Biblical phraseological units "bon samaritain / добрый самаритянин" in the media discourse

The article presents the results of a study of Biblical phraseological units (BPU), conducted on the material of publications of the French press of 2013-2020. The material was collected from Le Figaro and Le Monde of such sections as "Politique" - political news," Économie" - news from the world of business and finance, "International" - news from other countries, "Société" - the and culture, "Figaro Santé" - medical news, articles about a healthy lifestyle. The initial criterion for selecting the material was the presence in the BPU of lexical units that represent the semantic field "Charity (Charité)" - love for one's neighbor, good, mercy, kindness, gift, giving. Thus, the Biblical phraseological units were distinguished in the form of a complete sentence as aphorisms or proverbs. The subject of the research is a BPU “Bon Samaritain”, representing the concept Charité. It is one of the most frequent in the sections "Politique", "Économie", "Société", which is explained due to its special thematic and high pragmatic focus on the socio-economic consequences of the pandemic of Covid-19, the aggravation of the problems of migration in the modern world. A considerable number of references to the Bible is explained by the desire of the authors to draw readers’ attention to these important topics, to produce an emotional impact on the readers. The aim of the research is to analyze the possible semantic modifications and the role of the BPU in the process of structuring, processing and presenting information in the media discourse.