On March 12, at 2 p.m., the Municipal Institution "Odesa Center for the Professional Development of Pedagogical Workers" held a scientific and practical conference "The relevance of Shevchenko's legacy in the context of today" for teachers of the city of Odesa, Ph.D., professor of Ukrainian and foreign literature Pavlyuk N. Literatur . a lecture was given on the topic "Creativity of T. Shevchenko in the national and spiritual dimension of today", during which attention was focused on the ontological and axiological dominants of the poet's works. After all, we perceive Taras Shevchenko as our contemporary, spiritual father, savior of the nation, who made the invisible in history to the visible in words, gave the people a spiritual foothold and restored self-respect to Ukrainians. And now, during a full-scale invasion of the territory of our state, we fall to Shevchenko's healing springs, to his eternal word, to fulfill the will of the Great Kobzar.