian famous people, about how people came to faith, and so on, began to disappear from the air. The new leader seemed uninteresting. Although the channel showed a steady growth in the audience and always saved face.

- Strange, because Korchevnikov often positions himself as a believer.

Therefore, all the employees of the channel had the expectation that, after all, innovations would be made from the point of view of an Orthodox person. But the expectations were not met.

- The channel employees were also fired on the same day?

Many employees were told they needed to pack. With the advent of Boris Korchevnikov, the channel lost many good specialists who were not ready to endure swearing and shouting - both in the control room and in their own address.

- And what is your forecast? What can viewers of "Spas" expect?

If in such a context there is a supply of "fried" material, nothing good will happen. Because of these scandalously topical topics in the program of Boris Korchevnikov, scandals and showdowns have already begun on the channel. Viewers write letters, complain that it has become impossible to watch the channel, demand a change in intonation. Well, how can you invite some motorcyclists, "Hell's Angels" on the air of an Orthodox channel?! Crazy house.

June 26 broadcast of the Spas channel: “Bikers gather around MGIMO because of a student of this prestigious university who killed a motorcyclist. Major again, drunk again. Will he be punished to the fullest extent of the law?

War veteran Nikolai Dupak came on the air - so he was simply brought out during the “Live broadcast”: he is boring, he is old, he has become uninteresting. Uncontrolled bacchanalia, aggression on the channel, which should call, on the contrary, for peacefulness, for goodness, for a different attitude towards the outside world.

But Boris Korchevnikov does only what he can. He worked for many years on the Russia 1 channel in the scandalous talk show "Live" and probably believes that this is how it should be said on the Spas channel - this is "joyful and free Orthodoxy."