METHODS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN WORKING WITH PSYCHOLOGICALLY DEPENDENTS UNDER CONDITIONS OF DIGITALIZATION

The purpose of this article is to describe the work of the Russian Orthodox Church with people with psychologically dependent people (mainly alcohol-addicts) in the era of digitalization in a historical and cultural context. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that it combines history and complexity of the addiction problem with the complexity of modern realities related to interaction with the Internet and the emergence of artificial intelligence. As a result, the author formulates the main conclusions of the study and shows that adaptation to new realities can be beneficial in combating addiction if you combine existing methods of work with new forms of it, such as online consulting, blogging, etc.